Grand Old Duke

"Your passengers are lucky to have such a kind engine!""

- Stuart

Grand Old Duke is a magazine story, illustrated using photographs from the television series.

Plot
Duke loves taking holidaymakers into the mountains. He always goes slowly to give his passengers a chance to enjoy the view, and he doesn't mind the other engines teasing him.

One day, Duke is taking some passengers who are only visiting for the day, so he wants to make their visit very special. He takes them to the picnic area and tells him that he will pick them up to take them to their boat back to the mainland later.

That afternoon, Duke collects his passengers, but as he makes his way back down the line, he begins to struggle. Thinkig that his valves must be leaking, he stops to have a rest. As his crew begin to clean his tubes, Stuart arrives and starts teasing him. Duke's driver then asks Stuart to help Duke and his passengers to the harbour. Stuart is delighted, and buffers up behind to push.

He runs round to pull Duke when they get to the top of the hill. By this time, Duke is feeling much better, and he decides to play a trick on Stuart. As they continue their journey, Duke starts making as much noise as he can, and the noise echoes around the hills.

When they get to the station at the harbour, the passengers cheer for Duke, believing that he had pushed Stuart down the hill. This makes Stuart very cross. Duke pulls up alongside him and thanks him for helping him and his passengers to the harbour. Stuart calms down and apologises to Duke, saying that his passengers are very lucky to have him. Duke smiles, and offers to race Stuart home.

Characters

 * Duke
 * Stuart
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Trivia

 * This story is based on the fourth season episode, You Can't Win.

Goofs

 * Duke has two green open sided coaches in the second illustration, but has four blue regular ones throughout the rest of the story.