There is no time for both engines to reverse and Toad knows it is up to him to save them all now. Thomas tries to reverse out of the way, but Percy pulls up behind Thomas on the same line. The Fat Controller leans out of the carriage window to enquire about the situation, but is soon alerted to Toad and the runaway trucks speeding straight towards them. As Thomas rounds the bend by Gordon's Hill, he stops suddenly. He is taking them both to the opera on the mainland.
Meanwhile, Thomas is puffing along the line with the Fat Controller and Dowager Hatt. Toad tries his best to stop the runaway train. Suddenly, Toad is rolling back down the hill with the trucks.
The branch goes under the train and uncouples James from his train. As they puff up Gordon's Hill, James strikes a branch on the line. Soon, Toad is concerned that they are going too fast, but James insists that there is nothing wrong with their speed. On the way, Toad has to listen to James' boasting, which is still a refreshing change from Oliver's endless stories. James agrees and soon they head off to Vicarstown. Toad pleads with James to take him with him. Just then, James arrives looking for a brake van for his goods train. Toad is happy not to have to listen to Oliver's tale again, but he does not like the prospect of sitting around for ages doing nothing. Later, Oliver leaves Toad in the shunting yard while he takes a passenger train. Toad wishes that he could have an adventure of his own to talk about. Oliver is always telling his brake van Toad about the time he escaped from the scrapyard to come to Sodor. Toad was there at the time, but he has still heard the story a hundred times as they puff up and down the Little Western line.
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