It was 25th October, and the
members at Pinewood Miniature Railway were decorating and preparing for
Halloween. Every year, 1466 would enjoy scaring everyone
when they were asleep, and this year, he had a real trick up his
sleeve, as he was going to send Black Five into the woods, and scare
him. He had traps set, his whistle tuned to echo, and tape
recordings placed in various locations of the railway. And
1466 was going to have a wonderful time, as Black Five got frightened
extremely easily.
Meanwhile, Sylvia, Gentoo, Dick Woodruff and Wheezing were plotting their revenge on 1466 for scaring them.
“We
will hide polystyrene around the railway and shout scary things at 1466
as he goes around on his last trip. We will need some
tarpaulin over the woods to make it dark as well.” Wheezing
suggested. They all agreed.
“Let’s get to work then!” Sylvia cried in her cheerful, Australian way.
Taking around some workmen to fix a point, Jubilee, the newly built Titan class, thought to himself quietly.
“I
wonder if 1466 would let me help him with his plans. You
never know, he might need a diesel honk in the shadows!” he thought.
As he came to the work site, Mr. Paul, Mr. David, Jr. Mark and
Mr. John prepared to alight, looking back at the tool wagon behind them.
Traction
and Murray B Hofmeyer, the newest pair of locomotives on the railway,
were spending some time to get to know each other.
“Now listen,
Murray bro', a GWR 14XX numbered 1466 is usually up to no good on
Halloween night, as he always plays around in the sheds. So, to
make sure you don’t be humiliated on your first month of being here, we
are going to take a stroll through the forest instead. That way,
we won’t be interrupted by any jokes.” Traction spoke.
“This will
be great!” Murray B Hofmeyer cried with excitement. What
not even 1466 knew, was that this would become a night of fright.
It
was the 30th October, and 1466 had his tape recordings ready, wires to
place across the track, and a few bags of flour to cover him when he
would chase Black Five around. Sylvia, Gentoo, Dick
Woodruff and Wheezing had polystyrene and tarpaulin, and the
Dynamometer Car to hoist it in to the trees.
“I’ll get to work!”
Gentoo called, coupling himself to the Dynamometer Car, and off he
went. Soon the tarpaulin was in the trees, and it made the
setting rather scary. And now, everyone had to wait, until
the following night.
Black Five went out looking for his
missing railing that he had lost a few days ago. Around he
searched, and entered the area of the tarpaulin. 1466 was
close up behind, with his first tape recording at the ready.
However, it had been over recorded by Mr. Colin, and it started
playing Singing in the Rain! Black Five looked back, and
only thought it was a passing trick or treater. But when the two
Class 20’s heard it, they started to enjoy listening, and honking their
horns in time. Jubilee was close behind, and started to shouting
out “Stop it! Stop it!” to 1466. 1466 couldn’t stand the
noise and hit a tree to let his anger out. Down came a sheet of
thick tarpaulin, and landed on him. Polystyrene then started to
fall from the tree.
“Oh no!” Black Five cried, and ran down the
line, with chunks of polystyrene crashing behind him. Up
ahead, he saw the three diesels discussing what on earth was going on,
he applied the brakes, but he just kept skidding on the icy lines under
his wheels.
Traction saw Black Five, and they all reversed
into the new loop. However, the points were triggered to keep
switching, and Murray B Hofmeyer along with Black Five were zooming
down towards the station. Unfortunately, Sylvia had woken up, and
was coming out of the yard. Hey were all going to crash.
1466
was backing around, and set one of his booby traps off. A
massive swing came down, missing 1466 by two inches, and knocked over a
passing trick or treater. When he woke up, he spotted 1466 was
on a collision course with Traction and Jubilee who were on a collision
course with everyone else!
“Look out!” he called out to
everyone. They all looked at each other, and applied their
brakes. They all stopped just an inch from each other, and
when they all looked back to see who had rescued them, they saw a
little white figure disappear into the distance.
So whenever you are visiting Pinewood Miniature Railway, don’t forget to ask the loco’s, about The Ghost of the Railway.
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