railroad trains Quotes

“They found Gordon halfway up the hill and very cross. His Driver and Fireman were talking to him severely. ‘You are not trying!’ they told him. ‘I can’t do it,’ said Gordon. ‘The noise freight cars hold an engine back so.”

“Away went Edward to get some coaches. ‘Be careful, Edward,’ said the coaches, ‘don’t bump and bang us like the other engines do. So Edward came up to the coaches very, very gently, and the shunter fastened the coupling.”