Diesel's Race

"Dump our china clay into the sea, will he?"

- Bill Diesel's Race is a magazine story. It continues the story from Bumps, which further continues into A Trick on Bill and Ben.

Plot
Bill and Ben are cross when they hear Diesel dumped their trucks of china clay into the sea. They want to pay him back. Bill has a plan. He takes some trucks down to the harbour and he sees Diesel bumping trucks roughly around the yard. Bill tells Diesel that he looks strong and fast and Diesel offers him a race. There are two routes to the clay pits. Bill offers Diesel to take the short route but Diesel, in his boastful self, says he can beat Bill through the long route. Their drivers agree to the race and they set off. But when he arrives at the clay pits, he sees Ben! This time Diesel offers Ben to take the short route, determined not to be beaten again. But when he arrives back at the harbour yards, Bill is already there and looking calm too. Diesel cannot say a word. He slides quietly away and the twins laugh at their joke.

Characters

 * Bill and Ben
 * Diesel

Locations

 * Sodor China Clay Company

Trivia

 * This story may have been adapted into the seventeenth series episode, Bill or Ben?, which was also written by Andrew Brenner, as the plots are very similar.

Goofs

 * Ben's nameplate is coloured red in one illustration.

Gallery
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