The Secret Railway (Female Controller Reader)

Chapter 31: Lady's Waste Train

Lady is a special engine that works on Paradise Island. Sometimes she pulls trucks, and sometimes she pulls coaches. She also shunts in the yards. Gordon and Dick were thinking. Lady had played a trick on them, and Gordon burst his safety valve while pulling American coaches, and Dick was rough on Gordon's coaches.

They then saw Vinnie pulling the waste train, and he stopped, and pulled away. Gordon then whispered something to Dick. The two engine snickered, and went off to find Lady. Lady was finishing getting the coaches ready for James' train, when Dick pulled up. "Hello Lady," said Dick, "(Y/N) has a special train for you to take! It's just outside the station!" Lady was excited. She quickly headed to the station. 

When she arrived, she saw the waste train sitting on a sighting. Gordon then said, "There's your train!" Lady then said, "The waste train?" "Yup!" said Gordon, and he puffed away with the local. Lady was cross, but she didn't want to get in trouble with (Y/N) Lady was soon coupled up, and she puffed away. Vinnie soon came, and he saw that his train was gone! "What happened to the waste train?" he asked.

Lady puffed down the line with her load. It was just three trucks. She soon arrived at Jefferson's Station, and there were two waiting for her. She shunted them to her train, and set off. At the Junction, there were three of them. She added them, and headed off once more. At Jack's Station, there was only one. Soon, she had a long, heavy line of waste trucks from Homestead to Sir Topham Hat Station. When she got there, she had thirty trucks, all very heavy. She strained, but soon managed to get going. 

Soon, she reached the Narrow Gauge station, and it was there, she ran out of coal and water. Soon, she was blocking the platform. Duncan came with his passenger train, and asked, "What's wrong, lass?" "I've run out of coal and water," said Lady. Soon, Vinnie came, with (Y/N) on board. "Why did you take the waste train Lady?" she asked, "It's too heavy for an engine of your size." Lady was confused. "I thought this was the special job you wanted me to do," she said. "And where did you hear that?" asked (Y/N). When Lady explained, (Y/N) said, "Thank you Lady. Vinnie, go to the next station. I want a word with Gordon and Dick when they arrive." The waste train was shunted into a sighting, and Lady was given more coal and water for her return trip to the sheds.

At Grubinskijake Station, Gordon pulled in, and saw Dick. "Hello Dick," said Gordon, "Aren't you supposed to have left by now?" "I would have," said Dick, "but my guard still hasn't come yet." "Well," said (Y/N), "I can answer that for you: She's waiting for you to uncouple Dick. I heard how you made Lady pull the Waste Train, and she nearly blew herself up from pulling all those trucks!" Gordon and Dick looked ashamed. "B-b-b-b-but ma'am, she played a trick on us!" said Dick, and they told her what happened while she was gone. (Y/N) was NOT pleased at all. "I thought you two would know NOT  to pay others out like this! For your punishment: YOU both will be taking the waste trains for the next four months." "WHAT!?!?!" "However, I think I should have a word with Lady."

Lady explained her side, and (Y/N) said, "You shouldn't play tricks on someone who is getting full off themselves. Just ignore them. For your punishment, you'll be shunting in the yard here for a week." "Yes ma'am," said Lady.

Lastly, (Y/N) visited Vinnie. "I have a special job for you. I want you to take the express for Dick and Gordon. I hope it won't go to your smoke box. Otherwise, I'll put you back on the waste train with those two." "Yes ma'am," said Vinnie, "I won't let you down! I'll be a really useful engine!"

True to his word, Vinnie was a hard worker, and he didn't boast at all, and he pulled the trains smoothly. Gordon and Dick were feeling sorry for themselves. Lady was shunting with Edman, and she actually liked it. They both exchanged stories of their lives, and they had good laughs.