Two Yellow Engines

**Two Yellow Engines** is the nineteenth story of the second set of *Between the Lines*. It was originally published on March 20th, 2023.

## Plot

Starting where Blue Mountain Mystery ended, it's revealed Rheneas has been repainted yellow. The old engine mentions he's experimenting with the new colour, and Thomas remembers how long it took for Duck to get his current livery. Luke mentions he'll keep his green to match Peter Sam, but he gets renumbered eleven.

After months go by, Mr. Percival reveals that Duncan will be coming out of the Steamworks. The Scottish well tank arrives, and everyone greets him. He's surprised to see Luke out in the open, and Luke explains how Thomas cleared his name and that Victor was the engine bought to the Steamworks. Duncan's even more surprised to see Rheneas in yellow, and thinks the older engine is doing a publicity stunt.

Sir Handel plays a trick on Duncan by pretending Rheneas is him, and Peter Sam remarks he may mistake him and Luke next. Duncan fears passengers will mix him and Rheneas up, but Luke assures them it wouldn't happen. Unfortunately, Duncan is right, and it's only a young Alice Percival and her father Paul Percival who were able to identify Duncan properly. Duncan is pleased with Alice, and comments she has her aunt Penny's spirit and her mother's passion. The passengers were embarrassed that a mere child could identify which engine was which before they could. Eventually, Rheneas gets to his wits end, and wishes to be repainted vermillion as soon as possible.

When he was tasked to being repainted, Rheneas headed down to the Steamworks. On the way, he saw a passenger about to fall off the platform, and he caught the passenger in his cab. Rheneas started to take the grateful passenger to Peter Sam's train. At the Blue Mountain Quarry, a worker tasks Duncan to go to the Steamworks without telling him why. The Scottish engine was frustrated, but obeyed begrudgingly. Rheneas was then called to help Luke, and was surprised to find out that Duncan did *not* derail himself as he assumed.

A few days later, Duncan comes out of the works repainted vermillion, much to his frustration and the other engines' shock. Rheneas explains about the passenger and Mr. Percival apologises to the two engines for the mistaken identity. The two engines are forced to stay like this until they can be repainted back to normal. The mistaken identity continues with the engines' swapped liveries (despite the fact Duncan had black stripes on his yellow livery, and Rheneas has blue stripes). However, Alice is able to chew out the worker who mistook Duncan for Rheneas. The two engines watch in amusement, and Duncan is sure that Alice has a future on the Skarloey Railway someday.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Victor
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Sir Handel
* Peter Sam
* Rusty
* Duncan
* Fred
* Mighty Mac
* Luke
* Mr. Peregrine Percival
* Paul Percival
* Alice Percival
* The Female Worker
* Henry (mentioned)
* Gordon (mentioned)
* Duck (mentioned)
* Diesel (mentioned)
* Paxton (mentioned)
* Duke (mentioned)
* Millie (mentioned)
* Annabelle Percival (mentioned)
* Penny Percival (mentioned)

## Voice Cast

### Official

* John Hasler as Thomas
* David Bedella as Victor
* Keith Wickham as Skarloey, Sir Handel and Mr. Peregrine Percival
* Ben Small as Rheneas
* Steven Kynman as Peter Sam
* Matt Wilkinson as Rusty
* Tom Stourton as Duncan
* Michael Legge as Luke

### Fan chosen

* Marÿke Hendrikse as Fred
* Matt Cowlrick as Mighty
* Jessica McKenna as Mac
* Tom Holland as Paul Percival
* Shannon Chan-Kent as Alice Percival

Undecided for characters who speak

* The Female Worker

## Trivia

* An alternative title for this story is *Fiery Suns*.
* As this was written prior to Michael Legge's retirement, he still voices Luke.

## Continuity

* The start of the story recaps the events of *Blue Mountain Mystery*, and even includes its mid-credits scene when Rheneas is revealed to have been repainted yellow.
* The events of *King of the Railway*, *The Switch* and *Luke's New Friend* are mentioned, albeit with the retcon that Rheneas is yellow instead of vermillion.
* Duck's first week on Sodor in *Little Engines Can Do Big Things* is mentioned, along with Diesel's trial in *Duck and the Diesel Engine*.

## Links

* DeviantArt
* Fanfiction.Net (Chapter 18)