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* PutOnABus: Due to injuries sustained from his breakdown, Edward is sent to the Works and does not appear again for the remainder of the Rev. W. Awdry's tenure as author of ''The Railway Series''.
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* PutOnABus: Due to injuries sustained from his breakdown, Edward is sent to the Works and does not appear again for the remainder of the Rev. W. Awdry's tenure as author of ''The Railway Series''. He eventually returns in Christopher Awdry's run.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We know what happens to Gordon in "Wrong Road", but not what happened to the passengers of Edward and Gordon's trains, both of which ended up in the wrong destination.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We know what happens to Gordon in "Wrong Road", but not what happened to the passengers of Edward and Gordon's trains, both of which ended up in the wrong destination. Likewise, even if Henry was among the engines teasing Edward, we don't know if he had an accident after taking Edward's passengers on another train.
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* BodyHorror: In “Edward’s Exploit,” not only does Edward’s crank pin break, it causes his left side rod to spiral out of control and bend his splasher and frame out of shape! His agonized expression says it all.
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* BodyHorror: In “Edward’s Exploit,” "Edward's Exploit," not only does Edward’s Edward's crank pin break, it causes his left side rod to spiral out of control and bend his splasher and frame out of shape! His agonized expression says it all.
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* BabyCarriage: The bees escape from their hive in "Buzz, Buzz" thanks to a trolley stopping suddenly to avoid running over an old woman.
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* NewMeat: Gordon's fireman is mentioned as being new on the job and winds up confusing a woman's green hat with the guard's flag, causing him to start the train early and leave half the passengers and the guard behind.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Upon being stung by a bee, James runs away, deserting the express and leaving it to BoCo to pull.
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* BigShutUp: An irate Duck said this to Henry, Gordon and James who found Edward's ordeal hilarious.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We know what happens to Gordon in "Wrong Road", but not what happened to the passengers of Edward and Gordon's trains, both of which ended up in the wrong destination.
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** In "The Diseasal", [=BoCo=] scolds the twins for teasing Gordon, which made them behave.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The events of this book take place in 1965.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: [=BoCo=]. It did seem that a diesel would stir up trouble much like Diesel in previous episodes, but [=BoCo=] had mistakenly took the trucks and didn't know it was Bill and Ben's.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: [=BoCo=]. It did seem that a diesel would stir up trouble much like Diesel in previous episodes, but [=BoCo=] had mistakenly took taken the trucks and didn't know it was Bill and Ben's.
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* ArtifactTitle: Despite the name of the book, the majority of the book takes place on Edward's Branch Line.
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** "Buzz, Buzz" is based on a real event in which six bees escaped from a hive at London Bridge Station.
** "Wrong Road" is based on a real event that occurred at Sittingbourne, Kent in 1911.
** "Edward's Exploit" is based on a real event of what happened to the crosshead assembly of an express train near Settle, North Yorkshire in 1960.
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** In "The Diseasal", [=BoCo=] scolds the twins for teasingGordon.Gordon, which made them behave.
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** "Buzz, Buzz" is based on a real event in which six bees escaped from a hive at London Bridge Station.
** "Wrong Road" is based on a real event that occurred at Sittingbourne, Kent in 1911.
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** In "The Diseasal", [=BoCo=] scolds the twins for teasing
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* {{Bratty Half Pint}}s: Bill and Ben.
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* {{Bratty Half Pint}}s: Bill and Ben.
Ben. Edward lampshades this by stating they're "maddening at times", despite that they don't mean any harm.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [=BoCo=]. It did seem that a diesel would stir up trouble much like Diesel in previous episodes, but [=BoCo=] had mistakenly took the trucks and didn't know it was Bill and Ben's.
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* SiblingRivalry: Bill and Ben shows shades of this when they argue about who is responsible for spreading the "diseasel" with their "coughs and sneezles".
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* NeverMyFault: The Fat Controller blames Gordon for the mix-up, even though it was the fireman's fault for starting the train before everything was ready.
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* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With A Heart of Gold]]: Gordon and James in the end of "Edward's Exploit". They teased Edward for struggling with the coaches, but became respectfully silent after hearing about his ordeal.
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* TheFreelanceShameSquad: The other engines laugh at James' red nose.
