Hi all! Ahead of the premiere of our reconstruction of ‘The Missing Coach’, I just wanted to say a few things. Firstly, please do not go into this expecting a 100% accurate depiction of what could have been. The script for the lost episode is likely in Mattel’s archives or in the possession of a collector, so we had to guess what would’ve made the cut from the original books as well as how it could’ve been depicted. This included altering or removing several scenes and lines of dialogue to ensure that the reconstruction was 4 minutes and 30 seconds like the other episodes of Series 2, so don’t be surprised if some things didn’t make it in. We’ve also tried to be as accurate to Series 2 as we can, but some shots have been taken from Series 3 out of necessity since nothing similar exists for Series 2. Please keep that in mind. Secondly, I want to give a massive thank you to Thomas and TUGS Man, GermanOfSodor, Tidmouth Milk, trainsandtugs and Percy66 c for their contributions to the project. They’ve been incredible and without them, this wouldn’t have been possible. Thirdly, I do plan on going back and updating this over time, especially if higher quality images from the story are released to the public, or more unlikely, the original script or some footage. For now though, I hope you enjoy ‘The Missing Coach’ and I can’t wait to hear what you think! If you have any questions regarding the reconstruction, please reply to this thread and I’ll answer them in a video response later down the line! UPDATE 06/09/20: Pre-production on a 'Gordon Goes Foreign' reconstruction is now underway. I'm currently scouring through clips from the TV series that are a close match for the book illustrations and developing a rough storyboard. It may be some time before it comes out, but if I could get uhhhhhhhhh 1K subscribers then I'll make it a top priority video and try and get it out asap. Thanks chiefs.

This is one of the best reconstructions of The Missing Coach that I've ever seen.

This is amazing! You've nailed Ringo Starr's voice as well!

What a splendid adaptation, and what genius editing you did here!

This is an absolutely excellent reconstruction of what The Missing Coach would've been like had it made it to television. Whilst it was disappointing that the episode was scrapped during production, I CAN understand why Britt Allcroft axed it. I understood the plot fine when I read the story when I was a kid, but it may not have translated well onto television. All these rare photos over the years - especially over the last few days - have been amazing. And it does give me hope one day that the lost footage itself may actually see the light of day somehow. Efforts to reconstruct the episode via computer simulations, models, photos & footage from other episodes...they've all resulted in many KZfaq recreations that have ranged from genuinely-great to poor. THIS ONE is one of the best, guys! Be proud of your work and all your efforts! And seriously...KUDOS to those who found these extremely rare production shots.

If you got Ringo Starr to narrate this then that would make truly make it feel like it was done in the 80s.

For a moment, I thought that actually WAS Ringo Starr narrating, as if you found lost audio or something.

This is very impressive work on how "The Missing Coach" would be a TV episode.

Nice! That is a spot-on Ringo Starr Voice!

This is amazing work Sigh” I wish this was in Season 2

Try “Gordon goes foreign”.

you had me surprised at the beginning, because for a minute i thought it was ringo star who was voicing.

At the beginning I actually thought Ringo was talking, Great narration man!

When you listen closely to the kind of narration it's not like any other episode

I literally thought it was Ringo Starr's voice. Incredible job.

This is gonna be great

That Ringo Starr narration is almost spot on.

The fat controller pic is from saved from scrap the fat controller at the yards and the station is Duck Takes In Charge

This is very good, mate you are very talented, mate.

It's ironic that The Fact Controller called Donald a goods engine. When he and Douglas were built to pull passenger trains, hence their basis.

When I saw the stills of Donald with Douglas’s tender uncoupled I didn’t know how that would look, it just looked so weird. Yet now! It seems like I’ve watched the entire episode! I have you to thank for that

It's really impressive that you got this into 4:30. I've seen a lot of versions of this episode fail to do that. Great stuff. Finding out there are more pictures blew my mind. It really seemed like they filmed the whole episode. Wish they would do a special "Lost Episode" edit and bring back Ringo Starr. EDIT: That said, I can see why they shelved it. It's hard to explain the tender switch in such a brief amount of time in a way that kids can understand. It's a shame though.

Now all we need is a US dub and the episode will be complete

Happy to help with this, turned out great

I almost had a heart attack when i saw this. I was like: OH MY GOD WAS THIS EPISODE FOUND!?

