We open up to Gru's house(which is right over by Elsbridge Station) and Agnes walks out into the front yard getting some fresh air.

Agnes: "ah! What a great day."

Agnes then walks out towards the station and makes it onto the platform just as an emerald green GNR G3 Stirling single named Emily pulled into the station.

Emily: "oh! Morning Agnes."

Agnes:(sits down on a nearby bench) "You too Emily."

Emily: "I see your loving this morning air, because I'm loving it too!"

Agnes: "I know right, this is just so beautiful!"

Emily then pulled out of the station with her coaches. Then Agnes heard a distant call to her, then she spotted a yellow and green PPR class A6 diesel boxcab named Phillip rushing to the platform calling to Agnes while honking his horn.

Phillip: "oh, Agnes! Agnes! Hi Agnes!"

Agnes:(stands up from the bench and walks up beside Phillip) "Hey Phillip, looking good over there!"

Phillip: "Agnes, you're not gonna believe this! I just shunted 20 trucks in a line ready for Murdoch to take to Brendam docks"!(reversing a little to show Agnes his line of trucks)

Agnes:(slightly amazed) "Wow Phillip, that's a new record!"

Phillip: "gotta go, there's still more shunting for me to do before Murdoch gets here! Bye!

Agnes smiles and waves goodbye to Phillip as she watches him quickly reverse back to the yard near the station.

As Agnes turned around to sit back down on the bench, on the other end of the platform she spotted Margo's friend Avery reading the sodor newspaper. Agnes then walked over to her.

Agnes: "Morning Avery, what's up?"

Avery: "Hey Agnes, I'm just reading the top stories of the newspaper. It says here that an engine named Wilbert is visiting us this summer."

Agnes:(puzzled) "who's Wilbert?"

Avery: "What! You've never heard of Wilbert the saddle tank engine!? He worked with the Red w Audrey writing every sodor story that was made!"

Agnes was impressed, but she was still confused about who Wilbert actually was.

Avery:(looks at her watch) "gotta go now, we're preparing a small welcome celebration for Wilbert when he gets here tomorrow."

After Avery leaves climbing into a red passenger coach that was coupled up behind a green GWR 5700 class tank engine named Duck, Agnes turned around thinking to herself. She wanted to know more about Wilbert.

So as Agnes walked back to Gru's house, she opened the garage and found the bike she used to stop a robber from stealing an ice cream truck. She climbed onto it and once she drove it onto a stretch of track that led from inside the garage to the outside line by the station, its wheels extended downwards and each wheel split in half extending as wide as the track. Agnes had the minions help her give her bike a system of running on rails!

So once Agnes was on the line near the station, she peddled off towards knapford station.


On her way, she had to stop and ask a LNER Gresley A1/GNR Ivatt C1 hybrid named Henry a few questions about Wilbert. Henry was by a water tower on the main line taking on water.

Agnes: "So Henry, who is this Wilbert guy exactly? I'm just wondering."

Henry: "last thing I heard was that he became good friends with Thomas and Percy the very first time he came here."

Suddenly the 2 Friends heard a loud faint whistle.

Agnes: "What was that?"

Then a blue saddle tank engine with red stripes past by pulling a flatbed with a huge crate tied down on it.

Agnes: "Was that him?!"

Then Agnes quickly peddled her bike and followed the engine towards knapford station.

At knapford station, the engines waiting for Wilbert at the platforms were Thomas, Percy, Edward, and Ryan. The people waiting on platform 1 were Sir Topham Hatt, Lucy, Margo, Edith, Avery, and a few of the minions. Thomas and Edward were parked on the right side of platform 2, and Percy and Ryan were parked on the left side.

Margo: "I heard he's been here before."

Edward: "He has, he helped Thomas and duck on their branch lines."

Soon Wilbert pulled up to platform 1, the engines blew their whistles as he arrived.

Wilbert: "hello everyone, it's great to be back."

Edith: "so you're that one called Wilbert everyone's heard about huh? I can respect that."

Wilbert: "that's me, well I have to deliver this crate to some place called the sodor steamworks. Would anyone know where that is?"

Thomas:(facing Margo and Edith) "will show you, come with us."

So Thomas reversed, diverted onto the track by platform 1, waited while Margo and Edith climbed into his cab, and the 4 friends set off for he steamworks.

Agnes was parked at the very end of platform 1 overhearing the entire thing. She wanted to know even more about Wilbert, so she followed them.

