Buffer Bashing

Buffer Bashing is the first episode of Series 1 and first episode of Tales From Sodor's Railways altogether(Not counting Prologue as it was more of a pilot episode of the Series). It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Thomas And His Friends.

Plot
Donald and Douglas are delivering ballast hoppers from the Arlesdale Railway to Tidmouth Yard for James, who is taking the trucks to a section of the mainline undergoing track maintenance. Donald moves into a siding one day, but the rails are slippery with frost and he finds himself brought to a stop by the buffers. Nobody is harmed, but the buffers are smashed to smithereens. The other engines tease Donald and tell him he should go into skating championships, but the Fat Controller does not mind, as he knows Donald could not help it. Three days later, James collects the final ballast train, while Douglas slides into the siding where workmen are just finishing painting the new buffers. Douglas' driver applies the brakes, but nothing happens and Douglas crashes straight through the new buffers. The foreman angrily splashes some red paint onto Douglas' nose, which the Fat Controller leaves on his nose as a reminder to be more careful in sidings.

Characters

 * Donald And Douglas(Donald Does not speak)
 * James
 * Thomas
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Workmen (1 Speaks)
 * Connor (cameo)
 * Oliver (cameo)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Yards
 * Arlesburgh Goods Shed
 * Arlsdale Railway (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This is the only episode of several things.
 * The only episode were James is voice by Mikefan21.
 * This is also the only episode were the motor can heard in the background.
 * This is also the only episode were Thomas is not painted dark Blue as well as it being the only episode to be a Railway Series adapation not counting The Railway Series remakes.
 * The only episode where Douglas is voiced by TWRCT.
 * A much older title card from 2017 had Donald instead of Douglas it can still be seen on Mal's DeviantArt.
 * This episode was also a replacement for the original episode 1 which was scrapped as it was a rip-off of another episode from another series.
 * Jones The Steam from Ivor The Engine is used for one of the painters.
 * Thomas and Oliver replaced Henry and BoCo's roles.
 * This is also the only episode to have the Thomas And Friends logo in an episode title card however it was used in 3 RWS remakes:
 * The Sad Story Of Henry
 * Edward Gordon And Henry
 * Mrs Kindley's Christmas.