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Thomas and the Great Railway Show

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"Thomas and the Great Railway Show" was first published in 1991. It was written by Christopher Awdry and illustrated by Clive Spong.

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Museum-Piece

Gordon, Henry and James are furious to discover Thomas has been chosen to represent the North Western Railway at a railway show in York, but Thomas is delighted, and at last leaves Sodor to travel to the mainland. Thomas spends the night at Carnforth and stops at Skipton to let a goods train pass. Thomas is approaching a signalbox when a lock on a crossing gate breaks and the wind blows it across the track. Thomas is unable to stop in time and crashes into the gate, damaging his front and making him unable to continue by rail.

Not the Ticket

A lorry is arranged to take Thomas to York, and although Thomas is mortified he can't complain when he gets to travel through the countryside from a different point of view. However, the lorry driver doesn't know the way to the National Railway Museum, and, after parking the lorry in the wrong place to find a telephone, a traffic warden gives the disgruntled lorry driver a parking ticket!

Trouble on the Line

The damage to Thomas' bufferbeam is fixed in the museum's workshop, where he befriends a kindly engine named Green Arrow. Thomas is later put onto a special line with barriers put up beside. The first day goes without a problem, but near closing time the next day a bag is suddenly thrown onto the line and when Thomas brakes to avoid hitting it, a child is frightened by the steam and his furious mother leaves to complain to the manager. Thomas is upset, more so when it's found his brakes are damaged from the collision, but his crew are happy that the crowds may have learnt a lesson from the incident - engines can't stop at once.

Thomas and the Railtour

A special railtour is going to the seaside and Thomas is delighted when Green Arrow is chosen to pull the trains. When Green Arrow comes back he tells the others of the amount of visitors, and when extra trains become an impossibility extra coaches are added, and Thomas is allowed to double-head the train. On the return run, Thomas sees the ground ahead has been eroded by a nearby river and warns Green Arrow to stop. Buses take the passengers home, but Thomas and Green Arrow are able to make it across the rails safely. When the Fat Controller comes to visit a few days later, he and the museum director present Thomas with a special plaque and make him an honourary member of the National Railway Museum.

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Trivia

  • Christopher Awdry mentioned in "Sodor: Reading Between the Lines" that "Trouble on the Line" was based around railway safety, but was watered down by the publishers, to his dismay. It is not known how the original would go, but he noted that it reflected badly on crowd control at the National Railway Museum.

Quotes

  • Thomas (to traffic warden): Hello.
  • Traffic warden: Humph!
  • Scared child: I want to go home, Mummy, now!
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