Thomas and The Rumours & Other Stories (Anchor Bay Entertainment) - Full Tape Play

This is all of the Anchor Bay Entertainment full tape play of Thomas and The Rumours & Other Stories, released on February 2, 1999, with two Season 3 episodes, one Season 4 episode and four Season 5 episodes, as told by Alec Baldwin.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Diesel
 * Mavis
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Harold
 * Cranky
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Rheneas (cameo)
 * Duke (cameo)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * Terence (cameo)
 * Butch (cameo)

Story Stops

 * 1) Cranky Bugs
 * 2) Thomas and The Rumours
 * 3) Mavis
 * 4) Toby's Tightrope
 * 5) Rusty Helps Peter Sam
 * 6) A Better View For Gordon
 * 7) Put Upon Percy

Trivia

 * The nameplates are sourced from the Cranky Bugs 1999 VHS.
 * The show's opening theme is heard during the nameplates after Thomas and The Rumours.
 * Class 40's nameplate is shown before the start of Rusty Helps Peter Sam, during the nameplates after Toby's Tightrope.

Opening Previews

 * 1) Anchor Bay FBI Warning

Closing Previews

 * 1) Last few seconds of

Opening Credits

 * THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE & FRIENDS
 * Based on The Railway Series by The REV.W.AWDRY
 * Adaptation by BRITT ALLCROFT
 * THOMAS AND THE RUMOURS
 * Storyteller ALEC BALDWIN
 * Directed by DAVID MITTON

Cranky Bugs

 * Alec Baldwin: Thomas and Percy enjoyed working at the docks. They like the sea air and the sound of the gulls. But one day, the friends were feeling hot and bothered. A crane was causing trouble. His name was Cranky and this was his first day at the docks.
 * Cranky: You're useless little bugs!
 * Alec Baldwin: He called from above.
 * Cranky: If you put these freight cars on the inside lines then I wouldn't have so far to travel.
 * Thomas: Rubbish!
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Thomas.
 * Thomas: No crane has ever complained before.
 * Cranky: Well I'm complaining now.
 * Alec Baldwin: And Cranky banged his load down on the quayside. Later, the two engines met Gordon and James and told them about Cranky.
 * Gordon: Cranes are eerie fairy things they need a lot of attention like me in fact.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Gordon.
 * James: You should see the situation from Cranky's point of view.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said James.
 * James: He's high up in the air coping with wind, rain and baking sun. Then he looks down and sees you two little engines being annoying. No wonder he calls you bugs.
 * Alec Baldwin: When Cranky heard that the big engines agreed with him, he grew bossier still.
 * Cranky: Come on, come on. Push those freight cars closer to me.
 * Alec Baldwin: But Percy was too upset to concentrate and pushed the freight cars too far. Poor Percy. Then, Cranky played a trick on Thomas.
 * Cranky: Push your freight cars onto the outside line. It's easier for me to load up.
 * Alec Baldwin: So Thomas did. But Cranky left the loads beside the freight cars, not in them.
 * Cranky: You must have known my arm can't reach you there.
 * Alec Baldwin: Complained Cranky. This mix up caused confusion and delay. Sir Topham Hatt was most upset.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Thomas and Percy, this new crane has an important job to do. I have heard that you not been helping him today. You will go to your sheds and consider how you improve yourselves tomorrow.
 * Alec Baldwin: Now Thomas and Percy were upset too. That evening, a big storm raged across the island. Cranky and the engines were trapped at the docks.
 * Duck: We're sure to be safe in the sheds.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Duck. But he was wrong. The engines had no idea they were about to be put in great danger by an old tramp steamer. It was out of control and running a ground straight into the sheds.
 * (The old tramp steamer crashes into the shed)
 * Cranky: (screams)
 * (Cranky lands onto the ground with a loud Kuh-Thud)
 * Henry, James, Duck and Gordon: Help!
 * Alec Baldwin: Called the engines from inside the shed.
 * Cranky: I can't!
 * Alec Baldwin: Called Cranky. When the storm was over, Sir Topham Hatt rushed to the scene of the destruction.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Thomas and Percy will help you.
 * Alec Baldwin: He called to Cranky.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: And then you can help the engines.
 * Cranky: Oh, please, hurry!
 * Alec Baldwin: Cried Cranky.
 * Cranky: And tell them I'm sorry I was rude to them.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: So it was you.
 * Alec Baldwin: Murmured Sir Topham Hatt.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: I owe those engines an apology.
 * Alec Baldwin: Thomas and Percy soon came to the rescue. And it wasn't too long before Cranky was upright again and clearing the wreckage. At last, all the engines were free.
 * Gordon: Oh, thank you.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Gordon.
 * Gordon: What would I've done without you?
 * Cranky: Well I had to be rescued before I help you. But I never thought it would be by a couple of, B-B...
 * Alec Baldwin: Cranky was about to say bugs but he quickly corrected himself.
 * Cranky: Uhh… "Small Engines" thank you. I'll never be rude again. However you two mites are in my way so move over.
 * Percy: Pah!
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Percy.
 * Percy: He's back to bugging us.
 * Thomas: Don't move! You're still attached to Cranky.
 * Alec Baldwin: But it was too late.
 * (Cranky lands on the rails once again)
 * Alec Baldwin: Cranky still looks down at the two little engines. But ever since that stormy night, he never calls them bugs or mites, because he knows they might bite back.

