- Gordon: [Thomas is just about to tell the engines about the children's school playground when Percy rushes in] You look glum, little Percy. What's up?
- Percy: The Fat Controller told Driver that he's using Harold to show a special visitor the island instead of using any of us engines!
- Gordon: Despicable!
- Henry: Disgusting!
- James: Engines are meant to take special visitors around our island, not that whirlybird thing!
- Gordon: [grimly] Harold wants to get rid of us!
- Henry: He doesn't need tunnels.
- Percy: Don't worry. He's just counting sheep.
- Gordon: [snorting] "Counting sheep?" Pah! He's counting how many engines he can get rid of. He'll see how useful I am tomorrow!
- Thomas: [having just rescued Gordon, who crashed into a tunnel under repair, due to him being distracted by Harold; sadly] Will Gordon be scrapped, sir?
- Sir Topham Hatt: What makes you think that?
- Thomas: [plucking up courage] Because the engines think the special visitor is here to see if we can be replaced by Harold.
- Sir Topham Hatt: [laughs] Well the engines are wrong and you shouldn't listen to rumors, Thomas. This gentleman is making a new playground for the children. It was easier to find a suitable sight from up in the air.
- The Special Visitor: And what's more, that tunnel sand will be perfect for the playground. Sand we found, by accident, you might say.