Wharf and Peace

"Fancy jumping at a silly old crane! Scaredy little engine!"

- James

Wharf and Peace is the nineteenth episode of the tenth series.

Plot
Skarloey enjoys puffing past his favourite places along the Narrow Gauge Railway, such as the lake and the viaduct. However, he occasionally is assigned to go to the wharf which is not his favourite place, because it is very loud and noisy from the machinery and other trains. He feels smaller there and does not know anyone's name.

One day, Skarloey is delivering trucks full of flour to the wharf. The trucks see a chance for mischief by wiggling, giggling and biffing Skarloey several times. He is then startled when some pipes from a crane drop near him, causing his trucks to hit the buffers and spill the flour. James teases Skarloey over what has happened, which makes Skarloey upset and feels smaller than he did before. Even though Thomas tells Skarloey that James was only teasing him, the trucks insult Skarloey and laugh at him. Skarloey feels pathetic and admits that he might actually be a "scaredy engine", so he steams away.

Skarloey's next job is to collect the farmer's prize bull and take him to the wharf. He is very worried until he reaches the rickety bridge, where Rusty has stopped on the other side as he is afraid of heights from the bridge. Rusty asks Skarloey what to do, and Skarloey says he does not look down and puffs hard while crossing the bridge. Rusty thanks Skarloey and begins to safely cross the bridge.

Skarloey then meets Duncan at a dip in the track caused by earlier water damage, where water has covered the tracks. Duncan is worried as he thinks that going on through would extinguish his firebox, but Skarloey says he moves slowly and does not make any waves. He then proceeds to do so and Duncan does the same thing, for which he thanks Skarloey.

Later that day, Skarloey nears the wharf, but then spots several logs tumbling free down the slope from a sawmill. Rheneas enters from the other way. Skarloey tries to whistle a warning but Rheneas does not hear him so Skarloey steams forward quickly and the logs hit and dent his boiler but he does not derail and luckily no one is hurt. Rheneas is happy to be saved from a nasty accident, but Skarloey still looks sad. He tells Rheneas about his earlier incident at the Wharf and claims that scaredy engines can no longer be useful. Surprised, Rheneas tells him that he had just helped his friends as well as himself and that he is the bravest engine he knows. Skarloey is doubtful at these words since he still has to make his delivery to the wharf.

When Skarloey arrives at the wharf, he soon realises what Rheneas said is right in that he had helped his three friends earlier and then admits that he actually is indeed the bravest engine. He says hello to everyone and the workmen say hello back, much to his delight and plucks up courage. However, Skarloey sees the trucks that are still up to their old tricks and try to play tricks on him, so he immediately threatens them.

Skarloey's bull is safely unloaded, while Thomas and James are impressed and congratulate Skarloey for putting great effort and picking his bravery up. Skarloey is very proud and happy that the Wharf is now his new favourite place with plenty of friends.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Troublesome Trucks

Locations

 * Valley View
 * The Wharf
 * Hill Farm
 * The Old Wooden Bridge
 * Rheneas Viaduct

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the twentieth episode of the tenth series.
 * This episode's title is a pun on Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.
 * This episode marks:
 * The first and only time since the fifth series that narrow gauge trucks have faces.
 * The only episode of the HIT-model series to feature only characters originating from The Railway Series and the last time this happens until the twentieth series episode, Love Me Tender.
 * Woodland Way's last appearance in the model era and its last appearance until the eighteenth series.
 * The US dub of this episode was never released on home media.
 * The Troublesome Trucks saying "Scaredy Engine, Scaredy Engine!" to Skarloey is almost the same line Diesel said to Thomas when he was scared in the ninth series episode, Flour Power.
 * For this episode, a dented saddle tank and cab was built for Skarloey's large-scale model in the scene where he was hit in the side by runaway logs.

Goofs

 * When Skarloey leaves the wharf, the tracks on the bridge bounce up and down as he travels over them.
 * When Rusty crosses the bridge, he does not take his trucks and the bridge sinks and comes back up.
 * When Skarloey is hit by the logs, not only his rear driving wheels come off the rails, but his steam platform and Rheneas' are visible.
 * Skarloey has Duncan's whistle sound when he warns Rheneas.
 * All of the engines' cabs are empty.
 * In the close-up of Skarloey's whistle, he has a gold ring around his left (viewer's perspective right) cab window, which does not appear in any other scene.
 * When the narrator says "He feels very small there," a hole in the set can be seen in front of Skarloey.

Merchandise

 * Books - Don't be Afraid, Skarloey!
 * Magazine Stories - The Brave Little Engine

Home Media Releases
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UK/AUS

 * The Complete Series 10

UK DVD Boxsets

 * Classic Collection

AUS DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * The Complete Series Ten and Hero of the Rails Double Pack

NOR/SWE/DK/FIN

 * Toby Gets a New Roof

DVD Boxsets

 * Danish DVD Boxset

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 11

DVD Boxsets

 * Second Season

JPN

 * Suspense of Thomas the Tank Engine!!
 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 10 Vol.5

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 44

HUN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine 14 - The New Comer

ARA

 * Fearless Freddie

DVD Boxsets

 * Hero of the Rails

MYS

 * Toby's New Shed and Other Adventures
 * Big Strong Henry and Other Adventures

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 5 Vol. 3

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 20

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