Nameplates after Cranky Bugs

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Gordon
 * Henry
 * Edward
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Bertie
 * Terence

Thomas and The Rumours

 * Alec Baldwin: Thomas the Tank Engine loves his branch line. One day, when he stopped at a small station, some children looked sad.
 * Girl: They closed our playground and our favorite sand pit.
 * Boy: Teacher said the sand is soil and too dirty play in.
 * Children: Please help us, Thomas.
 * Thomas: I'll see what I can do.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Thomas kindly. Thomas hoped things weren't quite as bad as the children had made them out to be. But as he passed their playground, a large sign read: Playground Closed Until Further Notice.
 * Thomas: The children were right.
 * Alec Baldwin: Thought Thomas sadly. He puffed into the yard and was just about to tell the other engines about the playground when Percy rushed in.
 * Gordon: You look glum, little Percy.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Gordon.
 * Percy: Sir Topham Hatt told driver that he's using Harold to show a visitor the island instead of any of us engines.
 * Gordon: Despicable!
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Gordon.
 * Henry: Disgusting!
 * Alec Baldwin: Snorted Henry.
 * James: Engines are meant to take visitors around our island not that whirlybird thing.
 * Alec Baldwin: James exclaimed. Gordon was the first to see Harold.
 * Gordon: Harold thinks he can go faster than me. I'll show him.
 * Alec Baldwin: Next, it was Henry's turn.
 * Henry: Sir Topham Hatt has chosen Harold because he's more important than me. Well he's not. Harold can't fly through tunnels.
 * Alec Baldwin: Percy stopped by a signal on his branch line near a field were sheep were grazing. Harold hovered for a while then buzzed away.
 * Percy: I know what's he's doing. He's just counting sheep.
 * Alec Baldwin: And Percy puffed along his line, feeling much better about his things. That evening, the engines talked about the situation.
 * Gordon: Harold wants to get rid of us.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Gordon.
 * Henry: He doesn't need tunnels.
 * Alec Baldwin: Added Henry.
 * Percy: Don't worry, he's just counting sheep.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Percy.
 * Gordon: Counting sheep? Pah!
 * Alec Baldwin: Snorted Gordon.
 * Gordon: He's counting how many engines he can get rid of. He'll see how useful I am tomorrow.
 * Alec Baldwin: Thomas wanted to mention the children's playground, but solving the mystery of Harold and the visitor came first. The next day, Gordon was travelling to collect his train.
 * Driver: We'll show that whirlybird just how fast you can go, Gordon.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said his driver. But because they were watching Harold, they missed a signal and went onto the wrong line. Gordon was travelling to trouble. Ahead was a tunnel under repair. His driver reduced steam and braked hard, but it was too late.
 * (Gordon crashes into the tunnel)
 * Alec Baldwin: Later, Thomas pulled Gordon clear with the breakdown train. Sir Topham Hatt spoke severely to Gordon's Driver.
 * Thomas: Will Gordon be scrapped, sir?
 * Alec Baldwin: Asked Thomas sadly.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: What makes you think that?
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Sir Topham Hatt. Thomas decided to pluck up courage.
 * Thomas: Because the engines think the visitor was here to see if he can be replaced by Harold.
 * Alec Baldwin: Sir Topham Hatt laughed.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Well the engines are wrong and you shouldn't listened to rumors, Thomas. This gentleman is making a new playground for the children. It was easy to find a suitable site from up in the air.
 * Visitor: And what's more.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said the visitor.
 * Visitor: That tunnel sand will be perfect for the playground. Sand we found by accident you might say.
 * Alec Baldwin: Sir Topham Hatt still uses Harold to fly above the island. But all the engines know that Harold is spying on them. He is just being very useful.

