Telford Finally Goes 100 mph

Telford Finally Goes 100 mph is the first installment of the 'British Steam Locomotives' series.

## Plot

Telford, a small shunter at the station of Euston, loves to play tricks on the other engines. He arranges coaches and trains for the bigger engines and takes them back so the bigger engines can go sulk in the sheds. His favorite activity is to blow his whistle loudly at some engines, including the Flying Scotsman. One day Scotsman gets fed up with it and tells Telford that he should cut in front of him while he starts his journey to become 'faster' which Telford blindly believes.

The next day, after Telford shunts Scotsman's coaches, he hurries out in front of him while he starts up and gets shunted along the main line. After a while, the express stops at a station and Telford is uncoupled and rolls over to a water tower, he has a long drink and rolls slowly home, knowing that he shouldn't mess with Scotsman again.

### Characters

* Telford (debut)
* Flying Scotsman (debut)
* Steve (debut)
* Stewart (debut)
* Tobias (debut)
* Shane (debut)

## Transcript/Story

Telford is a small saddle-tank shunter who works at the station of Euston (not the station on the LMS), he arranges trains for the other engines that take them away to far away places. At the end of every journey, he takes the coaches away so the bigger engines can go and sulk in the sheds. One of his favorite activities is to go and bow his whistle loudly at bigger engines, especially Flying Scotsman: the biggest, fastest, and proudest of them all. One morning while Scotsman was waiting for his train, Telford whistled rudely at him.

"Wake up old man!"said Telford cheekily, "I'm surprised they haven't withdrawn you yet considering how much you sleep."

"Yeah yeah, just go and fetch my coaches little one." grunted Scotsman who was half-asleep.

"Alright Scotty, but remember one thing: you can't catch me!" and with that, Telford hurried off to collect his coaches.

That night at the sheds, Scotsman waited for Telford to return so he could play a trick on him. As Telford backed down into his berth, Scotsman was quick to act.

"Oy, Telford!" screamed Scotsman "I want to tell you something."

Telford was confused, but he was also intruigued. "A-Alright." he stuttered "Go ahead."

"I know a way in which you can go faster than your original speed." said Scotsman deviously.

Telford, being the young and naive engine he was, blindly agreed. "Oh, really?" he said curiously. "How?"

"All you need to do is cut in front of me after your done shunting my coaches." said Scotsman "And you'll see what my speed can really do."

The next day, after Telford was done shunting Scotsman's coaches, he ran in front of him after he was given the go-ahead.

"Hey wait! What are you doing?!" yelled a stationmaster from the platform.

But it was too late, Scotsman had already started and was gaining speed by the second. Before Telford could even back up, Flying Scotsman rammed him from the back and kept on pushing.

"Help me, please!" screamed Telford as he was being shunted along the line.

They ran across bridges, raced through tunnels, and rocketed around bends. Telford tried to stop but to no avail, Flying Scotsman was overpowering him every time he tried to stop.

"You having fun Telford?" asked Scotsman. "No, no I'm not!" screamed Telford. But on the inside, he was secretly enjoying it.

Fortunately ol' Scotty stopped at a nearby station and Telford rolled to a water tower and had a long drink. He stayed there for the rest of the day watching the other engines head home.

That night, as Telford was dozing off, he heard the shrill blast of Scotsman's whistle echo through the yard.

"Oy, er, (groans) what was that?" asked Telford who was still dazed from his journey. "Wake up lazybones!" chuckled Scotsman "Learn how to keep up with my speed and agility."

"Oh it's you. What do you want?" asked Telford angrily

"I'm here to take you home. And I'm also here to apologize, I know that I've haven't been the best engine. But I'm not the worst either. I know that your job is to shunt our trains and I took that for granted. And I'm sorry for that. Could you ever forgive me?" asked Scotsman solemnly.

"Well, I-I suppose but I'm sorry for interrupting your nap in the yard the other day. And not respecting you." said Telford who meant every word of it.

"So what do you say? Friends?" "Friends." And the two puffed home together both knowing that they should respect each other despite their sizes or engine classes.