Thomas the Tank Engine
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This article is about the fictional tank engine, for the television series, see Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional tank engine. He is blue, and has an 0-6-0 wheel arrangement based on a LBSCR E2 Steam Tank Engine. He lives on the fictional Island of Sodor, and is locomotive number 1 on the Sodor Railways. He is the star of the television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Thomas the tank engine first appeared in the 1940s, when stories about him were published in The Railway Series by Reverend W.V. Awdry. Now he is the most well known fictional locomotive in the world. Hear Thomas's Whistle (http://jonathonag.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/fs_whistle1.wav)
Eddie Glen provided the voice of Thomas in the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
Adventures of Thomas
Thomas and Gordon was the first episode of the television series and features a cheeky tank engine known as Thomas. He teases Gordon the Big Engine for being too slow and lazy. Gordon plots his revenge on Thomas. On a morning when Thomas is very sleepy, Gordon takes revenge by starting the Express Train before Thomas is uncoupled. Thomas is forced to go the journey at high speed and at the end of the line Gordon laughs. Thomas is faced with a long slow ride home for his foolishness.
Further adventures with Thomas cause him to:
- Have trouble with trucks.
- Rescue James the Red Engine.
- Get fish in his boiler.
- Get stuck in snowdrifts.
- Race with Bertie the Bus. Photo (http://www.newman.ac.uk/Students_Websites/~S.Smedley/pictures/tomrac.jpg)
- Fall down a mine.
- Rescue Mrs Kyndley.
- Go on a runaway.
- Get covered in coal.
- "Go to breakfast" at the stationmaster's house
- Get scared by a "Ghost".
- Get caught in a snowdrift again while bringing the christmas tree.
- Help with the post train.
- Get "bumped".
- Meet the "bluebell" engine, Stepney.
- Go faster than Gordon, with the help of a jet engine.
- Help deliver items to the ice cream factory instead of taking children to the beach.
- And many other adventures...
Other Information
- Thomas has two coaches Annie and Clarabel and his own branch line.
- The Fat Controller calls him a "Really useful engine".
- Thomas hates his snowplough.
Episode list
Series 1 (1984)
- Thomas and Gordon
- Edward and Gordon
- The Sad Story of Henry
- Edward, Gordon and Henry
- Thomas's Train
- Thomas and the Trucks
- Thomas and the Breakdown Train
- James and the Coaches
- Troublesome Trucks
- James and the Express
- Thomas and the Guard
- Thomas goes Fishing
- Thomas, Terence and the Snow
- Thomas and Bertie
- Tenders And Turntables
- Trouble In The Shed
- Percy Runs Away
- Coal
- The Flying Kipper
- Whistles and Sneezes
- Toby and the Stout Gentleman
- Thomas in Trouble
- Off the Rails
- Down the Mine (Once repeated as 'Thomas Down the Mine')
- Dirty Objects (Once repeated as 'James and the Tar Wagons')
- Thomas's Christmas Party
Series 2 (1986)
- Thomas, Percy and the Coal
- Cows
- Bertie's Chase
- Saved from Scrap
- Old Iron
- Thomas and Trevor
- Percy and the Signal
- Duck takes Charge
- Percy and Harold
- The Runaway
- Percy takes the Plunge
- Pop Goes the Diesel
- Dirty Work
- A Close Shave
- Better Late than Never
- Break Van
- The Deputation
- Thomas Comes To Breakfast
- Daisy
- Percy's Predicament
- The Diseasel
- Wrong Road
- Edward's Exploit
- Ghost Train
- Woolly Bear
- Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
Series 3 (1991)
- A Scarf for Percy