"I don't get it!" complained Akemi, "The electric engines in the outside world have two cabs, I bet they don't know whether they're coming and going! Even diesels are like that. I tell you what! They're not proper engines!"
"Shut up, Akemi!" said Hachirou.
"Yeah, be quiet!" chimed in Kiyoshi, "Cobol is a diesel and he has one cab."
"So does Dizeru." replied Akemi.
Later that day, the Scarlet Controller came up to Akemi.
"Akemi. I need you to do some work in the harbor." she said.
"Why can't Kiyoshi or those twins do it?" asked Akemi.
"Kiyoshi is busy and Haruka and Haruki are across the Sanzu right now." the Scarlet Controller explained, she continued, "I need you to take a goods train and then do some shunting."
"Fine." grumbled Akemi.
Akemi soon found his trucks and left for the harbor. As he neared the Sanzu River, a foggy mist encroached upon him.
"I can't see anything in this!" complained Akemi.
"Stop your complaining, its only fog." said his driver.
Akemi just sulked. He soon arrived at the harbor, Akemi parked his trucks in a siding and he was about to do some shunting, when a signalwoman came up to his crew.
"The fog's is thick enough that I can't see the track. I need you to whistle so I can switch the points." she said.
"Right." replied the driver.
Akemi got to work shunting trucks from one siding to the next, empty trucks here, loaded trucks there. All the while whistling to get the signalwoman to change the points.
There were special trucks called 'well wagons', these were special as they were like long flatbeds, except the middle section dipped down. To get around curves, the well wagons used two sets of wheels, called 'bogies'. Akemi was moved the well wagons about. However, just as Akemi was moving one line of well wagons. He heard a whistle, it wasn't his, but he couldn't see who was whistling. But the signalwoman thought it was Akemi and she switched the points, just as Akemi was pushing the well wagons. The first well wagon's front bogie went on one track and the other bogie stayed on another.
Before Akemi could do anything, the well wagon crashed into a set of signals. The beam holding them up snapped and the semaphores smashed onto the ground. He stopped immediately after.
"Oh no." thought Akemi.
The Scarlet Controller soon arrived to see what had happened.
"It wasn't your fault Akemi. But you should've stopped! That signal was for this yard. Now no trains can come through until the signal's been repaired." she said.
"But the signalwoman didn't hear my whistle! She heard someone else's." explained Akemi.
"Akemi. I hope you would be more careful next time, but that signalwoman however..." the Scarlet Controller gave a mischievous smirk and she walked away.
Akemi had to help the workers fix and erect the signal. It was late when he got back to the sheds. He heard a hushed voice, he didn't know who it was or from what berth it came from. But it said "If only you had two cabs, you would have seen what your doing."
Akemi remained indignant until he fell asleep.