Thomas & Friends Enterprising Engines Book The Railway Series October 4th 1968 A special visitor comes to Sodor, two diesels are put on trial and Douglas rescues a steam engine from the cutter's torch. Enterprising Engines is the twenty-third book of The Railway Series. Stories Tenders for Henry The engines wrongly attribute Gordon's surly mood to boiler sludge from a dodgy water tower on the Mainland and matters are made worse when Gordon finds only one of his brothers is left in existence. The Fat Controller feels sorry for Gordon and arranges for his brother, Flying Scotsman, to visit, but Henry is jealous of Flying Scotsman's two tenders and claims he deserves another. Duck offers Henry six tenders. Henry is delighted and accepts, but is made to look like a fool when it is revealed they are old and full of boiler sludge. Super Rescue Two diesels, 7101 and 199, arrive. 7101 is friendly, but 199 is rude, saying diesels are more reliable than steam engines. The next day, Henry is rolling home tender-first, his regulator jammed and meets 199 with a train of fuel and oil tankers at a signal box. 199, ironically, has failed and so does 7101 after his ejector leaks and he cannot pull his passenger train. Henry, with some help from 7101, still able to move, bravely takes 199, the oil-tankers and the passengers to the next station. Flying Scotsman, to the delight of the passengers, takes the passenger train, while Donald takes the goods. 199 is sent away in disgrace for insulting the steam engines and Henry helps 7101 to the shed. Escape Douglas has taken the "Midnight Goods" to the Other Railway and is preparing to return when a stranded steam engine, Oliver, asks for help. Douglas buffers up and the two crews scribble "Scrap" over Oliver. However, a diesel shouts out a warning and the foreman stops them. They manage to coax their way past and eventually reach the Works. A friendly watchman shows them where to hide Oliver, his coach Isabel, and his brake van Toad. Little Western Douglas arrives in time to see Flying Scotsman off and tells the others his news. The Fat Controller overhears and enquires about the fuss. Duck tells him they need another steam engine, but the Fat Controller gravely tells them they are rare to find. Douglas is about to interrupt when the Fat Controller reveals Oliver is being mended. In the end, 7101 stays and is renamed "Bear" after the growling noises he sometimes makes, Oliver, Isabel and Toad are repainted, three new coaches are rescued from scrapping and given to Oliver and Duck and the Fat Controller re-opens the Little Western and asks Duck and Oliver to run it. #ThomasFriends #EnterprisingEngines #WillieRushton #RailwaySeriesBook #ThomasFriends #SuperNificentWeezy123 #SuperNificentWeezy23 #TheRailwaySeries ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJvcb8zVeM