James and the Signalman

James and the Signalman is a magazine story.

Plot
One day, James is taking trucks to the harbour. He stops at a red signal so Gordon can puff past with the express. The signalman in the signal box greets and James and James greets him back. James proudly knows every signalman on the railway.

In the afternoon, James is making his way back to the main station and must stop at the same signal as last time. He speculates that Henry will be passing through with goods soon but the signal never changes and James can see no signalmen inside the signal box.

James' driver goes to investigate and ends up finding the signalman in a chair with terrible stomach pain. He was unable to reach the phone due to the pain and his partner signalman had gone off to fetch tea. James' driver makes a call to the main station and the signalman to be sent to the hospital from there. The other signalman returns, helps his partner into James' cab and finally changes the signal for James. When James arrives at the main station, the ill signalman is taken away in an ambulance and The Fat Controller praises James' actions.

Characters

 * James
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Henry
 * Gordon

Goofs

 * The Thomas Club Page at the start of the issue gives a short preview of the story and claims it is the first story featured when it was actually Trouble for Duck.