Thomas and Friends Story Time

The Story of Diesel, the Diesel Engine,

starring Diesel and Duck the Great Western Engine,

based on the railway series by the Reverend W. Audrey,

created by Brit Allcroft, read by Mark Murrahan.

Welcome to the Island of Sodor, a small magical island surrounded by sparkling bright blue sea.

It has fields of green and sandy yellow beaches, castles to explore and bustling docks,

where giant cranes lift and load cargo from large ships.

There are also lots and lots of railway lines, where engines work hard to deliver goods and passengers to their destinations.

Today's story is about diesel, and the first time he came to work on Sir Topham

Hats railway. Diesel is a small diesel electric shunting engine. He doesn't run on coal and

water like steam engines. Instead he uses diesel fuel. He has six wheels and is painted black with red buffers.

Diesel can be tricky and mischievous, especially when he's trying to prove

diesels are better than steemies.

He may not always be the nicest engine on Sodor, but diesel would still like to be really useful.

It was a breezy afternoon on the island of Sodor when a mysterious new engine paired smoothly into Napford Station.

No one on Sodor had ever seen an engine like him before.

Sir Topham Hat introduced the new engine to Duck, the Great Western engine.

Here is Diesel, said Sir Topham Hat. I want to see how useful he can be on my railway.

Duck, please show Diesel what to do.

Duck thought every engine needed to learn how to do things properly.

There are two ways of doing things, he told Diesel.

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