The rumors about the movie have persisted for years, especially regarding the villain PT Boomer, also sometimes referred to as ‘Pete Boom’. Boomer could be seen in the trailer falling off the viaduct, confronting Burnett Stone in one page of the movie’s coloring book, and speculated as being the author of the ‘huge explosion’ that caused Thomas to tumble in the storybook version of the movie published by Random House. It was comparable to a long-lost relative seen in family photos, but no one you asked knew anything about them.

But since no new information was available, the questions remained unanswered, and the topic faded away, only to resurface every once in a while.

Until recently.

February 27, 2007 to be exact, and shortly thereafter Ryan, Eric and Jim each had a hardcopy of the script. Continuing with the lost relative analogy, it was as if we found their personal journal in the dark corner of a dusty attic!

Once the news broke in the Sodor Island Forums about the script’s discovery and revelations, you could say that events began moving fast. Really fast!

Thus, we began our journey in rediscovering the Magic Railroad. 

The Journey - A SIF Collective Effort…

It goes without saying that this journey could be not have been undertaken alone, or only by a few individuals. While it's true that the authors of this section of the Fansite, during their research, contacted some very fascinating people associated with the movie, credit must also be given to the collective and sharp memory of the Sodor Island Forums membership. Your recollections and encouragement were instrumental in taking us all to our destination of discovery!

Anime Boy, 01Salty and Nanaki recalling seeing Diesel 10 sans Pinchy in the book 'Diesel 10 Means Trouble (In the script, Diesel 10's claw is initially concealed).

Jock, Aidan Rae recalling seeing PT Boomer in the coloring book, and of the 'explosion' in the storybook.

Sillyevan about Diesel 10's different accents found in the movie's teaser and segments of the trailer. DonaldandDouglas for confirming that 'Boomer' can also be seen in the trailer on the UK version of the DVD. SiF's resident comedic genius Alaric, for his speculation about  Eric Idle being the narrator of one of the movie's teasers. We'll prove your theory right some day! 

Datalore and thincontroller, who asked the questions about the crossroads scene in the movie, that led to everyone wondering about the 'biker', and Ci putting the evidence from the script (Lily's photograph) and movie together.