The Haunted Manor/Transcript

This is the transcript to The Haunted Manor.

Transcript
[The episode starts with the intro. Then we see the engines working]

The Narrator: At H.G. Island, one would think that the entire place is run by the engines. But this has never been the case, foreign engines have always come and gone at the railway, but engines form the North Western Railway have always come to visit. There is only a single track that leads to the Chuggerton line, but a second line is also present. It was rusty, and very overgrown it headed to a wood, and it had not been used in a very long time. And just visible above the trees, that dominated the line, was an old manor house, it was very old, and was falling apart, it sat on a hill, close to the line. And at the bottom as a small halt, which served the manor. Like the line, it was in a desperate need of repair. None of the engines have seen it before, but this is all about to change. Rachel and Jenny were resting when Mr. Alex arrived.

Mr. Alex: Rachel, Jenny, I have fantastic news! You are re-opening an old line at Chuggerton Manor.

[The engines looked at him confused]

Rachel and Jenny: An Old line?

Mr. Alex: That's right; and I have made plans to restore it. And you'll turn it into a tourist attraction.

Rachel: But sir, who's gonna do our work while we're restoring it?

Mr. Alex: Don't worry, I have arranged Puffer, Pete, and Dolphy to do your work. While you're helping with the manor.

The Narrator: Rachel and Jenny were very excited and couldn't wait to start work. A day later, Jenny took some fresh group workmen to the junction leading to the manor. As she waited for the suburban train clear the road, Jenny could see the manor in the distance... there it stood, high on the hill in the distance, surrounded by twisted leafless trees.

Jenny: Wow, that does look spooky.

The Harbor Master: Memories of what happened to her first encounter with the Xenomorphs came flooding back.

[The points switch]

Jenny's driver: Come on, Percy! There's nothing to be scared of!

Jenny: That's what they all say. [blows his whistle]

The Harbor Master: And Jenny soon chuffed on the old track. The track was creaky and covered in shrubs, but it didn’t break. Jenny didn't notice; she was too busy looking at the old manor. As she puffed closer, every sound around her started to sound very scary.

(Leafs rustle, crows caw, and the wind blows through the trees)

Jenny's firemen: Calm down, Jenny. What's wrong?

Jenny (Nervously): Oh nothing. Nothing at all. (Pulls up next to a halt and stops)

The Narrator: The workmen began clearing the undergrowth, time seem to stand still for poor Jenny. She wanted to leave but she couldn't, all she can do was to stare up at the spooky old manor. She didn't like it at all; it was big, creepy and looked like it could fall down any second. And it made Jenny, very, very small. But eventually, darkness fell, and the workmen were packing up their tools ready for home.

Jenny: [sighs in relief] We're finally leaving this place.

The Narrator: The work's coach doors closed, and Jenny's driver turn on her headlight. But suddenly, as Jenny began to back away, there was a gunshot!

[Gunshot noise and Jenny stopped in her track]

The Narrator: Followed by a scream!

[We hear a woman's scream]

The Narrator: Jenny jumped in horror! The workmen all leaned out of the works coach, they had all heard the gunshot, but were more concerned with the sound of the woman screaming. But what Jenny saw next made her boiler run cold, and nearly cried with freight. A young pale looking woman came running out of the darkness, across the track in front of his buffers from the manor.

Jenny's fireman: Look at that!

Jenny: (in nearly bursting into tears) '''GET ME OUT OF HERE!!! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!'''

The Narrator: Before her driver, or firemen could get out to help the woman, Jenny shot backwards! They raced out into the junction, and didn't stop until they've reached Nester Station. Once there, the crew called the police. Joe Swanson and Judy Hopps looked all around the line, but no woman could be found. The next day, Joe and Judy interviewed the crew alongside Jenny.

Workmen #1: I heard a gunshot!

Workmen #2: I heard a scream!

Jenny's firemen: And we saw the woman! She was frantic to get away from something!

[Joe and Judy looked at each other]

Judy Hopps: [suspiciously] Didn't you all stop to help her? [raises her eyebrow]

Jenny: No Judy. That was my fault, I got scared. So I ran away.

The Narrator: Mr. Alex who was listening to the interview, gave a scowled look at Jenny.

Joe: Very well, Jenny. Thanks for telling us that. [to the crew] We'll invistigate the matter as best as we can. But there is a matter of minutes to go off.

[They turn and walked away to their car and droved away]

Jenny's driver: [to Mr. Alex] What we saw was real alright! And I'm not going anywhere near that manor again, do you understand?!

The Narrator: Jenny, her firemen, and the workmen agreed. But Mr. Alex spoked crossly to them.

Mr. Alex: Very well! If this is how you are all going to be, you will shunt freight cars in the yards. I can't allow any of my engines and staff, that will refuse to be do as they are told.

Workmen #1: [muttering to Jenny] Give me helping Toby at the docks any day.

The Narrator: Jenny, couldn't agree more. But soon the story spread and it became a great joke to Rachel when Joe and Judy had found no evidence of a shooting, or a fleeing woman in distress.

Rachel: I can't believe Rachel contacted the dead!

Blitzer: Shut up, that's not funny!

Rachel: Same goes for you too. First you got scared out of your brains when you saw "A Quiet Place", and now all of this! When's it going to end?

Blitzer: I believe Rachel, Jenny doesn't need you laughing at him. Shee needs you to look out of for her!

Rachel: Pah! Nonsense! I'll start looking after him when he turns a wheel.

