Oscar And The Ancient Wagon

One of the locomotives that works on the Sodor and Mainland Railway was named Oscar. Originally, he worked for the Old Colony Railroad in America.

He felt proud for working for that railroad. Later, he came to Sodor and Mainland Railway. Although he enjoys working on the new railway, he still feels proud for working for his old railroad a long time ago.

"He sure is a proud engine," said Blake. "Right there with you," said Pete, "He likes to look back to his good old days." One particular day, Oscar was pulling a train of lumber. No problems for him.

"I can get this job done in no time," said Oscar. But on his way, he passed by something intriguing. "What's that?" he asked. "We'll come back later to examine it," his driver said. "Ok," agreed Oscar and he continued on.

After Oscar finished his job, he puffed back to where he saw the thing. It was still there in the exact same spot. Oscar's driver and firemen walked up to examine it. "Hmm," thought the firemen, "What do you think it is?"

"It's a wagon, no doubt," the driver answered, "But it's not like the ones we're familiar with now." "You're right," agreed the firemen. The two men brought the wagon closer to Oscar.

"That's the thing, all right," Oscar said, "And it is a wagon. A very old wagon." "Right," agreed the firemen. "It appears that this wagon dates back to pre-modernization," thought Oscar, "It must have come from the early 1600s. But how did it end up here on the Island of Sodor?"

"Probably left here by mistake," said the driver, "But good guess." "We'll leave it here," said the firemen, "And maybe we can call for an expert and he'll study this for us." "Ok," said Oscar, "Let's go home." So they left.

The next day, Oscar's driver had called for an antique expert to come look at the old wagon.

The first job that Oscar had to do is take a goods train to Vicarstown. "That was easy," said Oscar. For his next job, Oscar had to pull a train of stone to the building site.

These trucks, however, were looking for a chance to play tricks. Oscar set off with them nonetheless.

"Come along," said Oscar. They were going to pass through the spot where he saw the old wagon. "There it is," smiled Oscar.

But then, trouble happened as the wagons front wheels broke off and the wagon tumbled onto the railway track as a result. "Oh no!" cried Oscar, "Wagon! Brakes!" "Ok!" answered the driver, seeing the wagon and he put on the brakes.

But just as Oscar was slowing to a stop, the trucks bumped into him. "Go on!" the trucks shouted, "Go on! No stopping!" "You idiots!" screamed Oscar. "The brakes won't hold!" said the driver. "Argh!" cried Oscar, "I can't stop! Oh no!"

He said his last sentence before he ploughed right into the old wagon, smashing it into millions of pieces. "Everyone all right?" asked Oscar's driver. "I'm fine," said the firemen, "Oscar, are you all right?"

"Yes," answered Oscar, "I don't think I'm hurt at all." The driver checked Oscar all over and he found no damage to him at all. But on the other hand, the wagon had been totally destroyed.

"Ahhh!" cried Oscar, "What have I done?" "You've destroyed a relic!" the trucks said in a taunting tone of voice, "Congratulations! You did it! You did it! You did it!" The trucks continued to cheer in their insulting tone of voice.

Oscar was in a horror statement. Pete arrived with the expert. "What's going on?" asked the expert. Oscar could not reply. "Where is this 1600s wagon?" asked the expert. "Here?" answered Oscar.

"Oh dear," said Pete, "Accident?" "We were going to show you this wagon," explained Oscar's driver, "But now it's too late." "I see," said the expert.

Pete had the railway cleared up so that Oscar can continue on with his journey. But Oscar was still in a state of shock.

By the end of the day, however, Oscar was about to go to sleep miserably just as the expert showed up.

"Sorry about wasting your time," Oscar said sadly. "No," the expert said, "You did not waste my time at all. I've examined the remains of the old wagon." "Really?" asked Oscar's driver.

"I'd knew that you never intended on destroying it," the expert said, "So I examined what's left of the old wagon." "So?" asked Oscar and his crew. "I can guess it was used for hauling crops 200 years ago," the expert said, "So it can be assumed it was used for gardening."

"Well, I guessed right," said Oscar, "I did say it was from the 1600s." "I haven't got all the full details yet," the expert said, "But I'm still working on figuring out the details." "All right," said Oscar. "Good night then," said the expert and he left.

"So it turned out that it wasn't a total loss after all," said Oscar's driver. "Yeah," agreed Oscar, "It was a good discovery."