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3 or 4 times a year during storm conditions and extra high spring tides, the sidings at Whimsy Pit flood for a few hours.
Luckily the entrance to the mineshaft is sufficiently high not to flood, though it did once when the snows during the winter of 1947 melted and it coincided with the highest spring tide in years. Luckily nobody was injured because they’d bunked off early to the pub.
After these occasional occurrences, an inspection train travels the line to check that everything is okay. Which is usually is luckily.
Hiding in the cab out of sight, Tom & Laurie arrive with their small green engine and short train, but because the windows are filthy they can’t see where they’re going. So because of this, Leather Apron Lookout Larry from the fish gutters is hired to stand on the front of the engine as an extra pair of eyes issuing instructions as required.
When going in reverse, on the brakevan you can just about make out brothers Waving Willy and Waving Woger who perform a similar task, though because they wave 24/7 even when sleeping, things can get confusing, though aggressive seagulls do tend to keep their distance.
On the track, Freddy Flag keeps an eye on things as Pickaxe Pete has a plan which involves making holes in the track bed and through the baseboard, in the hope that next time things flood the water will drain faster.
Under the end of the rainbow our favourite moonshiners have struck gold as they successfully trial out their new nimble mobile moonshine production unit which sits on a 3 wheeled Scammell, thus making it ideal for those narrow country lanes as they try to evade the local old Bill.
And finally, Bob Geeza Cat does his best to balance the composition, for he is such a clever cat 🐾
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