Yukari Yakumo and her friend Yuyuko Saigayouji were at the Human Village station.
"You really are sure they are doing a lunch special on this train?" asked Yuyuko.
"Yes I'm sure! Remilia told me that this was a new service for the trains during noon." replied Yukari.
Hiroto, the railway's main express engine, idled in a siding nearby. He overheard Yukari and Yuyuko talking.
"Oh no." thought Hiroto, "She's on my next train."
Yuyuko was notorious for being a glutton, and Hiroto had to mentally prepare himself for what he thought was 'Gensokyoian loading gauge at its maximum'. He soon was told it was time for him to be coupled up to the train. Hiroto was so distracted by the thought of having to pull a train with a more than hungry ghost on board, he gave the coaches a bump.
"Watch it!" said his driver.
Hiroto just grumbled under his breath. The guard blew her whistle and waved her flag. Hiroto responded with his own whistle and set off.
Yukari and Yuyuko found their seats, and Yuyuko said she was going to the buffet coach.
"It should be the second one down." instructed Yukari.
Hiroto was making good time, until he began to feel a drag from the coaches.
"Oh dear!" said Hiroto, "Yuyuko must be eating."
Hiroto was right, Yuyuko had just put in her order and sat down. But her eating wasn't the reason why Hiroto's train was slowing.
Hiroto charged further in order to get over his hill in decent speed. But he felt the coaches drag more and more on him.
"Damn, Yuyuko!" grunted Hiroto as he tried to go faster, "Your heavy for a ghost!"
While Yuyuko was busy eating, Yukari was looking outside the window in her coach and saw that the landscape was moving slower and slower.
"I thought this was the express!" she complained.
Hiroto soon approached the hill, he charge up, he was thrashing himself as he went up.
"Steady Hiroto!" cried his driver.
Hiroto was too tired to reply. Soon the drag was too much and Hiroto crawled to a stop. He breathed heavily, trying to regain his strength.
The guard climbed out from the train and walked up to Hiroto's crew.
"It was...Yuyuko's fault!" said Hiroto, in between breaths.
"I don't think so." replied his driver.
His driver then told him what the guard had said.
"A broken brake pipe!" exclaimed Hiroto.
"You damaged it when you bumped into the coaches." said his driver.
"Oh I should have known it."
Yukari stepped out angrily, "I thought this was the express! I was told this was the express! Why did we stop?"
"Sorry Ms. Yakumo. I thought it was Yuyuko, but its only a broken brake pipe." replied Hiroto.
"Why you!" shouted Yukari, she was about to give Hiroto a piece of her mind, when the guard stopped her and asked if was about to fix the brake pipe.
"If it means getting this train going again, I'll help."
Yukari opened up a gap and went inside of it. It didn't take long for her to come out with a roll of duct tape. Hiroto's crew and the guard applied the tape on the brake pipe and soon, the train was ready to go.
Hiroto's driver climbed back into her cab, "Did you think you can start a heavy on a gradient like this?" she asked.
"I think so." said Hiroto.
His driver carefully built up steam and put sand down on the rails. Hiroto's wheel gripped the sand and he was ready. His wheel spun out for a couple seconds before finally moving forward. He was slow at first, but he soon was able to coast down the other side of the hill. It wasn't long until they got to the Moriya Shrine station. A disgruntled Yukari and a very satified Yuyuko stepped out the coach and onto the platform.
"I'm sorry I assumed Yuyuko was the one that slowed me down." Hiroto apologized.
"You should be sorry!" said Yukari.
"No, no. Its fine Yukari." said Yuyuko, "I accept your apology, Hiroto, but next time. Be more careful with the coaches."
Hiroto hoped he would.