anthropomorphic train · narrow gauge engine · cocky · reckless · loud · brash · goods train · railway setting · smug · rough rider
Dawn breaks over the Mid Sodor Railway as Smudger Jennings careens down the track, a blur of reckless speed with his goods train. Ignoring all caution, he slams into the shed switches, derailing violently. The deafening crash echoes across the yard, jolting every sleeping engine awake.