Works Outing

"We couldn't go to the Works. Instead, the Works have come to us!"

- Duke and Rheneas

Works Outing, re-published in 2011 as The New Works, is a magazine story.

Plot
Rheneas has a cracked funnel and Duke is in desperate need of a new coat of paint. This is the way it has been for ages, as the narrow gauge engines cannot get to the Works. That night, a fierce storm hits the Island. The following morning, it is revealed that the Works were badly damaged in the storm and Elizabeth is told to take the workmen's tools to a new works up in the hills. Elizabeth takes the tools to the Transfer Yards where the new works is established in a nearby barn. From there, both standard and narrow gauge engines, including Duke and Rheneas, can be repaired.

Characters

 * Duke
 * Rheneas
 * Elizabeth
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas

Locations

 * The Works
 * Post Windmill
 * The Viaduct
 * The Transfer Yards

Trivia

 * This marks Duke's final physical appearance in any form of media to date.

Goofs

 * In the 2011 version, a quotation mark is missing in the sentence, "'We couldn't go to the Works,' chuckled the happy little engines, the works have come to us!'". There should be a quotation mark before "the works have come to us".
 * Rheneas' boiler bands are oddly arranged.
 * In one illustration, Rheneas is missing a window on the side of his cab.
 * There are no tracks leading into the old works.
 * In the 2007 version, Duke's funnel is said to be cracked, but the crack is only visible in the final illustration.
 * In the final illustration, Duke's funnel is not attached to him.
 * Elizabeth's face looks more masculine than her actual face.