Shane is impressed at the stories he's hearing, and apolgises to Henry. Shane reaches Barrow-in-Furness, where Henry and Sheffield reinforce what BoCo and Donald told him at Wellsworth. At Wellsworth, Shane is reluctant to pass the signal, and BoCo and Donald explain why it is necessary. Sir Stephen is impressed at Emily's method. The stationmaster arrives, and explains the plan. Duck tells him about the recent events, and Sir Stephen takes the information on board. At Kellsthorpe Road, Eric is worried about the fate of the railway, and Sir Stephen Hatt arrives. Edward and Emily agree that it would be the best method. At Knapford, James and Edward are waiting with their trains, and Edward recalls methods of running trains without signals, and James mentions 'the blackout approach'. Every signal on the railway failed safe, and trains all over the railway are being stopped. Later that day, Shane is taking the express, and stops at a red signal at Wellsworth due to a signal failure. Duck and Thomas agree that Sir Stephen Hatt should be told about the events, and the former mentions that he will convey a message to him at Kellsthorpe Road.

Emily tells Norman that he is going to be getting rid of something really special, and she resigns, as she wants no part of Norman's modernisation plans. He tells her that he has been in contact with the National Railway Museum, as he wants to modernise the railway and send the other engines to museums and heritage railways. The next day, Norman Spencer tells Thomas that he and Diesel are going to swap jobs for a few days, and Emily Hatt asks why he hasn't authorised payments for Gordon's repairs. Diesel tells Shane that he used to think likewise, but came to his senses and learned to work alongside the others. Shane can see that all of the engines in the shed are classes that have been withdrawn years before, and he wonders how the railway is still running on outdated engines. At the sheds, Shane mentions about his and Gordon's timed runs, and the other engines are unimpressed. He has a nasty suspicion as to why, and explains to Emily Hatt about the situation at Knapford. Later that evening, Bear spots Gordon still waiting outside the works, much to his surprise. Because of this, Shane's presence is required, to do Gordon's jobs while he is at the works. She climbs into Henry's cab as he is taking the coaches back to East Knapford, so she can deal with the passengers.Д«ear takes Gordon to the works to be repaired, however Geoff mentions that he has no orders to repair Gordon as of yet. Emily Hatt steps down from the works unit coach, and Henry mentions that he saw Harold taking some injured passengers away. Henry arrives and clears the coaches away, and Bear follows with the breakdown train.

He is unable to stop in time and he derails. However, just after East Knapford Station, he spots a stalled lorry across the line. Gordon challenges Shane to a time trial, and, once he departs, begins picking up speed, determined to win. Shane explains that Norman Spencer called him in to give him a trial, as he has plans to modernise the railway. Just then, a Class 67 named Shane arrives and begins to criticise the engines. The next day, Gordon is waiting to leave with the express, and discusses The Fat Controller's retirement with Oliver. Until he has nominated a successor, Norman Spencer is put in charge as acting controller, until a new permanent one is appointed by the board of directors. He explains that it is his daughter's, Emily Helen Hatt, idea and he also explains to them that he is retiring due to health issues. One evening in the Spring of 2009, Thomas, Toby and Percy are at the sheds, talking about Annie, Clarabel and Henrietta getting WiFi installed, when Sir Stephen Topham Hatt, The Fat Controller arrives.

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