Just Be Yourself

S17 E103: Scruff works with Whiff at the Waste Dump collecting rubbish trucks. When Sir Topham Hatt sees how rusty and dirty Scruff looks, he insists that he goes straight to the Steamworks to be repainted. Soon the other engines are telling Scruff how smart he looks, so he decides he doesn’t want to work at the dirty Waste Dump anymore. He tries asking Percy, Thomas and Gordon if he can do their jobs instead, but eventually Scruff realizes that the only way to be Really Useful is to do his own job at the Waste Dump, even if it means getting really dirty. Winston Sir Topham Hatt’s track inspection vehicle, but unfortunately the Sir Topham Hatt is not a very good driver and Winston feels embarrassed when the other engines laugh at him. So one da,y when Sir Topham Hatt leaves his handbrake off, Winston starts to roll forward on his own and is soon racing down the tracks without a driver. Sir Topham Hatt jumps into Thomas’ cab and they chase after Winston. Winston thinks driving on his own is exciting at first, but when he realizes he can’t stop, his journey gets rather frightening. Soon Thomas and Sir Topham catch up with him. He is very cross, until he realizes it’s his own fault for leaving Winston’s handbrake off.