#ttte gold

[askyoungiron]

🌸 for either Blue Peter or Gold?

(- 🧀non)

BLUE PETER: My taste in music is reserved for progressive rock.

GOLD: Oh yeah? Well I like me some Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil.

PETER: That sounds ghastly.

GOLD: Your face is ghastly mate.

PETER: ☹️

[tornadoyoungiron]

TRAINTOBER | Day 26 - Summit

3801 has a breakdown after attempting to climb Cowan Bank on her own. 4201 vows to assist her whenever they can.

~~~

“Hey.”

“Hey,” 3801 looked over to find the huge bulk of an engine sitting across the loco-yard from her as she was being prepared for her run. She frowned slightly and her gaze hardened as she realised who it was. The engine, an enormous Beyer Garratt noticed her change in demeanour and seemed to recoil slightly.

“I’m not here to force you or anything,” the Beyer Garratt quickly assured her. “I just wanted to wish you well Grey. You got this girl!”

3801 gave the Beyer-Garrat a strained smile. The last time they had met, said Beyer Garratt had tried to force her into climbing this very incline to ‘help’ her get over the fatal crash that had killed several of her passengers. 

Even now the thought of once again climbing that bank made her wheels shake and her frames shudder.

“Thanks… Corrie,” Grey responded and out of the corner of her eye she could see the diesel, 4201 or Gold a good distance away but they watched the pair of them like a hawk, ready to swoop in at the first sign of trouble.

“That diesel’s good to you ay?” Corrie asked glancing at Gold and a small smile appeared on her face.

“They are, I can rely on them whenever I need a buffer,” Grey acknowledged and Corrie smiled.

“Good, glad you have someone to look after you,” the Beyer-Garratt praised. “Take care of yourself, Grey.”

“Thanks, mate,” Grey smiled back at Corrie. “I still haven’t forgiven you for what you did.”

“I know Grey, I know,” Corrie lamented. “But one day I hope we can be friends again. I do miss you, gorgeous girl.”

Grey blushed slightly but otherwise just smiled as the Beyer Garratt slowly went on her way. She hoped to be friends with the larger engine once again one day, but one step at a time was the way to go for right now.

“You alright? Did she try and force you to do anything?” Came the low growl of her now constant diesel companion, Gold.

“No, no,” Grey assured them. “Corrie was just wishing me well. You worry too much mate.”

Gold didn’t look convinced but then again they were always on edge this one. Very anxious and paranoid. Not to an insane degree but to an extent where it could get annoying sometimes.

“Are you sure you don’t need a back engine?” Gold murmured as they glanced at her coaches sitting at the platform.

“I will be fine you worry wart!” Grey blustered at them. “You worry yourself too much.”

Gold simply gave her a hard stare as they drew their lips into a hard line, not at all convinced. 

“It’s not without reason, Ms Grey,” they insisted and Grey just ignored them. 

“Alright Gold,” she tutted. “I’ve down the Cowan Bank many times before, this will be nothing.”

“Yes, but this will be the first time after-” Gold began but they stopped as Grey began moving out of audio range.

They were unheard however as Grey was already puffing to the station. Gold fell silent and watched Grey go, a deep sense of foreboding within their radiator.

~~~

Grey had thought she would have been fine, she had hoped. But as her wheels began slipping and her safety valve released it became more and more obvious that nothing was fine, that nothing was okay.

She could hear her crew calling to her as she began to slow, almost to a complete stop. The edges of her vision began to dance with strange colours and the sounds around her became muffled and muted. 

A deepening sense of panic and dread that she only now realised had been there was rising to the surface inside her boiler and she felt nauseous. Her frames were shaking so violently now and tears were slipping down her face. 

“Grey! Grey!” Her crew was calling to her but she could barely hear them. She could just feel her wheels slipping as they lost traction and she began sliding back down the hill. She could hear herself shrieking and crying, in anger, in embarrassment, in fear, in any number of emotions she couldn’t even understand right now.

There was a sudden clunk as she suddenly stopped sliding back. There was a moment where she stood still, confused and shaking before suddenly something from behind her train was taking up her slack, pushing her to the summit of the fangled bank that she had seen in her nightmares.

She couldn’t see who it was behind her train but she had a very good idea who it was. 

She felt bad, as the rest of the journey over Cowan Bank she was barely putting in any effort yet her banker was pushing her all the way through and was nothing but a powerhouse. 

She did not speak until they reached the station at the end of the line when her rescuer came to her side.

“Grey?” The soft voice of Gold spoke next to her smokebox. 

She said nothing, only staring at the tracks before her, ashamed and full of misery. She felt numb, useless, worthless.

“I’ll be there for you,” the EMD vowed. “Whenever you need me, no matter how steep the incline, no matter if I have to take on the world’s biggest locomotive, I will be there to protect you.”

Grey couldn’t even respond to their words, she burst into tears, overwhelmed.

