Trapped by Trees

"Wind? Bah."

- Gordon sulking after his incident with the trees Trapped by Trees is a 1988 annual story.

Plot
A strong wind sweeps across Sodor. The Fat Controller has fitted a bell onto the viaduct that rings whenever the wind is too strong for engines to cross safely. Gordon boasts that wind is nothing for him, but when he reaches the station before the viaduct he beginds to regret his words. The bell is ringing like crazy as Gordon approaches the viaduct, but Gordon bravely steams across safely. When the express reaches Wellsworth, they come across a signal at danger. A tree was down across their track, but they could get past 'wrong line' as the down line was clear. As the driver puts his hand on the reverser however, an extra fierce gust of winds tears a tree clean out of the ground and falls right on top of the points Gordon needed to change tracks. Luckily, Trevor is nearby, and he saws the fallen trees into smaller logs, and then pulls them out of the way. Henry passes by, and stays silent: he just smiles, knowingly. When Gordon returns to the sheds he is not in a hurry to mention wind.

Characters

 * Gordon
 * Henry
 * Trevor
 * James (does not speak)