Percy and the Signal (magazine story)

"Show a wheel!"

- The inspector to James

Percy and the Signal is a magazine story.

Plot
Percy works in the yard and loves playing jokes on the other engines, but sometimes they can land him in trouble. One day, he tricks Gordon into thinking his train is ready and then tells James to stay in the shed as the Fat Controller is coming to see him. It is only when an inspector arrives and tells the red engine that the Fat Controller is away when James realises he has been tricked.

One day, James and Gordon decide to play a trick on Percy. Gordon tricks Percy into believing there are such things as "backing signals". Percy claims to know everything about signals and puffs away, a little worried.

It is not long before he reached a signal set at "danger". The signal moves to show "line clear", but its arm moves up instead of down. Having never seen a signal like that before, Percy concludes that it must be a "backing signal". Percy begins to reverse as Gordon approaches, laughing; he has seen everything. Percy, however, does not find it very funny.

Characters

 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Thomas
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * This story is based on the second series episode of the same name.

Goofs

 * Some things, such as the rails, are left uncoloured.

Gallery
Piotruś i Semafor (historia magazynowa)