The Very Heavy Truck

The Very Heavy Truck is a magazine story.

Plot
One sunny day, James is shunting trucks and complains how no one can see his splendid red paint in the yard. Thomas points out some children waving nearby but James is still unhappy. Henry arrives and comments on the lovely day but James just scoffs.

Later, the stationmaster informs James that Henry's train needs an extra truck so James goes into a siding and fetches an old van. James pulls very hard but the heavy van will not move. The guard goes to inspect if the van has anything inside it that is weighing James down but to his surprise, there is nothing inside.

Edward arrives and James suggests having him help move the van. Edward is uncoupled from his train and tries to move the van. Edward's driver soon figures out that the van's brakes are still on and once they are taken off, the van rolls freely. All this trouble has made Edward late so he goes to give Henry the van while James takes his trucks. James is happy to leave the yard and get attention from people throughout his journey.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * James
 * Edward

Goofs

 * In the final illustration, Edward's bufferbeam is uncoloured.