A new tank engine came into the sheds one night.

"Who are you?" asked Shiro.

"I'm Kiyoshi." said the JGR Class 110.

"I'm Shiro, and those two big engines are Hiroto and Kenta." introduced Shiro.

The two big engines gave only a passing glance at the small engine. The next day, Kiyoshi set to work, shunting in the yard. He bashed the trucks into place, he even played a trick on a resting Hiroto. He stopped right beside him and wheeshed loudly at him.

"AH! Kono yarou!" said Hiroto angrily.

"How'd you do that?" asked Shiro.

"In the works, I'd wheesh steam to see if I could steam properly." said Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi shunted trucks and coaches all day. This meant that Shiro could pull trains of his own. Shiro had told Kiyoshi to whistle whenever he got to a signal box to alert whoever was in there so that the points could be properly set. Kiyoshi had forgotten this when he went on the mainline, mostly out of excitement.

"Silly signal." He said.

"Will the signal ever change?"

Then he heard a whistle, then rushing straight towards him was Hiroto with the express. Kiyoshi's driver slammed the reserver as far it'll go. Hiroto stopped within a couple of feet of Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi then shot backwards, his crew had jumped out thinking that the reverser wouldn't kick in in time.

Kiyoshi's eyes were shut and wouldn't open them. His crew went to tell the signal woman what had happened. Kiyoshi went backwards all across the mainline. A signal woman saw the runaway and directed him into a siding with a earthen embankment. He stopped with his rear half buried in the soil.

He opened his eyes, relieved at not being run into. Then Hiroto came by with a coil of cable above his buffers.

"Wow, I've never seen an engine shoot backwards so fast." said Hiroto amazed.

"Thanks." said Kiyoshi.

The two are now friends and Kiyoshi enjoys being the new station pilot, sometimes he's needed at the depot in Kappa Valley. He's a very fruitful engine indeed.