Time For Getting Tricked With Thomas

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Get ready for a first title with Thomas. It talks about where Thomas gets pretty tricked. Fun title, outro two.

Catalogue Number: 7644

Title Date: January 20, 1990

Join the fun with seven Thomas favorites: "Thomas Gets Tricked", "Edward Helps Out", "Come Out Henry", "Henry To The Rescue", "A Big Day For Thomas", "Trouble For Thomas", and "Thomas Saves The Day".

Thomas Gets Tricked. Thomas is a blue tank engine who works at a big station on Sodor. His job is to fetch coaches for the other engines and then take them away when the engines are done pulling them. Thomas thinks he works the hardest and is often very cheeky to the bigger engines, especially Gordon, the biggest and proudest engine, who pulls the express. Thomas likes to startle him by whistling loudly. One day, Gordon returns from a long journey and wants a rest, so he finds a siding to sleep in. Then Thomas sneaks up and gives a cheeky whistle, telling Gordon to wake up and work harder, and runs off, laughing. This is the final straw for Gordon, and instead of falling back asleep, he decides to teach Thomas a lesson. One morning, Thomas' crew is unable to make him start. Gordon and the passengers impatiently wait at Knapford station for Thomas to bring the coaches. Finally, Thomas starts; he hurries to get the express coaches and brings them to the station platform behind Gordon. Gordon then enacts his plan, he quickly backs up, couples to his train and tells his passengers to get in quickly. Thomas usually pushes from behind the big trains to help them get a good start, but is always uncoupled first. This time, however, Thomas' crew do not have time to uncouple him and Gordon quickly starts off with Thomas being pulled along. Gordon races through the Sudrian countryside to show Thomas how hard it is to pull the express. Thomas has never gone so fast before, and it is not long before he is quite out of breath and his wheels ache, but he is forced to go on. After a while, the express finally comes to a stop at Wellsworth station. Thomas is very tired and feels very silly. He is uncoupled from the train, gets turned around on the turntable and moves into a siding where he has a long drink from the water tower. He then wearily puffs home, having learned not to act so cheeky toward Gordon ever again. Edward Helps Out. Edward is an old, blue engine, who is feeling sad, as he has not been out in a long time. One day, his driver and fireman see how upset he is, so they choose him over the other engines. Edward has a wonderful day pulling coaches. The coaches are very proud and impressed with Edward, as is his crew. That night, Edward tells the other engines that he will go out again tomorrow, but falls asleep before he could understand what they thought of it. Next morning, Gordon is bragging to Edward. He tells the old engine to watch him rush by with the express that afternoon. Edward ignores him and goes to shunt trucks in the yard. However, instead of coaches, Gordon is pulling a train of dirty trucks, much to his anger. He soon begins to climb a hill, and stops halfway up. Edward is soon called to be Gordon's banker. The big blue engine does not think that Edward can do it, though he pushes all the same. The train is brought back to the bottom of the hill and then both engines puff together up the hill. All the while Gordon persistently complains but to his surprise, they have made it to the top. Gordon thunders away at high-speed, cheering for himself, and leaves Edward far behind forgetting to thank him. Out of breath, Edward slowly runs into a siding at Maron Station, where his crew give him a long drink and promise to reward him a new coat of blue paint with red stripes. Come Out Henry. It is a very rainy day on Sodor and a big green engine named Henry is pulling a passenger train. He runs into a tunnel and stops there, not wanting to go any further. Henry's driver and fireman argue with him, but he refuses to come out, reasoning that the rain will spoil his green paint with red stripes. The guard tries blowing his whistle and waving his flag, but Henry instead blows steam at him. Just then, another passenger train arrives and on board is the railway director Sir Topham Hatt, better known as the Fat Controller. He decides that Henry will be pulled out of the tunnel. Attaching a rope to Henry, all the passengers try and pull him except for the Fat Controller, citing it as his doctor's orders. When Henry does not move, the passengers move to the other end of the tunnel and then they try to push Henry out, again without Sir Topham Hatt's help, but with the same results. The passengers point out to Henry that the rain has stopped, but Henry still refuses to move, believing that