At the steamworks, Thomas and Wilbert pulled up in front of the turntable. As Wilbert shunted his flatbed onto the turntable, a red Minaz No. 1173 named victor pulled up to a nearby set of buffers.

Victor: "hello my friends, what's in this crate I see?"

Margo:(climbing out from Thomas' cab) "We don't know yet victor, Wilbert hasn't told us."

Suddenly Margo spotted someone climbing out of victor's cab. She quietly gasped when she saw that it was her x boyfriend Antonio.

Victor: "I know you're not very happy to see him Margo, but he kinda works here now.

Antonio: "shall I open this crate for you senior?"

Wilbert: "Yes please young man"

Antonio pulled out a small yellow and black striped console and pressed a big red button which caused a crane hook to lower down above the crate and hook itself onto a handlebar on top of the it.

As the hook lifted up the crate, it revealed a green Neilson 0-4-0 box tank engine that looked a little busted up.

Thomas, Margo, and Edith gasped in awe.

Wilbert: "everyone, I'd like you to meet my old friend Neil."

Thomas: "Neil, your back!"

Neil: "Thomas old friend, how are the knapford yards doing?"

Thomas: "I run my own branch line now."

Neil: "I've been gone for such a long time."

Margo:(puzzled) "uhh Thomas, you mean you know this engine?"

Thomas: "well Margo, last time Neil was here it was a few days before I got my branch line."

Agnes was parked right outside the steamworks listening to their conversation. She was amazed by what she heard.


That evening at Maron station, Wilbert was waiting for Avery to come out from the station building to collect a package. Once she came out, they both saw Agnes on her rail bike in a siding looking miserable. They decided to see what the problem was.

Wilbert pulled up near where Agnes was parked.

Wilbert: "Hey young lady, you feeling okay?"

Agnes: "I'm fine, I just feel a little jealous that the others like you better than me."

Avery: "are you sure they think that, because I don't remember hearing anyone say anything it?"

Agnes: "Well Wilbert was getting so much attention today, so what's in it for me?"

Wilbert: "sounds like you're judging someone without knowing the full details. You know, that reminds me of a story about an engine who did the same thing. I think I know how to show you."

Wilbert then whispered something to Avery. After that Avery pulled something out of Wilbert's cab which turned out to be a set of special goggles. Avery put a flash drive on the side of them and gave them to Agnes.

Agnes put on the goggles and saw a story being told through them in the form of a song she used to listen to.

Don't judge a book by its cover. By: Thomas and friends.

[Inside the goggles it showed Thomas pulling up by a tractors field.]

(Singing)Thomas first saw Terence the tractor plowing in a field one day and he said "My oh my...you do look funny

Where are your wheels, are your wheels, are your wheels how ever do you move along? You really do look funny"

"Don't be so rude" said Terence the tractor "I don't have wheels like you because my caterpillar tracks are so much better

And I can go anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I don't need rails like you

One day I will prove it, show you how I do it, then you will understand."

[Then the goggles show random scenes of the engines working around sodor being shown one at a time like in a book]

(That you)

Don't judge a book by its cover , don't make your mind up too soon

Things aren't necessarily, always what they appear to be

Don't judge a book by its cover, don't make your mind up too soon

Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never judge a book by its cover.

[then the goggles show Thomas puffing out of a tunnel bashing into a ginormous pile of snow]

Sure enough one winter's day when the snow lay deep and hard, Thomas got stuck he was in trouble

[then it shows Terence rolling out of the tunnel getting ready to pull Thomas free]

Who do you think came along, came along, and rescued him that day

The snow didn't matter, to Terence the tractor, now Thomas understands

(That you)

Don't judge a book by its cover, don't make your mind up too soon

Things aren't necessarily, always what they appear to be

Don't judge a book by its cover, don't make your mind up too soon

Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never judge a book by its cover.

[then it shows a green GWR 1400 class engine named Oliver struggling with a heavy goods train]

Don't judge a book by its cover, don't make your mind up too soon

Things aren't necessarily, always what they appear to be

Don't judge a book by its cover, just remember the rule

Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never judge a book….. by its cover

FIN

Agnes then takes off the goggles with a surprised look on her face.

Agnes: "woah!"

Wilbert: "So What do you think now Agnes?"

Agnes: "I guess I had the same problem Thomas had with Terence."

Wilbert "you got it, no matter how much people talk with someone new, they'll always love you."

Agnes: "thanks guys. Also, may I keep the goggles?"

Avery: "you're welcome, and yes."

