A Close Shave

* 2022
* 2021

> I do not like engines popping through my walls!"
> "I appreciate your feelings, but you must know that this engine and his crew have prevented a serious accident. It was a very close, um... shave.
>
> The barber and the Fat Controller

***A Close Shave*** is the 128th episode on Trainboy 470 & Friends.
## Plot

After being framed by Diesel for telling lies about the big engines to the Troublesome Trucks, Duck sadly goes to Wellsworth and tells Edward about what has happened. Edward assures Duck that everything will be alright and suggests helping him with his goods train, which cheers Duck up.

The two engines work hard all afternoon to make the trucks behave while taking them up Gordon's Hill. Once at the top, Duck says goodbye to Edward and heads back to the station. As he coasts down the hill, enjoying the breeze, he suddenly hears a guard's whistle. He has been knocked out of his van, as Edward's trucks have broken away and are racing towards Duck at breakneck speed, intending to run him off the rails.

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Duck hurries down the main line, trying his hardest to outrun the trucks, but they gradually catch up to him on the viaduct and begin pushing him. Just as they are starting to regain control, Duck and his driver see James on the same track, pulling a passenger train out of Crosby Station. Duck puts all of his weight against the trucks, but is unable to stop. He shuts his eyes and prepares for the worst, but gets diverted onto a siding at the last second after being slowed down long enough for James and his coaches to clear the platform and points.

At the end of the siding is a small barbershop. As the barber is giving a man a shave, Duck is pushed by the trucks into the end of the siding, comes off the rails, and crashes right into the front of the shop, destroying the wall. Some trucks derail as well, but pay no attention to this, feeling rather pleased with themselves having successfully derailed Duck. As Duck stares nervously at the crowd in front of him, he tries to apologise, but the barber is furious with Duck for frightening his customers, and firmly covers his face with shaving foam.

While Thomas arrives to help clear the mess, the Fat Controller comes in to speak with the barber, who is still fuming. The Fat Controller explains that Duck and his crew helped to prevent a much larger accident with James, adding that it was a "very close shave." The barber quickly washes the lathering off of Duck's face and apologises for misjudging him.

After the trucks have been pulled away, Thomas pulls Duck out of the wrecked barbershop, and the Fat Controller tells him he will be returning to the yard once he is mended. Duck is worried, believing that the big engines still hate him. The Fat Controller, however, replies that he never believed Diesel and sent him back to the other railway; the other engines are now sorry and want Duck to come back.

A few days later, after being mended, Duck returns to the shed where the other engines welcome him back with happy whistles, as he proudly takes his place among them.

## Characters

* Edward
* Duck
* Troublesome Trucks
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Barber
* Thomas (*does not speak*)
* James (*does not speak*)
* The Barber's Customer (*does not speak*)
* Henry (*cameo*)
* Gordon (*cameo*)
* Percy (*cameo*)
* Diesel (*mentioned*)

## Locations

* The Viaduct
	+ Hawin Ab
* Wellsworth
* Suddery Junction
* Gordon's Hill
* Suddery Castle
* Crosby
	+ C&B Barber
	+ MC BUNN
* Tidmouth Sheds

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***A Close Shave*** is the 87th episode on Trainboy 470
## Trivia

* This is the first episode to be have the barber in 2022 (excluding Never Never Never Give Up)
* This is the first episode for a few things:
	+ The first episode that the Trackmaster Edward model appears
	+ The first episode that duck is the main character, followed by Dirty Work
	+ The first episode that the new Crosby & Wellsworth appears
	+ The first episode to have another type of Crane in the entire channel (2022)
* This is the only episode for a couple of things:
	+ The only episode to have Edited Stock Footage for the episode in 2022