Cover of Thomas and Victoria

Sir Tophamm Hat put posters around Sodor about the race Thomas, and Gordon were about to have. thêm engines wanted to tham gia in which made Thomas, and Gordon cross.

Thomas: Clearly none of those other engines will win. It should just be the two of us.
Gordon: That's pretty much the entire point of this race. Me, versus you.
Thomas: It's supposed to be the two of us.
Sir Tophamm Hat: *Arrives* It's supposed to be fun no matter who is racing. If bạn don't want to participate with the other engines, I'll gladly remove bạn from the race.
Gordon: No!
Thomas: We're okay with the other engines.
Sir Tophamm...

After Samson left the yards, he heard Thomas, and Gordon debating on who was the fastest.

Thomas: I can go really fast uphill.
Gordon: Only because bạn have those light out of ngày coaches, Annie, and Clarabel. If bạn had express coaches like me, bạn would never go fast at all.
Samson: But I could.
Gordon: Pfft, rubbish. No engine is as strong as me. Especially tank engines.
Samson: I'll prove bạn wrong. I am faster, and stronger then both of bạn combined.
Thomas: But we're talking about speed.
Gordon: bạn can't get that without power.
Henry: *Arrives* Samson-
Samson: Not now, this is an important...