Gold simply stayed at her side, even when the replacement engine came along to take the train back she didn’t say anything, only weeping quietly as her crew slowly shut her town to be taken back to the roundhouse.

That night, the other engines didn’t speak as Grey took up the furthermost berth, Gold next to her vigilantly staying by her side. 

It was almost midnight when the other engines had gone to sleep and Gold on the verge of falling asleep when a quiet, barely audible voice called out to them.

“Thank you.”

Gold smiled and glanced at Grey who was staring at them, a look of appreciation on her face.

“You’re welcome, Lady Grey,” they attested to the famous engine of the Newcastle Flyer.

~~~

Beyer-Garratt ‘City of Canberra’ 6029, (Corrie)

[bruhstation]

can't it even be more obvious thomas. why are you surprised that a sudrian historical site filled to the brim with armor and weaponry that dates back to the middle ages has old people afflicted with the gold dust working around the castle

[wysteriaisapenguin]

Here comes a special artfight attack for @bruhstation

It's Casa Tidmouth's #1 Boi, Thomas A. Billington!

[datcrazyanniegurl]

“You didn’t forget about magic. It’s save inside you.”

Choo Choo to my favourite magical girl train Lady.

[intensivestimunit]

Make way for James, hooray for James! ~♫

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[trainalt22]

Tidbits and bobs#1

Essentially my version of a lore dump

- All sentient machines, regardless of where they are built or their origin, believe in a singular deity named Lady. She is the station pilot for the Grand Terminus, the last stop for all sentient machines. Lady is seen as equal parts God and grim reaper and can appear in a multitude of forms, from locomotive to tug boat. She claims all sentient machines as her children and is believed to be very kind and gentle. This belief system has aspects of reincarnation, as it is believed that the soul of the machines shall be forged anew and come to incarnate a new form of vehicle or machine.

- Lady may choose a "guardian" to help with more earthly affairs on her behalf. It is unclear what they stand guard over, however.

- It is believed that Lady watches over the Isle of Sodor, as machinery built there seems to have a higher chance of sentience. However, this is both unproven and unconfirmed.

Ok enough lady stuff I just wanted to talk about her (she's neat)

- Thomas's route takes him all the way to Tidmouth and he often brings the townsfolk to their big city jobs.

- The official NWR freight engine livery is the green and red stripes, as worn by Henry and Percy.

- Percy has been requested as a guest of honor for at least 52 weddings and he has attended 34.

- The original Ulfstead Castle was destroyed in a landslide in 1991. The new Ulfstead Castle was built in 2000 and is part estate, railway, and museum, all orchestrated by the Earl of Sodor, Sir Robert Norramby.

- May 11th is Sodor Day, which marks the end of a week-long festival for all things Sudrian. Also, May 11th and Christmas Day are the only times the NWR intentionally reduces its services.

- In 2000, Sodor's Council passed a law allowing the marriage of sentient machines.

- The volunteers on the Talyllyn railway often send gag jokes or pranks to the workers of the SKR. The biggest prank yet was when they swapped Sir Handel with Sir Haydn (with permission from both the Thin Controller and the Talyllyn Preservation Society) and waited to see how long it would take someone to notice. Sir Haydn was on Sodor for 2 weeks and was found out by Duncan, who was suspicious as to why "Handel" was being so polite to him.

- Out of all the famous eight engines, Gordon is the one who dislikes his TV theme song the most. He claims that "it wasn't grand enough."

- Thomas's favorite TV episode is "Thomas and the Jet Engine." On multiple occasions, he has begged the Fat Controller to let him recreate the episode, just so he can say he is the fastest engine on Sodor.

- Edward is the unofficial father of Thomas, Bill, Ben, Rosie, Philip, and Ryan.

- Gordon is surprisingly good at giving advice. He has even given Edward some kind words.

- Boco is the official secondary for the Wild Nor'wester.

- Sodor is a sanctuary for sentient machines, and as such, Crovan's Gate Works can fix just about any type of machine in the world, whether it's diesel, steam, electric, gasoline, kerosene, or hydrogen. Bring them any type of motive power, and they can fix it in no time flat.

- During the purge of steam, Henry and later Murdoch often smuggled engines onto Sodor, attached to the ends of their freight trains.

[oldirontender]

happy 2/2

[ryan1014n2]

Neil. You can't just say that. He has a job to do, you know.

[askyoungiron]

Do you have a massive crush on Grey Gold?

GOLD: Stop it with the personal questions!!

DELTIC P1: Alright, they’re clearly uncomfortable, now leave them alone.

[tornadoyoungiron]

What class of diesel is Gold?

Gold is the first of the 42 Class for the NSWGR. You can find out more about them from the NSWGR collection here.

[bruhstation]

Since we see him every now and then, what is Ryan like in Casa Tidmouth?

ryan works at the harwick branchline with daisy. in the secret of the lost treasure and misty island rescue arcs, ryan is the bystander to thomas' adventures that lead up to his fight with sailor john and skiff, eventually adding to the number of supporting characters that got dragged into both the mystery surrounding the gold dust and the mess thomas has left on sodor. after sailor john got arrested and thomas went missing, ryan helped thomas' friends look for his whereabouts while also being the key witness to sailor john's mad ramblings about "lady of the legend" and his motives for almost blowing up the island. ryan never asked for any of this but because he likes thomas and knows info that other people don't, he just HAS to step in

