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I like the idea that Gordon is mainline certified post or maybe even pre 2011 and becomes something of an ambassador to the NWR going across to places like Carlisle, Manchester, York, Shildon, London, Derby, even Edinburgh on special excursions.

ANCIENT attempt at humanizing Bill and Ben…couldn’t get a grasp on my drawing style just yet, hence the weird designs on the faces…like the Brendam Bay sports gear and hoodies though…

Imagine if Class 40 as a human used a bowler hat to cover up a large bald spot?

Human Duncan would be a Chain smoker…also pictures are him with Rusty, Peter Sam, and Sir Handel from an aborted Hogwarts AU

*”One moment, he was on the track, the next his driver and fireman jumped clear as he rolled over. His coach stayed on the rails and the guard braked her to a stop”* ~Culdee

From Railway Series No. 19, *Mountain Engines*

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“Slowly, but surely, the snorting engines forced the unwilling trucks up the hill. But James began losing steam.

‘I can’t do it, I can’t do it!’ He panted

‘Lae it tae me, lae it tae me!’ Shouted Douglas

~Railway Series no. 15 “The Twin Engines”

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Took a cursed AI generated image, a sketchbook, a mechanical pencil, a gum eraser, and a mechanical eraser pen to try and turn the picture on the left into something more pleasing. #pickupapencil

Did an illustration of Thomas somewhat in the style of a Studio Ghibli film.

“Engines come and engines go, but Granpuff goes on forever!”

Do Meridian Models still make these kits?

Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out.

Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.

Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.

That.

Do that.

I used to think Trump was the modern Charles Foster Kane, but now I wonder if it’s actually Elon Musk…

Ok so hear me out…what if the guy who crashed Duck into the barber shop was the one who he crashed into at the back of the Flying Kipper?

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There was that odd tiger stripe BN scheme…imagine how much better though this could look with BNSF orange and green…A tiger bonnet 😁

This I knew about, but I meant like the bonnet part is orange and the body is dark green and you add the yellow accents to break it up like the Red and silver scheme

I seem to recall one of the issues the ICC had was duplicate routes, but wouldn’t that just mean you could ship more goods to places without having to worry as much about bottlenecking?

Say, an “Orange Bonnet” to go with the Red and Yellow bonnets. Or what if you leaned on the Black and Cascade Green of BN units and did an Orange body with green accents?

I always liked the warbonnets and seeing them in my train videos. Whether they were red, yellow, or Kodachrome, it looked good no matter what color it was. Imagine if BNSF had tried their Great Northern esque Orange and green and made a War Bonnet out of that?

Cousins once or twice removed?

honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!

YouTube video by PercySix Miles The Decision

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It works so well with the Midland loans and the timing honestly, and the designer’s wife was also a woman named Emily, so it still fits! Much better than trying to shoehorn her as a fourth S&M loco. Yeah, I think even something like Emily in the show was out of their price range…

I actually remember this…I thought for the longest time it was some weird dream I had…

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If you could preserve any “visiting” engine from the Other Railway in the books, who would it be and how would you go about writing them?

I just feel like at some point, Bertram was probably used this way and just left to rust…the show doesn’t really make it clear why he’s there, and I recall the merchandise said he was left to “guard” the mines.

Lost it at the licorice bootlaces! 😂

You can’t convince me this guy wasn’t a stationary boiler at some point