Diesel was a black BR Class 08 Diesel Shunter, the Diesel Engine equivalent to a Tank Engine. He sat in the shunting yards alone, enjoying some rest after arranging the few trains for the day. \u201cA pity this day is so foggy,\u201d he muttered to himself. \u201cOtherwise, it would be perfect to bask in the sun and-\u201d his thoughts were interrupted by James\u2019 whistle. He then heard Percy\u2019s whistle and Boco\u2019s horn. \u201c\u2026That\u2019s funny,\u201d he remarked. \u201cThey\u2019re not scheduled to come here today.\u201d The three engines then bustled into the yard and parked themselves on the points which would have given Diesel a way out. “Wh-What is this?!\u201d spluttered Diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right, Diesel, you\u2019re sprung!\u201d replied James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPardon me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe know what you did! Don\u2019t even try to deny it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd what deed of mine are you talking about? I\u2019ve caused quite a few stirs here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, the sugar! Right in his fuel tank!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight!\u201d replied Teletraan as he pulled out a bag of sugar and looked to either side of Diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cS-S-Sugar?!\u201d gulped Diesel. \u201cYou don\u2019t have the gall!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou think I\u2019m bluffing?!\u201d snarled Teletraan as Amy held him back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t hold him back for much longer,\u201d she warned. \u201cYou\u2019re gonna have to tell us something.\u201d Diesel looked at the a.i. Lynx, then at the bag of sugar, then he growled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFine! You got me! I was the one who told Emily that the tree was keeping all of Sodor\u2019s plant life alive! I was the one who sent Donald and Douglas on a wild goose chase when they were looking for their trucks! I was the one who told Spencer that Boco was getting too weak to pull trains!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat was you?!\u201d yelped Boco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiesel, hold on!\u201d called Percy. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to figure out if you were behind the Special Coach\u2019s vanishing act!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, that?\u201d asked Diesel, calming down quickly. \u201cThat, I wasn\u2019t responsible for. Though, believe me, I WAS tempted to, after what Spencer said. He made his usual \u2018unimportant shunter\u2019 comment to Edward and named me as someone lower than him. I wanted to get back at him that day, but I had too much work. I was called away to collect some trucks from Knapford so Duck could take them. Ever since Rosie and Stanley were reassigned to their pilot duties, we\u2019ve been overworked and understaffed here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, Duck came here?\u201d asked Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWas he pulling anything unusual?\u201d asked James. Diesel then got a faraway look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow that you mention it,\u201d he said, \u201che DID have what looked like an extra-long van with him. He coupled his train behind it to take back to the Little Western. I thought his dome finally cracked if he was carrying something like that with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re sure it wasn\u2019t a coach?\u201d asked Percy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was too foggy that day to see clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt WAS really foggy,\u201d recalled James. \u201cWe\u2019ll ask him, then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey, don\u2019t tell the Fat Controller about what I said earlier!\u201d barked Diesel. \u201cI don\u2019t need to get in any hot water with him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, he won\u2019t know,\u201d promised Boco, \u201cbut you WILL be punished for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, really? And how?\u201d Richard then whispered something to Boco, then went back into Percy\u2019s cab. Boco giggled, then looked to the trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBoys,\u201d he said, \u201cI believe there\u2019s a song you all made about Diesel. May we hear it?\u201d Diesel goggled in horror!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t!\u201d he spluttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne! Two!\u201d counted one of the trucks to his friends. \u201cOne, two, three, four!\u201d They then launched into a song Diesel hated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrucks are waiting in the yard, tackling them with ease\u2019ll!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Show the world what I can do!\u2019 gaily boasts the Diesel!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In and out he creeps about, like a big black weasel!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When he pulls the wrong trucks out, POP goes the Diesel!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGRRRRRR!\u201d growled Diesel as the three engines and their crews left the yards. \u201cI\u2019LL GET YOU FOR THIS, BOCO! YOU MARK MY WORDS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The three detective engines arrived at Arlesdale to speak with Duck, a green GWR 5700 Class Pannier Tank Engine with wide side tanks. They were led to the ballast chute the Arlesdale Miniature Railway ran. Duck had put the ballast hoppers under the chute and waited for the ballast to be dropped into them. He was surprised to see James, Percy, and Boco arrive. \u201cWhat\u2019s this then?