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* BlackComedy: Bill and Ben continue arguing about whether to have a mortified Gordon cut up into scrap or hurtled into the sea in increasingly graphic detail in "Wrong Road".
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** In "Wrong Road", Gordon frowns upon diesels until [=BoCo=] came to stop Bill and Ben's teasing towards him in which he thought the diesel saved his life.
** In "Edward's Exploit", Donald and Douglas were the last of the engines to accept [=BoCo=].
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* NeverMyFault: The Fat Controller blames Gordon for the mix up, even though it was the fireman's fault for starting the train before everything was ready.
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* NonIndicativeName: Despite the book's name "Main Line Engines", most of the book takes place on Edward's branch line.
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''Main Line Engines'' is the twenty-first book of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' published in 1966. The book contains four stories:
* '''The Diseasel''': Bill and Ben are tank engine twins that work at the China Clay Workings on Edward's Branch Line. One day they leave some trucks in a siding and leave for more, but return to find them all gone. Their drivers determine it was a "diseasel" that took them, and when Bill recalls a sign saying "coughs and sneezles spread diseasels", in his words, Ben blames him. Their drivers quieten them and formulate a plan. They find the diseasel on a siding, and manage to confuse him so as to make him giddy, but when Edward comes along he reprimands them and tells them to apologize to the diseasel, who calls himself [=BoCo=]. Edward sends them away, and he and [=BoCo=] joke about the twins.
* '''Buzz, Buzz''': Duck and [=BoCo=] are talking about Bill and Ben. Duck tells [=BoCo=] he has nicknamed them "The Bees", when James, who just arrived, claims he would simply blow smoke at bees to shoo them away. The next day, two porters are pulling a trolley with a beehive on top when it falls off and bees swarm out. They decide to rest on James' boiler, but when one burns its feet, it stings James on the nose, and James runs away. In the end, [=BoCo=] takes the Express, and that night the others talk about a red beehive on wheels.
* '''Wrong Road''': Although the big engines are forbidden to go on the branch lines because of their weight, Gordon claims he is forbidden because they are "vulgar", and leaves to take his late train. He misses his "path" after a lady with a large floppy green hat confounds the fireman into thinking the guard had waved his flag, and in the end Edward's train leaves ahead of Gordon. However, this creates a huge disruption as the Wellsworth signalman isn't informed, and Gordon is left on a siding at Brendam. The next day, Bill and Ben come into the yard, and tease him by "mistaking" him for scrap and arguing about how to dispose of Gordon. Gordon thinks they're serious, and when [=BoCo=] arrives, he asks for help. [=BoCo=] sends the twins away with his trucks, and Gordon has had great respect for diesels ever since.
* '''Edward's Exploit''': Edward is set to take some enthusiasts home, but finds it hard to move the train. After meeting up with Bill and Ben, Edward takes the enthusiasts away, but stops when a crank-pin breaks, battering his splashers and frame. His crew take both crank-pins off, and Edward manages to struggle home. Edward is sent to Crovan's Gate, and [=BoCo=] does his work so well that he single-handedly changes Donald and Douglas' opinion about diesels!
!!The book contains examples of:
* BlackComedy: Bill and Ben continue arguing about whether to have mortified Gordon cut up into scrap or hurtled into the sea in increasingly graphic detail in "Wrong Road".
* {{Bratty Half Pint}}s: Bill and Ben.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [=BoCo=].
* {{Determinator}}: Edward in the last story.
* EverythingsWorseWithBees: "Buzz, Buzz".
* FantasticRacism: Some of the engines' display their low opinion for diesels. At first...
** In "Buzz, Buzz", Duck disliked the presence of [=BoCo=] until he found out that he knew Edward and the two became friends.
** In "Wrong Road", Gordon frowns upon diesels until [=BoCo=] came to stop Bill and Ben's teasing towards him in which he thought the diesel saved his life.
** In "Edward's Exploit", Donald and Douglas were the last of the engines to accept [=BoCo=].
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Bill and Ben's nameplates which the drivers had removed as a plan to get their china clay trucks back from the diesel.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gordon and James in the end of "Edward's Exploit". They teased Edward for struggling with the coaches, but became respectfully silent after hearing about his ordeal.
