Diesel's Train

***Diesel's Train*** is the fifth episode of the first series.

## Plot

Diesel is grumbling about only being used to collect the coaches for the other diesels, wanting to pull passenger trains as well. The other diesels laugh, telling him he is too impatient and would leave something behind. Diesel is determined to get a chance to prove them wrong.

One night, Diesel and Class 40 are alone in the shed as Class 40 is ill. The workmen try their hardest to make him better but to no avail, leaving Diesel to feel sorry for him. The next morning when Class 40 is due to take the first train and Diesel is needed to get the coaches ready, he starts to hope he will be allowed to pull the train if Class 40 is not able to. He excitedly leaves to fetch the coaches.

Diesel brings the coaches to the platform and is eager to run round in front. His driver does not let him, telling him to be patient. Soon, all the passengers are aboard and the coaches are ready to leave and there is still no sign of Class 40, much to Diesel's excitement. The Fat Controller arrives to see what is going on and is told about Class 40. He orders to find another engine and as Diesel is the only one available, he allows the diesel shunter to take the train.

Diesel, full of joy, quickly moves to the front of the coaches despite his driver again warning him not to be impatient. For some unknown reason - either Diesel is too impatient to wait, his driver has pulled the lever by mistake, or the crew have forgotten to couple him to the coaches - Diesel ends up leaving the station without the train and the passengers are very surprised and angry. The men in the signal box outside the station wave and shout, though Diesel thinks they are cheering.

Diesel rolls along the line, thinking pulling coaches is easier than he was told. He keeps seeing people waving at him and assumes it is because he has never pulled a train before. Eventually, Diesel is stopped at a signal set to "danger". Diesel is angry at being stopped when he was going so nicely and blows his whistle, alerting the signalman who asks Diesel what he is doing on this part of the line. Diesel explains he is pulling a train, but the signalman asks him where the coaches are. Diesel looks back and discovers that he has left his train behind. He is very upset at his mistake and almost cries. Diesel's driver tells him not to be upset and he sadly reverses back to the station.

At the station, all the passengers are complaining to the Fat Controller about what happened, but when Diesels returns, they see how sorry he is and allow him to try again. This time, Diesel is properly coupled to the coaches and he really gets his chance to pull the train. But sometime later, the other diesels begin to tease Diesel and remind him of his mistake to his annoyance, but learns not to make the same mistake again.

## Characters

* Diesel
* Class 40
* Diesel 10
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Diesel 199 *(not named)*
* BoCo *(not named; does not speak)*
* Lady Hatt *(cameo)*
* Stephen Hatt *(cameo)*
* Jeremiah Jobling *(cameo)*
* The Ffarquhar Policeman *(cameo)*

## Trivia

* The episode is based off the fifth episode from the first series of *Thomas & Friends*, Thomas' Train.