Edward is an old, red engine, who is feeling sad, as he has not been out in a long time. One day, his driver and fireman see how upset he is, so they choose him over the other engines (especially Alfred and Gordon). Eagle tells them that Edward is old, but he's reliable. Edward has a wonderful day pulling his coaches named Aurora, Ariel and Anna. They are very proud and impressed with Edward, as is his crew. That night, Edward tells the other engines that he will go out again tomorrow, but falls asleep before he could understand what they thought of it.
Next morning, Gordon is bragging to Edward. He tells the old engine to watch him rush by with the express that afternoon. Edward ignores him and goes to shunt trucks in the yard. However, instead of coaches, Gordon is pulling a train of dirty trucks, much to his anger. He soon begins to climb a hill, and stops halfway up. Edward is soon called to be Gordon's banker. The big blue engine does not think that Edward can do it, though he pushes all the same. The train is brought back to the bottom of the hill and then both engines puff together up the hill. All the while Gordon persistently complains but to his surprise, they have made it to the top. Gordon thunders away at high-speed, cheering for himself, and leaves Edward far behind forgetting to thank him. Out of breath, Edward slowly runs into a siding at Maron Station, where his crew give him a long drink and promise to reward him a new coat of blue paint with red stripes like Thomas, Gordon, Crovan and Alfred.
George Carlin's narration of the episode was never featured in an episode of Shining Time Station. It first appeared on the 1995 version of Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories on 15 August 1995.
When Gordon races through Maron, the footage is sped up.
This episode marks the first of several things:
The first episode in which the narrator says the line, "Then there was trouble."
The first episode of Edward as a main character.
The first episode in which Thomas does not physically speak.
The first time where Gordon is seen pulling trucks instead of coaches.
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Title
Albanian
Eduardi dhe Gordoni
Brazilian Portuguese
A Ajuda de Edward
Chinese Mandarin
艾德华和高登
Croatian
Edo i Gordon
Czech
Edward a Gordon
Danish
Edward og Gordon
Dutch
Edward en Gordon
Finnish
Edward ja Jori
French
Edouard et Gordon
German
Hilfe vom kleinem Edward
Greek
Έντι, το πιο καλό Τρενάκι
Hebrew
אדי וגורדון
Hungarian
Edward és Gordon
Italian
Edward e Gordon
Japanese
エドワードのおてがら
Korean
에드워드와 고든
Latin American Spanish
Edward al Rescate
Norwegian
Edward og Gordon
Polish
Edek i Gabryś
Romanian
Edward şi Gordon
Romansh
Eduard e Gordi
Russian
Эдвард и Гордон
Serbian
Edvard i Gordon
Slovak
Eduard a Gordon
Slovenian
Edvard in Gorazd
Swedish
Edward och Gordon
Turkish
Edward'ın Yardımı
Welsh
Edward a Gordon
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