Ivor the Engine

The Railway

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!

Jan 26, 1976

The Hat

Jones and Ivor bring back a package, which is supposedly a hat for Mrs Porty, but Jones and Dai discover to be a new telescope cover for Professor Longfellow and they go home for the night. In the morning, the package has gone.

Jan 27, 1976

Old Nell

A silly sheep has got itself stuck on a ledge in the hills. Jones tries to rescue it but ends up stuck himself. He ends up sending Ivor and Old Nell, the sheepdog, to get help.

Jan 29, 1976

Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons

Ivor has to deliver some pigeons to Mr Brangwyn. Thanks to Evans the Song, they end up escaping and on Miss Pryce's roof. There follow some amusing attempts to get them down

Jan 30, 1976

The Dragon

Going past Smoke Hill, an extinct volcano, Jones and Ivor spot smoke coming from the top. Jones discovers a fire inside the hill and a strange egg. He puts it in Ivor's firebox to keep it warm. Mr Dinwiddy does not have any idea what it is so they go off to choir practice. During the practice there seems to be a voice coming from inside Ivor.

Feb 2, 1976

The Proper Container

Dai Station is not pleased about Ivor's new friend, Idris, travelling in his firebox. He orders him into a box, which catches fire and then scares him off trying to extinguish it..

Feb 3, 1976

The Alarm

After choir practice Idris helps out Mrs Thomas, whose fish fryer is on the blink. While everyone is enjoying a fish supper, Evans the Song spots a worrying article in his bit of newspaper.

Feb 5, 1976

The Retreat

Idris is still missing when the representative of the antiquarian society arrives to interview Jones about him. After a few embarrassments, Jones and Ivor find Idris in the most obvious place.

Feb 6, 1976

The Visitor

A rock on the line turns out to be a wounded elephant. Jones and Ivor take the elephant, named Alice, and her keeper to Mr Hugh's gasworks to recuperate.

Feb 9, 1976

The Invalid

Jones and Evans the Song have great difficulty bathing Alice and giving her medicine.

Feb 10, 1976

The Boot

Mr Brangwyn provides a boot for Alice to wear until her foot heals.

Feb 12, 1976

Banger's Circus

Alice's circus, run by Mr Charlie Banger, is coming to Grumbly town. Bani and Alice are very excited.

Feb 13, 1976

Unidentified Objects

Jones and Dai are relaxing when they spot some strange objects in the sky. The source appears to be Mr Dinwiddy's goldmine.

Feb 16, 1976

Mrs Porty's Foxes

Mrs Porty shows Jones and Ivor the fox cubs in the wood near her house. As Ivor and Jones go to deliver Mrs Porty's Hat for the Institute Prize Giving, they save the fox from the fox hunt, by hiding her in the hat box.

Feb 17, 1976

Bluebell

Jones is cleaning Ivor when they are called off on an emergency, as Mr Dinwiddy needs his new boots. Jones leaves Bluebell the Donkey holding the bucket. She follows them all the way to the goldmine, so Jones and Mr Dinwiddy arrange for a mode of transport.

Feb 19, 1976

Dai and the Donkey

Dai Station is not too keen on Bluebell riding around with Ivor, but she soon proves her worth when the engine is derailed.

Feb 20, 1976

Gold

Mr Williams of head office breaks the terrible news to Jones and Dai that the railway is to be sold and Ivor might have to do shunting at Pontypool. Then Mr Dinwiddy has a brainwave.

Feb 23, 1976

Mrs Porty

After Mr Dinwiddy's idea falling through, Mrs Porty comes up with a solution to the railway being sold.

Feb 24, 1976

Cold

One morning Jones and Ivor spot some smoke beside the railway line. It turns out to be Idris the Dragon. They rescue him and he explains that Smoke Hill is now extinct.

Feb 26, 1976

The Endowment

Jones and Dai are not getting anywhere trying to find a home for Idris and the other dragons. Jones decides he must go to Lanmad and ask for the help of Mrs Griffiths.

Feb 27, 1976

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