* JustJokingJustification: The narration mentions in the end of "Wrong Road" that Bill and Ben were only teasing Gordon.
* NeverMyFault: The Fat Controller blames Gordon for the mix up, even though it was the fireman's fault for starting the train before everything was ready.
* TeamDad: Edward to Bill and Ben.
* TricksterTwins: Bill and Ben in "The Diseasel".
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* '''The Diseasel''': Bill and Ben are tank engine twins that work at the China Clay Workings on Edward's Branch Line. One day they leave some trucks in a siding and leave for more, but return to find them all gone. Their drivers determine it was a "diseasel" that took them, and when Bill recalls a sign saying "coughs and sneezles spread diseasels", in his words, Ben blames him. Their drivers quieten them and formulate a plan. They find the diseasel on a siding, and manage to confuse him so as to make him giddy, but when Edward comes along he reprimands them and tells them to apologize to the diseasel, who calls himself [=BoCo=]. Edward sends them away, and he and [=BoCo=] joke about the twins.
* '''Buzz, Buzz''': Duck and [=BoCo=] are talking about Bill and Ben. Duck tells [=BoCo=] he has nicknamed them "The Bees", when James, who just arrived, claims he would simply blow smoke at bees to shoo them away. The next day, two porters are pulling a trolley with a beehive on top when it falls off and bees swarm out. They decide to rest on James' boiler, but when one burns its feet, it stings James on the nose, and James runs away. In the end, [=BoCo=] takes the Express, and that night the others talk about a red beehive on wheels.
* '''Wrong Road''': Although the big engines are forbidden to go on the branch lines because of their weight, Gordon claims he is forbidden because they are "vulgar", and leaves to take his late train. He misses his "path" after a lady with a large floppy green hat confounds the fireman into thinking the guard had waved his flag, and in the end Edward's train leaves ahead of Gordon. However, this creates a huge disruption as the Wellsworth signalman isn't informed, and Gordon is left on a siding at Brendam. The next day, Bill and Ben come into the yard, and tease him by "mistaking" him for scrap and arguing about how to dispose of Gordon. Gordon thinks they're serious, and when [=BoCo=] arrives, he asks for help. [=BoCo=] sends the twins away with his trucks, and Gordon has had great respect for diesels ever since.
* '''Edward's Exploit''': Edward is set to take some enthusiasts home, but finds it hard to move the train. After meeting up with Bill and Ben, Edward takes the enthusiasts away, but stops when a crank-pin breaks, battering his splashers and frame. His crew take both crank-pins off, and Edward manages to struggle home. Edward is sent to Crovan's Gate, and [=BoCo=] does his work so well that he single-handedly changes Donald and Douglas' opinion about diesels!
!!The book contains examples of:
* BlackComedy: Bill and Ben continue arguing about whether to have mortified Gordon cut up into scrap or hurtled into the sea in increasingly graphic detail in "Wrong Road".
* {{Bratty Half Pint}}s: Bill and Ben.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [=BoCo=].
* {{Determinator}}: Edward in the last story.
* EverythingsWorseWithBees: "Buzz, Buzz".
* FantasticRacism: Some of the engines' display their low opinion for diesels. At first...
** In "Buzz, Buzz", Duck disliked the presence of [=BoCo=] until he found out that he knew Edward and the two became friends.
** In "Wrong Road", Gordon frowns upon diesels until [=BoCo=] came to stop Bill and Ben's teasing towards him in which he thought the diesel saved his life.
** In "Edward's Exploit", Donald and Douglas were the last of the engines to accept [=BoCo=].
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Bill and Ben's nameplates which the drivers had removed as a plan to get their china clay trucks back from the diesel.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gordon and James in the end of "Edward's Exploit". They teased Edward for struggling with the coaches, but became respectfully silent after hearing about his ordeal.
* JustJokingJustification: The narration mentions in the end of "Wrong Road" that Bill and Ben were only teasing Gordon.
* NeverMyFault: The Fat Controller blames Gordon for the mix up, even though it was the fireman's fault for starting the train before everything was ready.
* TeamDad: Edward to Bill and Ben.
* TricksterTwins: Bill and Ben in "The Diseasel".
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