#Seagull Line

[hazel-of-sodor]

[seeseagulls]

[ethan-elliott]

“But for scientific research purposes, yeah?”

“Oh, maybe.”

honestly as a scientist myself, can confirm sometimes it’s less ‘scientific research’ and more ‘fucking around and finding out’ XD

[greyhounddbites]

do yall get butterflies for friendship?/srs

[vaporevon]

i wish i lived near the ocean again. i miss it dearly

[c4ss1dysbl0g]

Some Randy Radman

Oh and here is the drawing on paper. Im sorry i had like NO idea for a background i have to study for this exam that could change my life and i have NO mativation to study whatsoever

[figureitoutinthemorning]

Today in working with small children: I had to stop a four-year-old from trying to catch a seagull. It was almost as big as her. She wanted to, I quote, ‘give it a big cuddle.’ This isn’t even the first time I’ve had to prevent seagull grabbing.

[cookie-de-baunilha]

got reminded of the line “the seagulls on the tiber call all night, and call your name”, just to remember a second later how its own author completely obliterated the tragic beauty of that line and the context in which it exists just to do some vulgar stupid reference to it in her most recent book and ijbolllll

[latimeria-fell-from-heaven]

just came back from a beach trip with friendos ٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´- ⋆｡🌊𖦹 °.

[thepandalion]

not to be annoying or anything but it's been 9 years since the release of indie game undertale

[hazel-of-sodor]

Can you tell us more about the Seagull Line? Where it is, its history?

everything spontaneously catches ablaze, screams can be heard in the distance as the Earth groans beneath your feet.

Sobbing-why did you have to ask about that one!?!?!?!

The history of "The Seagull Line" irl was a temp livery for a 4-4-0

Sice then its made a few appeances in lore posts, but it was basically the "I can't be bothered to explain this" railway.

So of course, thats the railway everyone is intersted in. Not the railways I have lore for, the one railway meant to be the blackhole of my AU is the one all my friends and followers wanna know about.

Fine. here we go. lets try to string together the existing lore into something sensible.

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The earliest form of what would become "The Seagull Line" would be eastablished in the 1840s. On Gwylan Island to the Northwest of Wales, a railway began construction from the capital of Krestaen to the coastal port of Castell Hafan, across the water from Holyhead. Begining construction in 1843, it was called simply "the railway" by the locals, as it was the only railline on the island. It would gain the dersive nickname the Seagull line from visiting mainlanders, as Gwylan meant seagull. Construction would be nearing completion in 1853, when the owners turned their eyes towards the mainland. Whilst running local trains was turning a profit, the board knew they needed a connection to the mainland in order to achieve true growth, but connecting to the Mainland, would require an act of Parliement to recognize the railway. Something they were unlikely to recieve.

Fortunetly there was an opertunity just across the water. The Chester and Holyhead Railway was struggling. Connecting the London North Western Railway in Chester to the port city of Holyhead, the lines purpose was to carry government dispatches from to London to ships in Holyhead, headed for Dublin. Unfortunetly governement bureaucracy and corruption crippled the line after its opening in 1850. The government had allowed the lines construction in order to expedite the irish mail service, but had then refused to award the line the rights to said service. by 1853 the railway was on the verge of being absorbed by the LNWR. Until the Seagull line stepped in. The railway approached the C&HR with an offer. The two would merge into a single railway carrying the legal identidy of the C&HR. The Seagull line would gain access to the mainline, and a conection with the main british railway network, as well as legitimacy with parliment. The C&HR would gain not only the funds they desperately needed as well as the locomotives and rolling stock to run their mainline (which was being run by the LNWR at the time), but also the buisness of all of Gwylan Island.

A deal was reached, and in 1856, the first incarnation of the Seagul Line came to an end as it assumed the identity of the Chester and Holyhead Railway. A happy end, as they line would go onto be a major player in its own right, but an end nonetheless.

The identity of the Seagull Line would remain dormant until the 1880s. A new route running along the southern coast of Gwylan Island, connecting to the C&HR at Castell Hafan. Since the railway didn't touch the mainland, an act of parliment wasn't needed, only the approval of the Gwylan government. The new line assumed the old identity of the Seagull Line, in a hope to draw attention and buisness through the former's reputation. The mainland would be completed in 1897, and the line only saw lukewarm success. The southern coast of the island was dominated by clifs and hills, and only small seaside towns, and few small cities in the hills. The line was forced to wind though hills and cliffs and this prevented the adoption of larger engines, which crippled the lines ability to carry freight. However, the line would survive for several decades maintained good relations with the C&HR.

