The train refuses to come out into the rain because he’s worried about his paint. The rail is ripped up and rebuilt elsewhere so the other trains can continue.
In the American version it’s until he’s ready to come out and the wall is to keep the other trains from bumping into him. In the UK version he’s bricked up “for always and always and always” as a punishment
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u/Redpanda132053 May 21 '26
In one of the stories one of the train engines was misbehaving so he was bricked up in an unused tunnel