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James has been confined to the shed but is released to pull trucks. The trucks misbehave, but James does not give up.

Troublesome Trucks, retitled Foolish Freight Cars on North American releases, is the ninth episode of the first series. It is based on the story of the same name from the Railway Series book James the Red Engine

Plot

It has been several days since James damaged a coach brake pipe, and since then he has been shut up in the shed as punishment. Being left alone and not even allowed out to shunt, James begins to cry, thinking that no one will ever see his red paint again, but the Fat Controller finally returns. He tells James that he hopes that he will be a better engine as his actions have caused great embarrassment for the railway, to which James sincerely apologises and promises to behave. The Fat Controller accepts his apology and assigns him to pull some trucks. James is delighted to be let out and eagerly goes to work.

At the station, Thomas brings James his goods train and teases him about bootlaces before leaving, to his anger. James couples himself to the troublesome trucks, who insult him for his red paint. James simply ignores them and, despite their protest, firmly sets off with them. During the journey, the trucks make several attempts to hold James back, but each time his crew manages to correct the problems, and then he continues on. The trucks then begin shouting at James to give up, but it is no use as James is determined to prove himself a better engine.

Finally, the train reaches Gordon's Hill and James tries to pull the trucks up as fast as he can, which is initially tricky. Then halfway up, the pulling suddenly gets easier, but his driver stops him and points out that the last few trucks and the brake van have broken away due to a snapped coupling and are running back down the hill. Fortunately, the van's guard manages to bring them to a stop at the bottom and gets out to warn oncoming engines.

James reverses downhill to retrieve the end of his train, while Edward has just been stopped behind it. Although Edward offers to help, James politely declines, determined to do it himself. Edward obliges and encourages James as he makes his way up the hill. Pulling with every ounce of his strength, James finally reaches the top of the hill and safely continues to the destined station. Later, as James rests, Edward arrives with the Fat Controller. James worries that the Fat Controller will be cross with him again. This time, however, the Fat Controller is happy with James, having seen everything from aboard Edward's goods train. Since James managed to make the trucks behave, the Fat Controller allows him to keep his red paint.
Characters

Thomas
Edward
James
Troublesome Trucks
Sir Topham Hatt
Charlie Sand (cameo)
Sidney Hever (cameo)
Gordon (mentioned)
Orange Branchline Coaches (mentioned)
Jeremiah Jobling (indirectly mentioned)
Locations

Tidmouth Sheds
Knapford
Knapford Bus Yard
The Woodland Runby
Gordon's Hill
Maron
Signals Runby
The Cow Field (deleted scene)

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