Ichihiro pulls his coaches, Ani and Kuraraberu to and fro. Mostly to the station right by Eientei, but sometimes pulls them to the stations that serve the two shrine at both ends of the mainline. Ani held passengers, but Kuraraberu holds passengers, luggage, and a guard. The guard is the person that tells the driver that the train is ready to go and also works the brake in the back coach or brake van, in Ichihiro's case, it was Kuraraberu.
Ichihiro loves working with his new coaches, they often sing.
"Even within the midst of flowing time." Ichihiro started.
"Look, indifference still goes round and round." Ani continued.
"As for me, my heart has seperated from me." Kuraraberu sang along.
One day, Ichihiro was waiting for a connection to Eientei.
"Where is that Kenta?" said Ichihiro impatiently.
Then chuffing along was Kenta, he pulled into the station right beside Ichihiro.
"Where have you been?" said Ichihiro.
"I swear, the Scarlet Controller has been working he down to the frames." replied Kenta.
"That's no reason for you to be late." said Ichihiro in a displeased tone.
The guard blew his whistle, but Ichihiro was so impatient, he left the station, leaving the guard behind!
"We've left our guard behind! We've left our guard behind!" said the coaches, but Ichihiro didn't listen.
They continued until they have reached a set of points.
"Damn, we've progress so well." Ichihiro said.
"Boke! You've left my guard behind!" said a very fed up Kuraraberu.
"The guard? Where is the guard?!" Ichihiro said, confused.
There running behind was the guard, he was exhausted from running several miles. He had a drink and went in front of Ichihiro.
"You naughty engine! You've left me behind! You can be such a baka at times." berated the Guard.
Ichihiro looked down sadly between his buffers.
"Oh come on, its not that bad." said Ani.
"At least you got your guard back."
Ichihiro felt better and continued on with journey. Now he knows to wait until his guard is on board before leaving the station and to not let his emotions get the better of him, when time was not on his side.