BRUH this is AMAZING I mostly Like the missing coach going along with Thomas 10/10 dude you did a great job you’ve definitely earned a sub

"Engines have numbers inspector? We bought number 57646, send the other one back" was forgotten

Great episode: 82/100 Nice to see a piece of lost media adapted!

yo that ringo starr voice is spot on! the first 2 seconds it literally sounds like ringo actually was narrating

spot on chap this is jolly good

This was really well put together and I love you were able to make it the same length as an actual episode. I can tell you and the others did the very best you could with what was available.

That was amazing!!!

You absolutely nailed the Ringo Star impression even I can’t do it that well! I am blown away you were able to make the episode from the sources

I am so excited

Oh my gosh this is amazing it literally feels like it’s the actual thing and the animations or whatever you did a great job with that too I don’t know what to say amazing .... it art LOL but seriously amazing job 10.1/10

Thank God. Really liked this!

With only a minute left I was worried how this would end. Hands down my favorite missing coach recreation within the constraints of the tv series time frame. Excellent work!

This is so amazingly done!!

Wow, that completely blew me away! Bravo!

Amazing video and I like this version

Yes, I think this is gonna be the closest we’re gonna get.

Excellent editing and narration

Love this

Great reconsturction of the missing coach episode, within the 4 and a half minute time slot as well. nice work.

What a great Ringo Starr narration type voice that is. Well done!

You nailed this it’s so good

This is just a fanmade embodiment of my childhood thank you so much

That is awesome. Great work man.

Now the editing is amazing

This is amazing! The editing is great!

This looks great.

Mate, nice job squeezing Hullo Twins & The Missing Coach together into the same episode all within the span of the 4-minute-30-seconds time slot!

Excellent job on this.

That’s some great work you have here.

Hey this was pretty good! Good job

Well done, great job at reconstructing.

That was fantastic

This was a good recreation! I’m happy to learn the opening to Saved from Scrap was actually from this episode and just overall see more screen shots. This is the best thing out of 2020 for me so far. Thank you for making this! Your Ringo impression is great!

This was amazing

This sounds and looks great! You nailed ringo's voice too!

This was great Tidmouth did a great job at the narration and I’m more than happy to have helped out on the animation of the eyes and the editing the scenes with Thomas and the Special Coach 😁

This is fantastic, good job 👏

This is terrific

Great work! I especially like the editing!

This the best aproximation until the episode someday surfaces. Though I don’t think Ringo’s narration was ever recorded.

Oooof the Scottish accent is on point 👏🏼 this is an amazing reconstruction, well done!!

Great Work there Orbonom!, Really Like How you added Footages from other Season 2 Episodes, and I especially Love the Eye animations How You Included them.

Definitely the best reconstruction on KZfaq. Hopefully, someone out there is a good George Carlin impersonator for the US version. It's too bad we can't have the real George Carlin, since he's been dead for 12 years. Unlike The Missing Coach, Gordon Goes Foreign was _never_ in production for budget reasons. While Big City Engine would've used a modified version of Henry's model, they would've had to build a scale replica of King's Cross Station, which would've costed too much.

So the original episode was cancelled cause allcroft thought it was too confusing for kids (I assume the tender swap) but this creation is perfectly understandable and watchable and actually astounds me that the original crew couldn’t have thought of this. Nice job Obornom👍

Very well done

One of the best videos i have ever seen

Okay I was honestly fooled by the narrating at the beginning thinking it was real lol

I Like How This Is Exactly Something That The Show Will Do, Also You Sound Like Ringo Starr, Good Job!

OMG,your Ringo Starr impression is spot on!

Dang. That's the best Ringo Starr impression I've ever heard. Props. Nice mix of images and stock footage.

Awesome job. I love it

Great job, well done.

you did a good job recreating the episode :)

That was the best missing coach adaptation i’ve ever seen! Great job!

I legit thought Ringo was narrating at first. This was amazing!

This was really well done.

Woah he actually sounds like the narrator 🤯

Broo this was hype af

Excellent well done video Orbonom. Sorry i missed the premiere.

Yes finally we get see it

Thanks bro

Damn, well done.

Literally thought Ringo Starr was narrating at the beginning! Fantastic work!

Awesome Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends The Original Series Episode. Thanks Mate. X

Well done

This may not be the real thing, but this is better than nothing. Good job

Thats great

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best thing ever

I really got Ringo Starr vibes from this,amazing work👍

This is good

Absolutely amazing recreation

You did a fantastic job with it.

Wow! I like the way it is! :)

The good old days when we use celluloid sheets, camera photographs, and also only having one voice acotr