new era new friends

63 1 0
                                    

The fat controller has ordered for a new steam engine to be brought to the island of sodor but he is surprised when two arrive he goes to talk to the new residents of sodor attempting to sort with the matter the new residents who are twins named donald and Douglas they have lost their numbers so the fat controller gives them 9 and 10 but he is determined to figure out which one of the twins to send back to Scotland
Donald and Douglas now have 9 and 10 on their tenders they only find out about this when duck tells them
one afternoon Douglas is worried about getting sent away this indicates that he was the engine that wasn't supposed to arrive and donald was unfortunately he ends up forgetting to shunt thomas's special coaches for him to evade the angry complaints of the passengers the twins decide to swap their tenders so as to convince the fat controller that Donald has taken his goods train but to no avail the fat controller not being fooled reprimands Douglas severely
Under the threat of being sent away the twins behave very well until a spiteful brake van takes a disliking to Douglas donald soon puts the van right until he crashes into a signal box James is assigned to do Donald's goods work in the mean time the trucks give James a hard time eventually leading to Douglas to help James push the trucks up the hill the brake van gets its comeuppance when Douglas accidentally crushes it the fat controller comes to inspect the damage and he is still making up his mind on who to send back winter comes early and Donald and Douglas ask to help clear the line they manage to save Henry from a snow drift but are still worried as it now looks like both of them will be sent back
Edward henry Gordon James Percy and duck are upset by this they've been good friends to donald and Douglas ever since they arrived under Edwards advice to Percy they organize a deputation they assign Percy as their representative Percy talks to the fat controller telling him that Donald and Douglas will be killed by an unknown group of men if they get sent back to Scotland since that's what's been happening to most steam engine drivers lately the fat controller is shocked by this since he never heard of that before this causes the fat controller to make up his mind on who to send back the next day he comes to the house with news
Fat controller:(Both of you will be staying)
This is met with cheers of joy from everyone
The next year Douglas notices Gordon looking at a scrap book and asks him what's wrong
Gordon:(it's just that my nephew moved out last year I've raised him for 32 years after his parents died)
Douglas:(I'm sorry to hear that man I know how that feels)
Gordon:(what's even worse is that years ago I was happily married then I found out that my wife cheated on me and my daughter isn't mine I haven't seen them since after the divorce)
Douglas:(Jesus)
Gordon:(I literally have no family to talk to)
Douglas:(you still have your friends)
Gordon:(yeah I also have brothers one of my brothers is Scott he is also very well known as the flying Scotsman)
Douglas:(your the brother of the famous flying Scotsman!)
Gordon:(yeah it's something that most people seem to not know about)
Then Percy comes in telling them the latest update on Thomas he crashed into a pond
Which makes Gordon laugh since he's crashed into a pond many times before
This makes him wonder how life is going at Ffarquhar percy says she is going to see it for herself since she is gonna be staying there for awhile
Percy arrives at Ffarquhar and meets with Thomas and Toby for the first time in a year they catch up on everything that's happened since then Percy mentions that she delivers the mail now that night toby makes them dinner Thomas asks Percy what's going on with Gordon and friends back at home percy dats their doing well especially with getting new friends like Donald and Douglas after dinner toby tells them to get a lot of sleep since there's gonna be a lot of work tomorrow
The next day Thomas and Percy wake up early and Thomas goes to start his steam engine with Percy they notice it needs to be cleaned so while cleaning it thomas accidentally starts the engine so he and Percy chase after it then it crashes into the stationmasters house the station masters wife even blames Thomas for ruining their breakfast
Thomas:(seriously I almost get you guys killed are your pissed about your ruined breakfast?!?!?!?)
donald and Douglas come to pull the steam engine out of the house and it is sent to the newly opened steam works for repairs
Percy:(what happened to the other works?)
