Here, they’d all be inspected and would stay here for several days before heading out again, this time to their next multi-day stop in Spokane, Washington. After stopping at Hunter, North Dakota and Portland Junction, North Dakota for two photo run-bys, Henry finally led them to the triangle junction in Larimore, where, after they signed autographs, had selfies taken with so many people, and all the guys who’d gathered there took pictures and made notes about Henry the Green Engine’s tremendous performance, Bear led them to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad’s vast yard in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Because Pip and Emma had been overhauled during December 2021, they were in first-class condition, just like Bear, Henry, and Duck. Soon they headed along, ran under the Highway 81 bridge, passed by NPS Metals, and after thundering past the Maple Sheyenne Lutheran Church, they were officially away from Fargo, North Dakota, and were making good progress to getting to Grand Forks, North Dakota, on the old Great Northern Railroad’s “High Line,” whose only rivals during its operation to the Pacific Northwest as a privately-operated entity on its own dime were the old Northern Pacific Railroad’s line in the south and the old Milwaukee Road’s line, that is until it abandoned its trackage west of Miles City, Montana in 1977 due to lack of funds because of lesser ridership. “Okay,” said Duck’s Fireman as he ran back to the cab, “let’s be off!” After brake tests were done to ensure Pip and Emma’s brakes worked with the rest of the train, Henry led the cavalcade out of the yard. Bear backed down the yard and attached to Pip. He then moved down to the end of the yard while Pip and Emma ran down the line, and once the points changed, they headed back down the yard and coupled up to the back of the Slip Coaches. “Let’s make this quick,” said the Fat Controller, “we’re due to leave in fifteen minutes!” Bear, for the first time since Boone, was split from the back of the train. He had a relative who lived in Fargo, Ronnie, who was a second cousin to the Hatt family.

The morning after Pip and Emma told Henry, Duck, Alice, Mirabel, Frederick, Louise, and Jackson about Adeline’s twin, the Fat Controller returned.

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