The Best Railway Competition

The Best Railway Competition is the fifth episode of the Second Series of Miniature Railway Adventures

Plot
Casey arrives at the Model Engineers Society to find the place overflowing with flowers. Jane explains that there is a special competition that the railway has entered and that the judges will be arriving the next morning to judge the railway. Casey finds it interesting, but when he learns that the railway is closed for the day, he finds it to be of a nuisance. Later that day, Casey asks Cars if he wouldn't mind if he left his land rover at the railway while he goes to visit a friend in the next town. Cars says that was fine and Casey leaves the next morning.

However, what no-one knew was that Casey had left his land rover in a spot that spoils the railway. Thinking quickly, Cars devises a way to hide the vehicle so that it blended in with the railway. Everyone arrives early and sets to to work. That afternoon the judges arrived. Some time afterwards the announcement that the Model Engineers Society had won the competition. The judges were very impressed by a particular hillock which received highest marks. Everyone is thrilled with the news, until Casey arrives back looking for his land rover.

Jokily, Whitehouse and Corps state that it must have vanished or turned into a bunch of flowers. The two fall into fits of laughter until Whitehouse explains to Casey what had happened. At first Casey doesn't approve of the action taken, however if it wasn't for his land rover, the railway would not have won the competition. The three leave to join in the celebrations.

Audiobook
An audiobook adaption of this story was released on 26th May 2015 and narrated by Michael White. A revised version of this audiobook is being made.

Trivia

 * This story is heavily inspired by the story Postman Pat has the Best Village by John Cunliffe.
 * Lady Grange is still being repaired during the time this story is set.