Uploaded February 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Air Date: 11/6/1984

Narrator - Ringo Starr (US)

Season 1 - Episode 21

Toby is a tram engine who works on his own special tramway, but the passenegers and goods that used to travel on his line are now being taken away by the buses and lorries. But his luck changes one day when he and his coach Henrietta meet a Stout Gentleman and his grandchildren, and despite his grand-daughter presuming Toby was elecrtic, it becomes the beginning of a wonderful friendship as the family return everyday for a fortnight. But a few months after the Stout Gentleman leaves, Tobys line is scheduled to close, and with worries of the future, Toby goes unhappily to sleep in his shed for the last time. But gets a very nice surprise the following morning when a letter arrives from the Stout Gentleman...