Bulgy and the Disabled Passengers

"Bulgy and the Disabled Passengers" is a story written by Loco123456.

Story
Bulgy had been converted back into his old double-decker bus form. He'd realized that although he had enjoyed delivering fruit and vegetables, he'd rather be useful year round. As the workmen were finishing putting up signs on his sides, the Bus Company Master arrived. "Instead of going immediately back to work on the Little Western, you must work with Sodor Mobility. There are many disabled people and not a lot of buses. So I've decided that during peak periods you'll help them out wherever they need it most. You'll start on the Bluebell Branch Line." Bulgy drove crossly away. "I don't want to go slowly around the towns," he sulked on his way to Great Waterton. "Besides, that branch line does little for the railway. It should be scrapped!"

When he arrived the Great Waterton Mobility Master was waiting for him. "You'll be based in Bluebell Valley." Bulgy's mood quickly turned to being worse than before. Bluebell Valley was a small town, and it had very things going on. When he started work in earnest the next day he slowly drove around the town. His conductor helped the people in wheelchairs by setting up a ramp over the steps. He'd then help by pushing them up it so they didn't roll backwards. He soon arrived at the Transfer Yards. "Thanks for the lift!" called the man in the wheelchair as he rolled aboard Skarloey's train. "I'm glad that's over with!" snarled Bulgy. "Now for a rest!" "You may find helping those who are in badly hurt under circumstances to be extremely useful," said Skarloey sternly as he puffed away.

Later that day Bulgy picked up some more disabled people who were heading for Great Waterton. A storm had began to develop. The rain first dropped lightly, then pounded Bulgy. Thunder roared and the wind blew fiercely. Up ahead a big oak tree was blown over across of the road seconds after Bulgy had rounded the corner. His driver braked hard and they luckily stopped inches from it. "I go for help," said the Conductor. While he was away Bulgy began to worry; his passengers needed to get their destinations on time. "Let's try to get around the tree," he suggested. Bulgy's driver wasn't sure. "It's our only chance; besides, we can always wait for the Conductor to return. At least the road can be cleared." His driver reluctantly agreed.

Bulgy tried to get around the tree, but the branches were too long, and there were bushes near-by. Bulgy tried to reverse, but he was stuck. "Now I've made things worse," he groaned. As for the passengers, his driver was keeping them entertained by telling them stories, including Bulgy's accident. "And that is why it is now called 'Bulgy's Bridge'." Bulgy went red in the face. Then he had an idea. "How did any of you become, er-" "Disabled?" piped up a blind woman. "I've blind since I was a little girl. My mother is very protective of me. I'm glad I'm travelling alone to see my Grandmother." "My house was on fire a few years back," said an old man, "and I had to jump from the second story. I injured myself so badly that at Great Waterton Hospital they told me I'd never be able to walk again." Soon Butch, along with workmen, a low trailer, and Bulgy's Conductor returned. The passengers all disembarked and Butch carefully lifted Bulgy back onto the road. Then he and the workmen lifted the fallen tree onto the low trailer to be taken to the Lumber Mill. "I've never seen a Mobility Bus care so much about its passengers," said Butch kindly. "I bet the Mobility Master will be pleased." But this praise didn't cheer Bulgy up at all.

When he finally arrived late in the evening the passegners all took other forms of transportation to get to their final destinations. The Mobility Master first spoke to the driver and conductor, then to Bulgy. "I hope you come up here and work with us again. I'm very proud of you." Bulgy quickly went from uptight to relaxed and grinned. Regardless of weather, whenever its peak period, he's mostly working with Sodor Mobility all over the Island, and because his kindness towards passengers, the passengers treat him like a friend, which makes Bulgy feel like a really useful double decker bus.