Author's notes: This was another fun story for me to add on. Not much has changed, but I have added some extra things in here.

Dirty Objects.

Narrator: Nearly 7 weeks have passed since Toby and Henrietta arrived on Sodor. Soon they were now busier than ever, taking workmen to the quarry at Anopha every morning, then takes stone trucks down to Ffarquhar in the afternoon for Thomas to take to the junction at Knapford, then Toby and Henrietta would take the workmen home in the evening. Applejack and Rachel often work with Toby as well. At the junction, they often met James and Rarity. In those days, Toby and Henrietta were shabby and needed new paint.

(Toby puffs into Elsbridge)

Rachel: And here we are Kanpford station.

Applejack: Well this looks like one of our stops for today.

Toby: That's right Applejack. So how do you like the tramway girls?

Rachel: Oh, it's lovely.

Applejack: Sure is nice change from what me, William and Rachel see on Henry. I do hope we both work well together Toby.

Toby: Don't worry Applejack. I think we'll work fine together.

Rachel: Same here. You've done wonders with Toby since he arrived.

Applejack: Well that's mighty kind of y'all.

Rachel: Oh here comes James with his stopping train. Rarity should be working with him alongside William.

(James puffed into the station. Both he and Rarity started sneering at Toby and Henrietta)

James: UGH! What dirty objects!

William: Hey come on James! That's no way to talk to our new friends.

Rarity: I couldn't agree with more James. Who is that rusty old barn on wheels and hen house you're working with you girls?

Henrietta: (Gasps) Hey! I had just escaped my old railway from that awful fate! How dare you call me that!

William: (Groan) Oh no! Not you too Rarity!

Applejack: Hey! This here's Toby, Rarity. You know, that new engine I told about and he is not barn he's a steam tram. I told you 10 times already.

Rachel: As for the 'hen house' as you so crudely called her, that is Henrietta, Toby's faithful and loyal coach.

Rarity: Well no offence, But the scruffy tram and coach, whatever it was you said, could use a good dusting if you get what I mean!

Rachel: (Angry) How rude. Rarity, you have no right to call my new friends names.

Applejack: Don't pay any attention to them Rachel! They're just being their usual conceited selves.

William: (Sighing) I'm so sorry about this Girls, and Toby, I had nothing to do with this rudeness from them.

Applejack: Nevermind sugar cube. We know.

Rachel: Don't worry William. It's not your fault.

Henrietta: At least some people and ponies respect us.

Narrator: This went on and on until at last, Toby lost patience.

Toby: (Sigh) James… Why are you red?

James: (Loftily) I am a splendid red engine. Always ready for anything. You never see my paint dirty.

Toby: (Smiles innocently) Ah, so that's why you need bootlaces to be ready. (Winks at Applejack and Rachel and William.) I suppose.

William: Hahahahahahaha! That's was gold Toby! I Remember that and it took Rarity 5 attempts to get that Joblings guy to surrender the bootlaces.

Rarity: What a cheek! I'll have know that we nearly got stuck for 5 hours. Not to mention that Rachel was co-responsible.

Rachel: HEY! Shut your mouth Rarity!

William: You know how sensitive my adoptive sister is, Rarity.

Rarity: WELL! I…

Toby: Oh, I didn't mean to object you Rachel. Really sorry about that.

Rachel: Your ok Toby. I forgot to tell you that I was involved. Oh, and did I mention that when James went on strike with the big engines and we scrubbed his tongue out?

James: OY! That's not funny!

William: Ah come on. Take a joke James. Besides, be happy that we've abandoned that disciplinary action you big red pillick!

James: Ooooohhhhhh! What a cheek! Coming from my own driver.

Applejack: Ahahaheheheheh! Oh, and did we ever tell you Toby and Henrietta, about the time that James crashed into a cow pasture?Heheheh! One would think he was trying to become a cow engine!

Rarity: Hey, I'll have you know I was on that goods train with William as well. That was the most dreadful accident ever.

William: Well I hate to admit it, but she does have bit of point their.

