Ghost Train (magazine story)

"Let me in! Let me in!" "No! Not by the smoke of my chimney chim chim!" "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll break your door in!"

- Percy and Thomas

"We must not let this happen again!"

- The inspector

Ghost Train is a magazine story.

Plot
Percy tells a story of the ghost train to Thomas and Toby in the shed, which made his wheels wobble to think of. But Thomas teases Percy by calling him "a silly little engine" and boasts to him that a ghost story does not scare him. The next day, Percy tells his driver that Thomas doesn't believe his ghost story, which made him laugh and tells him that it was a pretend story on television, that disappoints him.

One evening, Percy is returning from the harbour and as he chuffs along the dark, he knows where he was as Percy approaching at Crowe's Farm Crossing. However Sam the Farmer's cartload of lime's wheel had broken off on the tracks until too late - Percy crashes into the cart in smithereens and is white all over! Later as Percy's driver tells the signalman what has happened, he tells the driver that he'd better clean Percy or else - the people would think he is a ghost. This gives Percy an idea to scare Thomas for calling him a silly little engine, and Toby agrees to help his white covered friend.

Thomas is getting ready for his night train when Toby hurries in, and tells his friend that Percy has an accident. He also tells Thomas that he saw what appears to be Percy's ghost as it said it is coming to the shed to warn them. But Thomas scoffs at this and decides to look after Toby, when a ghostly figure arrives at the shed to make spooky noises to give Thomas a huge scare. He is so scared that he hurries away to fetch his coaches!

The following day, Thomas returns with his coaches and Toby wonders where he have been after the ghost scares him. However as Thomas tells his friend what happens, he could not be able to finish his speeches as he says that he got to see a coach about the train, and hurries away again. Percy have heard everything and has a last laugh with Toby, who tells him that Thomas had seen a ghost.

Characters

 * Percy
 * Thomas
 * Toby

Trivia

 * This story is based on the second season episode of the same name.