Derek the new diesel engine is plagued with teething troubles, specifically an issue with his cooling system which causes him to overheat. The locomotive he's based on, the British Railways Class 17, was notoriously unreliable and suffered pretty much the same problem shown here.
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Derek the new diesel engine is plagued with teething troubles, specifically an issue with his cooling system which causes him to overheat. The locomotive he's based on, the British Railways Class 17, was notoriously unreliable and suffered pretty much the same problem shown here.
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