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* ArtisticLicense: Contrary to popular belief, loud noises don't actually cause avalanches. Their really caused when loose snow is distributed. This however is played straight in the episode, as the avalanche that buried Skarloey was directly caused by the slate trucks crashing into the ravine.
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* AnAesop: Sometimes even if you believe your situation stinks, others who suffered like you did bounced back from said setback.
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** When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
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** When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" Uh-oh! (UK)/Oh, no! (US)]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Percy got free from the snow.
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* FramingDevice: Rusty telling Thomas about Skarloey's winter troubles at the slate mines about a year ago.
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* OhCrap: When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
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** When the cars crash into the ravine which triggers the avalanche, Skarloey and his driver notice and call out, "AVALANCHE!!!"
** When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
** When the cars crash into the ravine which triggers the avalanche, Skarloey and his driver notice and call out, "AVALANCHE!!!"
** When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
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One winter day on the Island of Sodor, a thick layer of snow has fallen and all engines have gone to work except Percy, who is stuck in a snowdrift. Thomas finds Percy and tells him that there is no time for resting, but is told that Percy's crew have just left to seek help. Thomas scoffs at this but continues his journey to clear the rest of the snowed in railway lines. Later, he has to clear snow from a tunnel but the snow is deep enough for him to get stuck, much to Thomas' annoyance. Rusty is working close by. So to pass the time, he tells Thomas a story.
One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. Whenever snow came, work became difficult in the slate mines and snow was used as a "double buffer zone" to stop trucks from falling into the ravine below. One day, Skarloey was travelling to the mines with empty trucks, while at the mine, the winch that hauls the trucks up and down the incline was not working properly. When Skarloey reached the ravine, his driver was concerned that any noise could cause an avalanche, so he set an emergency cap. When Skarloey ran over it, the bang echoed around the gorge but nothing happened, so his crew decided to make a cup of cocoa and be on their way. However, up in the slate mines a long line of full trucks were to be winched down the slope, but the winch became jammed when some empty trucks derailed. A coupling on the full trucks snapped and they ran down the slope. A workman thought the snowbank and buffers would stop the runaway, but he was wrong. The trucks instead broke through the buffers and plunged into the ravine, and all the noise from the trucks caused an avalanche which buried Skarloey deep inside. When Rusty came to the rescue, they discovered that Skarloey's heat had created an igloo, and inside they found Skarloey's crew nonchalantly sipping cocoa.
Thomas uses this as an example about how trucks can be so troublesome while Rusty states the same for snow. The workmen finally clear the snow from behind Thomas, but Gordon then arrives with his snow machine to clear away drifts. Gordon loudly blows steam and causes an avalanche, burying him in snow. Gordon cries for help, and Thomas jokes that if Skarloey could emerge from an avalanche laughing, Gordon could do the same. In reply, Gordon just scoffs and falls silent as the snow.
One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. Whenever snow came, work became difficult in the slate mines and snow was used as a "double buffer zone" to stop trucks from falling into the ravine below. One day, Skarloey was travelling to the mines with empty trucks, while at the mine, the winch that hauls the trucks up and down the incline was not working properly. When Skarloey reached the ravine, his driver was concerned that any noise could cause an avalanche, so he set an emergency cap. When Skarloey ran over it, the bang echoed around the gorge but nothing happened, so his crew decided to make a cup of cocoa and be on their way. However, up in the slate mines a long line of full trucks were to be winched down the slope, but the winch became jammed when some empty trucks derailed. A coupling on the full trucks snapped and they ran down the slope. A workman thought the snowbank and buffers would stop the runaway, but he was wrong. The trucks instead broke through the buffers and plunged into the ravine, and all the noise from the trucks caused an avalanche which buried Skarloey deep inside. When Rusty came to the rescue, they discovered that Skarloey's heat had created an igloo, and inside they found Skarloey's crew nonchalantly sipping cocoa.
Thomas uses this as an example about how trucks can be so troublesome while Rusty states the same for snow. The workmen finally clear the snow from behind Thomas, but Gordon then arrives with his snow machine to clear away drifts. Gordon loudly blows steam and causes an avalanche, burying him in snow. Gordon cries for help, and Thomas jokes that if Skarloey could emerge from an avalanche laughing, Gordon could do the same. In reply, Gordon just scoffs and falls silent as the snow.
