A New Discovery

A New Discovery is the first episode of the first season of Stories from the North Western Railway.

Synopsis
Thomas finds two tank engines abandoned in a siding.

Plot
Thomas was at Maithwaite Station, Percy arrived and asked him about the party, which Thomas is looking forward to and so is everyone else.

After Thomas had finished his job Sir Topham Hatt told him to pick up special train from the docks. He arrived at the docks, coupled to the train and headed off.

Thomas puffed along the line untill he came to a junction that led into a siding. Wondering what was down there Thomas chuffed in until he found two tank engines called Ray and Mae parked there.

Thomas helped both of them out of the siding until Alex showed up. Alex took Ray and Mae away, while Thomas continued to Knapford.

When he arrived at Knapford some of the other engines were there and Sir Topham congratulated Thomas for being on time. Thomas then told Sir Topham about Ray and Mae when they showed up being pushed by Alex. They wanted to celebrate the new year with everyone before being repaired so with that Ray and Mae were welcomed to the North Western Railway and Thomas thought that their new friends were a great discovery indeed.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Percy
 * Alex
 * Ray and Mae
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Cranky (dose not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Toby (cameo)
 * Duck (cameo)
 * Rosie (cameo)
 * Micheal (cameo)
 * Murdoch (cameo)
 * Rebecca (cameo)
 * Paxton (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * Cameron (cameo)

Trivia

 * ￼This episode marks the first of some things:
 * The first episode of Stories from the North Western Railway.
 * The first episode where Thomas tells the story.
 * Alex’s first appercnce with his new face design.
 * The first episode to use the Iron Hose theme for the intro and the Thomas & Friends Classic Remix theme for the outro.


 * This episode continued after the events of Santa’s Little Rail-boat.


 * From this episode onwards, like in the official Thomas & Friends Series, Thomas will be telling the story from his point of view.
 * It can be evidenced by Cameron and Percy that some characters were repainted in this episode.
 * This episode also takes place after the previous Trackmaster Series, but starting over beginning from Season 1.

Goofs

 * Toby and Henrietta's names were not listed in the credits, despite them cameoing at the beginning of the episode.
 * This episode is credited as Season 14, but actually it is Season 13.