Special Passengers is a magazine story.
Plot
James is being cleaned before collecting the Mayor of Sodor. This makes him proud, so he annoys Duck with his talk of being clean, reprimands Oliver for nearly getting him sooty, and teases Thomas for arriving covered in hay. Unfortunately for James, Thomas has brought a chimney sweep to the station - when James goes to collect his coaches a cloud of soot comes out of the chimney and lands on him.