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“Whenever that owl hoots, a mist rolls in. And there's a legend that when the mist's about, there's a ghost about too. Take care on the old line, Henry."
"Stupid bird.”
― Edward and Henry

Haunted Henry is the eleventh episode of the fifth series. In the US, it aired with Toad Stands By in an airing of Storytime with Thomas.

Plot

One evening, Henry is working late with Edward and is preparing to take a goods train to the station by the lake when an owl hoots. Edward warns Henry that when the owl hoots, a mist will roll in and a ghost will appear. Henry scoffs at the story and sets off with his goods train, believing there is no mist, but is surprised when a mist does roll in. He has to slow down at an amber lamp and after seeing a sign nailed to a tree saying "Beware of the viaduct," a closed crossing gate, red signal, a fogman's coat discarded on a tree branch and a light flickering in an abandoned station. Henry's crew decide to turn back, believing that there's a ghost roaming around the old line.

The next day, they discover that a nearby viaduct was unsafe and would have collapsed if they had tried to cross. Later, Henry's driver informs him that the viaduct has been repaired and they can try to cross again that night. But Henry is too scared and does not want to.

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Stop, stop!

Henry is getting prepared to leave with his train that night, this time pushing instead of pulling it, when he gets spooked after hearing an owl hoot and Gordon thundering by with the Express. This leads to the trucks insulting and laughing at Henry, claiming he is spooked. Henry orders them to be quiet and claims that he is not scared, but he still is as the guard blows his whistle, and he sets off down the line.

Later, the fog comes down on the old line, Henry and his crew see the amber lamp again. Unknown to Henry, the crossing gates close and the signal turns red by themselves mysteriously. The trucks notice everything and they become spooked. They charge forward, pulling Henry along with them through the gates as a mysterious figure watches Henry go by. Worse still, ahead is a landslide blocking the line in front of the viaduct. Henry slams hard on his brakes, but the trucks hit some of the rubble, derail and all but one of them plunge into the ravine that the viaduct goes over. Soon, the mysterious figure arrives on a pump trolley; it is actually Old Bailey the fogman, who reprimands Henry's crew for not listening to his warnings. Henry's driver apologises and to make up for it, the Fat Controller reopens the station and Old Bailey, who is dubbed as "The Friendliest 'Ghost' on the Island", is made the stationmaster.

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Trivia

  • According to a film slate:
    • The daytime scenes on the Wellsworth set were filmed on the 22nd of October 1997.
    • The nighttime scenes on the Wellsworth set were filmed on the 24th of October 1997.
    • The owl scene was filmed on the 27th of October 1997.
    • The close-up shots of Henry's driver and a workman were filmed on the 29th of October 1997.
    • Henry's nighttime journeys were filmed from the 7th to the 9th of January 1998.
    • The ending scene of the "haunted" station during the daytime was filmed on the 12th of January 1998, with the close-up shots of the human figurines filmed on the 16th.
    • The remaining close-up shots during Henry's journeys were filmed on the 19th of January 1998.
    • The ravine set was filmed on the 10th of February 1998, with the trucks hitting the bottom of the ravine filmed the following day, and the close-up shots filmed on the 31st of March 1998.
  • Stock footage from Thomas, Percy and the Dragon is used.
  • This episode marks the only few things:
    • The only episode to feature LNER 12 Ton Vans with large square faces. However this would occur again after the show's production at events and Drayton Manor Theme Park.
    • The only episode to feature two truck faces, that are not seen in any other episodes outside of deleted scenes.
    • The only time Old Bailey has been referred to by name, his only appearance in the model series, and his only appearance until Blue Mountain Mystery and his only appearance in an episode until the seventeenth series episode, Luke's New Friend.
    • The only time the Troublesome Trucks caused an accident unintentionally.
  • This episode marks the last two things:
  • This episode could have been inspired by the magazine story, The Strange Light.
  • The first outtake of the trucks falling into the ravine shows Henry with his ill face mask instead of his surprised one.
  • A deleted scene implies that Gordon may have been intended to play a larger role in this episode.
  • On PBS Kids Sprout airings of this episode, the line "stupid" was removed.
  • On The Roku Channel, this episode is titled Henry and the Haunted Station.

