We must admit.....
Chuck was a tad afraid of Diesel. What with his oily voice and shady personality.......

The televised adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine feature too many crashes and could be leaving children terrified of going on a train, a psychologist said yesterday.

Dave Rodgers, 66, of the Railway Enthusiasts Society, accused the programme-makers of distorting the truth and worrying children unduly. “Thomas the Tank Engine is giving children the wrong information,” he said. “I’m sure the Rev Awdry, who was a rail enthusiast, would not approve of these new stories which seem to contain a crash in every episode.
I’m rather fond of the episode in which Sir Topham Hat is in the barbershop and one of the engines comes crashing in. Of course, the boys have this fear of hair care............maybe that’s where it started.

“The programme should be stressing the fact that trains are safe, not showing crashes all the time.”
Of course, real trains don’t have faces and make chit-chat.