History Recap / ThomasTheTankEngineS2E5OldIron

** Also, this adaptation omits the part where the boys were caught and were "soundly walloped" by their fathers.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James, who despite his low opinion of Edward is genuinely grateful to Edward for saving him.

* {{Jerkass}}: James, but he got better at the end.

* TheOner: This episode contains some pretty impressive camera work, including a 9-second scene where the camera follows the engines from the front and elevates in order to clear a bridge. A clip of it is shown in the image above.

* {{Disneyfication}}: A few differences from the original adaptation from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB8EdwardTheBlueEngine Edward the Blue Engine]]''.

* KarmaHoudini: The boys who were playing with James' controls weren't seen or mentioned again in this episode after they jumped off of James' footplate. ''The Railway Series'', however, averted this where the boys were "soundly walloped" by their fathers.

'''Air date''': October 8th, 1986 (UK)

'''Air date''': October 8th, 1986 (UK), April 16th, 1989

'''Air date''': October 23rd, 1986 (UK), April 16th, 1989 (US), November 20th, 1991 (George Carlin US)

One day, James is forced to wait in a station for Edward to arrive with his train which makes him angry with the blue engine. When Edward arrives, James grumbles and leaves to continue his work. Afterwards, James puffs to the shed, still grumbling. He complains to Thomas and Percy that Edward always makes engines wait and he is no better than a lump of "old iron". Thomas and Percy, who both have a great deal of respect for Edward, are angry at this remark and tell him that Edward could beat him in a race any day. James scoffs at this, before returning to his berth in the shed to rest.

The next day, James' driver suddenly falls ill while at work and is sent home. With only his fireman on duty, James is relegated to shunting for the day. The fireman leaves James to get ready for the day's work when the signalman spots James leaving without anyone aboard. He quickly sets the points to halt traffic down the line and tells the fireman what has happened. It emerges that two boys were seen on James' footplate fiddling with his controls, only to run when James started. The signalbox phone rings, with the engine inspector on the other end. He asks the fireman to quickly get a shunter's pole and a coil of wire rope.

The inspector soon arrives in Edward and the fireman is ready with the items requested. With James' fireman and the inspector aboard as well as his normal crew, Edward sets off promising to catch up to the runaway engine.

James meanwhile sails through Knapford and still does not have a clue that anything is wrong and is enjoying his long run. His happiness does not last much longer though, as he feels himself starting to go faster and faster causing him to realise that he does not have a driver aboard. His joy turns to horror and James starts to call for help. Edward speeds through Knapford and races down the line as fast as he can in order to catch up to James. Soon the two engines are almost side-by-side with Edward giving it everything he can to keep up. Edward's driver does his best to keep Edward steady while the inspector climbs outside and makes it to Edward's front with a noose of rope tied through the crook of the shunter's pole and tries to slip the rope over James' buffer. It is difficult for the inspector, but he finally manages to lasso the buffer and pull it tight. James' fireman scrambles over to his engine and takes control, allowing both engines to finally slow down.

As the two engines make their way to the next station, James apologises for his harsh words earlier. Waiting for them both is the Fat Controller. He congratulates the crew on a fine rescue and then tells James that he can rest before continuing his work. As for Edward, he is going to be rewarded with a trip to the works to get his worn-out parts mended. Edward is very happy and notes how nice it will be to get to run without clanking.

-->'''James''': "Edward is impossible! He clanks about like a lot of old iron and he is so slow he makes us wait!"

* TheOner: This episode contains some pretty impressive camera work, including a 5-second scene where the camera follows the engines from the front and elevates briefly in order to clear a bridge. A clip of it is shown in the image above.

* KarmaHoudini: The boys who were playing with James' controls. ''The Railway Series'', however, averted this where the boys were "soundly walloped" by their fathers.

James complains about Edward being late with his passenger trains, claiming that he is a lot of "old iron", although Thomas and Percy tells him off about it. On the next day, James' driver falls ill during work and a fireman takes his place to do some regular shunting. Before he sets off to work, the signalman spots James going down the line, thanks to two boys fiddling with his controls. With the help of the inspector, it's up to Edward to rescue the runaway James.

'''Air date''': October 9th, 1986 (UK), April 16th, 1989 (US), November 20th, 1991 (George Carlin US)

* KarmaHoudini: The boys who were playing James' controls. ''The Railway Series'', however, averted this where the boys were "soundly walloped" by their fathers.

'''Air date''': September 11th, 1986 (UK)

* TooFastToStop: After the boys messed with his controls, James enjoyed moving fast, but as he went faster and as he realizes he has no driver or fireman, his mood changed to despair.

* BullyHunter: Thomas and Percy were offended by James' comments about Edward being a lot of "old iron".

* Determinator: Despite clanking, Edward did the best he can to catch up with James.

* KarmaHoudini: The boys who were playing James' controls. ''The Railway Series'', however, averted this.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: An indirect example. James has this complaint about Edward late arrivals:
-->'''James''': "Edward is impossible! He clanks about like a lot of old iron and he is so slow he makes us wait!"