One night at Tidmouth Sheds the Steam Team were talking about their early days and adventures on the Island of Sodor. Each had an interesting story to tell.
"I remember when I set the Sodor Speed Record just a week after I arrived!" Gordon boasted.
"And I remember when Spencer beat your record by a mile! Or rather 20 miles per hour" Percy chuckled to Gordon's annoyance.
"I remember when I saved Oliver and Thomas and received my coaches as a reward" Emily remembered.
"I remember when I came here long long ago. The railway was new and not even a quarter of its current size with far fewer engines. And adventures" Edward said.
Thomas thought of his early days on Sodor, of his early adventures from shunting trucks in the yard to leaving his coaches behind to rescuing James and receiving his Branch line. He then remembered his first day on his Branch line. Travelling from Knapford seeing new sights and stations along the way to Ffarqhar. Then he remembered something he had long forgot. No, someone, on an old overgrown siding.
"An engine" he whispered.
"What did you say Thomas?" Percy asked.
"An engine! I remember talking to a old engine on a siding near Ffarqhar Station. He was red and had a weird vertical boiler" Thomas explained.
"A Coffee Pot!" Edward exclaimed "I have many fond memories of those engines. Do you know his name?"
Thomas thought for a moment "I think his name was Glynn. He had the Number 1"
"Ah, Glynn always a cheery, friendly fellow, even after the other 3 Coffee Pots had been... been..." Edward couldn't finish his sentence but the others guessed what he ment.
"No need to continue, Edward" Emily said.
"The then Fat Controller tried to stop it, but the Board of Directors insisted. Glynn was lucky to have survived" Edward said sadly.
"Glynn was rather cheery despite the state of him." Thomas said "I remember him being on the siding for a few months after getting my branch line, and we always chatted whenever I came to Ffarqhar, but one day he just vanished. I asked around but nobody knew where he'd gone. I wonder what happened to him?"
"Almost certainly scrapped Thomas. It's sad I know, but those engines just weren't that useful." Gordon replied.
"That can't be true Gordon" the Tank Engine said.
"It pains me to say it Thomas, but Gordon's right. The Coffee Pots were made cheaply to do work till the Railway could get better engines like us. By Gordon's arrival the first three were breaking down and deemed unnecessary, and they weren't the only ones either. By James' arrival Glynn was too. While I wish it wasn't so, Glynn is more than likely long gone".
Thomas was saddened to hear this, but there was something inside of him that said Glynn was still around and on Sodor and that he would be the one to find him.