Back to School! is a magazine story.
Plot[]
The summer holidays are over and the children are heading back to school. Thomas is waiting at the Main Station yard when the Headmaster from the nearby school tells Sir Topham Hatt that the bus has broken down. Bertie is too busy taking the children and he hopes the school bus repairs won't take long. Thomas has an idea and Sir Topham Hatt loves it. Next day, Thomas arrives with Annie and Clarabel to pick up the children as the children's school train until the school bus can be fixed. Everyday, Thomas takes the children to and from the school. The following week, the school bus is mended and that afternoon, the children make a thank you card for Thomas, much to the jealousy of the other engines.