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One winter day on the Island of Sodor, a thick layer of snow has fallen and all engines have gone to work except Percy, who is stuck in a snowdrift. Thomas finds Percy and tells him that there is no time for resting, but is told that Percy's crew have just left to seek help. Thomas scoffs at this but continues his journey to clear the rest of the snowed in railway lines. Later, he has to clear snow from a tunnel entrance, but the snow is deep enough for him to get stuck, much to Thomas' annoyance. Rusty is working close by. So by, and remarks how his driver compared this winter to a past one that was the worst they had ever had. Thomas is curious, so to pass the time, he Rusty tells Thomas a story.
One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. Whenever snow came, work became difficult inhim about that winter.
The story takes place at the slate minesand in the Skarloey Railway's mountains. When the snow was used came, it started causing problems for those working there, but it also allowed the workmen to use it as a "double buffer zone" zone", piling it behind buffers at the end of tracks to stop help prevent trucks from breaking through and falling down into the ravine below. below, close to where the line runs through on its way up to the mine's yards.
One day, Skarloeywas travelling comes up the line with some empty trucks. His driver stops inside the ravine, worried about the snow overhead and the possibility of triggering an avalanche with Skarloey's noise if he continues. To test the snow's stability, the driver sets an emergency cap on the rails and has Skarloey run over it to set off a small explosion. The sound rattles through the gorge, but nothing happens. Satisfied, the driver decides to make a quick cup of cocoa and then proceed through up to the mines with empty trucks, while mines.
Unfortunately, trouble strikes at themine, the mine yards above. The winch that hauls the used to haul trucks up and down the incline was not working properly. When Skarloey reached mountainside to the ravine, his driver was concerned that any noise could cause an avalanche, so he set an emergency cap. When Skarloey ran over it, the bang echoed around the gorge but nothing happened, so his crew decided to make a cup of cocoa and be on their way. However, up in the slate mines was experiencing problems that day, which come to a head when, during the process of sending a long line of full trucks were to be winched down the slope, but slope from the winch became jammed when some mine, the empty trucks derailed. A being pulled up alongside them derail and catch on the tracks. Eventually, a coupling on snaps and the full loaded trucks snapped and they ran run away down the slope. A workman thought Despite the snowbank and buffers would stop snow-fortified buffers, the runaway, but he was wrong. The trucks instead broke break through the buffers and plunged plunge into the ravine, crashing down into the snowbank right above Skarloey. The force of their impact dislodges the snow, and all the noise from the trucks caused an avalanche which buried Skarloey deep inside. When Rusty came to is buried by the rescue, resulting avalanche. However, when the workmen arrive to dig him out, they discovered are amused to discover that Skarloey's heat had created an igloo, and inside they found that his crew are nonchalantly drinking their cocoa as though nothing had happened.
Thomas breathes a sigh of relief for Skarloey's crewnonchalantly sipping cocoa.
Thomas uses this as anbefore going on to say how the whole accident is another example about of how trucks can be so troublesome while troublesome. Rusty states counters that the same can be said for snow. The snow.
By now, the workmen have finallyclear cleared the snow from behind Thomas, but then Gordon then arrives with his a snow machine to clear away drifts. Gordon The Big Engine loudly blows lets off steam and causes an avalanche, winds up burying him himself in snow. an avalanche of snow off the mountain over the tunnel entrance. Gordon cries for help, and Thomas jokes that if Skarloey could emerge from an avalanche laughing, Gordon could surely do the same. In reply, Gordon just scoffs and falls silent as the snow.
One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. Whenever snow came, work became difficult in
The story takes place at the slate mines
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* LighterAndSofter: ''Especially'' compared to the [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E24DuncanGetsSpooked two]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E25RustyAndTheBoulder previous]] episodes that came before it.
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* LighterAndSofter: ''Especially'' compared to the [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E24DuncanGetsSpooked [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS5E24DuncanGetsSpooked two]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E25RustyAndTheBoulder [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS5E25RustyAndTheBoulder previous]] episodes that came before it.
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'''Air date''': October 19th, 1998 (UK), September 6th, 1999 (US)
One winter day on the Island of Sodor, a thick layer of snow has fallen and all engines have gone to work except Percy, who is stuck in a snowdrift. Thomas finds Percy and tells him that there is no time for resting, but is told that Percy's crew have just left to seek help. Thomas scoffs at this but continues his journey to clear the rest of the snowed in railway lines. Later, he has to clear snow from a tunnel but the snow is deep enough for him to get stuck, much to Thomas' annoyance. Rusty is working close by. So to pass the time, he tells Thomas a story.
