Fan CastingStepney the "Bluebell" Engine
A visitor from the Mainland brings hope to some and fear to others.
by Wilbert Vere Awdry
Story added by ltathena on May 13, 2021
Dear Friends,
Our number 6, Percy (short for Persephone), is a kind-hearted little engine.
She feels sad because many fine steam engines are now being forcibly cut up on the Other Railway (British Railways) by bean-counting politicians seeking to win votes.
Percy's ideas, however, though natural for an engine, are a little muddled.
Most of the British Railways officials are not cruel.
They are sad to lose faithful steam friends due to bureaucracy and are glad to help engines to go to places like the Bluebell Railway at Sheffield Park in Sussex, where they can be cared for and useful and safe.
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