Who's Afraid of the Dark?

"Fizzling fireboxes! Steady now. You are a fast and powerful engine. There's nothing to be a-a-a-afraid of..."

- Gordon Who's Afraid of the Dark?, called Nothing To Be Afraid Of in Australian releases, is a book in the Really Useful Stories series. It focuses on being brave. When released as part of Really Useful Stories for Growing Up and as an ebook, the title was changed to Fear of the Dark.

Plot
When Gordon gets asked to pull the night train, he's too embarrassed to admit he's afraid of the dark! Can Thomas help his friend overcome his fear and get the job done?

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Percy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Farmer McColl

Trivia

 * Special thanks is given to Dr. Deborah Weber, Micaela Winter and Ian McCue.

Goofs

 * In the first illustration, part of the engines' buffers are black instead of red.
 * The lining and number from Gordon's tender, along with the lining from his cab, reappears and disappears throughout the story.
 * In the ninth illustration, Thomas' dome is missing.
 * In the tenth illustration, Gordon's number four is on his cab, not his tender.
 * In the eleventh illustration, Thomas is missing his number.
 * Gordon's wheel arrangement changes throughout the story.