Percy wasn’t necessarily needed

The only reason why Percy was brought to Sodor because goofy ahh James derailed on his first day, after that Thomas left knapford to run his branchline that was rewarded for saving James. Now here’s where things get interesting. If James hasn’t crashed or if he was pulling fuel tankers, Thomas would probably be kept in the yard as a station pilot.

I have a feeling this would be hate comments but I don’t care it’s my opinion.