Fan CastingSmall Railway Engines

Dear Friends, Some lead mines up in the hills have long been closed, but their waste-heaps still spoil a lovely valley. Sir Topham Hatt (our Fat Controller) has now found that this waste is good weed-killing railway ballast. He talked to the Owner and Mr. Peter Sam of the Skarloey Railway, and other important people. They "went shares" and built a Small Railway to fetch it away. The Small Engines are managed by a Controller named Mr. Fergus Duncan. They call him the Small Controller, but that is only in fun. He is bigger than either of the others! The Author read more