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 \nbyThe Rev.W.Awdry  \nwith illustrations by  \nJohn T.Kenney  \nGrolier  \n# Trucks!\n\nSIR HANDEL and Peter Sam had hard work whileSkarloey was away.The Owner gave thembuffers,and even bought a Diesel named Rusty;but Sir Handel grumbled continually.  \nOne day Gordon saw him shunting,andlaughed.  \n\"My Controllermakes me shunt,\"Sir Handelsaid sheepishly,\"and take trucks to quarriestoo.I'm highly sprung,and I suffer dreadfully.\"  \n‘Our Controllers don't understand ourfeelings,\"sympathised Gordon.\"Now,if youwere ill\"—he winked—“you couldn’t go,couldyou?\"  \n\"Good idea,\"said Sir Handel.\"I'll try it.\"\"I don't feel well,\"he groaned next morning.  \nThere wasn't time to examine him then,so some of the trucks were coupled behindPeter Sams's coaches,and Rusty promised tofollow with the rest.  \n\"He!He!He!\"sniggered Sir Handel;butno one noticed.They were all too busy.  \nPeter Sam didn't mind the extra work.Heleft his coaches at the Top Station,and trundledcheerfully through the woods.The truckschattered behind him in an agitated way,buthe paid no attention.  \nIt might have been better if he had.  \nSlates come from quarries high up in thehills.They travel down in trucks on a steeprailway called an Incline.Empty trucks at thebottom are hitched to a rope.Loaded onesat the top are hitched to one another.By theirweight,loaded trucks run down the Inclinepulling up empty ones.  \nThere are strong brakes in the WindingHouse at the top to prevent loaded trucks fromrunning down too fast.The ropes are verystrong too,but in spite of this,trucks sometimesplay dangerous tricks.","cbCaidb1dw5QYUcx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidb1dw5QYUcx","pdf",2028682,"English","# The Story of Sir Handel and Peter Sam\n## Sir Handel's Grumbling and Deception\n## Peter Sam's Extra Work\n## The Incline Railway and Slate Transport","[{\"question\":\"How do the trucks travel down the incline from the quarries?\",\"answer\":\"The trucks travel down a steep railway called an Incline, where loaded trucks at the top pull up empty ones at the bottom using a rope system, controlled by brakes in a Winding House.\"}]","Thomas the Tank Engine Book Club - Trucks! 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