(upbeat music)
(playful music)
(train engine beeps)
- [Narrator]
Rheneas and Skarloey
work on the most beautiful
line on the island of Sodor.
They love to puff through the
forest and over the rivers.
(train horn beeps)
An old bridge crosses
one of the rivers.
Some of its beams were rotting
and had now been
damaged by the storm.
Skarloey
(train horn beeps)
chuffed happily along.
He didn't see the broken rail
until it was too late.
(intense music)
(quiet crashing)
He dangled dangerously
above the water.
- [Skarloey] Help!
- [Narrator] But Rheneas
(calming music)
soon pulled him to safety.
(train chugging)
A few days later Sir Topham
Hatt came to the sheds.
- [Sir Topham Hatt] The
old bridge has been mended,
but the worker's freight
cars had been left there.
Skarloey I need you
to collect them.
- [Skarloey] Yes sir.
- [Narrator] Chuffed Skarloey.
He didn't want to go
on the bridge again.
(sad music)
When Skarloey arrived,
he saw the freight
cars on the other side.
He started to
cross, but stopped.
He looked down into
the rushing water.
Skarloey was scared.
He remembered what
had happened before.
- [Skarloey's Driver]
Come on, Skarloey.
- [Narrator] Called his driver.
- [Skarloey's Driver]
The bridge is safe now.
(train chugging)
But Skarloey wouldn't
cross the bridge,
And he and his driver
went home instead.
- [Rheneas' Driver] We'll
pick up the freight cars.
- [Narrator] Said
Rheneas' driver.
- [Rheneas] But if you don't
cross the bridge soon...
- [Narrator] Said Rheneas.
- [Rheneas] Sir Topham
Hatt will be cross.
(train horn beeping)
- [Narrator] Now Rheneas
(playful music)
had to take Skarloey's
loads as well as his own.
Each morning he collected
the freight cars
and puffed across the
bridge with his heavy load.
Finally Sir Topham Hatt
came to see Skarloey.
- [Sir Topham Hatt] If you
won't cross the old bridge,
you must stay here and
shunt freight cars.
- [Narrator] He scolded.
(birds chirping)
- [Sir Topham Hatt]
I can't have engines
that won't do as they're told.
- [Skarloey] Sorry, sir.
- [Narrator] Said
Skarloey sadly.
(playful music)
The next morning Rheneas
(train engine beeping)
took Skarloey's heavy
freight cars as usual.
Then he puffed and heaved
through the countryside
towards the bridge.
He puffed so hard that
he ran out of water.
- [Rheneas] Bother!
- [Narrator] The yard manager
(train chugging)
spread the news.
- [Yard Manager]
Rheneas has broken down.
- [Skarloey] We
must go help him.
- [Narrator] Said
Skarloey bravely.
(train engine beeps)
He set off immediately.
(playful music)
Skarloey was scared
but determined.
He rolled slowly up to the edge.
(calmly intense music)
The bridge creaked loudly.
The river seemed
deeper than ever.
- [Skarloey] I must
rescue my friend.
- [Narrator] Whispered Skarloey.
He chuffed slowly
onto the bridge.
The bridge groaned
as he rolled forward
but Skarloey puffed on...
and on...
and finally,
his driver coupled up and
pulled Rheneas to safety.
(happy music)
(train chugging)
- [Rheneas] Thank you.
- [Narrator] Said Rheneas.
- [Rheneas] You were
very brave to help me.
(train engine beeps)
- [Narrator] Skarloey is no
longer afraid of the bridge,
and he loves his
journeys more than ever.
(upbeat happy music)
07x04 - The Old Bridge
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.