the rain will start again. Thomas arrives to help and tries to push Henry out, but even with another engine pushing, Henry remains in the tunnel. Finally, Sir Topham Hatt admits defeat and, having had enough of Henry's stubbornness, tells him that they will leave him there. Soon the rails are taken up and a brick wall is erected in front of Henry. Now Henry can only sit and watch the other engines passing through the other tunnel. He soon regrets his actions as he sees Edward and Gordon pass by. Edward always toots hello with his whistle, while Gordon always laughs at Henry, saying it serves him right. Henry has no steam to answer them and the soot and dirt from the tunnel has ruined his paint anyway. Henry is left alone cold, dirty, and very sad, wondering if he will ever be let out to pull trains again. Henry To The Rescue. Gordon always pulls the Express and is proud to be the only engine strong enough to do it. One day, he heads down the line with Sir Topham Hatt onboard the train, when he sees the tunnel that Henry has been left bricked up in and abandoned for refusing to come out. Henry feels sorry for himself and wonders if he will ever be forgiven and let out. Gordon plans to whistle rudely at Henry, only to burst his safety valve and he is forced to stop just in front of the tunnel. Upon being told by his driver what has happened and that he can no longer pull his train, Gordon is very upset, especially since they were having a nice run. To add insult to injury, Henry has seen Gordon's mishap and is laughing at him. The passengers come out to see Gordon, including Sir Topham Hatt, who promptly orders for another engine to come to take the Express, while Gordon is uncoupled and moved onto a siding. Edward is the only engine left in the yard and offers to take the train, but when he tries to push the coaches he finds that he is simply not strong enough. Gordon suggests that Henry should be allowed to try and the Fat Controller agrees, as does Henry upon being asked. Soon workmen break down the wall and replace the rails, then Henry comes out of the tunnel. His paint is very dirty and he feels stiff, but after having a quick run to loosen his joints and being turned on a turntable, he feels a lot better and then he is coupled to the coaches. With Henry pulling and Edward pushing, the two engines manage to move the long train. Sir Topham Hatt leans out the window to wave to them, but the train ends up moving very fast and causes his hat to blow off and land in a field where it is eaten by a goat. The two keep running until they reach the last station where the passengers cheer, and on the way home, they help Gordon back to the sheds. Henry is rewarded with a new coat of paint and no longer minds the rain as he now knows that the best way to keep his paint nice is not to hide in tunnels but to ask his driver to wash him down after the day's work is done. A Big Day For Thomas. Thomas is grumbling about only being used to collect the coaches for the other engines, wanting to pull passenger trains as well. The other engines laugh, telling him he is too impatient and would leave something behind. Thomas is determined to get a chance to prove them wrong. One night, Thomas and Henry are alone in the shed as Henry is ill. The workmen try their hardest to make Henry better but to no avail and Thomas feels sorry for him. The next morning when Henry is due to take the morning train and Thomas is needed to get the coaches ready, he starts to hope he will be allowed to pull the train if Henry is not able to. He excitedly leaves to fetch the coaches. Thomas brings the coaches to the platform and is eager to run round in front. His driver does not let him, telling him to be patient. Soon, all the passengers are aboard and the coaches are ready to leave and there is still no sign of Henry, to Thomas' excitement. The Fat Controller arrives to see what is going on and is told about Henry. He orders to find another engine and as Thomas is the only one available, he allows the tank engine to take the train. Thomas, full of joy, quickly moves to the front of the coaches despite his driver again warning him not to be impatient. For some unknown reason - either Thomas is too impatient to wait, his driver has pulled a lever by mistake, or the crew have forgotten to couple him to the coaches - Thomas ends up leaving the station without the coaches and the passengers are very surprised and angry. The men in the signal box outside the station wave and shout, though Thomas thinks they are cheering. Thomas puffs along the line, thinking pulling coaches is easier than he was told. He keeps seeing people waving at him and assumes it is because he has never pulled a train before. Eventually, Thomas is stopped at a signal set to "danger". Thomas is cross