- “You can't fool us!”
- ― Thomas to Percy
The Visitor is a magazine story.
Plot
Percy sees a new engine being unloaded from a boat, but the other engines do not believe him. They soon find out that the new engine is a visitor. The engine is to run an express line that has not been used in a while, but Gordon becomes angry at the fact that people think of him as really important. When the engine breaks down, Douglas takes his train while Donald helps him to the works. Gordon starts to tease him, but sees him upset and cheers him up.
Characters
- Thomas
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Donald (does not speak)
- Flying Thistle (does not speak)
- Bill and Ben (do not speak)
- Douglas (mentioned)
Trivia
- The original illustrations depicted Flying Thistle with a face. In the retail release of the magazine, he has a smokebox door instead of a face. Despite this change, he remains sentient.
Goofs
- Flying Thistle's piston rod is facing the wrong way.
- In the fourth illustration, Gordon's bogie wheel is red and his cylinder is not painted in.
- In one illustration, Flying Thistle's wheel arch lining is red instead of yellow.
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