Mountain Engine (BiggestThomasFan's version)

Mountain Engine is a fan-made Thomas and Friends episode thought up by BiggestThomasFan. It is based on the Railway Series story of the same name from the book, Mountain Engines.

Characters

 * Donald
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Mr. Percival
 * Peter Sam (cameo)
 * Rusty (cameo)

New Characters
 * Culdee
 * Godred (cameo)
 * Ernest (cameo)
 * Wilfred (cameo)
 * Shane Dooiney (cameo)

UK and AUS

 * Mark Moraghan as the Narrator
 * Joe Mills as Donald
 * Keith Wickham as Skarloey, Sir Handel and Mr. Percival
 * John Hasler as Rheneas
 * Matt Wilkinson as Culdee
 * Rebecca O'Mare as Narrow Gauge Coach #1
 * Miranda Raison as Narrow Gauge Coach #2
 * Olivia Colman as Narrow Gauge Coach #3
 * Bob Golding as The Inspector

US

 * Mark Moraghan as the Narrator
 * Joe Mills as Donald
 * Keith Wickham as Skarloey and Sir Handel
 * John Hasler as Rheneas
 * Kerry Shale as Mr. Percival
 * Matt Wilkinson as Culdee
 * Bob Golding as The Inspector

Transcript
Narrator: One morning, Sir Handel was having trouble with some coaches. He did his best to be kind, but the coaches didn't trust him. Sir Handel had been rude to them before, and the coaches felt sure that he was going to be rude to them again.

Narrow Gauge Coach #1: I think he's going too fast.

Narrow Gauge Coach #2: I think so too.

Narrow Gauge Coach #3: Hold back as hard as you can.

Narrator: The coaches held back so much that they made Sir Handel come to a standstill on the viaduct.

Sir Handel: Oh, bother!

Narrator: But that wasn't all. The coaches made Sir Handel come to another standstill. This time in a tunnel.

Sir Handel: Oh, you rude coaches!

Narrator: When Sir Handel finished his run and returned to the sheds, he was furious.

Sir Handel: Those cattle-trucks should be scrapped!

Skarloey: (Gasps) I won't have it! Those coaches need kindness, not bad names.

Rheneas: Exactly so. (Winks at Skarloey) You be thankful, Sir Handel, that we're not a mountain railway.

Sir Handel: A mountain railway! What's that?

Rheneas: A railway that climbs mountain, of course.

Sir Handel: But it can't! It's engines' wheels would slip!

Rheneas: But it can. We've heard of one quite near here.

Sir Handel: It can't!

Skarloey: It can, Sir Handel. Mr. Percival has told us how it works.

Sir Handel: Really? How?

Donald: Shh!

Narrator: Donald arrived shunting a flatbed in a siding nearby. One the flatbed was a queer-looking engine. He had six small wheels and a stove-pip chimney. His boiler was tilted downwards and his cylinders were "back to front".

Donald: Dinna wake the wee engine. It's tired he is. He's away back from England after being mended. Ye ken how it is.

Rheneas: We understand, but who is he?

Donald: He's called Culdee, after the mountain his railway climbs.

Skarloey: Well! Did you ever...!

Sir Handel: I don't believe it!

Donald: Och, ye'd best ask him yeself. Then maybe ye'll learn it's the truth I've been telling ye.

Narrator: Donald puffed away, offended. Culdee woke to find the engines gazing at him.

Culdee: Oh! Um, where am I?

Rheneas: You're by the Skarloey Railway and Crovan's Gate.

Culdee: That's good. I'm nearly home now.

Skarloey: Do you really climb mountains?

Culdee: I've done it for years.

Sir Handel: You must be clever. We couldn't Our wheels would slip.

Culdee: I'm not really clever. I was just drawn like that.

Sir Handel: Like what?

Culdee: With pinion wheels on my driving axles. They have teeth, you see, which fit into a rack rail. I can't slip, however steep the line is.

Rheneas: That must help you going up, but if your line is so steep, aren't you frightened coming down?

Culdee: Why? We have good brakes.

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