Thanks to SmurfyDan for the UK audio and JacksontheMediaFan2004 for the PBS Retro footage.
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00:00The island of Sodor is a wonderful place. There are lots and lots of engines.
00:15Who's that puffing along the track? It's Gordon.
00:21Gordon is a great grand engine. He is blue with red stripes and has the number four painted on his tender.
00:32Gordon is one of the strongest engines on the Fat Controller's railway. His special job is pulling the express.
00:41Strongest and best, strongest and best, cleanest and fastest and pulls the express.
00:48Gordon wants all the other engines to hear. But one day, Gordon heard something that he hoped none of the other engines could hear.
00:58His engine was squeaking. Gordon didn't feel the most important engine on Sodor anymore.
01:08Diesel teased him at the docks. He said Gordon would be sent to the scrapyard.
01:16Gordon believed him. Gordon had a special. He had to take the children to the docks to catch their boat.
01:28Gordon found out that the slower he went, the less he squeaked. Gordon went slower and slower.
01:38The Fat Controller was on board. He wanted to know why the fastest engine on the railway was going so slowly.
01:47This made Gordon very unhappy. So Gordon decided it didn't matter if he was going to be scrapped.
01:58He would make his last journey the fastest he had ever puffed.
02:04Gordon's pistons pumped and his boiler bubbled. He squeaked, rattled and rolled into the docks.
02:16But Gordon didn't mind. The children were on time for their boat and the Fat Controller didn't scrap Gordon.
02:26He sent him to the repair yard. Gordon knew he was an important engine and Gordon likes to feel important.
02:39One day the Fat Controller told Gordon that if he pulled the express across the island and back again on time, he would set a new record.
02:50Gordon was excited. At the coal depot, his tender was loaded with coal.
03:00Gordon was ready to wheesh away. Then the yard manager gasped.
03:06Gordon had been given Henry's coal by mistake. Gordon knew Henry needed special coal, but he thought it would make him go faster.
03:16So Gordon pretended not to hear.
03:22He raced away. Gordon was very happy.
03:30But Henry wasn't happy at all. There was no more special coal at the depot.
03:36Without it, Henry could hardly puff at all. Gordon saw how sick Henry was.
03:44Gordon didn't feel important any more. And he didn't feel happy. He felt bad.
03:54Now, Gordon didn't care about setting a new record. He cared about helping his friend.
04:04If an engine is in trouble, Gordon will be there to help. That's why it feels good to be Gordon.