The (Almost) Great Train Race!
Clyde Andrews, engineer of the Copper Cannonball, got so fed up with those new-fangled infernal combustion locos that have stolen the Cannonball's thunder he challenged Tommy Iverson, engineer of the #6000 to a race! Chet asked if "they were racin' fer pinks?" and Clyde said, "Sure, and when I win I'll run them orange varmints off the rails!"
So on the appointed day the trains lined up at the Girard depot waiting for High Noon. Jimmy "Clock Watch" Perkins had agreed to be the starter.
Even a crown of excited spectators gathered...
But then wouldn't you know it! The local constabulary got wind of the proceedings and before the race could start, Rosco and Barney rolled up in the cruiser and ol' Clock Watch skedaddled.
"No racin' today boys! Kuh, kuh, kuh" Rosco shouted through the bull horn. Barney was heard to say something about nipping the race in the bud and the spectators packed up the cooler and went home.
Tommy and Clyde became good friends, but Clyde never did cotton to them big orange varmints.
