The Right Shape

The Right Shape''' is a magazine story.

Plot
Percy was on the Main Line hauling coal trucks when Spencer orders him to "get out of the way". He also remarks that Percy will never go fast because of his shape. Percy was upset by this and as soon as he'd delivered the trucks he puffed to the Works where he requests to be smooth and sleek. Unfortunately, the workmen tell him its impossible and later Percy was on a branch line when Spencer came up behind him. At that moment, Percy passed under a low tunnel. Spencer, however, was not the rights shape and gets wedged in the tunnel. Next, the bridge above collapses, causing "confusion and delay". After that, Percy was glad he was a tank engine.

Characters

 * Percy
 * Spencer
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Goofs

 * In the third illustration, the top of Percy's coal bunker is green and not black.
 * Spencer is said to be right behind Percy and overtaking as Percy enters the low tunnel but when Percy has sucessfully chuffed through it, Spencer is still only approaching it. This could be because he attempted to slow down, but the text does not state that he did so and describes him as "hurtling towards the tiny gap at breakneck speed".