A long time ago, on the island of Sodor, there was a little railway known as the North Western. The smallest engine working on the mainline was Edward. He helped with shunting trucks and coaches in the yard for the larger engines.
[Edward whistles as he reverses]
The biggest engine on the railway was Gordon. He loved pulling the express. But he didn't much care for some of his other jobs.
GORDON: A goods train. A goods train. The shame of it. Oh, the shame of it.
EDWARD: Oh, Gordon, it can't be that bad.
GORDON: Yes, Edward, it is. I am a very important engine. But thankfully, I won't have to pull goods trains for long. Not after the new engine gets here.
EDWARD: New engine? What new engine? Ah.
[Stops when he realizes he's still coupled to a line of trucks then is uncoupled and follows Gordon]
GORDON: Haven't you heard? The Fat Controller is getting another engine. That last one he got, with the wooden brake blocks, was much too small to be really useful.
[James puffs into view]
JAMES: But I'm not small.
[Gordon and Edward screech to a halt with the trucks behind Gordon bumping into each other. Gordon groans as he stops]
TRUCKS: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
GORDON: Oooooh. James.
JAMES: I might not be as big as you, Gordon, but I'm bigger than Edward. And there's nothing wrong with wooden brake blocks either.
Gordon: Unless they catch fire, of course.
[Eagle puffs into view]
EAGLE: Come on now, guys. You're blocking the line, and we're already behind schedule.
GORDON: Oh, uh, right. Can you move on now please, James? You're blocking my way.
[So, James puffs forward so that Gordon can pass. James then gives an irritated look]
JAMES: My brakes don't catch fire. [Gordon whistles]
JAMES: They're just as good as yours. Hmph!
[Later, Gordon is seen on the line to Gordon's Hill]
Gordon didn't like pulling heavy goods trains. But he especially didn't like pulling them up the big hill on the mainline.
[The trucks hold Gordon back and he notices. He tries to pull them up the hill but then he stops]
GORDON: Oh. (strains) Oh, I give up.
[Gordon's driver and fireman peek out of the cab]
GORDON'S DRIVER: What's he up to now? [gets out and walks up to Gordon's front] Come on, Gordon, you're not even trying.
GORDON: Ha. I can't do it. Those noisy trucks hold an engine. If they were coaches, now that would be different.
[At Knapford, in the Fat Controller's office, the phone rings. He picks it up]
THE FAT CONTROLLER: Hello. [realizes he's got the phone the wrong way round and turns it the right way up] Ahem. Hello?
The man in charge of the little railway was Sir Topham Hatt.
THE FAT CONTROLLER: I see.
But the engines used to call him "The Fat Controller".
THE FAT CONTROLLER: I see.
It was his job to make sure all the trains ran on time.
THE FAT CONTROLLER: Oh, dear. Okay. Goodbye. [puts the phone down] Hmmm. [Later, in the yard, The Fat Controller approaches Edward] Hello, Edward. I'm afraid Gordon needs your help.
EDWARD: My help, Sir? Are you sure?
THE FAT CONTROLLER: Yes. He can't get up the hill with his goods trucks, apparently.
EDWARD: (whistles) Alright, Sir. I'm on my way. [The scene changes to Gordon trying to get up the hill. Edward arrives] Hello, Gordon. I've come to push.
GORDON: Huh. No use at all. A small engine like you.
EDWARD: Humph. (He couples up to Gordon's brake van and starts to push) Oh, please Gordon, try.
GORDON: All right, all right. [Gordon tries going up while Edward pushes] I can't do it.
EDWARD: I will do it.
GORDON: I can't do it.
EDWARD: I will do it.
GORDON: I can't do it.
EDWARD: I will do it.
[They reach the top and Gordon puffs down the other side]
GORDON: I've done it. I've done it! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! I knew I could do it! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
EDWARD: Not even so much as a "thank you". Humph.
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Thomas and friends: The Adventure Begins (Rewrite)
FanfictionA rewrite of the Thomas and friends movie: The Adventure Begins, with some never before seen scenes.
