- James' showing off results in anger and others avoiding him, but he thinks he's being put below Gordon and takes out his frustration on the freight-cars...and ends up stuck when they can't run anymore.
- James enjoys his day on the island of Sodor, but he pulls his train roughly and caused a hole in the coaches break pipe. The only way to mend it is a passenger's bootlace and James learns a very valuable lesson that he must never bump coaches again.
- James is settling into his new life nicely. The Fat Controller tells him that he can take coaches or trucks easily; but must learn from his mistakes. Remembering a nasty accident with trucks on his first day, James knows exactly what he means by that.
James' first job of the day is to double-head a passenger train with Edward, who warns him not to bump the coaches. People have arrived on the platform to admire James, who gets overexcited and lets off steam without warning, causing a shower of water to fall on the Fat Controller's brand new top hat. It is time for the train to leave and James tries to get out as fast as he can, which bothers Edward and the coaches. This causes trouble at the first station stop when James causes two of the coaches to run beyond the platform forcing the train to reverse to let off passengers. However, it seems that no one knows what happened with the Fat Controller, much to James' relief.
Next James and Edward stop at the station on Thomas' new branch line where the tank engine greets them before leaving, the train later passes the field from James' accident which is now cleaned up. Finally, the journey ends and after unloading the passengers the two engines start home, with James still wondering what the Fat Controller will have to say about his top hat.
The next morning, the Fat Controller visits James in the shed and warns him that unless he behaves, he will be painted blue. James hates the idea of losing his red coat. However, rather than calming down, he gets very angry and takes it out on the coaches while bringing them to the station. He grumbles about having to fetch them on his own, unlike Gordon. To make matters worse for James, none of the passengers dare go near him.
James pulls the coaches very roughly and runs too fast for comfort. Eventually, the coaches force him to stop. The driver determines that James' rough treatment has caused a leak in a coach's brake pipe. The crew inspects the damage and recommend patching the leak with newspaper and a leather bootlace. Since none of the crew have a bootlace, the guard proceeds to ask each of the passengers and at last finds a man with a leather bootlace, who refuses to give it up. The other passengers are very cross, both at the railway and at the man for stranding them. Under pressure, the man hands his bootlace over. The damage is temporarily repaired, and James, knowing that he will be in trouble with the Fat Controller, makes sure to never bump coaches again as he carefully proceeds on his way.
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