Nameplates after Thomas and The Rumours

 * Bill and Ben
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Duck
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * BoCo
 * Harold
 * Trevor

Mavis

 * Alec Baldwin: Mavis is a diesel engine who works at the quarry company shunting freight cars in their sidings. She has six small wheels hidden by sideplates just like Toby's. Mavis is young and full of her own ideas. She loves rearranging things too and began putting Toby's cars in different places every day. This made Toby cross.
 * Toby: Freight cars...
 * Alec Baldwin: He grumbled.
 * Toby: …should be where you want them when you want them.
 * Mavis: Fiddlesticks!
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Mavis and flounced away. At last, Toby lost patience.
 * Toby: I can't waste time playing "Hunt The Cars" with you. Take them yourself.
 * Alec Baldwin: Mavis was pleased. Taking cars made her feel important. At the station, Diesel oiled up to her.
 * Mavis: Toby's an old fusspot.
 * Alec Baldwin: She complained. Diesel sense trouble and was delighted.
 * Mavis: Toby says only steam engines can manage freight cars.
 * Alec Baldwin: Continued Mavis.
 * Diesel: How observe.
 * Alec Baldwin: Squirmed Diesel.
 * Diesel: Depend upon it, Mavis. Anything steam engines can do, we diesels can do better.
 * Alec Baldwin: Diesel knew nothing about cars, but Mavis didn't realize this. Toby's line crosses the main road behind the station, and for a short way follows a farm lane. Frosty weather makes the mud rock-hard and very slippery. Toby stops before reaching the lane. His fireman halts the traffic at the level crossing and then he sets off again. By using the heavy cars to push him along, he has no trouble with the frosty rails and the lane and across the road. It is the only thing safe thing to do in this kind of weather. Toby warned Mavis and told her just what to do.
 * Mavis: I can manage, thank you.
 * Alec Baldwin: She replied.
 * Mavis: I'm not an old fusspot like you.
 * Alec Baldwin: The freight cars were tired of being pushed around by Mavis.
 * Freight Cars: It's slippery.
 * Alec Baldwin: They whispered.
 * Freight Cars: Let's push her around instead. On, on, on!
 * Alec Baldwin: They yelled. Mavis took no notice. Instead, she brought the cars carefully down the lane and stopped at the level crossing. (Terence and Bertie arrived) All traffic halted.
 * Mavis: One of the headlamp for fusspot Toby.
 * Alec Baldwin: Chortled Mavis. But Mavis had stopped in the wrong place. Instead of taking Toby's advice, she had given the cars the chance they wanted.
 * Freight Cars: Hold back! Hold back!
 * Alec Baldwin: They cried.
 * Mavis: Grrrr up!
 * Alec Baldwin: Ordered Mavis. The cars just laughed and her wheels spun helplessly. Workmen sanded the rails and dig away the frozen mud, but it was no good. Everyone was impatient.
 * Mavis: Grrrr agh!
 * Alec Baldwin: Wailed Mavis. Toby was in the yard when he heard the news.
 * Toby: I warned her.
 * Alec Baldwin: He fumed.
 * Toby's Driver: She's young yet.
 * Alec Baldwin: Soothed his driver.
 * Toby's Driver: And...
 * Toby: She can manage her cars herself.
 * Alec Baldwin: Interrupted Toby.
 * Toby's Driver: They're your cars really.
 * Alec Baldwin: His driver replied.
 * Toby's Driver: Mavis is suppose to stay at the quarry if Sir Topham Hatt finds out.
 * Toby: Mmmm, yes.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Toby thoughtfully. He and his driver agreed that'll be best to help Mavis after all. An angry farmer was telling Mavis just what she could do with her train.
 * Toby: Having trouble Mavis?
 * Alec Baldwin: Chortled Toby.
 * Toby: I am surprised.
 * Mavis: Grrrr osh!
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Mavis.
 * (Toby couples up to Mavis)
 * Alec Baldwin: With much puffing and wheels slipped, Toby pushed Mavis and the freight cars back. The hard work made his fire burn fiercely, and his fireman spread hot cinders to melt the frozen mud.
 * (Toby pushes Mavis and the cars all the way back to the top)
 * Alec Baldwin: At last they finished.
 * Toby: Goodbye!
 * Alec Baldwin: Called Toby.
 * Toby: You'll managed now, I expect.
 * Alec Baldwin: Mavis didn't answer. She took the cars to the sheds, and scuttled home to the quarry as quickly as she could.