Blitzer: That's very harsh Rachel!

Rachel: Stupid Jenny, there's no such thing as ghosts. [rings her bell and puffs away]

Blitzer: [murmuring] Stubborn engine.

The Narrator: Over the next few weeks, Rachel took over a fresh group of workmen to the site. And each night, Rachel would arrive home proudly after a hard days work. And she would embarrass her sister that they haven't run into anything super natural yet. Jenny would get very cross, and soon it too began to annoy the other engines. Somehow, they knew something wasn't right.

[Soon it was morning, and Rachel puffed to the manor]

The Narrator: Eventually, the halt at the bottom of the hill was completely cleared of broken branches, trees and shrubs too close to the line. Jenny looked up: she could see the manor looming over her from the top of the hill.

Rachel's driver: It does look kinda sinister.

Rachel: Don't tell me you believe in this ghost rubbish.

Rachel's driver: I have an open mind. There are some things we can't explain.

The Narrator: Rachel just wheeshed steam at the thought. In just a few more days, the station halt was soon up and running. After that, Bertie the Bus started bringing in carpenters and construction workers to help with the manor itself. And he watched happily as they made their way to work. But each morning, less, and less people are going to help at the manor. Rachel; didn't take any notice of this, but Bertie has. Rumors began to spread, and Bertie was told by the rumor. She immediately found Jenny working at the harbor. And he screeched in.

Bertie: Jenny! You were right about something strange about that manor!

Jenny: What do you mean?

Bertie: It's haunted! Something's been scaring the workers and carpenters away! And hardly anybody is going to restore it.

The Narrator: Jenny was surprised.

Jenny: You don't say!

Bertie: Indeed! In fact, they're considering to put the project on hold, it's gotten so bad. I hope for Rachel' sake, she doesn't run into anything sinister.

The Narrator: Bertie droved away, leaving Jenny very worried for her sister. Knockout, who was preparing to take a goods train, had heard everything. And he rolled silently away.

[It soon fades back to Rachel]

The Narrator: That evening, Daylight was running late with the express. Rachel couldn't leave until all sections and signals of the junction are cleared. Darkness fell around the manor, and the weather began to close in. An hour or 2 had passed, and the conductor came up to Rachel's crew.

Conductor: Daylight has made it. We can now leave.

Rachel: [sighs in relief] Finally!

The Narrator: But suddenly, as Rachel's driver open the regulator there was an ear piercing loud scream!

["The Seamstress" begins playing as we hear the scream]

The Narrator: Followed by a gunshot!

[We hear the gunshot]

The Narrator: Rachel was brought to a quick stop!

Rachel's driver: [to the firemen] Did you hear that?

Rachel's firemen: I did.

The Narrator: The workmen, along with the conductor, and the crew step out and walk towards the front of the tram engine. The wind begin to blow through the branches of the trees, Rachel started to feel very uncomfortable. The men crept forwards, no one breathed a word. Suddenly, out of the darkness strolled a man. He was dressed in a soldier's uniform, and holding a shotgun in his hands. The men stumbled back. The soldier starred coldly at them, and he began to reload his shotgun. The driver, firemen, conductor, and workmen, all ran for their lives! They've scrambled on the ballast, and race towards the junction, and back to the harbor. Leaving Rachel behind!

Rachel: '''WAIT!!! COME BACK!!! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!!!!'''

The Narrator: The wind began to howl violently, as the soldier walked on the ballast towards Rachel, each footstep became louder, and louder, as he came closer. Rachel was close to tears, she couldn't stand it any longer. She closed her eyes tightly, and suddenly..... Rachel opened her eyes, no one was there. The soldier was gone.

[Soon it fades to morning]

The Narrator: The next morning, Rachel was pulled from the line back to the sheds.

[Pete buffers up to Rachel and pulls her back]

The Narrator: Rachel was very palled, she couldn't stop her wheels trembling. Jenny comforted her by her side. No one said a word, till Knockout broke the silence.

Knockout: Chuggerton Manor, was once owned by a lord and lady.

["Legend (Alto Mare)" begins playing as we come to the backstory]

Knockout (narrating): They were rich enough to owned a private railway which served the manor. But the manor was commanded by the military to serve as a hospital for injured, and wounded soldiers and captive fugitives from the second World War. And so, the lord and lady were forced to leave. Half of the manor was separated from the rest. It became an asylum for those who had suffered severe cases of triggered sights of PTSD from the POW camps. Foreign engines who brought them over from the main land, had to witness a lot of terrible things. Until one day, a soldier had suffered so badly from PTSD, he escape the asylum, stole a trench gun from the gun safe, and he shot a nurse in the woods, near the line, after he thought she was a nazi. Then he came to his senses and saw the horror he just did, and he was so horrified and guilty, he killed himself, and the guards found their bodies.

[Fades back to the present]

Knockout: Ever since then, the soldier, and the nurse have haunted the manor. And after the war was over, the lord and lady abandoned the manor, and left it to ruin. The nurse is always hiding from the soldier, desperately running away and trying to find help, while the soldier is always looking for his next victim.

The Narrator: The engines had nothing to say. But Mr. Alex had heard everything, he turned and walked thoughtfully away. Two days later, the project to restore the manor, was cancelled. Plans for it's restoration were scrapped, and the line was ripped up. Chuggerton Manor, now stands, ready to accept it's fate, and fade away from memory. Rachel and Jenny hopped that the ghost they saw, will disappear with the manor itself.

[The episode ends and the credits roll]