Fat controller:(it filed for bankruptcy the steamworks is going to be the main works for Sodor from now on)
While Thomas's steam engine is away for repairs the fat controller hires a Diesel engine to take his place the diesel arrives and she is named daisy Percy and Toby show her around but she causes problems for them even calling Annie clarabel and Henrietta rubbish
Daisy prepares to take the first train....which is a milk van when it is about to be coupled she refuses to pull it saying it goes against fitters orders people suspect that she is lying but the passengers can't be kept waiting so the milk van is taken away
Daisy makes fun of Toby's side plates and cow catchers saying he is scared of getting hurt Toby objects but daisy claims that animals will move anyway later on daisy is asked to shoo a bull away to his owner she tries to but the bull is too busy eating grass to notice daisy gives up and goes back to the yard then Toby manages to shoo the bull away daisy later on sees some boys enjoying some sweets named bulls-eye this gets her huffy
Daisy refuses to pull milk vans again and Percy is in a bad mood toby decides to take the van for her so as to late percy take the trucks from the quarry Percy speaks rudely to the trucks and the trucks get their revenge plot they push Percy down the line and straight into a train of stones that evening the fat controller scolds Percy for being careless and then daisy for being lazy but gives her a second chance Thomas returns to service the next day and Toby teaches daisy the finer points of branch line life
Later on Toby finds out that he and Thomas are being evicted from his house because of Thomas crashing into the station masters house so Thomas moves back to tidmouth Toby decides to move there was well Sodor's famous 7 engines now live in the same house
Later on in 1960 we go back to the Skarloey railway peter sam's funnel is still loose after the thing with the trucks but it hasn't fallen off yet winter appears
Peter Sam is tasked with taking a passenger train but while he is in a tunnel an icicle knocks his funnel off he replaces it with a drainpipe until a new funnel a giesl ejector arrives
Later on Skarloey tells sir Handel about a steam roller named George a man who drives a steam roller and he hates railways the next day sir Handel is busy taking a special train when he meets George sir Handel tries to pass but George won't let him eventually they both crash into each other eventually after that a fence is put up to separate the road and rail and George leaves
Nancy the guards daughter is giving Skarloey's steam engine a polish when Duncan asks if his can have one too Nancy doesn't have the time which leaves Duncan sulking later that day one of Skarloey's passenger trains derail and Duncan is sent to take them home he arrives in time for his own train and is so annoyed that he doesn't even try to build up steam and he eventually stops on the viaduct Skarloey comes to take him to the next station but the passengers are furious at the delay and they say that it is a bad railway Duncan however doesn't care
Duncan's still complaining so Skarloey tells him the story of why Rheneas doesn't work anymore
The year before peter Sam and sir Handel came to the Skarloey railway the railway was facing hard times and it was at the possibility of closing down Skarloey explains that she was tired at the time so Rheneas offered to do some of her work then one day while pulling a full train the valve gear in Rheneas's steam engine jammed Rheneas managed to fix it to get to the next station it was hard work but she managed to get there the passengers were so grateful that they promised to come back with all their friends Duncan realized that he has been silly and apologizes to Skarloey
The next day Edward brings Rheneas's steam engine to the Skarloey railway and a huge celebration occurs Rheneas finally returns to service
Later on in may 1960 rusty decides to go to the other railway since she is bored Skarloey tells her that the other railway is a dangerous place to steam engines now a days rusty understands this and goes to the other railway anyway rusty visits the scrapyard which is a scary place for steam engines while rusty is there she finds a particular one the person inside of the engine comes out and introduces himself as Stepney he explains that someone is going to kill him so rusty gets him out of there they make it back to the Skarloey railway where Stepney meets Skarloey Rheneas peter Sam sir Handel and Duncan
Then a bunch of people show up having followed rusty and Stepney to the railway they declare that they will scrap and kill Stepney no matter what then a voice calls out
"Halt!"
Everyone turns to see the man he introduces himself as the president of the bluebell railway which is looking into rescuing steam engines for preservation and they are looking into buying Stepney for their railway other railway seeing no use for Stepney gives him to the bluebell railway for free Stepney was delighted to finally have a railway to work on again soon after this more engines came to the bluebell railway after being bought I'm very pleased to say that Stepney enjoys working there now
After this Skarloey and company see peter Sam and sir Handel looking at a scrap book they see pictures of peter Sam and sir Handel with someone else they both reveal that before coming to the Skarloey railway they were once known as falcon and Stuart and their friend with them is named duke or as they liked to call him grandpuff they also explained that they haven't seen him in years since their old line closed down and they don't know what happened to him
2 years later in 1962
Percy is singing about bluebells when Douglas comes up and tells her that her song is daft Percy is cross and tells him about the bluebells of england and about how the engines on the other railway suffer from the cruel spirit of their controller's and how they get sent to the scrapyard to be cut up this causes Douglas to remember that he would've been scrapped if the fat controller decided to keep only Donald percy then tells douglas about the bluebell railway a safe haven for steam engines and how Stepney is coming to visit the island Stepney arrives to the island and is welcomed by all the engines of sodor
After talking to Edward about the bluebell railway Stepney goes to tidmouth to help duck
Thomas has just left with his last train when he is stopped so Stepney with a vip in tow and pass Thomas is furious but when Stepney explains the next morning that he was running a special and flatters Thomas by complimenting his knowledge of branch line life Thomas is happier and begins talking about his branch line
Percy offers Stepney to help with a goods train to which they both agree to Stepney later passes a Elsbridge cricket field when a batsman hits a six and a ball lands in one of stepney's trucks Stepney doesn't hear them calling him so he takes off they all pile into a sentient car named Caroline and chase after him eventually managing to catch up to him and get their ball back
Stepney's stay on the island is almost over but in his place a diesel arrives and insults the engines by boasting about how he is more up to date although the engines have no idea of what to do the Diesel soon gets karma when an inspectors hat blows into his air intank
Duck and Stepney have to take his train and they reach the station in record time Stepney leaves the next day and he has a big farewell party and everyone says that they hope he comes back one day as for what happened to the diesel? Well he went into hiding after that never to be seen again......for now
Back on the Skarloey railway yet again
Sir Handel is grumpy and complains about the coaches causing trouble for him Rheneas tells him that he should be grateful that he doesn't work on a mountain railway sir Handel doesn't believe such thing exists and an argument ensues until donald brings Culdee a mountain engine when Culdee wakes up he tells the Skarloey residents about his line and an adventure he had on his first day when he learned how to use the automatic breaks during a thrilling journey down the mountain
Duncan is in a bad mood because the fat controller says he kept a bad look out so Culdee changes the subject by telling the Skarloey residents the story of his railway's number 1 engine
Culdee:(about 63 years ago godred had too much faith in his automatic brakes despite frequent discipline and investigation into his behavior godred continued in his way until one day)
Skarloey:(one day what?)
Culdee:(one day he fell off the track and down the mountain slide dying because of that)
Skarloey Rheneas peter Sam sir Handel rusty and Duncan are mortified and remain speechless
Culdee:(the manager had no money to repair the engine that Godred used over time people used those parts as spare parts for their engines)
Culdee:(some say that you can still see godred's ghost)
Donald later brings Culdee home where he discovers that 3 new engines have arrived Alaric Eric and lord Harry the latter of whom is loud and impulsive the next day Culdee makes fun of lord Harry's super heat and lord Harry is so determined to pay him out instead he derails at the summit preventing Wilfred from taking his downs train lord Harry is subsequently rescued and sent to the back of the cabin in disgrace lord Harry gets his name taken away as punishment he now goes by 6 and after hearing about Culdee's story about godred he asks the manager to be let out the manager agrees but forbids him to do passenger trains so 6 is kept taking supplies and workmen to summit hotel one day he is preparing to continue up devil's back a difficult part of the line after a message arrives about a group of injured climbers despite the strong wind 6 preserves and the leader of the climbers asks the manager to rename 6 after a friend who helped him when he was injured 6 is renamed to Patrick and only takes risks when necessary
