Christmas Dinner Diner

"It's a pity you're too small to pull the express!"

- James

Christmas Dinner Diner is a magazine story.

Plot
James is pulling the express whilst Gordon is at the works and he won't stop boasting about it. Meanwhile, Thomas is grumbling as he's been fitted with his uncomfortable snowplough. Soon, he was picking up children from all the stations on his branch line to take them to school. They were all excited because the following day was the school's Christmas dinner! The teacher whispers to Thomas that the school cafeteria's cooker has broken so there may not be a Christmas dinner after all. Later, Thomas sees James and the express again. He tells Thomas that he's so busy, he has had to uncouple the dining car and pull an extra passenger coach instead. The following morning, Thomas was coupled up to the dining car and the children had their Christmas dinner in the carriage instead. Thomas couldn't wait to tell James.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Annie (cameo)

Goofs

 * In the first illustration, James' tender looks odd and his number five is missing.
 * In the fifth illustration, one of James' boiler bands and his coupling are missing.