Nameplates after Mavis

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Gordon
 * Henry
 * Edward
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Bertie
 * Terence

Toby's Tightrope

 * Alec Baldwin: One day, Percy arrived in a quarry to collect some stone for his freight cars. Snow and frost lay everywhere. There was not a sound to be heard. Percy ventured further. He found Mavis the new diesel engine resting in the shelter of some rocks.
 * Percy: Cheer up, Mavis.
 * Alec Baldwin: He whistled. Mavis was still remembering the trouble she had with cars.
 * Mavis: Manager says I don't listen for his advice. He says I'd no business chortling down Toby's line. Toby's a fusspot.
 * Percy: Toby has forgotten all about freight cars than you'll ever known.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Percy.
 * Percy: You must put the cars where he wants them, then you'll be a really useful engine. Now if you excuse me, I have to take these stones to the harbour.
 * Alec Baldwin: Mavis likes Percy but she still wouldn't to his advice.
 * Mavis: Why shouldn't I go on Toby's line?
 * Alec Baldwin: The siding arrangements are awkward. The put the cars where Toby wanted them, Mavis had to make several journeys. She started making a plan.
 * Mavis: If we used the teeniest bit on Toby's line,
 * Alec Baldwin: She said to her driver.
 * Mavis: we would save all this bother.
 * Alec Baldwin: Her driver suspecting nothing allow them to go as far as the level crossing. A few days later, the weather changed. As the soon melted, the quarry grew busy again. Some trains were so long that before leaving the cars for Toby, Mavis had to go beyond the level crossing with them. Now for her plan. She would go further down the line without it seeming her fault.
 * Mavis: Can you keep a secret?
 * Alec Baldwin: She asked the freight cars.
 * Freight Cars: Yes, yes, yes!
 * Alec Baldwin: They chattered.
 * Mavis: Will you bump me at the level crossing and tell no one I ask you?
 * Alec Baldwin: The cars promised. But while Mavis was away, Toby arrived. He decided to shunt the cars himself. The cars decided to bump him anyway. They reached the level crossing and Toby's brakes came on. This was the signal for the freight cars.
 * Freight Cars: On, on, on!
 * Alec Baldwin: They yelled giving him a fearful bump. Toby was away. With the cars screaming and yelling behind him. No one realize that melted snow had turned a stream ahead into a torrent and the bridge above it was about to collapse. The rails were now like a tightrope against the thundering water.
 * Toby: Stop, stop!
 * Alec Baldwin: Cried Toby. His driver thought for control. They came nearer and nearer by the bridge.
 * (Toby reaches the broken bridge and comes to a halt)
 * Alec Baldwin: The driver braked hard. Toby stopped still on the rails but with his wheels shredding the tightrope over the abyss. Mavis was horrified and quickly came to the rescue. Workmen anchored Toby with ropes while she pulled the freight cars away. Then, she helped Toby to safety.
 * (Mavis pulls Toby back onto the rails)
 * Mavis: I'm sorry about the cars.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Mavis.
 * Mavis: I can't think how you manage to stop them in time.
 * Toby: Oh well.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Toby.
 * Toby: My driver told me about circus people who walked tightropes, but I just didn't fancy doing it myself.
 * Alec Baldwin: Later, Sir Topham Hatt arrived.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: A very smart piece of work.
 * Alec Baldwin: He said.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Mavis, you did well too I hear.
 * Mavis: It was my fault about those cars, sir.
 * Alec Baldwin: She faulted.
 * Mavis: But if I could...
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Could what?
 * Mavis: Come down the line sometimes, Sir? Toby says he'll show me what to do.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Certainly.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Sir Topham Hatt.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: If your manager agrees.
 * Alec Baldwin: And so it was arranged. Now Mavis is as happy as can be, and Sir Topham Hatt thinks she's really useful indeed.

