Diesel Does It Again is the 60th episode of Thomas and Friends
Plot[]
Duck and Percy enjoy their work at the harbour yards pulling trucks to and from the quay, but one day the engines feel exhausted. The Fat Controller understands this and promises that another engine will come and help out. Percy and Duck are very glad to hear this, but their relief turns to shock when none other than Diesel arrives. The two engines, who have not worked with Diesel for a long time, ask him what he is doing there. Diesel tells Percy and Duck that he is to shunt some dreadfully tiresome trucks and to make himself clear, he bumps some trucks hard.
Percy and Duck are horrified as they do not trust Diesel and refuse to work with him and do not leave the harbour shed. The Fat Controller is enjoying his tea and iced bun when he gets a call on the telephone saying that there is trouble at the harbour yard. Diesel is working loudly and alone and as a result the work starts to pile up as the cargo and passengers are delayed on the quay. People soon start complaining about the railway.
The Fat Controller demands an explanation from Percy and Duck and they explain that they will not work with Diesel. The Fat Controller tells the two that he has to give Diesel a second chance as he was the only engine available and is trying to help Percy and Duck out by bringing him to the harbour, demanding that the two go back to work, unaware that Diesel is up to his tricks again. With no choice, Percy and Duck do as they are told.
Next morning, things are no better as Diesel's driver did not properly put his brakes on the night before and he bumps straight into Percy without apologising. Later, Diesel bumps some trucks so hard that the loads spill. Percy and Duck are worried as to what the Fat Controller will say, but they do not tell him after Diesel calls them "tattletales" if they do.
In the following day, Diesel, thinking he can get away with anything, becomes increasingly rude while he shunts some China Clay Trucks. He ploughs the trucks through a set of unsecured buffers, which sink into the sea. That evening, the trucks are lifted out but the clay is lost, while The Fat Controller is furious with Diesel upon hearing the news from the harbour master. He tells Diesel that things worked better at the harbour before he arrived and he will be sent away again, only this time he will not be invited back again. He then tells Duck and Percy that they will have to handle all the work by themselves again. Knowing that extra work is preferable to working with Diesel, Percy and Duck gladly agree and start their jobs as Diesel slinks away in disgrace.
Characters[]
- Percy
- Duck
- Diesel