[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
children:
♪ They're two, they're four ♪
♪ They're six, they're eight ♪
♪ Shunting trucks
and hauling freight ♪
♪ Red and green
and brown and blue ♪
♪ They're the really
useful crew ♪
♪ All with different roles
to play ♪
♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds
or far away ♪
♪ Down the hills
and round the bends ♪
♪ Thomas and his friends ♪
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
[steam hisses]
[ragtime piano music]
male narrator: Over the hill.
[train engine chugging]
male narrator:
Many years ago,
Glynn, a coffee pot engine,
used to look after
Thomas' branch line.
♪ ♪
But even before Thomas
came along,
the old engine had been moved
from siding to siding
and forgotten about.
Until one day,
just before Christmas...
- ♪ 'Tis the season
to be jolly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la,
la-la-la-la ♪
- Hey, be careful.
- Oh!
- You nearly hit me.
- Ahh!
narrator:
Glynn was rediscovered,
and the Earl of Sodor arranged
for Glynn to be restored
and brought him
to work with Stephen
up at Ulfstead Castle.
- Come on, Stephen.
[whistle toots]
It's a lovely morning.
[Stephen yawns]
- Is it?
Ugh, already?
[whistle toots, steam hisses]
[bright music]
- Ho-ho,
you're up early, Glynn.
Why don't I give you
a proper guided tour
while the castle's closed
to the public?
[whistle toots]
♪ ♪
- Hey, wait for me!
♪ ♪
- It certainly is a pleasure
to have you here
at the castle, Glynn.
You really are
a marvelous engine.
- Thank you, sir.
[whistle toots]
- Bonjour, Stephen.
[giggles]
Isn't it
a beautiful morning?
- So everyone keeps saying,
Millie.
♪ ♪
- Hmph.
- Ah, but of course
that was long before
I started expanding my estate.
- And what an estate it is,
eh, sir?
I always tell my visitors--
- Of course I'm not finished
expanding yet,
and you, Glynn,
are a major part
of my plans for the future.
narrator:
Before Glynn had arrived,
Stephen had felt
like the king of the castle,
but now he felt
like he had lost his crown.
[upbeat music]
- Up next, the dino park.
- Have you ever seen
a dinosaur, Glynn?
- I can't say I have.
[chuckles]
I'm not as old as you,
Stephen.
Uh, I mean, uh,
uh, you have got
more experience than me.
[chuckles]
- I was one
of the first engines
ever built,
and most of those built after me
use my design
While you teapots
quickly went out of use.
- I think you'll find Glynn
and the other coffee pots
had very long and productive
working lives, Stephen.
♪ ♪
- Ha-ho!
Look how fast I am, Glynn!
Ha-ha! Yow!
This is why they call me
The Rocket!
♪ ♪
Ah!
♪ ♪
Ooooh!
♪ ♪
Ah, ooh, the old mines.
I remember the day I found
King Godred's long lost crown
down there.
- And I remember
how you got trapped
and had to be rescued,
Stephen.
- Oh, yes.
narrator: Stephen
was starting to wonder
whether the earl liked Glynn
better than him.
[steam hissing]
- Thank you, Glynn.
Enjoy the rest
of the holiday.
I've got something
special planned
when we reopen
in the new year.
- I wonder what he means,
Millie.
- I think the earl is finally
opening a railway museum.
- Great idea.
I'll do the tours.
You can do the teas
and coffees, Glynn.
- Perhaps it will be Glynn
doing the tours, Stephen,
while you become an exhibit
in the museum.
You are the world-famous Rocket
after all.
[laughs]
- I suppose
even an old teapot like you
knows how I got that name,
Glynn.
I beat four other engines
at the Rainhill Trials.
- I know.
It's no wonder you're
such a celebrity, Stephen.
The Rainhill Trials
are legendary.
- What?
I--ah--ooh!
- Are you okay?
- Ah, of course I'm okay.
I'm The Rocket.
But this castle isn't big enough
for the both of us, Glynn.
It's time to find out
just how fast you really are.
- Oh, ho-ho, nowhere near
as fast as you, I'm sure.
- Well, let's find out.
First one to Knapford wins
and works at the castle.
The loser becomes an exhibit
in the earl's railway museum.
- No, I-I don't think the earl
or Sir Topham Hatt
will like that.
- Oh, are you scared?
- Uh...mm.
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
- Right, then, let's see
if you can keep up with me!
♪ ♪
Ready?
Steady!
[inhales sharply,
whistle blowing]
[jazzy music]
♪ ♪
- Hmm, I think
I need to find the earl.
♪ ♪
narrator: Because Glynn
and Stephen
were both slow engines
on the single track,
Stephen couldn't speed ahead
and Glynn couldn't overtake him.
- Oh, it was much quieter
on the tracks in my day.
[chuckles]
Yours too, I'm sure.
Anyway, I'm not a great fan
of rushing about.
- Ha-ha! You just wish
you were as fast as me!
- [chuckles]
That's right.
♪ ♪
narrator: Finally they made it
onto the main line
and went onto two
separate tracks.
But they were still traveling
at exactly the same slow speed!
- Of course, people take
railways for granted these days.
- Mm, they don't realize...
[train whistles blowing]
how much rail travel
has opened up the world.
[train whistles blowing]
- Express coming through!
- Oh, come on, old-timers.
Some of us have got work to do.
- Stephen,
get out of my way!
- Ah, show some respect
for your elders.
- Sorry, Gordon.
We're racing!
- Ha! You call that racing?
- I was winning races
before you were even a sketch
on a drawing board,
young Gordon.
- [chuckling]
Oh, good one, Stephen.
Would you like a glass of milk
with that, young Gordon?
[both laughing]
[cheers and applause]
narrator: Before long,
everyone had heard
about Stephen and Glynn's race
and wanted to see it
for themselves.
- Hello, hello!
Make way for The Rocket!
- [chuckles]
- This is my friend Glynn.
He's a coffee pot engine.
- Hello!
[chuckling]
[cheers and applause continue]
- Thank you.
[laughs]
Ah, thank you.
[whistles tooting]
[steam hissing]
- Well, you two have
certainly caused
more confusion and delay
than I've seen for many years.
And I don't usually approve
of racing,
especially on the main line.
- Oh, dear.
I'm sorry, sir.
This is all my fault.
- No, no, i-it's mine, Glynn.
[whistle toots]
- [chuckles]
Actually, I think
I'm partly to blame.
Millie explained everything.
But I'm glad to see you two
have finally made friends.
Did anyone actually
win the race?
- No, sir.
- We came in together.
- Oh-ho!
That's marvelous,
especially since
you'll be working together
at the castle.
- Together?
But I thought--
- I am going to open
a railway museum, Stephen,
and my star attraction
will be
both of you!
- Oh!
- Ooh, that's fantastic!
- How marvelous!
- I agree with Sir Topham about
not racing on the main line,
but if we were
to hold a race elsewhere,
perhaps we could have
a classic engine race
every year!
[all laughing,
whistles blowing]
- Ah, that's just wonderful,
isn't it?
[steam hisses]
[gentle woodwind music]
♪ ♪
[Children singing]
[whistle blasts]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
20x28 - Over the Hill
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.