Passengers and Polish

"Don't you want to look nice for when Rheneas comes home?" "What?! When?"

- Nancy and Skarloey

Passengers and Polish is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season.

Plot
Nancy the guard's daughter has just finished polishing Skarloey. Duncan wants a polish too, but Nancy hasn't the time and Duncan is furious. He later has to put one of Skarloey's coaches back on the rails and take the passengers home, making him angrier still. At last, he loses patience and stalls on the viaduct. Skarloey comes to pull him home and the Fat Controller reprimands him, but Duncan refuses to pay attention.

Characters

 * Skarloey
 * Duncan
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Nancy
 * Rheneas (does not speak)
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Mrs. Kyndley (cameo)
 * Jeremiah Jobling (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)
 * Farmer Trotter (cameo)
 * Sir Handel (mentioned)
 * Peter Sam (mentioned)
 * The Refreshment Lady (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Gallant Old Engine.
 * Stock footage from A Bad Day for Sir Handel is used.
 * Nancy's rag is really a flattened piece of blu-tak.
 * When the passengers are complaining, one of them says "We're losing money!"

Goofs

 * In the close-up of Duncan complaining about not being polished at the beginning, his face moves.
 * Before Duncan gets told off, Rheneas can be seen in the shed next to him. But Rheneas is supposed to be off being mended.
 * In Skarloey's flashback, either Skarloey or Rheneas has Sir Handel's whistle sound.
 * When Duncan passes through Crovan's Gate, either he or Percy has a different whistle sound.

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