#THE RAILWAY SERIES THOMAS DRIVER#

Most of the engines took no notice of him, but Edward felt sympathetic and allowed him to take his goods train to Wellsworth while he shunted trucks in the yard. Saddened and embarrassed, Thomas returned to Vicarstown to retrieve his train, this time leaving when the coaches were coupled to him.Īfter his incident with the passenger train, Thomas began grumbling to the engines in the sheds again, still disappointed that he was not allowed to pull trains like they could. Thomas was unaware that he had left his train behind, and remained this way until he was stopped by a Signalman, who informed him of his missing train. However, for reasons left unknown, Thomas left the station before he could be coupled up to his coaches, leaving behind several angry passengers and their luggage. When Henry began feeling ill one morning, Thomas was allowed to take his morning passenger train, much to his delight. He began complaining to the bigger engines in the shed, feeling jealous that they were allowed to pull trains. However, Thomas' brief excursion beyond his own boundaries piqued his curiosity, and he became greatly intrigued in seeing more of the world and becoming a part of it, rather than staying put in the yards as a shunting engine. Thomas was dragged behind the train until Gordon stopped at a station, and after a long drink, he vowed to never tease Gordon again. When at last he shunted the coaches to the station, Thomas was dragged along behind the Express when Gordon left the station before he could be uncoupled, finally paying Thomas out for teasing him before. One morning, Thomas slept in late, and would not start properly. He was a cheeky little engine who enjoyed teasing the bigger engines, especially towards Gordon, who he would quietly sneak up on and wake up as he rested in the sidings. Thomas worked as the station pilot at Vicarstown during his early years, and shunted the coaches and trucks for the bigger engines on the Main Line to take out.

Rather than face complications resulting from an alteration of their books, the LB&SCR quietly sold Thomas to the North Western Railway for a 'nominal sum'.

Upon inquiry, Topham Hatt found out that the LB&SCR had written off Thomas as 'lost on war service'.

#THE RAILWAY SERIES THOMAS DRIVER#

His Driver and Fireman both got along well with the locals and married Sudrian girls, and by 1920, neither of them wanted to leave the Island or their beloved engine. Exactly how Thomas arrived on the North Western Railway in 1915 is a mystery, as many people did not know how he had ended up on the railway to begin with the most popular theory put forward, however, is that he was transferred to the Island of Sodor during a wartime mix-up.

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