Oily Rails

Oily Rails is a magazine story.

Plot
Desptie his constant devious behaviour, The Fat Controller considers Diesel a Very Useful Engine becuase he is quite strong and often sends him to pull heavy goods from the harbour.

One day, Duck is sent out to take empty trucks to the harbour. Unfortunately, the rails are slippery and Duck bumps into the set of buffers at the end of the dock. His driver examines the track and finds the rails to be oily. Diesel arrives and Duck informs him that he may be leaking oil but Diesel thinks Duck is talking nonsense.

Later, in the yard, Percy also has a slip on oily rails and he informs Diesel. Diesel still insists there is nothing wrong with him. Percy thinks the stationmaster should be informed but Duck, not wanting to be a tell-tale, decides to wait and see.

The next day, Edward arrives in the harbour yard with a long goods train. He tries to stop but he ends up slipping and bumping into the back of Diesel. Diesel is still denying the oil comes from him when Edward's driver inspects the rails but, sure enough, oil is dripping from beneath Diesel. Diesel is sent away to be repaired and the rails are thoroughly cleaned.

Characters

 * Percy
 * Duck
 * Diesel
 * Edward
 * Sir Topham Hatt