Duck and the Crane

Duck and the Crane is a magazine story.

Plot
Duck has many jobs on the railway, including bringing goods from the harbour. One day, the stationmaster at the harbour informs Duck of a special train. It is a mobile crane that is to be delivered to the quarry. Duck fetches a flatbed and a pulley system unloads the crane from the ship.

The crane is quickly secured and Duck begins to steam away. The workmen call out to Duck but Duck does not hear them. Duck then approaches a tunnel and the guard shouts out a warning. Duck stops halfway in the tunnel. It is then pointed out that the crane is too tall for the tunnel. Duck is cross as he now has to take a longer route.

Duck tries to go as fast as he can but he still arrives at the quarry late. The quarry workmen ask what took Duck so long and Duck's driver informs them of the tunnel. The workmen begin to laugh. The reason Duck could not take the tunnel was because crane's arm was still raised!

Characters

 * Duck
 * Percy
 * Diesel
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Goofs

 * In the first illustation, Percy and the dock end at Duck's funnel and steam cloud.