James Proves His Point

9/10/24 - Uploaded 40 years to the day the first Thomas and Friends episode broadcasted.

After twice being overwhelmed by the troublesome trucks, James is determined not to endure a third strike after being ordered to pull Edward's special;.

After a creative block I'm happy to have got this one finished, turned out better than I expected resulting in the new smoke effects, thanks as always to Michael and David.

Thomas and Friends belongs to HiT/Mattel, no profit was made from this video.

#thomasthetankengine #thomasandfriends #trainz #40thanniversary

Gotta fucking keep swearing for the shit comments :P

[CraneProductions]

That was a brilliant story. I love how it takes place after 'Dirty Objects'. I felt sorry for James during the episode. He didn't deserve to be teased at by Gordon and Henry. But I liked how James proved himself in the end by pulling the trucks. It was nice to see the Old Coaches again. Well done to WhitehouseFilms for his splendid narration 👏👏👏.

[callum]

Splendid; I had a feeling James had something to learn after crashing into those tar wagons. Fancy it was set during "Off the Rails", even with similar dialogue between James and the driver about the special train being trucks; I do love James having a chuckle back at Gordon refusing to pull it and falling into the ditch! 😄

[Kidsmtvslvback]

This is an aftermath of a typical James story. Nice continuity with Season 1 by the way.

[EnticinglyDeadly]

You’ve captured that charm so beautifully with this story. A lovely story for the 40th anniversary. Well done Callum.

[merritttrainboy]

Fantastic addition to the 40th anniversary. Pretty neat this takes place before Gordon went "Off the Rails".

[TheMkthomas]

Set between Dirty Objects and Off the Rails

Cool and James corrected his mistakes with the trucks

[stephenpatton]

Alright, I just love how it takes place after 'Fire and Smoke' and then before 'Off the Rails / Gordon Takes a Dip'! Cool!

[DarthWill]

Edward's expression at James taking a stand... I mean, after such a crash, it's understandable. Least he wasn't going on strike like last time.

"Sulky service", indeed. Better sulky than bumpy. And bootlaces. 😜

I should've known the special we've heard about was the one from "Gordon Takes a Dip". And know we know what made James grin so much while pulling Gordon out of the ditch. 😆

Just where does that Inspector keep coming from?

[dolphincrescent]

Happy 40th Anniversary to Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends! Thank you Wardleton Station and others for making these wonderful stories! I love the theme of in-between stories! The true legacy of Thomas and his friends will never die out!

[JurgenYongJY]

Wow, marvellous story, I love how you're taking place after Dirty Objects and during Off The Rails was so fantastic idea, it's great to have James along with Edward as main roles and the Michael White is a last as storyteller, very looked forward for your more stories soon! I love it! Happy 40th Anniversary!

[thomasfune]

Happy 40th anniversary, it is great to have Michael White to narrate one last time

[TheSudrianStoryteller]

Happy 40th Anniversary to the television series!

Perfect episode to commemorate this very day with another terrific side story.

[JohnnyKobayakawaTV]

Yup. That was a great story. I love how it takes place after Dirty Objects and before Off the Rails.

[danielboone]

I’m happy James proved those 2 big engines wrong. I love that!

[arthurengine]

I see what was done here; This story takes place during Off the Rails.

Happy 40th, TTTEAF.

[gamerdude]

I Always love how these stories are setup between the actual episode we got this being after James In A Mess and leading into Gordon Takes A Dip just really good stuff I always look forward to seeing the next one.

[RStheengine]

Absolutely loved this, James felt SOOO in character, genuinely made my day

[andrewallison]

This is a really cool story. Kinda wish I thought of it myself. But for my rendition that I wrote down in my notes, I had Dirty Objects take place in between the Flying Kipper and Whistles and Sneezes. James gets sent to be cleaned as Henry returns from Crewe and comes back after Gordon’s jammed whistle incident just in time to tease him alongside Henry. Also, Henry also gets to take the express as Gordon is forced to take the unhurt trucks of James’s goods train.

[swordkirbyfilms]

This is a great intermission story. It fits perfectly between “Dirty Objects” and “Off the Rails” without causing any continuity issues. Awdry saw continuity as vital to his stories so it’s nice to see that you put that into consideration. This is the kind of consideration the franchise, and franchises in general need to have. This is especially true since both kids and adults cared about continuity and still do to this day.

[GamingDelight]

Definitely takes place within Off the Rails/Gordon Takes a Dip. I knew it the moment the special was mentioned.

Truth be told, I had a story of my own written that was nearly similar, but with Percy shunting the special and helping Edward take it up Gordon's Hill, only to get stuck, and after James finishes taking Edward's passenger train, the inspector asks him to bank Edward and Percy up the hill, and after they make their last delivery, Sir Topham Hatt rewards Percy with a new coat of paint and James with the right to pull the express the next day, before giving James one more job for the day: Pulling Gordon out of the ditch.

I had hoped to submit my story to you (somehow), but it appears Chris beat me to the punch. Oh, well. I can always ask NWR1991 (not that my story will be any better than Chris', anyway). But I do have another self-written story. One that takes place after Thomas and Gordon, within The Sad Story of Henry.