Narrator: (echo) They were the stories that have charmed an entire generation. From the books to the television series, people around the world have grown up with the Railway Series, and all their cheerful characters. But the truth behind Thomas and his friends was no children's fantasy. The truth would be horrifying.
(A scream is heard, cut to Shed 17 in the aftermath of Thomas's discovery, around 1983 or so. The camera moves inside to reveal a familiar tank engine's body… but the boiler is burst open.)
Keith Hartley: (echo) Loyalty. Honor. Respect. When you lose even one of those, you take something away from those around you. The ones you love, your friends. We let down those closest to us without ever realizing we'd done so.
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Keith: (echo) The people that didn't leave worked at night. They worked the railways for the love of railways. They weren't silenced. They weren't subdued. They just didn't have anything to object to. By the time they realized that there was a problem, it was too late. We didn't stay for them, we didn't lock them away, we didn't lie to them. We committed the worst sin of all: we just didn't listen.
