Whiff would so like to be as fast, strong and loud as Spencer. He thinks he is a very grand engine indeed. But Whiff's dreams lead to his undoing.

The Thin Controller is off to a meeting and leaves Peter Sam in charge of the narrow gauge railway for the very first time.

On this day in 1945, The Three Railway Engines was published. Today, we celebrate 80 years of the stories that brought us Thomas the Tank Engine in all his forms!