He had to be rescued by Donald and Douglas. He soon broke into a stationmaster's house and ruined the family's breakfast. This was untrue, but Thomas was too puffed up with himself to not believe it and, one morning, found himself rolling along the line, when a cleaner had accidentally started him up. Thomas later became conceited again when he took his driver's compliment to heart and believed he no longer needed him to work his branch line. Thomas continued to be of great service to Sir Topham Hatt's railway, although he still remained a cheeky little engine. Later, when the Viaduct needed to be repaired, the main line engines became late to drop off Thomas' passengers and, as a result, made him late for Bertie. ![]() As a result, one day, when his fireman was ill, a substitute accidentally caused Thomas to run away, and Harold had to help stop him. When Thomas came back, his brakes were stiff, and made it seem as if they were hard on. Unfortunately, Thomas became ill a few months later and had to be sent to the Works, while Duck looked after his branch line. Thomas soon met Trevor, a friend of Edward's, who proved his usefulness when he helped Thomas at the newly constructed harbor. Thomas was angry at Percy, but the two friends soon made up after Percy had an accident with some coal trucks. However, he became conceited about his brilliant blue paint and soon paid the price when Percy accidentally caused a coal hopper to pour coal all over him. The following year, Thomas shared a shed on his branch line with Percy and Toby. Kyndley at her cottage after she was snowed in and helped her celebrate Christmas with a very special Christmas party. They soon became friends after that and promised never to tease each other again. He soon needed Gordon's help after he blatantly went past a danger sign and fell down a mine. But Thomas still had some cheekiness in him, returning to teasing Gordon after Gordon slid into a ditch. Thomas also became friends with Toby after he was asked by the Fat Controller to help their railway avoid a lawsuit from a rude policeman. After they went on strike, Thomas was brought back to help alongside Edward and their new friend, Percy, who quickly became Thomas' closest friend. He quickly became friends with both Terence and Bertie, despite their differences.Īlthough Thomas' branch line was indeed the pride of the line, on the main line, things were not going well for the Fat Controller, who was having to deal with Gordon, Henry, and James' sulking, refusing to do Thomas' former work of shunting themselves. He soon proved himself again, though, when he beat Bertie the bus in a great race. His greatest mistake was when he got his snowplough broken in the winter and ended up stuck in a snow drift, having to be rescued by Terence, whom he had insulted earlier for not having "real" wheels. However, he continued to make mistakes and dream big, and sometimes this got him into trouble, such as when he was so impatient that he left his guard behind at Elsbridge or when he wanted to fish, not realising the implications of a fish being in his boiler. He soon considered his branch line to be the most important part of the entire railway, a fact he would constantly remind the other engines of. Thrilled, Thomas soon began running his branch line with his two new coaches, Annie and Clarabel, who he grew to love very much. As a reward for his quick and heroic action, the Fat Controller promised him his own branch line. ![]() Thomas soon proved himself when he rescued James after his accident with the trucks, using the Breakdown Train. The trucks pushed him down Gordon's Hill into a siding, where Sir Topham Hatt told him to practice so that one day he would become as good as Edward. Edward offered him a chance to pull trucks, and Thomas excitedly took the job, not realising how troublesome trucks could be. The engines laughed at him, though, and soon Thomas wanted to get out of the shunting yards and see the world. He soon realised his mistake and returned to pull the train. However, Thomas was so excited that he accidentally left his train and his passengers behind, believing he was pulling it easily. He got his chance when Henry became ill, and no one could pull the passenger train. Soon he desired to pull his own passenger train too, much to the bemusement of the other engines. Tired out, he vowed never to tease Gordon again, realising he did not have to be important. He was taught a lesson when Gordon tricked him into being coupled to him during his express run. He liked to play tricks on them, including Gordon, "the biggest and proudest engine of all". Thomas the Tank Engine started his life on the Island of Sodor as a cheeky little engine who shunted coaches for the Main Line engines, such as Henry and Gordon.
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