One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. Whenever snow came, work became difficult in the slate mines and snow was used as a "double buffer zone" to stop trucks from falling into the ravine below. One day, Skarloey was travelling to the mines with empty trucks, while at the mine, the winch that hauls the trucks up and down the incline was not working properly. When Skarloey reached the ravine, his driver was concerned that any noise could cause an avalanche, so he set an emergency cap. When Skarloey ran over it, the bang echoed around the gorge but nothing happened, so his crew decided to make a cup of cocoa and be on their way. However, up in the slate mines a long line of full trucks were to be winched down the slope, but the winch became jammed when some empty trucks derailed. A coupling on the full trucks snapped and they ran down the slope. A workman thought the snowbank and buffers would stop the runaway, but he was wrong. The trucks instead broke through the buffers and plunged into the ravine, and all the noise from the trucks caused an avalanche which buried Skarloey deep inside. When Rusty came to the rescue, they discovered that Skarloey's heat had created an igloo, and inside they found Skarloey's crew nonchalantly sipping cocoa.
Thomas uses this as an example about how trucks can be so troublesome while Rusty states the same for snow. The workmen finally clear the snow from behind Thomas, but Gordon then arrives with his snow machine to clear away drifts. Gordon loudly blows steam and causes an avalanche, burying him in snow. Gordon cries for help, and Thomas jokes that if Skarloey could emerge from an avalanche laughing, Gordon could do the same. In reply, Gordon just scoffs and falls silent as the snow.
!!Tropes featured in the episode:
* JerkassBall: Thomas holds this when he snaps at Percy for not doing anything, despite the fact that Percy ''couldn't'' do anything due to being stuck.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Especially'' compared to the [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E24DuncanGetsSpooked two]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E25RustyAndTheBoulder previous]] episodes that came before it.
* NoSympathy: Thomas was dismissive when Percy explains that he was unable to work because he was stuck in the snow.
* OhCrap: When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
* RunawayTrain: The trucks caused this which resulted the avalanche.
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'''Air date''': October 19th, 1998 (UK), September 6th, 1999 (US)
One winter day on the Island of Sodor, a thick layer of snow has fallen and all engines have gone to work except Percy, who is stuck in a snowdrift. Thomas finds Percy and tells him that there is no time for resting, but is told that Percy's crew have just left to seek help. Thomas scoffs at this but continues his journey to clear the rest of the snowed in railway lines. Later, he has to clear snow from a tunnel but the snow is deep enough for him to get stuck, much to Thomas' annoyance. Rusty is working close by. So to pass the time, he tells Thomas a story.
One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. Whenever snow came, work became difficult in the slate mines and snow was used as a "double buffer zone" to stop trucks from falling into the ravine below. One day, Skarloey was travelling to the mines with empty trucks, while at the mine, the winch that hauls the trucks up and down the incline was not working properly. When Skarloey reached the ravine, his driver was concerned that any noise could cause an avalanche, so he set an emergency cap. When Skarloey ran over it, the bang echoed around the gorge but nothing happened, so his crew decided to make a cup of cocoa and be on their way. However, up in the slate mines a long line of full trucks were to be winched down the slope, but the winch became jammed when some empty trucks derailed. A coupling on the full trucks snapped and they ran down the slope. A workman thought the snowbank and buffers would stop the runaway, but he was wrong. The trucks instead broke through the buffers and plunged into the ravine, and all the noise from the trucks caused an avalanche which buried Skarloey deep inside. When Rusty came to the rescue, they discovered that Skarloey's heat had created an igloo, and inside they found Skarloey's crew nonchalantly sipping cocoa.
Thomas uses this as an example about how trucks can be so troublesome while Rusty states the same for snow. The workmen finally clear the snow from behind Thomas, but Gordon then arrives with his snow machine to clear away drifts. Gordon loudly blows steam and causes an avalanche, burying him in snow. Gordon cries for help, and Thomas jokes that if Skarloey could emerge from an avalanche laughing, Gordon could do the same. In reply, Gordon just scoffs and falls silent as the snow.
!!Tropes featured in the episode:
* JerkassBall: Thomas holds this when he snaps at Percy for not doing anything, despite the fact that Percy ''couldn't'' do anything due to being stuck.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Especially'' compared to the [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E24DuncanGetsSpooked two]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E25RustyAndTheBoulder previous]] episodes that came before it.
* NoSympathy: Thomas was dismissive when Percy explains that he was unable to work because he was stuck in the snow.
* OhCrap: When the noise from his snow machine honks loudly, knocking loose a heap of snow on the roof of the shed, Gordon utters a very meek "[[LittleNo Oh, no!]]" right before the huge heap of snow falls and buries him.
* RunawayTrain: The trucks caused this which resulted the avalanche.
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