Tanked Up Thursday

Fireless locomotives run on highly compressed superheated air and need topping up from time to time from a suitable reservoir.Here we see such an operation in progress, the crew confidently connecting their engine to what they believe is the overhead compressed-air tank at the local distillery.Unfortunately, neither of them actually read the memo.Instead, they’ve coupled up to the distillery’s moonshine storage tank.The mistake only became apparent when the locomotive immediately developed an extra 200 horsepower, a cheerful whistle in three different keys, and an overwhelming desire to overtake express trains.Driver Bert reports that the regulator now has only two positions: “steady” and “good grief.”Meanwhile, several sheep in a nearby field claim to have witnessed the engine briefly achieve flight.Railway management insists everything is under control, although the locomotive was last seen disappearing towards Highbridge at alarming speed whilst whistling sea shantiesIt could be a…