Not too far from Canterlot Station is a little railway run by 13 engines. Their names were Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Thomas, Percy, Henry, Gordon, Toby, James, Edward, and Danny. The 13 engines work hard to keep their railway running smoothly to please the controllers of the railway Miss Celestia and Sir Tophamm Hatt. Danny and his friends love to work hard, but sometimes they feel like the work keeps piling up on them. One day the engines were having a rest from working hard all day yesterday.
"I like to work hard as much as any other engine, but sometimes it's just too much", said Danny. Danny was a Navy Blue tank engine with gold stripes. He was always a hard worker but didn't like it when the work became too much.
"I agree", said an engine with white paint with purple stripes named Rarity. Danny knew that Rarity, James, Gordon, and Rainbow Dash were always the passenger trains while Thomas, Percy, Toby, Applejack, Pinkie, Henry, Fluttershy, Edward and himself were the freight trains. They all agreed that the work was getting too much for them.
"You know its times like this when I think we need another engine to help us out" said Danny. All the engines agreed.
"If only that were possible", sighed Rarity.
Soon Danny was shunting freight cars in a siding when Cadance, a bright pink tender engine and Shining Armor, a white tank engine pulled up alongside him. "You look upset Danny, what's the matter?", asked Cadence.
"The workload is getting to be too much for me and the other engines", sighed Danny. "We need another engine too help out", he added.
"Well unless one is saved from scrap there's not much we can do", said Shining Armor.
Then Danny remembered that he had a goods train to take to the Other Railway tomorrow night. "Now I just remembered I have to take a special goods train to the Other Railway tomorrow night. I hate going there seeing all those scrapped steam engines, and having to hear Diesel, Arry, and Bert taunt about how steam engines will one day be scrapped", he sighed. Then an idea flew into Danny's funnel. "Since I have to go to the Other Railway maybe I can find a steam engine worth saving", said Danny. So he decided to tell the others all about his plan tonight.