Favourite Engine

Favourite Engine is a magazine story.

Plot
It is a fine spring day on Sodor and Gordon and Daisy are in the yard. Gordon is waiting for Duck to shunt his coaches into place. Daisy boasts about the fact that she does not need to pull coaches. Gordon scoffs and begins to state he is The Fat Controller's favourite engine but Daisy does not agree.

James arrives and believes he is the true favourite as he is The Fat Controller's only red engine. Daisy jokes that red is usually a warning colour. Duck can overhear everything and tells his friends to stop their boasting. Thomas arrives and states he agrees with Duck, but only because he believes any engine with a branch line must be the favourite.

Gordon decides to settle the argument once and for all by saying that The Fat Controller's favourite is whoever he will travel with today. Unfortunately, all this debate has had Gordon forget about the express and The Fat Controller is upset as he has an important meeting on the mainland today. Luckily, Bertie is there to take him. Duck uses this to point out that The Fat Controller does not have any favourite engines after all.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Duck
 * Daisy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Bertie

Goofs

 * In the sixth illustration, Duck's dome is coloured yellow.