between Greaseball and Pearl, and Electra and C.B. Suddenly Rusty arrives with Dustin, and the marshals allow him to enter the race. The race is fast and furious. This time, the downhill track turns Dustin’s weight into an advantage for Rusty. Greaseball struggles with an unwilling Pearl holding him back, and Electra uses all his power to disrupt his opponents. Electra zaps electricity at Greaseball but misses and injures Pearl. Greaseball, showing no concern, simply disconnects Pearl at full speed. Rusty diverts from the race course just in time to save her, but at the cost of falling into a distant third place. To avoid being disqualified for not having a coach, Greaseball starts to grapple with Electra over C.B. The fight degenerates into chaos and Greaseball, Electra and C.B. crash, allowing Rusty to win the race. But instead of celebrating, he leaves immediately to find Pearl. Control warns that, if Rusty does not return quickly, his lap of honour will be cancelled. Meanwhile, humiliated and furious, Electra leaves the racetrack, swearing never to return (“No Comeback”). Greaseball and C.B. emerge in a tangled wreck. They lament the heavy toll that racing has taken on them (“One Rock ‘n’ Roll Too Many”). Poppa demands that Greaseball and C.B. help find Rusty. Away from the other engines, Pearl fears that she caused Rusty to lose the race. She realises that of all the trains she’s raced with, only Rusty ever acted selflessly towards her (“Only He”). Rusty arrives. He tells Pearl that he won the race and confesses his love for her (“Only You”). The other trains arrive. Greaseball finally apologises to Dinah for his behaviour, and they reconcile. Greaseball complains that he’s finished as a racer, but Poppa offers to rebuild him as a steam engine. Control tries to assert some control, announcing that Rusty’s lap of honour is cancelled. Tired of Control’s behaviour, Poppa and the other engines tell Control to “shut it” and celebrate the second coming of steam power (“Light at the End of the Tunnel”). CAST • Flat Top • Gook • Weltschaft • Tank • Bobo • Lube • Greaseball • Rusty • Ashley • Buffy • Dinah • Pearl • Joule/2nd Class Sleeper • Volta/3rd Class Sleeper • Rocky I • Rocky II • Rocky III • Dustin • C.B • Expresso • Turnov • City of Milton Keynes • Hashamoto • Krupp • Wrench • Purse • Electra • Belle MUSICAL NUMBERS Act 1 Overture - Control and Mom Rolling Stock – Greaseball and Gang Taunting Rusty – Rusty, Greaseball, Tank, Gook, Lube Call Me Rusty – Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley Rusty, You Can’t Be Serious – Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley A Lotta Locomotion – Dinah, Ashley, Buffy and Pearl † Pumping Iron – Greaseball, Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, 2nd and 3rd class Sleepers Freight – Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, C.B, Dustin, Flat-Top Entry of the National Engines – The Company AC/DC – Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta and Company Coda of Freight – The Company Hitching and Switching – The Company Pearl, You’ve Been Honored – Purse, Pearl, Rusty He Whistled at Me – Pearl † Race: Heat 1 – Greaseball, Dinah, Espresso, Buffy, Hashamoto, CB That Was Unfair – Dinah, Greaseball, C.B. There’s Me – C.B. † Poppa’s Blues – Poppa, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rusty Belle the Sleeping Car – Belle †
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy ODU3MzQ=