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"Lady: We always finish our jobs when we work together."
"You have caused confusion and delay. The bridge isn’t painted, and we will not be able to open the airport. No holidaymakers will come to Sodor this year."
"If the airport doesn’t open, it would be bad all the engines. Both steam engines and diesel engines need passengers and freight to be useful."
"The diesels ruined our sheds!"
"as Sailor John"
"as Cranky and Kevin"
"Nathan Clarke as Alfie"
"Jonathan Broadbent as Bill and Ben the Tank Engine Twins"
"Rob Rackstraw as James"
"Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Percy"
"as Oliver the Excavator and Mike"
"as Daisy, Annie, Clarabel and some children"
"as Salty, Bert, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, additional voices"
"William Hope as Edward and Toby"
"Narrated by"
"Joe Mills as Toad, GWR Oliver the Western Engine and the Scottish Twins"
"Teresa Gallagher as Emily"
"as Henry, Gordon and Kevin"
"57645 and 57646: That (Sir) is just what we cannot mind."
"The Fat Controller: I'm not so sure. Now then, which of you is 57646?"
"Duck: What are you boiler aching about? I remember on the great western..."
"57646: Sir! You wouldn't be thinking we lost them on purpose?"
"Donald: They painted brand new numbers on our tenders, but they put none on us."
"Douglas: What did they forget?"
"Douglas: You mean..."
"Donald: Just that. Now hush, here’s the inspector."
"The Inspector: Now 9 and 10, here's Duck. He'll show you round before you start work."
"Donald: We like it fine here."
"Duck: That's good, but take my tip, watch out for Gordon, Henry and James. They're sure to try some nonsense."
"Douglas: Don’t worry yourself. We'll soon settle them."
"The Fat Controller: I know. Accidentally on purpose."
"James: Dirty trucks, dirty sidings. Ugh!"
"Coaches: We don't know whether we're coming or going. We feel quite distracted."
"Donald: You may have noticed, Douggie, that the painters forgot something."
"The Fat Controller: One of you is playing truant. I shall find him out and send him home. Inspector give these engines numbers, and set them to work."
"57645 and 57646: They may have slyly slipped off Sir. You know who it is."
"Donald and Douglas: He doesn't know our names Sir. Who could he? We only give ourselves names when we lost our numbers."
"The Fat Controller: Ahh! Number 9, and why have you not taken the goods?"
"Narrator: That was the way Gordon and Henry kept it!"
"The Fat Controller: Why?"
"Douglas: My tender is away Sir."
"The Fat Controller: I see, some defect no doubt. Tell me, why did #10 leave so quickly?"
"Douglas: Maybe, sir, he saw you coming and thought he was late."
"The Fat Controller: Hmm."
"The Fat Controller: Douglas, why are you masquerading with Donald's tender?"
"Donald and Douglas: Verra wee engines bring the ballast down from the hills."
"Gordon: I don't believe it. Donald and Douglas have pulled our wheels before."
"Rex: What d'you think of our 'chute'? Good isn't it?"
"Duck: Where did you spring from?"
"The Fat Controller: I hear you've lost your numbers. How did that happen?"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.