Applejack: Oh lighten up Will and Rarity, I'm only joking.

William: (wink) Oh don't worry applejack, I knew you were joking about that cow pasture incident, and how James tried to become the worlds first ever cow engine! Hahahahahaha!

Narrator: James went redder than ever and snorted off his wheels slipping angrily.

James: LOUSY CHEEKY LITTLE BARN ON! ( Wheel slip)

Rarity: Now James calm down. Remember your boiler pressure.

James: (Seething angrily as he leaves station) Gah… One of these days!

Narrator: It was such an insult to James and Rarity to be reminded about the time that a bootlace had to be used to mend a punctured brake pipe on his coaches along with the other accidents he had had.

Applejack: Oh don't worry about them sugarcubes. They're nice really and both mean well, but their boastin' takes some getting used to.

Rachel: Heheheheh. Indeed. William, Twilight and I seem to be the only ones can control them from time to time.

Toby: Ah. Don't worry about me girls. I'm not going to let James and Rarity get me down. I know everyone has good side in them.

Henrietta: I guess you have a point Toby.

Applejack: YEEHAWW! That's the spirit you 2.

Narrator: Soon the guard's whistle blew and they started off for the quarry. At the end of the line, Rarity uncoupled James from the coaches to get him ready for his train whilst William change his head lamp code to one lamp on the far left of the running board.

Rarity: So, I take it we're going to take the elegant WildNorWester?

William: Nope. Check the head lamp code.

Rarity: (Walking to the front of James) Very well lets just have a look at… (Her mane twisted painfully) Oh no! Not one head lamp on the left side. That can only mean…

William: Oh yes. That's right. We're take the slow goods to Tidmouth.

James and Rarity: Oh botheration!

Narrator: William was right. One head lamp on the left side of an engines running board signifies a slow goods train stopping at every single station to pickup or set down trucks. James and Rarity hated slow goods trains.

Rarity: Oh no! Not these filthy, scruffy terrible trucks again.

William: Oh Rarity, stow it! Don't forget what Duke and Simmons told you.

Rarity: (Reluctant sigh) Oh well. I suppose it has to be done.

Narrator: Even so, Rarity and James hated slow goods trains. James marshalled the trucks furiously as he shunted them into position.

William: Easy James! You nearly derailed a truck on the point frog.

James: (Crossly) Dirty trucks!

Rarity: (Crossly) From Dirty sidings!

James and Rarity: (Crossly) BLAAH!

William: Oh come on now. It's not as bad as it looks.

James: Pah! easy for you to say.

Rarity: Well lets hope these ruffians will behave themselves this time.

James: Same here.

Narrator: Starting with only a few, James picked up more and more trucks from each station till he had a long train.

Rarity: Hhhmmm… So far so good. Not one spell of trouble at all.

Narrator: At first the trucks behaved well, but James had bumped them so crossly that they were determined to pay him out. Presently, rumbling over the viaduct, they approached the top of Gordon's Hill. Heavy goods trains halt here to pin down their brakes. James had had an accident with trucks before and should have remembered this. They began to cress the hill and William tried to reduce speed, but James didn't respond. William and Rarity became very worried.

William: Hey wait James! Wait! We haven't pinned the wagon brakes yet!

Rarity: Yes, William is right darling. You don't want to have another accident like you did on your first day, Remember?

Narrator: But James didn't wait, and James didn't remember. He was too busy thinking what he would say to Toby, Henrietta, Applejack and Rachel when they next met. All too late, James saw where he was and tried to stop. The trucks saw their chance and took it.

Trucks: (Maniacally laughing) HURRAH! HURRAH!

Narrator: And banging and clashing their buffers, they pushed James down the hill. The guard applied the van brakes until they screamed as a very frightened James, William and Rarity rocketed down the hill.

Rarity: (Screams) WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

William: WE DIDN'T PIN THE WAGON BRAKES AND NOW WE'VE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRAIN!

James: HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!

Trucks: (Maniacally laughing) ON! ON! ON! ON!

James: I'VE GOT TO STOP! I'VE GOT TO STOP!

