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When the vicarstown dieselworks was on fire, belle and flynn put out the fire just in time. Kids can help thomas and his friends find all the things they need for a very busy day. Eli the tank engine was a youtubers thomas parody by eli j. Join thomas in an allnew movie with new fire fighting engine friends, flynn and belle, as they save sodor steamworks from the diesels.
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