The New Shunter

The New Shunter is the first episode of Series 3 of the Miniature Railway Adventures. It was first written in 2011 by Michael and adapted into an audio book in September 2018.

Plot
Drumawhey Junction is in need of help, due to a staff shortage. So the gang are asked to help out for a few weeks till things get back on track. However on the night before they are due to start work, Whitehouse suffers a serious case of food poisoning and is not fit to help. Cars calls the Model Engineers Society and asks for a relief, who arrives the next morning. The relief is a young boy called Charlie, but unfortunately has little experience at working not he railway. Casey offers to show Charlie the ropes, but Cars is not too sure.

Trivia

 * This is Charlie's debut into the series.
 * The majority of the series takes place at Drumawhey Junction.
 * Mike Whitehouse was originally meant to have been written out of the show, due to Michael White thinking that he took too much of the screen time and wanted a new character to replace him.
 * This episode is where the engine Finn MacCool is introduced, but not featured until the next episode.