Rarity: SOMEPONY! GET ME OFF THIS ROLLER COASTER!

Narrator: William applied James's brake and managed to check the trucks mad rush, but they were still going much too fast to stop in time. Through Maron station they thundered and lurched violently into the yards just barely staying on the rails. Disaster lay ahead as James shut his eyes.

Rarity: Oh no! no! Not my mane! NOT MY MANE!

James and William: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Narrator: There was bursting crash and something sticky splashed all over James, William and Rarity. James had smashed into 2 tar wagons and he, Rarity, and William were black from head to toe, from mane to hoof, and from smoke box to cab. The three of them were moredirty than hurt much to Rarity's dismay. The Tar wagons and some trucks were all smashed to pieces.

Rarity: (Wincing) Ehhh,... Oh… I look awful.

Narrator: Luckily, the breakdown train was in the yard. Edward pushed it into position with Fluttershy, and they soon tided up the mess. William ran to get more help and he came back bringing Percy and Pinkie Pie.

James: Oh no! Here comes Percy and Pinkie Pie. They're sure to say how silly we look, Rarity.

Rarity: Oh deary me darling and they're not alone. Toby, Applejack, and Rachel are here too. Oh this is worst of all!

Narrator: And much to Rarity's and James' dismay, she was right.

Applejack: Haheheheheh! Well I'll be a red and golden delicious apple fritter. Look over here guys.

Toby: Look here Percy. Whatever are these dirty objects.

Percy: That's James the red engine, didn't you know?

Pinkie Pie: Yeah and isn't that Rarity with him.

Toby: (Jokingly) Oh no no no no no. It's James' and Rarity's shape. But James is a splendid red engine and you never see his paint dirty. (Winks)

William: Heheheheh… Or maybe that same engine that tried to be the world's first cow engine.

Rachel: Hahahahaha! Oh that was too rich!

Applejack: Yeah. Rarity hates being dirty too, so how could that be her? (Winks)

Pinkie Pie: (Rolls on the floor laughing) Oh, good one Applejack! Your giving me a run for my money!

Narrator: James and Rarity blushed with embarrassment, shut their eyes and pretended they hadn't heard. Percy and Toby cleared away the unhurt trucks and then helped James home. The Fat controller met them.

Fat controller: Well done Percy, Toby, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rachel and William.

Applejack: Aw shucks Sir. T'weren't no problem.

Pinkie: Yeah. We're always glad to help a fellow friend in need.

Rachel: Think nothing of it. I'm just glad that William and Rarity weren't hurt.

William: Yeah thank you Rachel, I owe you girls, and Percy and Toby one.

Rarity: Indeed I am so Sorry Rachel darling and you too Applejack and I am dreadfully sorry Toby.

Narrator: The Fat controller then turned to James and Rarity.

Fat controller: Tisk tisk tisk tisk. Fancy letting your trucks runaway like that, I am surprised, after what happened back in 1924. You're not fit to be seen. You both must be cleaned at once. Toby shall have a new coat of paint. Hmmm… Chocolate brown and blue I think, just like the old Great Eastern.

Toby: Thank you sir. Um please Sir, can Henrietta have a new coat too?

Narrator: The Fat Controller smiled.

Fat Controller: Certainly Toby. She shall be brown like Thomas' coaches Annie and Clarabel.

Toby: Oh thank you so much Sir. She will be pleased.

Narrator: But the Fat Controller wasn't done yet.

Fat Controller: Mr. Holden, Miss Ravens, and Applejack, since you all worked well together I shall promote you all to run the tramway with Toby along with the other engines on my railway on a regular basis.

Applejack: Oh thanks Sir. That's great news for both of us.

Rachel: Oh thank you so much. I love going down the tramway.

William: Indeed, thank you so much sir. We'll work great together.

Narrator: And with that, Toby ran back to Thomas' branchline with the great news.

It was really satisfying to see James and Rarity get their comeuppance. Next is... a Christmas story? Yeah, a Christmas story in the middle of March. This should be interesting.