Thomas and Terence and James and the Tar Wagons

Thomas and Terence and James and the Tar Wagons is a Ladybird book, based on the episodes Thomas, Terence and the Snow and Dirty Objects. It is illustrated using photographs from the television series.

Plot
Thomas meets Terence, a tractor with catapillars, ploughing beside the line. Thomas thinks his catapillars are ugly, but winter comes, and then Thomas has to wear his heavy and uncomfortable snowplough, which he hates. He soon bangs it about so much that he breaks it. The next day when he takes his train, he runs headlong into a large snowdrift. His driver and fireman dig, but Thomas is stuck fast. Then Terence comes to Thomas' rescue, and even Thomas has to agree that Terence's catapillars are splendid! Some time later, when an engine called Toby and his coach, Henrietta, comes to the line, James pokes fun at their shabby paintwork, calling them 'dirty objects!' He soon gets his comeuppence when his trucks push him down the hill and into two tar wagons, dirtying him from smokebox to cab. Toby and Percy come to the rescue, and James is taken to the Fat Controller. Toby and Henrietta are rewarded with new coats of paint. James doesn't tease theme now!

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Terence
 * Bertie (mentioned; not named)
 * James
 * Toby
 * Percy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta (does not speak)

Trivia

 * Photographs from Thomas, Terence and the Snow, Dirty Objects, Thomas and Gordon, James and the Express, Thomas' Christmas Party and Thomas and the Trucks are used.
 * A picture from Thomas, Terence and the Snow is mirrored.