Foreword

Dear Friends,

As you may be well-aware, Sodor celebrates its "National Siblings Day" as a way of letting family members celebrate having a brother or sister, and many of the North-Western Railway's engines celebrate this too. Although many engines on the island have brothers or sisters living on the mainland, our friend Boco the Metrovick Engine has none, but Sir Topham and the East Lancashire Railway have a very special surprise for our sad friend….