HOW DID THEY ALL USED TO HAVE THE NUMBER 5 HOW context: thomas was traveling to USSA as the 5th engine on the CSR (DSR before UDSSA was a democrat country). he was traveling on a boat, which got hit by a wave so hard thomas was thrown overboard, and the crew decided it wasn't big enough that they should go check on the cargo, so thomas was left to "rust" (so that the scratch team's ai moderation bots don't banhammer me). He was not noticed like this until the boat docked, and was somehow brought back to life. Thomas got his revenge a few years later.
@The_NW_Engine and @KingKirby57 for original