at being stopped when he was going so nicely and blows his whistle, alerting the signalman who asks Thomas what he is doing on this part of the line. Thomas replies he is pulling a train, but the signalman asks him where the coaches are. Thomas looks back and realizes that he has left his train behind. He is very upset at his mistake and almost cries. His driver tells him not to be upset and he sadly reverses back to the station. At the station, all the passengers are complaining to the Fat Controller about what happened, but when Thomas returns, they see how sorry he is and allow him to try again. This time, Thomas is properly coupled to the coaches and he really gets his chance to pull the train. But sometime later, the other engines begin to tease Thomas and remind him of his mistake, to his annoyance. Trouble For Thomas. Thomas is fed up with his job of shunting coaches and complains relentlessly to the other engines about it every night, saying that he wishes to see the world for a change, despite the others taking little notice. One night, Edward comes to the shed and feels sorry for Thomas. Edward offers to let Thomas take his goods train, while he shunts coaches for him. Thomas happily agrees. The next morning, their drivers agree and Thomas sets off happily for the yard. Troublesome Trucks talk a lot, do not attend to what they are doing and often play tricks on engines who are not used to them. Edward is well aware of this and has warned Thomas to be careful but he is too excited to listen. Thomas prepares his train and once coupled up, he starts to pull, but the trucks are not ready. Despite their cries to and wait, Thomas just ignores them as he puffs out of the station rather stubbornly. Thomas goes faster and faster passing through Henry's Tunnel and the junction along the journey, but the increased speed makes the trucks very cross. Thomas eventually slows down while climbing Gordon's Hill, but as his driver is trying to apply the brakes at the top, the trucks begin to push him down the hill. Thomas loses control of the trucks and begs them to stop pushing. But they ignore him and keep pushing him as they rush into Maron. He swerves into a siding at the goods yard and shuts his eyes until finally he stops in front of the buffers, narrowly preventing an accident. The Fat Controller, having seen everything, questions him why he came in so fast. Thomas explains that the trucks pushed him, while the Fat Controller advises Thomas that he has a lot to learn about trucks and that after pushing them about in the yard for a few weeks, he will know much more about them as Edward. And then he will be a Really Useful Engine. And he pushes the trucks back to the station ashamed and exhausted. Thomas Saves The Day. Sir Topham Hatt always comes to visit Thomas in the yard on his way on the station. He always tells Thomas that while he may not be as big or as fast as Gordon, he can still be a Really Useful Engine. While shunting, Thomas notices a strange green coach and two cranes. His driver explains that they make up the Breakdown Train and are used to lift engines and rolling stock in the event of an accident. One day, while Thomas is working, he hears an engine whistling for help. The engine, a new one named James, is being pushed by a long line of trucks and cannot stop as his brake blocks are on fire. As James disappears under a bridge, Thomas gapes in shock and wishes to teach the trucks a lesson. Soon, an alarm rings and the signalman informs them that James has derailed. Thomas is coupled to the Breakdown Train and heads to the scene of the crash. Further down the line, James is lying on his side in a field. His driver and fireman check him for damages and tell James that the fault lies in his wooden brakes, which they had never approved of. Thomas arrives with the Breakdown Train and removes the trucks that are still on the rails, while the workmen deal with the ones in the field. Thomas works as hard as he can, going backwards and forwards with the trucks until they have all been cleared away. Soon, James is lifted out of the field by the cranes and carefully set back onto the rails. He is unable to move by himself, so Thomas pulls him back to the shed as evening falls. Waiting for them is the Fat Controller, who congratulates Thomas on all his hard work. He arranges for James to be given proper brakes and a new coat of paint and rewards Thomas with a branch line of his own. Now Thomas is happier than ever. Not only does he have a branch line, he also has two new coaches named Annie and Clarabel. He now gets to pull trains all day and often meets Edward and Henry at the junction. Gordon is often in a hurry, but still whistles to Thomas, who always whistles back.

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