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A forgetful blue diesel engine who is good friends with Percy. He often takes goods trains to the Mainland. He had been lifted on a hoist at the Dieselworks for two years, waiting for his new wheels to come. As a Christmas present, Percy gave Sidney a new set of wheels, and he is now a really useful engine again. British Rail Class 08
He sometimes works on the steam engines himself, [2] and as a young man he drove a steam-powered lorry named Elizabeth. [3] Perceptive and shrewd, he has used elaborate schemes to get to the bottom of a problem. [4] [5] His catchphrases are "You are a really useful engine." when he is proud of his engines and "You have caused confusion and delay!"
Andrew Lloyd Webber later established the Really Useful Group in 1977, a name derived from the phrase "Really Useful Engine". He would go on to work on a musical loosely inspired by The Railway Series, called Starlight Express, which premiered in 1984, and became one of his most well-known works.
Diesel tries to follow after him, but gets diverted into a siding, derails, and is about to fall into a pit. Sonny reverses to the siding, derailing the fish trucks over the points in the process, and saves Diesel. Although he had derailed the fish trucks, Sonny's heroic actions earn him praise from Sir Topham Hatt as a really useful engine indeed.
The next morning, however, all the diesels take on contaminated fuel and get sick. Thomas is tasked to go around the island and deliver clean fuel to the sick diesels. The Fat Controller congratulates Thomas, calling him a really useful engine and a credit to the railway, and even Diesel has to agree with this.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle; the cast includes Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, and the voices of Eddie Glen and Neil Crone.
When Tufan Erginbilgic became Rolls-Royce’s CEO last January, he came in with a qualm—that the company was a "burning platform" that was underperforming “every key competitor out there ...
Thomas & Friends (formerly known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's media franchise created by Britt Allcroft and currently owned by Mattel.The franchise revolves around an ensemble cast of anthropomorphic steam locomotives and other vehicles, including the titular protagonist Thomas the Tank Engine, who work on the Island of Sodor.
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