- Executive Meddling: With a twist of Real Life Writes the Plot: Diesel's appearance was a request by Awdry's editor Eric Marriott, "In order to keep the series up to date", to reflect the advance of dieselization on British Railways.
- Reality Subtext: In a spooky coincidence, this book was set the same year the real engine with Duck's number (5741) was withdrawn, and published the same year the engine was scrapped.
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