The Best Episodes of Ivor the Engine

Nothing out of the ordinary even happens on this little railway in the top left-hand corner of Wales. But what ordinarily happens is often fairly extraordinary!

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Who lays eggs in a Volcano? Somebody does and Jones and Ivor take the gold-miner's advice and keep it warm - until they hear it sing!

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What is the proper container for red-hot livestock? The Regulations are quite definite but definitely inflammable. So another, more suitable conveyance must be found.

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Some creatures are real and some are mythical, even if they are good at frying fish, and they want to stay mythical.

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If you want to hide, perhaps the best thing is to pretend you were never there in the first place - even if it does make your friend look a bit of a fool.

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Mrs Porty does wear some unusual hats but she wouldn't expect to be arrested for wearing one of them - certainly not in front of the Church Ladies Guild!

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It's a hard life being a sheep dog, especially when the silly sheep and the engine driver need to be rescued. Sometimes railway engines are more sensible than people.

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Ivor the Engine, when he sings, could charm the very birds off the trees - or at least the pigeons off Miss Price's roof.

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Visitors are always welcome. Even wounded visitors weighing several tons can be accomodated by Mr Hughes the Gasworks.

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Nobody likes to take medicine, but some patients are so unhelpful that even the most patient nurse loses patience and gets the boot.

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We can all be recognised by the sort of clothes we wear, but this invalid is rescued by her boot and everybody is happy at last.

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If you are far from home it is a great joy if home comes to find you. And what a show it puts on when it does!

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Are these strange apparitions flying saucers or just the bubbles of a goldminer's boredom - and what's the use of gold anyway?

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Some wear fancy hats in order to look beautiful. Some wear them to save their friends - but what else should an engine-driver do?

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A good donkey will always do what she is told, even though she has to run a long way to do it. Luckily there are wheels for the return journey.

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The dividing line between being a nuisance and being useful depends on what sort of disaster is waiting for a small engine.

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What is the point in having a bit of gold put by if you can't spend a bit to help your friends when they are in trouble.

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Perhaps gold will not do to buy the railway, but Mrs Porty is not going to stand by and let her donkey lose a dear friend.

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Volcanoes are not really things that people need, but for some they are home from home - if they can find one.

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If you can't find a desirable volcano, then you must seek the help of a learned society which has a lot of half-crowns.

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When the snow is deep and Mrs Williams runs out of jelly-babies, it is time to invent something to move the snow out of the way.

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Some snowdrifts are just snow, but some have more than snow in them, and they must not be ploughed aside, even for the sake of the General's new teeth.

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Some fire engines will go absolutely anywhere, so long as they don't get stuck. Then they must not be too proud to ask for help.

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Pulling sledges up the hill can be quite fun, if you are strong enough, but it can be even more fun sledging down the hill again - if you have a sledge.

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When all the latest technical equipment cannot pull you out of trouble, perhaps it is time to get help from more old-fashioned pushers and pullers.

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