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He congratulates the crew on their rescue and then tells James that he can rest before he takes his next train, while Edward is rewarded with a trip to the Works to get his worn-out parts mended.
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Waiting for them on the platform is the Fat Controller. Gently braking, Edward's driver checks the engines' speed to keep the rope from snapping, and James' fireman scrambles over to him and takes control, allowing both engines to finally slow down.Īs the two tired engines approach Crosby station, James apologizes for his earlier insult, which Edward accepts. It's difficult for the inspector, but he finally manages to lasso the buffer and pull it tight. Edward's driver does his best to keep Edward steadily aligned, while the inspector climbs outside and makes it to Edward's front with a noose of rope tied through the crook of the shunter's pole and tries to slip the rope over James' right buffer. Soon the two engines are almost side-by-side with Edward giving it everything he can to keep up. Edward speeds through Knapford and races down the line as fast as he can in order to catch up to James. Before long, he starts going faster and realizes he has no driver, causing him to panic. Meanwhile, James happily sails along the line, oblivious to what has transpired and simply happy to be free from shunting. With James' fireman and the inspector riding along with his own crew, Edward sets off promising to catch up to the runaway engine.
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The inspector soon arrives in Edward, and James’ fireman is ready with the requested objects. After finishing the call, the signalman then tells the fireman to get a shunter's pole and a coil of wire rope. The signalman's telephone rings, with an engine inspector on the other end. It turns out that two boys were seen on James' footplate, fiddling with his controls, only to run when he started. After the fireman uncouples James from his trucks, the signalman spots James leaving with no one in his cab and sets the signals at "danger" to halt traffic down the line, then speaks with James' fireman. With only his fireman on duty, James is relegated to shunting for the day to his annoyance. The next morning, James' driver suddenly falls ill and is sent home. Thomas and Percy, who both have a great deal of respect for Edward, are angry at this remark and tell James that Edward could beat him in a race any day, to which James sarcastically says he would like to see. He complains to Thomas and Percy that Edward clanks about like a lot of old iron and is so slow he makes engines wait. Afterwards, James puffs to the shed, still grumbling. When Edward arrives, James grumbles and leaves to continue his work. One day, James is forced to wait in a station for Edward to arrive with his train which makes him angry with the blue engine.