Really Useful Colours

"I am very proud of you both. You have proved that red and green are both Really Useful colours!"

- Sir Topham Hatt

Really Useful Colours is a magazine story.

Plot
On a foggy morning, James meets BoCo while passing the quarry. He laughs at BoCo's dusty paint, but BoCo asks why anyone would want to be red like James; red means stop, while green means go. James continues forwards until he reaches a red signal.

Suddenly, several rocks start falling down from the quarry and knock the signal down. Thinking fast, BoCo tells James to stay there as his shiny red paint will shine through the fog and act as a red signal. He goes off to collect the Fat Controller who praises both engines when he returns, saying that both red and green are really useful colours.

Characters

 * James
 * BoCo
 * Sir Topham Hatt