Queen of the Road!

"Out of our way, slowcoach!" "Beep! We haven't got all day, we're in a hurry!"

- Lorry 1 and 2

Queen of the Road! is a magazine story.

Plot
Elizabeth is clattering steadily down the road when Lorry 1 and 2 overtake her, rudely. Further up the road, the lorries have to stop for fuel. Elizabeth informs the rude lorries that she doesn't need messy diesel or petrol to move along, she relies on steam. The lorries are rude to her once more and they roar away.

Soon, Elizabeth is being overtaken by all the cars. Before she was shut in a shed for many years, the roads were never as busy as they are now. Meanwhile, Thomas is at the Big Harbour waiting for a tanker that is full of petrol and diesel from a refinery. Then Harold zooms overhead; there's an emergency at sea; The tanker has broken down and is now drifting helplessly on the currents. Soon, a tug pulls the tanker back to the Mainland to be repaired.

Some time later, Sodor has run out of petrol and Elizabeth is happy as she's now the only one on the road!

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Elizabeth
 * Lorry 1
 * Lorry 2
 * Harold

Trivia

 * In the final illustration the Horrid Lorries are seen outside the Sodor Construction Company where Jack and The Pack are based.

Goofs

 * It is unlikely that there would be no petrol on Sodor at all for long enough that all the vehicles run out of petrol.