Based on the magazine story "A Fishy Smell."

Henry is cross when Thomas delays him, and refuses to listen to his warning about a line eroded by high tides. The signalman isn't warned in time, and Henry is sent right down it.

Based on the magazine stories "An Important Visitor" and "Rumours and Speculation".

Thomas sees that a children's playground is closed, but that has to wait as the engines discover that Harold has been hired to show a special visitor around the island. Determined to show how fast he is, Gordon accidentally runs into a tunnel under repair. It turns out that the inspector was really there to find new sand for the children's playground.