S4 E1 • The Railway

Nothing out of the ordinary even happens on this little railway in the top left-hand corner of Wales. But what ordinarily happens is often fairly extraordinary!

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S4 E2 • The Egg (1)

Who lays eggs in a Volcano? Somebody does and Jones and Ivor take the gold-miner's advice and keep it warm - until they hear it sing!

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S4 E3 • The Proper Container (2)

What is the proper container for red-hot livestock? The Regulations are quite definite but definitely inflammable. So another, more suitable conveyance must be found.

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S4 E4 • The Alarm (3)

Some creatures are real and some are mythical, even if they are good at frying fish, and they want to stay mythical.

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S4 E5 • The Retreat (4)

If you want to hide, perhaps the best thing is to pretend you were never there in the first place - even if it does make your friend look a bit of a fool.

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S4 E6 • The Hat

Mrs Porty does wear some unusual hats but she wouldn't expect to be arrested for wearing one of them - certainly not in front of the Church Ladies Guild!

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S4 E7 • Old Nell

It's a hard life being a sheep dog, especially when the silly sheep and the engine driver need to be rescued. Sometimes railway engines are more sensible than people.

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S4 E8 • Mr. Brangwyn's Pigeons (1)

Ivor the Engine, when he sings, could charm the very birds off the trees - or at least the pigeons off Miss Price's roof.

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S4 E9 • The Visitor (2)

Visitors are always welcome. Even wounded visitors weighing several tons can be accommodated by Mr Hughes the Gasworks.

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S4 E10 • The Invalid (3)

Nobody likes to take medicine, but some patients are so unhelpful that even the most patient nurse loses patience and gets the boot.

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S4 E11 • The Boot (4)

We can all be recognised by the sort of clothes we wear, but this invalid is rescued by her boot and everybody is happy at last.

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S4 E12 • Banger's Circus (5)

If you are far from home it is a great joy if home comes to find you. And what a show it puts on when it does!

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S4 E13 • Unidentified Objects

Are these strange apparitions flying saucers or just the bubbles of a goldminer's boredom - and what's the use of gold anyway?

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S4 E14 • Mrs. Porty's Foxes

Some wear fancy hats in order to look beautiful. Some wear them to save their friends - but what else should an engine-driver do?

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S4 E15 • Bluebell (1)

A good donkey will always do what she is told, even though she has to run a long way to do it. Luckily there are wheels for the return journey.

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S4 E16 • Dai and the Donkey (2)

The dividing line between being a nuisance and being useful depends on what sort of disaster is waiting for a small engine.

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S4 E17 • Gold (1)

What is the point in having a bit of gold put by if you can't spend a bit to help your friends when they are in trouble.

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S4 E18 • Mrs. Porty (2)

Perhaps gold will not do to buy the railway, but Mrs Porty is not going to stand by and let her donkey lose a dear friend.

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S4 E19 • Cold (1)

Volcanoes are not really things that people need, but for some they are home from home - if they can find one.

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S4 E20 • The Endowment (2)

If you can't find a desirable volcano, then you must seek the help of a learned society which has a lot of half-crowns.

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