Thomas & Friends (TV Series)

James and the Express (1984)

Ringo Starr: Narrator (UK & US)

Quotes 

• Gordon : Goodbye, little James. See you tomorrow.

  James : [James goes to work and later sees Gordon trying to sidel into the station without being noticed]  Hello, Gordon. Is it tomorrow?

  Narrator (UK & US) : Gordon didn't answer, he just let off steam feebly.

  [Gordon feebly lets off steam] 

  James : Did you lose your way, Gordon?

  Gordon : No, it was lost for me. I was switched from the main line onto the loop. I had to go all round and back again.

  James : Perhaps it was "instinct".

• [first lines] 

  Narrator (UK & US) : One night, Henry and Gordon were alone with James. Although the Fat Controller was beginning to think well of him, whenever a chance came the engines would talk of nothing but bootlaces.

  Gordon , Henry : Remember the time one had to be used to get you out of trouble, James?

  Narrator (UK & US) : James tried to get his own back by talking about engines who got shut up in tunnels and stuck on hills, but they wouldn't listen.

  Gordon : You talk too much, little James. A fine, strong engine like me has something to talk about; I'm the only engine who could pull the Express. When I'm not there, they need two engines, think of that. I've pulled Expresses for years and have never once lost my way. I seem to know the right line by instinct.

  Narrator (UK & US) : Every wise engine knows, of course, that it's the signalman who sets the points to make engines run on the right lines, but Gordon was so proud, he had forgotten.