Fan Casting James and the Diesel Engines

Dear Friends, To hear James the Red Engine talk sometimes you might have thought that he ran Sir Topham Hatt (our Fat Controller)'s Railroad/Railway on his own. He certainly needed no help from diesels - or so he imagined. The other engines were more sensible and realized that diesels could take some of the weight off their own couplings. But now, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller tells me that James has had a change of heart. These stories tell you how it happened. The Author.