00:00Thomas and the emergency cable.
00:05Thomas loves to work on his branch line, pulling his faithful coaches Annie and Clarabel.
00:17Both Annie and Clarabel have an emergency cable.
00:21Passengers can use it to sound an alarm and stop the train, but only in an emergency.
00:30One day, Annie and Clarabel were watching the passengers at Knutford Station.
00:48Look at that big hat! It won't fit through my doorway!
00:53Uh-oh! Noisy boys! I hope they won't be bouncing on my seats!
00:59Careful, Thomas! This man needs extra time to get on board.
01:05Look, Clarabel! There he is again! That man!
01:10With his binoculars? Yes! It's him!
01:13The man with the binoculars got off again at Dryor Station.
01:15I wonder who he is?
01:17The man with the binoculars got off again at Dryor Station.
01:24I wonder who he is? He's been travelling up and down the branch line, getting on and off at every station.
01:35Maybe he's a station inspector.
01:36Maybe he's a station inspector.
01:37Oh no! I don't think that's right, Thomas. He's always looking through his binoculars.
01:42Up into the trees!
01:43Maybe he's a tree inspector!
01:44Who ever heard of a tree inspector?
01:49You are silly, Thomas!
01:50Yes, very silly indeed!
01:51Yes!
01:52Very silly indeed!
01:56Later that hour, the man with the binoculars
02:03The man with the binoculars
02:05The man with the binoculars
02:06Hello!
02:07I hope you don't mind me asking, but what kind of an inspector are you?
02:09You are silly, Thomas!
02:10Yes!
02:11Very silly indeed!
02:12Later that afternoon, Thomas saw the man with the binoculars again.
02:27Hello!
02:28I hope you don't mind me asking, but what kind of an inspector are you?
02:35I'm not any kind of an inspector.
02:38I'm a bird watcher, and I'm trying to find a very rare bird.
02:43Oh!
02:44Better get to my seat.
02:46Oh!
02:47A bird watcher!
02:50Of course!
02:51So that's who he is!
02:53And that's what he's looking for through his binoculars!
02:56And all I had to do to find out was ask him!
03:01Oh!
03:02You're very clever, Thomas!
03:03Yes!
03:04Very clever indeed!
03:05Thomas was hurrying along his branch line, when suddenly there was cause for alarm.
03:20Somebody had pulled the emergency cable, and the guard put the brakes on his coaches.
03:26Oh!
03:27Oh!
03:28Oh!
03:29Oh!
03:30Oh!
03:31Oh!
03:32Oh!
03:33Oh!
03:34Oh!
03:35Oh!
03:36Oh!
03:37Oh!
03:38Oh!
03:39Everyone wondered what the emergency could be.
03:43I'm sorry.
03:46I got a little over-excited.
03:47I thought I heard the sound of a very rare bird I'm looking for, and I wanted to see
03:53it, so I pulled the emergency cable.
03:56In any case, it's bound to have flown away now.
04:00Seeing a rare bird is not an emergency.
04:03Quite right!
04:06I couldn't have put it better myself.
04:12What's that sound?
04:14My wheel! It has a flat spot now!
04:18Annie had developed a wheel flat after being dragged along with her brakes on.
04:24Her wheel wouldn't turn.
04:27So all the passengers had to squeeze into one coach
04:32and Annie had to be uncoupled and left behind.
04:38Don't worry Annie.
04:40Thomas will come back soon.
04:42And we'll have your wheel fixed in no time.
04:47Thomas didn't like having to leave Annie behind.
04:50He felt cross that the man with the binoculars had pulled the emergency cable.
04:56The passengers felt cross too.
04:59And so did Sir Topham Hatt.
05:03The emergency cable must only be pulled when there is a genuine emergency.
05:09I'm really very sorry.
05:11I don't know what I was thinking.
05:13And I promise, I'll never do it again.
05:16Very well. Carry on!
05:18Thomas came back with Rocky in the flatbed to collect Annie and take her to the steamworks.
05:26Oh my!
05:28I'm not sure I like flying about like Harold the helicopter.
05:32Don't worry Annie. We'll soon have you back on the rails again.
05:38Thomas took Annie to the steamworks to see Victor.
05:46I'm sorry Annie. We don't have the right coach wheels in stock.
05:50We'll have to wait for more to be delivered.
05:53Oh dear.
05:55Now Thomas had to travel up and down his branch line with only one coach.
06:04I miss Annie.
06:06So do I.
06:08And all because of one passenger pulling the emergency cable.
06:12I hope we never see that silly man with the binoculars again.
06:17But Thomas did see the man with the binoculars again.
06:21He was waiting on the platform at Dryor station.
06:25Well...
06:27I'm not gonna stop for him.
06:29But you have to stop Thomas.
06:31You always stop at the station.
06:34I don't have to if I don't want to.
06:36Why should I?
06:42Oh no!
06:45Thomas!
06:47Someone had pulled the emergency cable again.
06:52But it couldn't have been the man with the binoculars.
06:55Because he was still on the platform.
06:59I say! That was my stop back there.
07:02I need to get off the train.
07:05Oh dear. I'm sorry.
07:08Luckily, Clarabelle's wheels were not damaged.
07:14So Thomas backed into the station to let the lady with the very big hat off the train.
07:20And let the man with the binoculars get on.
07:24This time, Sir Topham Hatt was crossed with Thomas.
07:39You must stop at every station, Thomas.
07:43And pick up every passenger.
07:45Whether you're in a bad mood or not.
07:48Yes, sir. I know, sir.
07:51The man with the binoculars may have pulled the emergency cable when he shouldn't have.
07:57But he said he was sorry.
07:59And I think he learned his lesson.
08:02I'm sorry, sir. And I've learned my lesson, too.
08:08At last, Annie got a new wheel and came back to work with Thomas and Clarabelle.
08:14Thanks for getting me a new wheel, Thomas.
08:17How did Victor find one so quickly?
08:19I told him it was an emergency.
08:23Very cheeky, Thomas.
08:28Very cheeky, Thomas.
08:33Yes, very cheeky indeed.