outside of the plot-heavy stuff, ryan's one of the kinder sudrian railway workers compared to his weirdo coworkers. he considers daisy and thomas to be his closest friends despite the former having the tendency to push her workloads onto him in the past and the latter being a bit standoffish despite ryan's attempts at hospitality.

ryan's extended family, on the other hand...

ryan is connected to the gresleys through his mother. his mother is the daughter of joseph gresley I (the gresleys’ grandfather), so he’s the cousin of gordon, scott, spencer, and mallard. he doesn’t talk to his cousins often ever since he’s a teenager because they’re nutjobs who mostly care about themselves and ryan has self-respect and values his sanity

unlike most his cousins who has the power of hater-ism coursing through their veins, ryan is a perfectly normal man who cares about his friends. he talks about his issues directly instead of letting it simmer. he sometimes have drinks with daisy and thomas after work. he used to have trouble articulating his more “negative” feelings and driving his opinion, but he’s doing better lately. he wants to maintain peace by being kind to others, which makes him prone to being dragged into any weird business his cousins have whenever they have the chance.

whenever holiday season is around the corner, ryan knows exactly what to expect. scott, his most famous cousin, the only one who still GAF about tightening what’s left of the gresleys together, will ask him to come over for dinner with his cousins (his charisma stat is maxed out). ryan can’t refuse because scott will pull excuses like “it’s just once a year” or “there's a dog” and ryan doesn’t have anything else to do. the family party will start off normal, then when mallard brings out the wine (provocateur!!!) things go south. gordon and spencer would badmouth each other about each other's secrets/fails, they get into a fight, scott tries to calm them down, ryan frowns at the disinterested mallard, sighs, goes outside to the nearest telephone booth to call daisy and ask her to pick him up. at this point it’s comical

ryan’s really the opposite of his cousins, from clothing to backstory. when designing him, I took the key components of his cousins’ designs and invert them. his cousins dress lavishly – big coats and suits, but ryan just rolls up his sleeves and dons a vest. his cousins’ haistyles are combed back, gelled, etc, while ryan’s hair goes everywhere (parted bangs show hairline). most of his cousins have horrific trauma related to death and loss from their childhood, while ryan’s just a city boy who grew up with nothing eventful in his life (except attending his cousins’ funerals). he doesn’t even inherit the gresley surname and is oblivious to most of the gossips surrounding or is inside the gresley family.

ryan is his own person who gets thrown around like a volleyball a lot, but he still has a good heart. one can consider ryan to be what any of his cousins would’ve ended up like if they had normal upbringings. who am I kidding? lol

[electricfied-wolf]

Also so fun fact, if you give something a chance you might enjoy it. Is it a new version of a long running franchise? Do not let the people in the fandom who hate it discourage you from watching it. It may feel lonely sometimes because fandoms will take a hive mentality over anything that is new and different. But don't let them stop you. Because you can find something really good about it and there will always be at least one person out there who gets you. Example: Recently got into ttte out of boredom reasons and ended up super liking it, found out All Engines Go existed but the fandom ruthlessly hates it. As a fan of things like G3 Monster High and G5 My Little Pony, I knew that I had to give it a chance. And I did. And it turn out it's the cutest damn show I've ever watched in my life and I genuinely adore its charm and interesting way of portraying the characters. I may only know like two people who find anything good about this show but that doesn't matter, because I love it and that's good enough for me.

This doesn't mean people have to like these shows either. It's perfectly reasonable to dislike them. However if you've never given a show a try it's always good to investigate it for yourself. Don't let the opinions of others impede your enjoyment of things.

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

Isle of Engines Part 9

(Comeon It's gotta do something right?)

2: Any capsules,net of anything. We need to get him, And quick! Even if it's one of the airy boxes!

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[master-of-the-railway]

I made up a concept to expand Lady's railway and make other engines for it, and I had a concept for a big blue shiny lady named Chariot, but I cannot construct a legit basis for her.

[hkpika07]

I have a doodle request!

Could you show us Diesel and Diesel 10 bonding over hating Thomas. Also any shenanigans they would get into together. Thanks!

After Day of the Diesels D10 and Diesel have a talk. Diesel basically saying to get over himself and stop mourning the loss of his power and actually try to get to know the people on Sodor. He'd be happier that way.