(bright music)
(upbeat, bouncy music)
- [Narrator] It was winter
on the Island of Sodor.
The snow covered fields
and railway lines.
All the engines were hard
at work, except Percy.
(horn toots)
- [Thomas] Come on Percy, this
is no time to have a rest.
- [Narrator] "I'm
stuck," moaned Percy.
"And my funnel's freezing
up, driver's gone for help."
- [Narrator] "Huh," huffed
Thomas, then went on his way.
Later, Thomas had
to help clear snow
by a tunnel, but it was
too deep and he got stuck.
Thomas was very cross.
"Snow is nothing but
trouble," he moaned.
Rusty was close by.
- [Rusty] Driver
says this winter
is as bad as the
worst winter of all.
- [Narrator] "How
worst?" asked Thomas.
"I'll tell you," replied Rusty.
And then then little engine did.
Skarloey was working the line
to the slate mine
in the mountains.
When the snow came, it
was difficult to work.
They used the snow as
a double buffer zone
to help stop cars skidding
through to the ravine.
One day, Skarloey
set off to the mines
with some empty cars.
Meanwhile, there was
trouble at the mine.
The winch that hauls
the cars up and down
wasn't working properly.
Skarloey had reached the ravine.
High above him were
the mine yards.
"That snow looks
dangerous," said his driver.
"The sound of your engine
and the freight cars
"could cause an avalanche.
"I'll set off an emergency
cap and see what happens."
Skarloey watched as
his driver prepared it.
Then they ran over the cap.
(cap explodes)
The bang echoed
around the gorge.
Nothing happened.
"Good," said his driver.
"All's well, we'll
have a cup of cocoa
"and then make our way."
But high above them,
all was not well.
A long line of full cars
was about to be
winched down the slope.
They had just
started their journey
when some empty cars
became derailed.
The winch groaned.
"Brake it, snap it,"
shouted the freight cars.
And they did.
(chain snaps)
"On, on, faster,
faster," they giggled.
"The snowbank and buffers will
stop him," said a workman.
But he was wrong.
The freight cars
plunged into the ravine.
(suspenseful music)
Skarloey and his driver heard
the noise and looked up.
"Avalanche," they cried.
(dramatic music)
When the snow plume cleared,
there was no sign of Skarloey.
He was buried deep
inside the high drift,
blocking the ravine.
And then came the funny part.
"What's the funny part about
an avalanche?" asked Thomas.
Well.
(mystical twinkling)
No one knew that the heat
from Skarloey's engine
had helped to make an igloo.
- [Driver] It's a snowball.
- [Driver] It's a snowhouse.
- [Driver] It's an engine.
- [Narrator] They
clear away the ice,
only to find Skarloey's
driver and fireman
drinking cocoa as if
nothing had happened.
"Lucky for him, but
it just goes to show
"you can't trust freight
cars," said Thomas.
"Or snow," said Rusty.
The men had just cleared
the snow away from him
when Gordon puffed
by with his machine.
- [Gordon] Hey look
out, there's snow about.
- [Narrator] He stopped by the
tunnel and wheeshed loudly.
Then it happened.
- [Gordon] Oh no.
(curious music)
- [Narrator] "Help,"
cried Gordon.
"If Skarloey survived the
snowfall, surely a big,
"proud engine like you can do
the same," chuckled Thomas.
"Paw," moaned
Gordon from within,
and then fell as
silent as the snow.
(playful music)
05x26 - Snow
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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.