00:00Gordon always pulled the Big Express. He was proud of being the only engine strong enough to do so.
00:16It was full of important people, like the Fat Controller, and Gordon was seeing how fast he could go.
00:23Hurry, hurry, hurry, he said.
00:26Tickety-tock, tickety-tock, tickety-tock, said the coaches.
00:30In a minute, Gordon would see the tunnel, where Henry stood bricked up and lonely.
00:36Oh dear, thought Henry. Why did I worry about rain spoiling my lovely coat of paint?
00:42Will the Fat Controller ever forgive me and let me out again?
00:46I'm going to poop-poop at Henry, said Gordon.
00:51He was almost there, when...
00:54And there was Gordon, going slower and slower, in a cloud of steam.
01:00His driver stopped the train.
01:03What has happened to me, asked Gordon. I feel so weak.
01:07You've burst your safety valve, said the driver. You can't pull the train anymore.
01:14Oh dear, said Gordon. We were going so nicely, too.
01:18And look, there's Henry laughing at me.
01:22Everyone came to see Gordon.
01:25Huh, said the Fat Controller. I never liked these big engines.
01:29Always going wrong. Send for another engine at once.
01:31While the guard went to find one, they uncoupled Gordon,
01:38who had enough puff to slink onto the siding out of the way.
01:54Edward was the only engine left.
01:57I'll come and try, he said.
01:58Huh, said Gordon. That's no use. Edward can't push the train.
02:14Edward puffed and pushed and pushed and puffed,
02:17but he couldn't move the heavy coaches.
02:21I told you so, said Gordon. Why not let Henry try?
02:25Yes, said the Fat Controller. I will.
02:28Will you help pull this train, Henry, he asked.
02:34Oh, yes, said Henry.
02:41When Henry had got up steam, he puffed out.
02:44He was dirty and covered with cobwebs.
02:47Oh, I am stiff. I am stiff, he groaned.
02:50Have a run to ease your joints and find a turntable, said the Fat Controller.
03:02When Henry came back, he felt much better.
03:04Then they cobbled him up.
03:14Peep, peep, said Edward. I'm ready.
03:16Peep, peep, peep, peep, said Henry.
03:17So am I. Pull hard, we'll do it. Pull hard, we'll do it.
03:21They puffed together.
03:23We've done it together, we've done it together, said Edward and Henry.
03:35You've done it, hooray, you've done it, hooray, sang the coaches.
03:40Everyone was excited.
03:42The Fat Controller leaned out of the window to wave at Edward and Henry.
03:45But the train was going so fast that his hat blew off into a field where a goat ate it for teens.
03:58They never stopped till they came to the station at the end of the line.
04:02The passengers all said, thank you.
04:05And the Fat Controller promised Henry a new coat of paint.
04:11On their way home, Edward and Henry helped Gordon back to the shed.
04:15All three engines are now great friends.
04:19Henry doesn't mind the rain now.
04:21He knows that the best way to keep his paint nice is not to run into tunnels,
04:25but to ask his driver to rub him down when the day's work is over.
