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{{Infobox Movie
|movie name = Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales
|image =[[File:Mr.Conductor'sThomasTales.jpg|250px]]
|director = [[Steve Wright]]
|producer = [[Britt Allcroft]]<br/>[[Julia Weinstein]] (''line producer'')
|writer = [[Sean Kelly]]
|starring = [[George Carlin]]
|production = [[The Britt Allcroft Company]]<br/>[[Catalyst Entertainment]]
|release date = October 7, 1996–November 11, 1996
|preceded by = [[The Family Specials]]
|followed by = [[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]]
|music = [[Stacey Hersh]]
}}'''Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales''' is a spin-off series of [[Shining Time Station (television series)|Shining Time Station]]. The plotlines, secondary to the five stories told by George Carlin in each episode, focused solely on Mr. Conductor.

The stories were a mix of those not shown in any episodes of Shining Time Station (mostly Season 4 episodes of ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]'') and Season 1, 2, and 3 episodes (such as ''Percy's Ghostly Trick''). A music video was also included at the end of each episode. He was joined alongside his dog, Missy and some goldfish. 

==Episodes==
# [[Missing Whistles]] - Mr. Conductor searches throughout Shining Time Station for his lost whistle.
# [[Wildlife]] - Mr. Conductor is accosted by wildlife as his tries to deliver a cookie to his tardy squirrel friends.
# [[Wish You Were Here]] - Unable to sleep, Mr. Conductor decides to write letters to his friends.
# [[For the Birds]] - Mr. Conductor tries to organize a benefit concert for the early birds when their nest was severely damaged during the previous night's wind storm.
# [[Splish, Splash, Splosh]] - Mr. Conductor is having a particularly bad day while going through his work. He realizes that this is the result of being impatient and remembers what happened to certain characters such as Duncan, Sir Handel and Peter Sam when they got impatient. Finally, he learns to calm down and not to be in a rush while learning the importance of patience.
# [[Paint the Town Red]] - Mr. Conductor tries various colors for repainting his front door.

==Opening==
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File:Mr.Conductor's Thomas Tales Theme
</gallery>

==Music videos==
* [[Really Useful Engine]] (''used in Missing Whistles'')
* [http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Toby_(song) Toby] (''used in Wildlife'')
* [http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/The_Island_Song The Island Song] (''used in Wish You Were Here'')
* [http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Don't_Judge_a_Book_By_Its_Cover Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover] (''used in For the Birds'')
* [http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Gone_Fishing_(song) Gone Fishing] (''used in Splish, Splash, Splosh'')
* [http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Let's_Have_a_Race Let's Have A Race] (''used in Paint the Town Red'')

==Cast==
* [[George Carlin]] as [[Mr. Conductor]]

==Notes==
*The opening credits and title cards of the episodes were similar to that of the Family Specials, but Thomas characters appear in them.
*The end credits consisted of deleted scenes from Season 3 of Thomas accompanied by the final stanza of ''Thomas' Anthem''.
*While most Season 4 episodes of Thomas were new in this spin-off, the Thomas stories from [[One of the Family]] were repeated.
*This series was unfortunately short-lived possibly due to lack of interest. Thomas was revived on American television via ''Storytime with Thomas'' on [[Fox Family Channel]], where Season 5 of the show was introduced. Thomas would later live on in America through individual VHS releases and the occasional TV appearance until 2004 when Thomas got his own American showing on PBS, starting off with Season 8 of Thomas & Friends.
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