Nameplates after Toby's Tightrope

 * Peter Sam
 * James
 * Sir Handel
 * Henry
 * Rusty
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Bertie
 * Terence

Rusty Helps Peter Sam

 * Alec Baldwin: Every day where the little engines work, the crisp air was suddenly filled with familiar noise. The lakes and mountains have many visitors, and Harold the Helicopter flies the sky, making sure that no one's in trouble.
 * Harold: All present and correct. Time to return to base.
 * Alec Baldwin: Then Harold noticed something. A sturdy diesel was coming round the mountain. Harold flew lower for a closer inspection.
 * Harold: I'm Harold. Who are you?
 * Rusty: I'm Rusty.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied the diesel.
 * Harold: Don't recall seeing you before. What brings you this way?
 * Rusty: Sir Topham Hatt sent me to help the other engines.
 * Alec Baldwin: Huffed Rusty. This was no time to chat with a helicopter.
 * Harold: Well done, cheers, and keep up the good work!
 * Rusty: Cheeky chopper.
 * Alec Baldwin: Muttered Rusty.
 * Rusty's Driver: Not long now.
 * Alec Baldwin: Encouraged the driver.
 * Rusty's Driver: We'll soon be at the top station.
 * Alec Baldwin: Peter Sam and Sir Handel were glad to see Rusty. Even so, Sir Handel wouldn't stop grumbling. The cars didn't like Sir Handel and wanted to play tricks on him.
 * Gordon: No one understands our feelings.
 * Alec Baldwin: Sympathized Gordon.
 * Gordon: Now if you were ill, you couldn't shunt cars, could you?
 * Sir Handel: Good idea.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Sir Handel.
 * Sir Handel: I'll try it.
 * Alec Baldwin: He did so next morning.
 * Sir Handel: I don't feel well.
 * Alec Baldwin: He groaned. There wasn't time for examine him, so some of his trucks were coupled behind Peter Sam's coaches. Rusty promised to followed with the rest. Peter Sam didn't mind the extra work. He left his coaches at the station and trundled cheerfully on. Soon they reached the quarry where the cars were needed. Empty cars at the bottom of a slope are hitched to a cable. Loaded ones at the top are hitched to another. By their weight, loaded cars were down the steep slope, pulling the empty ones up. Peter Sam doing waited at the bottom of a slope for the loaded cars. He never bumped cars unless they misbehave. But the loaded cars couldn't see him properly. They thought he was Sir Handel. They're chance for trickery had come.
 * Loaded Cars: Faster! Faster!
 * Alec Baldwin: They yelled.
 * Empty Cars: No, no!
 * Alec Baldwin: Wailed the empty cars.
 * Empty Cars: It's Peter Sam!
 * Alec Baldwin: But it was no use.
 * Loaded Cars: Hurrah, hurrah!
 * Alec Baldwin: Roared the cars. Peter Sam shut his eyes.
 * (The cars crash into Peter Sam, causing his funnel to be broken in the process)
 * Peter Sam: Peep! Peep!
 * Alec Baldwin: Wailed Peter Sam. Rusty was working nearby and came to help clear out the mess.
 * Rusty: Bust my buffers!
 * Alec Baldwin: Exclaimed Rusty.
 * Rusty: Never mind, Peter Sam. We'll get you out.
 * Alec Baldwin: Peter Sam felt battered. His funnel was cracked and his boiler dented.
 * Peter Sam: Thank you, Rusty.
 * Alec Baldwin: He sighed and limped slowly home.
 * Sir Handel: I'm sorry about your accident.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Sir Handel.
 * Sir Handel: I always stand well back. Cars don't like me.
 * Peter Sam: Why didn't you warn me?
 * Sir Handel: I didn't think.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: You never do. You can start thinking now while you're doing Peter Sam's work as well as your own. That'll teach you to pretend you were ill.
 * Alec Baldwin: Sir Handel did start thinking about Gordon. When the wreckage was cleared away, Rusty set off along the line.
 * Harold: Splendid to see you again.
 * Alec Baldwin: Whizzed Harold.
 * Harold: I've completing my evenings look about.
 * Rusty: Well done.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Rusty.
 * Rusty: Keep up the good work!
 * Alec Baldwin: And the little diesel purred back home.