Goofs

  • Because stock footage is used, in the second close up shot of the owl, the shot is moving around.
  • In the close-up of Henry looking angry, there appears to be a mark under his nose.
  • When Henry puffs under the bridge, studio equipment can be seen in the top left corner.
  • Studio equipment is visible in the top right corner when Henry first puffs through the fog.
  • On the tree with the 'Beware the Viaduct' sign, the fogman's coat is hanging from a branch. But in a few scenes prior, the same coat is hanging from a branch on a different tree with the amber lamp.
  • When the narrator says "By morning, the mist had cleared," the workman that is talking to Henry's driver has a brown cap. But when the workman says, "Lucky you didn't cross the viaduct last night," he has a blue cap.
  • Henry's rear bogie wheels are derailed when Thomas passes through Wellsworth.
  • Henry's eyes are misaligned in the head-on shot with James puffing by.
  • Henry's trucks' faces continually keep facing away and towards him from the point he leaves Wellsworth until the point when they crash.
  • Henry's vans switch places when he pushes it back into the fog.
  • While approaching the gates and smashing them and going down the ravine, the open truck in the front is missing his eyebrows.
  • Only the front gate of the level crossing closes, as the back gate is already shut.
  • The tracks at the level crossing disappear when the trucks crash into the gates. In the extended scene, the gates are already destroyed just before Henry and the trucks passed it.
  • When the narrator says "A mysterious figure watched Henry go by," the two open trucks and two of the vent vans disappear because in the first take, he has two open trucks and two of the vent vans, but he stops before passing the building due to the length. This would have been the reason he does not have his two open trucks and two of the vent vans.
  • When the trucks fall into the ravine, a track on the side of the ravine can be seen leading downwards. It was originally going to be hide by a bush as seen in the first two takes, but was removed in the final shot for unknown reason.
  • When the trucks land at the bottom of the ravine, one truck's face almost falls off.
  • After the trucks fall into the ravine:
    • Henry's lamp disappears.
    • One of Henry's crews can be seen leaning out of the cab, but in the next shot, they are both standing beside the track.

Quotes

Narrator: It was a moonlit night, and Henry was working with Edward. The big green engine was taking a goods train to the station by the lake.
(owl hoots)
Edward: Whenever that owl hoots, a mist rolls in. There's a legend that when the mist's about, there's a ghost about, too. Take care on the old line, Henry.
Henry: Stupid bird.

Henry: Owls, mists, ghosts... Edward's going soft in the boiler. There's no mist!
Narrator: But Henry was wrong.

Truck: Oh, look! Henry's spooked.
(the Troublesome Trucks laugh)
Henry: Be quiet! I'm not scared!
Narrator: But he was.

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In Other Languages

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Language Title
Albanian Henri de Fantazmat
Arabic مسكون هنري
Brazilian Portuguese Henry Assombrado
Chinese Mandarin 亨利遇見鬼
Czech Jindrův duch
Danish Henry ser spøgelser
Dutch Henry ziet spoken
Finnish Henriä hirvitä
French Henri Hanté
German Henry und der Spuk
Greek Ο Τσάρλι είναι στοιχειωμένο
Hungarian Henry és a szellemek
Italian Henry Stregato
Japanese きりのなかのできごと
Korean 안개 속의 유령
Latin American Spanish Los Fantasmas de Henry
Norwegian Det spøker for Henry
Polish Duchy (TVP3)
Nawiedzony Henio (JimJam)
Romanian Henry e Bântuit
Russian Генри и приведение
Slovenian Henrika prestrašijo duhovi
Swedish Spöklikt för Henry

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  • Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills
  • Thomas' Halloween Adventures
  • Awesome Adventures Vol. 3: Thrills and Chills

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  • Spooks and Surprises

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