However the line would not last forever, as the London Midland and Scotland Railway would gain control. The year was 1939, and the Seagull line was preparing to take delivery of its first new express locomotive. The exact details of how or why the LMS gained control are lost to time, but were described by the C&HR at the time as a hostile take over. Whatever their plans for the Seagull line were, they were derailed but the out break of war in Septemebr of that line saw the LMS's attention turn to the war effort, and the line was left to basically run itself. The lines fleet were outdated and worn before the war, and the work of helping to repair, retrofit, and install shore batteries on the southern coast wore the line even further. Folowing the war the LMS surveyed the line and placed it and reduced the line to essential services. This was not out of apathy or negligence, but the economic reality the LMS faced after the war. The LMS was struggling to restore its own lines. A deal was reached with the C&HR to oversee the overhaul of the former Seagull lines fleet.

What the LMS would have done with the line in the end was unknown, as Nationalization occured. The line fell into legal debate. As part of the LMS, the former Seagull Line should have have become part of the Midland region however, the Gwylan Government was firmly against their rail lines being nationalized, leaving the C&HR and the former Seagull Line in limbo. The C&HR was well off enough they could weather the battle, the Seagull line fell further and further into disrepair. While Brritish Railways would offically recognize the Chester and Holyhead's independance in 1955, the Seagull line wouldn't be recognized until 1958. The line was left with a small fleet of broken down engines, ratty coaches, and a deterioating track bed. The line struggled on for three years before closing due to the condition of the track. The following year, a group of preservationalists would buy the remains of the broken line, following the example of the Bluebell Railway.

The first section of track reopened in early 1962, and ran from Castell Hafan to the first Major seaside Village. The village opned a hotal to coincide with the reopening, and the line found itself a steadily growing trickle of tourist traffic and beachgoers. During the time the C&HR was still unofficially locked in legal battle with British Rails, and so were limited in their ability to assist the smaller lines, but late that year, a deal was reached between the two lines that British railways failed to have anulled. The C&HR would repair the trackbed, in return for running rights. At first glance this deal seemed massively in the C&HR's favor, as they gained mulitiple potential seaside tourist cities for the cost of repairing the track, but it was cruicial for the Seagull Lines survival. Repairing the trackbed had been a massive hurdle for the fledgling line, in terms of both money and manpower. The C&HR could in mere weeks restore lengths of trackbed that would have taken years for the preservation group to restore.

As for the competion the C&HR presented, the simple truth was the Seagull ailing fleet wasn't up to the task at hand. The buisness the C&HR took was buisness the Seagull Line would have lost out on either way. The C&HR taking on the burden of the track freed the preservationalists to restore their fleet. May Traction and Railworks were contracted to oversee the restoration of the lines rolling stock and locomotive fleet, but the group new they would need newer motive power soon if they wished to remain independant. In January 1963 the lines first new engine since 1938 arrived, freshly restored in the lines new 'Seagull' Livery, the apptly named former LNER 4902 cut a striking figure. The A4 pacific had been purchased as scrap with a line of retired coaches, but MTRW had quickly returned the streamliner to her former glory.

With modern building techniques and equipment, the C&HR was able to relay the line to allow for the engine longer wheelbase past thefirst town. The engine quickly became the lines mascot, and would haul the first train on the first extension the following year.

In the following years, the former line would not only be restored, but expanded. The line would save several more engines from scrap before the fall of steam in 1968, with even more pulled from scrapyards in the following years. Today the Seagull line is a popular tourist destination for both the steam enthusiast and railfans alike. 4902 Seagull still is the flagship engine, and has recently completed her most recent overhaul,

[seeseagulls]

[the-witch-in-the-elder-tree]

The worst consequence of the whole being dead thing for me isn't just that he won't be a part of the crew or a drag queen (don't get me wrong I'm sobbing, but I get the decision), it's the fact that con o'neill probably won't return for a hypothetical season 3. He is always my favourite at the panels and his interaction with the fans is heartwarming. I don't want to have to say goodbye to that!

So, here is my proposal: David Jenkins and Neil Gaiman meet for a nice cup of tea and discuss the magic of recasting actors from previous seasons in new roles.

[dullahandyke]

thinking abt things sucks. like mannnn we have a whole thing about identity being transient and not liking being pinned down and its like. is this an actual thing we genuinely enjoy and benefit from or are we just scared to look inwards and see if theres actually someone in here who doesnt match with 'eimear'. bcos one so quickly becomes the other. fucks sake why do brains do things without your permission it is fucked

[i2-xmf]

[keiicom]

were you scared of the villagers?

nonsense! a herd of mad sheep—it's all they were.

what were you scared of, then?

... the shepherd.