Nameplates after Rusty Helps Peter Sam

 * Gordon
 * James
 * Bertie
 * Henry
 * Edward
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Thomas

A Better View For Gordon

 * Alec Baldwin: Gordon was feeling grumpy. This was making James cross.
 * James: Why are you complaining all the time?
 * Gordon: Because I'm a big blue engine and I know everything. I shall complain whatever I like. You're just a small red engine with ideas above your station.
 * Percy: I can't see any.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Percy.
 * Percy: Where are they?
 * Gordon: Any what?
 * Percy: Ideas above the station. The sky's empty.
 * James: Like your smokebox, Percy.
 * Alec Baldwin: Laughed James, but Gordon was still grumpy.
 * Gordon: One day I'll show you just a big engine can really do.
 * Percy: So what can a big engine really do?
 * Gordon: Not speak to silly little green engines for a start.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Gordon, then he puffed away. Later that day, Sir Topham Hatt came to see him.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Gordon, you'll be making one stop today with an empty express to test our new station. You can make up time afterwards.
 * Gordon: Why can't Henry do it? He likes idling at stations.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: You will do as you are told.
 * Alec Baldwin: So Gordon did. But he was still unhappy and he grew sick too.
 * Gordon: I just can't get up to speed.
 * Alec Baldwin: He groaned.
 * Gordon's Fireman: It's time for your visit to the works. Your pipes are clogged.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said the fireman. At last, they approached the new station. Gordon was impressed but his mood soon changed. In front of him was a blank wall and huge buffers.
 * Gordon: What a boring view! Important engines like me should have a panoramic view where I can see people and people could see me.
 * Alec Baldwin: And he wheeshed angrily. Gordon was happy when it was time to leave.
 * Gordon's Driver: Now you can really enjoy your run as long as your pipes will let you.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said his driver.
 * Gordon: Come on, come on! I can go faster that this!
 * Alec Baldwin: Huffed Gordon.
 * Gordon: Sick? Me? Never!
 * (Gordon suddenly breaks down)
 * Alec Baldwin: But Gordon began to feel more and more feeble, and soon, he came to a complete stop.
 * Gordon: What happened?
 * Alec Baldwin: His driver and fireman inspected him.
 * Gordon's Fireman: Something's broken inside you, Gordon.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said his fireman.
 * Gordon's Fireman: Now you're really will have to go to the works.
 * Alec Baldwin: Gordon was still fuming when James arrived to collect his coaches.
 * James: Well, well, well! So much about anything. You got too puffed up in your boiler so it's serves you right.
 * Alec Baldwin: When Gordon returned to the works a few days later, he was still boasting.
 * Gordon: I am the finest engine on the Island of Sodor, properly the finest in the world.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Come on, Gordon. We're going to the official opening at the new station.
 * Alec Baldwin: Then, there was trouble. As Gordon approached the new station, neither the driver nor fireman could apply his brakes. Something had jammed. The driver reduced steam, but Gordon was still going too fast.
 * (Gordon crashed into the wall)
 * Gordon: Help me, please!
 * (We see Sir Topham Hatt surviving as he rises up to Gordon)
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Well, Gordon.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Sir Topham Hatt.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: I knew you wanted a panoramic view, but this is not a way to achieve it.
 * Gordon: Yes, Sir, sorry, Sir.
 * Alec Baldwin: When Gordon was repaired again, he took Sir Topham Hatt to the new station, for a second official opening. This time he arrived safely, and everyone clapped and cheered as he pulled in. Sir Topham Hatt spoke to him.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Your panoramic view is here to stay. I trusted you are always see through it, from the safety of your own rails.
 * Alec Baldwin: Gordon hardly agreed.

