The Fat Controller's Birthday
It being the 6th anniversary of the opening of the DGR, the Fat Controller was delighted to welcome Thomas as a new arrival to the railway, to celebrate the arrival of our grandson a couple of weeks ago.
When he first arrived, Thomas was rather a lonely engine, having no-one to play with:
He tried talking to the Throstlebeck signalman, but that wasn't much fun:
At last he met a couple of friendly coaches and persuaded them to come out for a run:
They had a lot of fun puffing across Foxdale Bank:
And then Thomas found another two coaches to join them. "Look at me now!" he shouted as they charged across the Northern Viaduct: