Bill and Ben say that Timothy is no help at all at the clay pits so they can have some fun, so Timothy is then sent to work at the docks to work with Porter who was on his own due to the fact that Salty had been sent to help out on the Mainland,Emily was being repaired at the Steamworks and Mavis was being repaired at the Dieselworks, but when Salty returns to Sodor, Timothy worries what the clay pits would look like during his arrival.

The Search and Rescue Team celebrate their one-thousandth rescue anniversary and Percy is sent to take the Mayor of Sodor to the centre, but Diesel is jealous and makes Percy go to an old disused quarry while he gets the job of taking the mayor. Percy however crashes into a flood and so does Diesel and the Search and Rescue Team come to the rescue.