\u201d he asked. \u201cA deputation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHello, Duck,\u201d greeted James. \u201cGray day, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, I suppose it is. Beg pardon, James, but what are you all doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re doing some investigating,\u201d explained James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDiesel said,\u201d recalled Richard, \u201cthat you had an extra-long van when you picked up a train from the shunting yards last Friday. He also admitted that it was foggy that day, so he could have been mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe was,\u201d replied Duck. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t a van. That was one of my new coaches. I picked it up from Knapford Station that day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou did?\u201d asked Amy. \u201cWhat siding?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Siding 3, where the Stationmaster told me it would be. Why, is that important?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDuck, it sounds like you were unwittingly used in theft,\u201d explained Boco. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t a new coach for you. That was the new Special Coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou mean the new one for Thomas\u2019 branch line?! But the Stationmaster said-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEither the Stationmaster is absentminded,\u201d remarked James, \u201cor-\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOr, more likely, she did this on purpose!\u201d interrupted Richard. \u201cShe\u2019s obsessed with the newer things and probably thinks you guys are out-of-date, even the Diesels that work here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn any event, we figured out where the Special Coach went,\u201d said James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI suppose you\u2019ll be wanting it back,\u201d sighed Duck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ll get your new coaches once this mess is sorted,\u201d promised Boco. \u201cI know the Fat Controller doesn\u2019t want the Little Western to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s over in the carriage shed on the other end of the line,\u201d explained Duck. The ballast train then shook as the chute loaded Duck\u2019s hoppers. \u201cI can point it out to you when I get this train going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat would be nice,\u201d replied Azuliterii. Once the ballast hoppers were full, Duck led everyone to the carriage shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere it is,\u201d announced Duck as his driver pointed to the coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll take it,\u201d offered Percy. He buffered up to the coach and was coupled on. \u201cNicely done, Richard,\u201d he praised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you!\u201d replied Richard. The three engines then headed back to Knapford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The engines gathered at the sheds and were parked near Edward. \u201cHow did it go?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe figured out who really took the coach,\u201d replied Boco. \u201cIt\u2019s back in Siding 3.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou found it?!\u201d asked Edward. \u201cWho took it?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was Duck,\u201d explained Percy. \u201cAnd it sounds like he was a victim of some form of miscommunication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhether or not it was deliberate is still a mystery,\u201d finished James. \u201cThe Fat Controller and Katie Barker should be coming any minute now.\u201d A blue car then approached the sheds. The Fat Controller stepped out of the right-hand side (where the steering wheel would be since Sodor\u2019s a UK country) and Katie stepping out of the left. She wore a dress and had her hair adorned with a floral arrangement this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, the mystery of the missing Special Coach is solved, is it?\u201d asked the Fat Controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s right, Sir,\u201d replied Richard. \u201cIt turns out Duck was the one who took it. He was led to believe it was an extra coach for his branch line\u2019s passenger service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can see where he would make that mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut there\u2019s something that\u2019s not meshing well,\u201d continued Amy. \u201cDuck told us that Ms. Barker over there told him to collect that coach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd, this morning, she told us,\u201d continued Kaitlyn, \u201cthat the coach never got there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHold on,\u201d said Edward, \u201cwhen she accused me of stealing, she said that the coach was there, then it wasn\u2019t!\u201d The Fat Controller turned to Katie with a frown on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMs. Barker, would you care to explain what\u2019s going on?\u201d he asked. Katie felt very scared indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Diesel was a black BR Class 08 Diesel Shunter, the Diesel Engine equivalent to a Tank Engine. 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