Nancy is polishing Skarloey's steam engine then Skarloey calls her a fusspot Nancy replies by calling her a Crosspatch this causes Skarloey to remember the time when she was a Crosspatch and tells Nancy the story
Skarloey:(I was shipped to Sodor at some point after being loaded onto a flatbed using the ship's derricks I was taken to Crovan's gate by an ugly engine named neil the people there weren't used to steam engines and it was dark by the time I was on the rails the next morning I was told to take some trucks but all I wanted to do was pull coaches the manager mr Mack came along with some workmen and they tried to make me do steam but I didn't and I refused to do anything after that day and then the days after that eventually they got tired and I was covered up by a tarpaulin)
Nancy says it served Skarloey right but a crowd which came to listen tells her to go on
Skarloey:(at last mr Mack came and I said sorry mr Mack told me that mr Bobbie who helped build this steam engine I use had come and I worked hard to finish the line before the inspector arrived)
Skarloey:(when my twin Rheneas came to service she was a sensible person who unlike me was bouncy and excited when I was told to pull the director's train she told me to be careful but I scoffed at her and I got Agnes Ruth Jemima and Beatrice the coaches who were sentient before Annie and clarabel were a thing had never met me before and their leader didn't trust me when I began to bounce mr Mack who was riding with me closed the regulator to quickly and the coaches bumped into each other and mr Mack was knocked into a bush he rode in Beatrice for the remainder of the journey the directors were cross and told Rheneas to pull the inspectors train instead and the directors gave me an extra set of wheels)
One of them:(how did mr Mack fall out if you have a cab?)
Skarloey:(it's simple I didn't back then)
One of them:(really?)
Skarloey:(yeah cabs weren't a thing back in the early days of steam)
Rheneas:(I didn't have one either)
Rheneas:(you know what I'll tell the rest of the story for you)
Rheneas:(once Skarloey came back she had a cab this time and another set of wheels the coaches were impressed when I was told to get a cab I disagreed Skarloey called me a stick in the mud and the argument went on until we fell out then one morning Skarloey was taking the workmen to the quarry in the rain when I was warming up the guard arrived and told me that Skarloey had gotten stuck in a landslide beyond the tunnel I refused to help at first I went when reminded of the workmen and crew afterwards we made up for each other and we laughed once we realized that Skarloey was the stick in the mud)
Later on duck tells peter Sam that there are no dukes since all the dukes were scrapped peter Sam who remembered the fat controller saying the duke of sodor was coming to celebrate Skarloey and Rheneas's birthday is horrified and when he tells the others the argue over who is right(peter Sam may have been thinking about duke but sir handel's reaction is never heard)the next day they all wake up happy it is Skarloey and Rheneas's birthday later peter Sam takes the television train and films Rheneas after Skarloey arrives and takes the duke around the new loop line around the lake the duke makes a speech during which peter Sam interrupts and asks him if he's real the duke tells him that he is and Rheneas makes a speech asking everyone to go and visitor her and Skarloey's brother Talyllyn on their own railway
Back over on Sodor bill and Ben are twins like Donald and Douglas who work at the quarry they are also mentored by Edward he took an interest in them after hearing about how the saved lots of people in the quarry during an avalanche
One day they leave some trucks in a siding and leave to go get more but when they come back they see that the trucks they left in a siding are gone the deduce that a diesel has taken them they decide to remove the numbers and name plates on their engines to go and prank the diesel they find the diesel located at Brendam and play tricks on him bill went to go and meet the diesel
The diesel looked up at bill
The diesel:(do you mind?)
Bill:(yes I do I want my trucks back)
The diesel:(these are mine go away)
Bill:(ok then you'll regret this)
Bill and Ben then took turns by coming up next to the diesel this went on and on until the diesel's eyes nearly popped out
The diesel:(stop stop your making me dizzy!)
The diesel:(......are there two of you?)