Nameplates after A Better View For Gordon

 * James
 * Thomas
 * Duck
 * Henry
 * Harold
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Bertie
 * Mavis

Put Upon Percy

 * Alec Baldwin: Percy puffed grumpily into the yards. He was feeling put upon and said so.
 * Percy: I feel put upon.
 * Alec Baldwin: He complained to Thomas. Thomas was confused.
 * Thomas: Put upon what? The rails?
 * Percy: No, put upon with work. Driver says he is too.
 * Thomas: Put upon. What a silly saying.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Thomas. But Annie and Clarabel liked it and they sang about it, too.
 * Annie and Clarabel: (singing) Percy's been put upon, put upon, put upon. Percy's been put upon, poor old Percy.
 * Alec Baldwin: Percy is being put upon.
 * Percy: I am, I am, I am.
 * Alec Baldwin: He collected metal from the foundry, coal from the yards, flour from the mills, rock from the quarries and fuel from the depot. Then he delivered it all to the docks. Next he collected some empty freight cars.
 * Freight Cars: Who's this dirty little engine.
 * Alec Baldwin: Cried the freight cars.
 * Freight Cars: We want Thomas or Duck.
 * Alec Baldwin: Percy ignored them.
 * Percy: Put upon, put upon. That's what I am.
 * Alec Baldwin: That night all the engines laughed at him.
 * Thomas: We can see what's put upon you.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Thomas.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Silence!
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Sir Topham Hatt.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Percy, you done a good day's work. Now get a good night's rest.
 * Percy: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
 * Alec Baldwin: Next morning, he took some freight cars to the coal yards. Then he had to push some empty freight cars to the mine shaft. When he arrived, there was trouble. The foreman spoke to his driver.
 * Foreman: The freight cars are stuck in the mechanism. All they need is a good push.
 * Percy's Driver: We'll do it right away.
 * Alec Baldwin: Percy shunted back to were a large canvas barrier was used to protect his line from loose rocks. Percy charged into the line of freight cars too fast and too hard.
 * Percy: Oh, no.
 * Alec Baldwin: Gasped Percy. The freight cars broke free, but ran out of control to the mines below.
 * Freight Cars: On, on, faster, faster!
 * Alec Baldwin: The silly freight cars yelled. Then there was trouble again.
 * (The freight cars hit the pole and we hear a siren and the mine rumbling)
 * Miner: Get out of here fast! The mine's collapsing!
 * (The mine explodes with impact)
 * Percy's Driver: We'll just have to make a run for it, Percy!
 * Alec Baldwin: Called his driver.
 * Percy: There's going to be an avalanche!
 * Alec Baldwin: Wailed Percy. And he was right. Worse still, the track he was on began to crumble.
 * Percy: Oh, help!
 * Alec Baldwin: Wailed Percy. Then he remembered something he had seen earlier.
 * Percy: There's the canvas barrier by the track. That might save us.
 * Alec Baldwin: They were just in time.
 * (The avalanche starts to bury Percy completely)
 * Alec Baldwin: Percy was right. The canvas did indeed save them, but the miners didn't know that.
 * Foreman: The avalanche has buried an engine and its crew.
 * Alec Baldwin: Shouted the foreman.
 * Foreman: We must help them.
 * Alec Baldwin: When Percy had been rescued, Sir Topham Hatt spoke to his driver and fireman then to Percy.
 * Sir Topham Hatt: Driver told me how brave you were, Percy. As a reward you will be repainted at the works.
 * Percy: Oh thank you, Sir.
 * Alec Baldwin: When he returned, Percy's coat glistened in the sun.
 * Thomas: I'm sorry I teased you, Percy.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Thomas.
 * Thomas: You were certainly put upon by that avalanche.
 * Percy: Yes indeed. But just look at my new coat of paint. Now I don't mind that being put upon me.