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Welcome to a place called The Island Of Errol. A place that is run by five railroads. It has hundreds of engines, and lots of trains in the four towns, Mossberg, Hunterdon, Zorrin, and Eastwood.

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Episode 4: Ethan And Grayback

The Hunterdon Central Railway has tracks going north, south, east, and west, but the line is not completed yet. It has been receiving supplies from the Eastern Pacific, and when the supplies are taken out of the freight cars used to deliver them, the Hunterdon Central Railway is responsible for bringing the empty cars into Zorrin. From there, the Northern Errol Line takes the cars to Mossberg Harbor, where they get reloaded with more supplies for the Hunterdon Central Railway.

Ethan shunts the cars brought to them by the Eastern Pacific, and Greyback takes the freight cars to a station. Mr. Wright determines where the freight cars go from there.

One day, Grayback got in an argument with Ethan.

Grayback: You think you're very important just because you shunt freight cars.
Ethan: Actually, my job is important. If I didn't shunt your freight cars, you wouldn't have any to take to Mr. Wright. If he didn't have any freight cars brought over to him, he wouldn't be able to get the supplies to where they're needed.
Grayback: That's ridiculous. I'm more important then you. If it weren't for me, Mr. Wright wouldn't have any freight cars to send to parts of our line in the first place.
Ethan: Ah, blow it out your horn.
Grayback: Whatever.
Ethan: *Thinks about something* Say, what if we switched jobs?
Grayback: You must be joking.
Ethan: What's the matter? Are you afraid that I'll do a better job than you?
Grayback: At what? Shunting?
Ethan: Not only that, but also at bringing the freight cars to their destination on time.

Grayback thought about it really hard. He didn't want to be embarrased, or humiliated, so he decided to accept Ethan's challenge.

Grayback: Very well. We'll switch jobs first thing tomorrow.
Ethan: I knew you wouldn't chicken out.
Grayback: Why should I? I'm gonna win.

Next morning, everything was arranged. Nikki brought the freight cars with supplies for The Hunterdon Central Railway. Grayback was refueling, and was getting ready to take the freight cars to Mr. Wright.

Ethan: No you don't. Remember, we're switching jobs for today.
Grayback: Oh right. You take them to Mr. Wright.
Ethan: *Smirks* Thank you, but first you need to shunt the cars.
Grayback: Uh, where do I shunt them to?
Ethan: You've been watching me shunt them for a long time, and you don't know where they go?
Grayback: *Nervous, and starts sweating* Ah, right. I remember now. The cars that go first get switched onto the left track, and the freight cars that go second go to the right.
Ethan: Not bad for your first time. Only problem is that you mixed it up. First train on the right track, and the second train on the left. That way, you won't waste much fuel with the first train.
Grayback: Okay, I got it. *Couples onto freight cars*
Coupler: *Uncouples half of the cars from each other*

After five minutes, Grayback got the cars organized.

Ethan: Thank you Grayback. *Couples onto first train*
Grayback: You're welcome, and good luck. You'll need it.
Ethan: No I won't. *Pulls first train* Maybe I'm not as strong as you, but these trains won't be a problem for me.
Grayback: *Angry*

Ethan brought the freight cars to Mr. Wright. He had a light green microphone sticking out of the station.

Mr. Wright: Ethan? What happened to Grayback?
Ethan: We switched jobs sir.
Mr. Wright: Why?
Ethan: He didn't think my job was important, so I decided that we should switch our jobs.
Mr. Wright: Listen Ethan, I understand that you're upset with Grayback, but you should've talked to me first before switching jobs with Grayback. I need you to shunt the freight cars, and I need Grayback to bring them to me.
Ethan: Okay sir. I'll go back, and tell him.

Back at the Eastern Pacific interchange, Grayback got more freight cars from Shayne, and Carter. He was getting exhausted from going back, and forth all the time.

Ethan: *Arrives at interchange* Grayback, the challenge is off. Mr. Wright doesn't want us switching our jobs around.
Grayback: Either that, or you're quitting.
Ethan: No. He asked me why we switched jobs, and I told him everything.
Grayback: Well, I gotta be honest with you.
Ethan: What?
Grayback: I was getting really tired with this shunting. Although it's an important job, I wanna stick with the one Mr. Wright gave me. After all, both of our jobs are important. Right?
Ethan: Equally important. I agree with you.

So the two engines became friends, and never argued with each other again.

The End

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