One Bump Too Many

"What these trucks need is a really good bumping! Let them know what's what!"

- Diesel

One Bump Too Many is a magazine story.

Plot
Percy and Duck's job is to shunt trucks to be loaded and unloaded from ships at the big harbour. Working with trucks for so long, the two engines have grown accustomed to their troublesome ways. They always try to be calm with them and only ever bump the trucks as a last resort. Diesel, on the other hand, is less understanding; he believes that the trucks need to know who is boss. Percy and Duck feel sorry for the trucks when Diesel's hauling them.

One day, as usual, Diesel is bumping his trucks about the yard. Suddenly, he feels a bizarre crunching. Diesel's guard and Percy's driver go to investigate. The men cannot believe their eyes - with all the bumping, Diesel has broken his own buffers. Diesel ends up at the works for a whole week, but it is a lot longer than that before Percy and Duck let him forget his careless accident.

Characters

 * Percy
 * Duck
 * Diesel
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * The events of Bumps are mentioned.

Goofs

 * In the ninth illustration, Diesel's steps are not coloured in.

Gallery
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