Runaway Stock

Runaway Stock is the 3rd episode of Series 3 of Miniature Railway Adventures. It was first written in 2011 by Michael White.

Plot
After Charlie's mishaps on his first day. Cars isn't so sure that he'd be the best person to help them during their time Drumawhey. Jane sees potential in Charlie and convinces Cars to give Charlie a 2nd chance. But Charlie is about to get into a lot of trouble when he meet's Sid O'Neil, Drumawhey's ex diesel driver. Sid has always hated the drivers at Drumawhey since he got demoted to janitor. So when he and Charlie first meet, Sid convinces him to carry out a task which, in Charlie's eyes, would get him into the good books fo the railway. The plan was to shunt all the coaches in one line and then gravity shunt them into their designated sidings. At first Charlie is not so sure, but Sid assures him that it will all be sorted.

Charlie starts arranging the coaches, but when he gets to the hill, the weight of them all proved too much for Puffa and the couplings. The coupling behind the driving truck snaps and the coaches are sent on a runaway down the hill. Charlie signals to Sid to change the points, but Sid sets them to go along the main line instead. It was lucky for Charlie that Casey was coming along the down line and had seen everything. Carefully driving Finn MacCool, Casey manages to get to the front of the tail of the coaches and gradually slows them to a stop.

Charlie catches up but is sorry to find that his runaway had been seen by Cars from the platform. Cars is livid and dismisses Charlie from continuing working on the railway. As Charlie sadly gathers his things, Casey sees Sid leaving the signal box with a smug grin on his face. If only he can prove that this wasn't Charlie's fault.

Audiobook
An audiobook adaption for this story was released in January 2019.

Trivia

 * This is Sid O'Neil's debut to the series.
 * As Charlie is leaving at the end, a slowed down version of the Series' Opening Theme Tune is played instead of the end credits.