PERCY
THE BRANCH LINE ENGINE
By Joseph Oliver Spencer Smith
Dear Friends
I was honoured some weeks ago to receive an official invitation from Sir
Topham Hatt to attend the opening ceremony of a new station on Thomas'
Branch Line. I can tell you now that the celebrations were highly amusing and the engines enjoyed themselves, despite the damp weather.
However, I was fortune enough, during my stay on our favourite branch line
to bump into a good friend of mine from Kirkronan Dockyard. After some
friendly gossip, he told me of some very interesting events that had occurred during the lead up to the opening of this new station. I surprised to hear that our Thomas was absent during those eventual weeks, yet I could
only laugh when I discovered why.
All the same, I decided to look into it immediately.
Thomas was the last engine that I interviewed in preparation of this new
book. He spoke very highly of a close friend, and his words were full of meaning:
"If a pair argue, it means they are close friends".
And I for one could not agree more when he suggested that his special
friend was paid tribute to for the second time with his very own book.
So join me in this new collection of tales from Sodor's favorite Branch
Line, Along with my good friends Thomas, Toby, Henrietta, Duck, Ivan, and certainly not to forget... Percy, our Branch Line Engine.
The Author
THE BRANCH LINE ENGINE
By Joseph Oliver Spencer Smith
Dear Friends
I was honoured some weeks ago to receive an official invitation from Sir
Topham Hatt to attend the opening ceremony of a new station on Thomas'
Branch Line. I can tell you now that the celebrations were highly amusing and the engines enjoyed themselves, despite the damp weather.
However, I was fortune enough, during my stay on our favourite branch line
to bump into a good friend of mine from Kirkronan Dockyard. After some
friendly gossip, he told me of some very interesting events that had occurred during the lead up to the opening of this new station. I surprised to hear that our Thomas was absent during those eventual weeks, yet I could
only laugh when I discovered why.
All the same, I decided to look into it immediately.
Thomas was the last engine that I interviewed in preparation of this new
book. He spoke very highly of a close friend, and his words were full of meaning:
"If a pair argue, it means they are close friends".
And I for one could not agree more when he suggested that his special
friend was paid tribute to for the second time with his very own book.
So join me in this new collection of tales from Sodor's favorite Branch
Line, Along with my good friends Thomas, Toby, Henrietta, Duck, Ivan, and certainly not to forget... Percy, our Branch Line Engine.
The Author