Oliver's Mail Train

"I didn't pull the mail train, but I helped deliver the mail instead!"

- Oliver

Oliver's Mail Train is a rebus magazine story.

Plot
Oliver had been due to pull the mail train, but at the last minute he was given another job. Now, he is slowly following behind an engineer along Duck's Branch Line with his brakevan, Toad. The engineer is looking for damaged tracks, but Oliver is extremely bored.

Then, someone calls from the nearby road. The postman has a punctured bicycle tyre and a full sack of mail to deliver. Because Oliver is only going slowly, the postman decides to catch a lift with him. He loads his busted bike into Toad and climbs onto Oliver's footplate. As Oliver slowly puffs along, the postman nips on and off the engine to make his deliveries. This carries on until the mail sack is empty. The postman had made Oliver's tedious job far more interesting and although he hadn't pulled the mail train, he had helped deliver the mail instead.

Characters

 * Oliver
 * Toad
 * Duck
 * Mrs. Kyndley
 * Mrs. Weekes

Trivia

 * The postman is unnamed, but it could be Tom Tipper.

Goofs

 * Mrs. Kyndley's name is misspelled "Mrs. Kyndly" and it is implied that she leaves somewhere on The Little Western instead of on Thomas' Branch Line.