Bill:(yes)
Ben:(were twins)
The diesel:(I might have known)
Then Edward came and they explained everything then the diesel apologizes for taking their trucks even revealing his name to be boco
Bill and Ben then leave
Later on as James waits to take his passenger train to the next station at knapford a beehive breaks and bees come out and cause mayhem at knapford they use James's boiler for warmth but one gets burnt and as payback stings james right in the nose this causes James to let out a loud scream that's heard around the world somehow
Eventually James finds the bees a new hive to live at
Although the big engines are forbidden to go on the branch lines because of how big their steam engines weigh Gordon believes that they are forbidden because they are vulgar and he leaves to take his train he misses his path after a lady confuses the guard by thinking the signalman waved his flag because of the big green hat she wears and in the end Edwards train leaves ahead of gordons however this causes a huge disruption as the wellsworth signalman wasn't informed of this and Gordon is left on a siding at Brendam the next day Gordon is teased by bill and Ben after they "mistaken" him for scrap and try to decide on how to get rid of him thankfully BoCo arrives and sends the twins away
Edward is later asked to take a passenger train but he finds it hard to move the train after meeting up with bill and Ben he takes it anyway later during the bad weather he is still taking the train but then a crankpin breaks it severely battering his splashers and frame up out of shape despite this he is determined to get the passengers to the next station so he takes both of his side rods off and goes back on the journey the passengers thank him for this edward's steam engine is sent to Crovan's hate for repairs while BoCo takes over on his branch line for awhile
New ballast is being laid in the track bed of the fat controller's railway Donald and Douglas bring it from a line that starts at tidmouth and all they say is that verra wee engines bring it down from the hills duck is curious and asks to take some trucks along the line there he meets a small green engine the driver introduces himself as Rex who tells him about the chute that loads his trucks the next time duck visits Rex introduces him to two other engine mike and bert when duck discovers that they don't have any passengers yet he leaves promising to go and get them some
Mike tells Bert that two clergyman are coming to take pictures of them and they will be put in a book Bert thinks he will be Physically stuck in a book and is apprehensive
But cheers up when he meets them however he gets cross at them when they don't wave at him while taking pictures and the final straw is when they accidentally drench him in muddy water when they pass him in their car Bert plans revenge and at a hilly part he creates smoke soaking his driver and the clergyman inside the cab the small controller hears about this and sternly sends Bert to the shed but later after both parties make up Bert tells the others that they will be in the book along with him
Ducks whistle is faulty after a bunch of people used it to cook eggs and mike makes fun of him saying that engines without whistles aren't proper engines at all the others tease mike about his whistle and when he blows off steam he is chosen to take the passenger train mike is furious and he is in a bad temper all day when a cow strays onto the line mike tries to make her shoo by blowing his whistle but all that happens is his whistle flys into the sky everyone tries to look for it but to no avail mike is sent to work at the quarry for the rest of the day and to top it all off Rex and bert tease him about it
After an encounter with a flock of sheep mike calls them silly and cannot understand why Rex is really useful the small controller arrives and tells them that they are now arranging to take wool trains for the local farmers Rex is chosen to take the first train Rex is over confident but gets his comeuppance when a tractors load spills into the line derailing him bert and mike tease him about it but say sorry when they come to take him home and the small controller tells them that their railway is more popular then ever
Later on in late 1967 Gordon makes a devastating discovery he finds out that all his brothers are dead and he becomes severely depressed by this becoming depressed for weeks even refusing to pull the express eventually Gordon gets over this but is still depressed over the fact that he is the only surviving member of his siblings
Later on a mystery man finds out about Gordon being depressed over losing his brothers another mystery man finds out about this as well and they both decide to go to Sodor
Later on at knapford Thomas and Percy are talking to each other all the other engines who work on the main line are there as well then Thomas and Percy look forward their faces turn into shocked faces

are there two of you?)Bill:(yes) Ben:(were twins)The diesel:(I might have known)Then Edward came and they explained everything then the diesel apologizes for taking their trucks even revealing his name to be bocoBill and Ben then leaveLater on as ...

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

Thomas:(it cant be!)
Percy:(all the Lner class Pacifics were scrapped!)
Edward henry James toby Duck donald Douglas Alfred ally and even the fat controller are shocked at what their seeing as well especially Gordon cause what their are seeing is a green engine with two tenders his one of his two tenders that had lner another had 4472 those tenders made the engine all too familiar to them
The engine they were looking at was none other then the famous flying Scotsman

Thomas the human and friendsWhere stories live. Discover now