Creepy Cutting!

"Oh, no! Listen, it's the ghost train! It's copying me!"

- Skarloey

Creepy Cutting is a magazine story.

Plot
The Fat Controller had chosen Peter Sam to pull the first train along a new piece of line on the Skarloey Railway. Once on the new line which runs through a cutting, Peter Sam hears another puffing sound. He thinks it's another engine and stops. His driver reassures him that he's the only one on the line and Peter Sam, not understanding the situation, puffs on.

That night, Peter Sam tells his friends what had happened. Rheneas just laughs until, the next day, it's his turn to use the new line. Grey rain clouds made Rheneas feel unhappy, so he toots his whistle to cheer himself up. To his surprise, another engine's whistle replies! Rheneas, scared, raced away as fast as he could. After work, he tells the other engines that Peter Sam was right and they decide to name the new track "Creepy Cutting".

The following day, it's Skarloey's turn to use the new route. No sooner had he rolled uneasily into the cutting when he breaks down. Skarloey shouts for help, but the cry comes back. Skarloey thinks its the ghost train copying him, but his drivers assures him that it's just an echo of his own voice! Skarloey felt foolish and soon Rusty arrives and pulls the little engine home. Later, the little engines laugh at their mistake and decide to rename the cutting, Echo Pass.

Characters

 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty (does not speak)
 * The Ghost Engine (mentioned)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)

Goofs

 * The narrow gauge engines have worked in the hills and mountains for years, so it seems unlikely that none of them had experienced an echo before.