Sodor is a place of happiness and joy. A place where living engines work. However things go horribly wrong as a disease spreads throughout the island turning people into monsters hungry for flesh.

The year is 1973. Life is normal on the Island of Sodor. Contracts were being made, and buildings being built. A nuclear power-plant on the Brendam had been built, but after that... all hell broke loose.

Years of poor maintenance and filthy work conditions, the Sodor ironworks begins to leak a poisonous liquid. The rest is chaos.

The year 2012, Henry is hoping to be repainted on the 17th of September, he finishes the train, he returns to his sheds with everyone pissed off and whistling angerly, Henry didn't understand, Topham spoke to him, saying that the train he took was very important, and Henry was only late because of Donald & Douglas' wreck on a curve, Henry felt betrayed, and wanted it to be normal like everyone loved our number 3 green engine, but something else happens...

Will the engines of Sodor manage to win this war? Find out and start reading!

When Gordon The Big Engine heads out on a stormy afternoon express run, everything goes wrong as he is stuck by lightning and his driver, "Keith" and replacement fireman, "Ted" are transported into another world.