Wilbert:(yawning) "I better get back to Tidmouth sheds, I'm sleeping with the other engines there for tonight."

Avery: "good night Agnes."

After Agnes waved good night to Wilbert and Avery, she was just about to peddle her bike home when the station master walked up to her.

Station master: "Aurthur was supposed to deliver a crate to the mainland scrapyard but his valve popped. Would you like to take it there for him?"

Agnes wanted to let Gru know but she was too far away from him.

Agnes: "sure thing Sir."

After Agnes had found the crate she was supposed to deliver, she had it coupled up behind her bike (yes, her bike even has a back coupling) and peddled across the vicarstown bridge towards the mainland scrapyard.

As Agnes arrived at the scrapyard, she saw a bunch diesels lined up along the sidings.

Agnes: "I hope this is the right place."

Then a voice boomed from among the crowd of diesels.

Mysterious voice: "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Agnes was frightened at first, but she decided to pluck up courage.

Agnes: "my name is Agnes, I'm here to deliver this crate."

There was a few seconds of silence, but soon the voice came back.

Mysterious voice: "Correct, put it in the back next to sixteen."

Agnes: "wh-who's sixteen?"

Mysterious voice: "A steam engine, he's going to be scrapped tomorrow."

Agnes: "thanks."

Then Agnes peddled past the diesel crowd and in the back where she found the engine the diesels were talking about. It was an orange saddle tank engine with yellow stripes and the #16 painted on his side. A bird had built a nest in his funnel and his driver and fireman were having coffee in his cab.

Agnes: "excuse me, are you sixteen?"

Sixteen: "uh, yes, how did you know?"

Agnes: "the diesels at the front of the yard told me."

Sixteen: "So I guess you heard that they were scrapping me tomorrow. It was also because that they couldn't find new parts for me. I really don't want to be scrapped."

Agnes thought for a moment, then she pulled a determined look on her face.

Agnes: "don't worry, that won't happen. I'm busting you outta here!"

Sixteen was exited, soon Agnes helped sixteens driver and fireman get him up and running.

When sixteen was ready, Agnes found a small turntable and peddled her bike onto it to turn around. She soon buckled up to sixteen, then they set off.

Mysterious voice: "Where are you two going?"

Agnes: "just down the line."

So Agnes and sixteen sped down the line back to sodor, they didn't even stop until they got there.

It was morning when they pulled up to Vicarstown station.

Agnes: "sixteen, welcome to your new home."

Sixteen: "thanks, I owe you my life."

Suddenly Sir Topham Hatt came walking up the vicarstown stairway. He was surprised to see Agnes and sixteen.

Sir Topham Hatt: "Agnes, what are you doing here, and who's this with you?"

Agnes: "this is sixteen Sir, I saved him from the mainland scrapyard."

Sir Topham Hatt: "Sixteen!? The sixteen!?"

Agnes: "Sir, What do you mean the sixteen?"

Sir Topham Hatt: "sixteen was in one of the stories that Wilbert used to tell!"

Agnes: "please Sir, I was hoping you could restore him back to a full working steam engine, we could always use another engine to help us."

Sir Topham Hatt thought for a moment, then he smiled and agreed.


The next day, Thomas, James, Percy, Henry, Gordon, duck, Oliver, Donald, Douglas, Wilbert, Sir Topham Hatt, the minions, and Gru's entire family were gathered at vicarstown station waiting for sixteen to finish being restored.

Sir Topham Hatt raised his hand to get everyone's attention.

Sir Topham Hatt: "Ladies and gentlemen, engines and coaches, I'm proud to introduce the newest engine on our railway, Sheffield!"

Soon sixteen (who was now renamed Sheffield) pulled up to the platform. He had slightly dark green paint with red stripes and the name Sheffield labeled on his side.

Sheffield: "hello everyone, nice to meet you all."

Sir Topham Hatt: "But let's not forget to congratulate the one who rescued him…...AGNES!"

After hearing this, Margo gasped deeply quickly covering her mouth with her hands with her eyes as wide as can be. While the minions cheered and the engines happily blew their whistles, Margo ran up to Agnes and hugged her tight feeling very proud of her little sister.

Margo:(slightly teary eyed) "Agnes I'm so proud of you!"

Agnes: "thanks, I'm starting to actually feel proud of myself."

Then once they broke their hug, Agnes walked up beside Sheffield.

Sheffield: "Agnes, thank you for saving me back at that scrapyard."

Agnes: "Don't mention it Sheffield, Welcome to our railway."

FIN