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Isle of Engines part 13
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I DON'T WANT TO DIE
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number1spongebobfan · 9 months ago
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they're on a date
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Traintober Day 3: Twins!
(Don’t check the post date)
A Mashing of Ttte, RWS, and probably some of your guys’s head cannons I accepted through osmosis.
Or:
A Bill and Ben Recap
Bill and Ben are Tank Engine Twins who work the industrial line between the Sodor China Clay Pits and the big harbor on Edward’s Branchline. They are proud of their work, but have fun too. They don’t always get along well, but most of the time they are practically joined at the piston. Sometimes, when there is nothing to do at the clay works, (due to blasting, unusually few pranks, or other slow seasons) they are allowed to “help out” at the harbor.
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Many of the engines (and cranes, and workmen) will say that, at the harbor, the twins only do as much work as they create for themselves in the first place, but Percy knows the Twins only want an excuse for company. The Twins rather fancy the fellow Saddle Tank as an elder brother. Percy says they help keep him young again, like his time in the workshop.
The Twins were very impressed with Percy’s story of the promise he made with Thomas. They often wish they were as brave as Percy, especially when the drain floods and they are left stranded on opposite end of the line or with no work to do.
When Thomas saved them from the drain they almost told him they thought him perhaps as splendid an engine as Percy, although they ultimately decided he didn’t yet deserve the compliment. I wonder if Thomas would have taken it that way, don’t you?
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And so, when the twins heard tell of Percy’s Plunge off the Pier (on a special order of a large batch of stone specifically for Brendam (Whoa Retcon, don’t get your frames in a bend) ), they were quite horrified; seeing their mentor in such a state, pushed into the sea? Quite possibly the worst fate for an engine they can now think of, even worse than scrap.
Some time later, lurking around the harbor yard, the twins overheard their parental figures, for lack of any better relationship term between locomotives, discussing a most distressing incident.
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The Twins decided they wouldn’t stand it; if ever they were to meet this “Gordon” then they’d prove how vulgar branch line engines can be. They did not have to brainstorm long, they were not so busy thinking about what they’d say to Gordon when they next met to loose focus of their work. They already knew the worst fate that could befall an engine. Do you?
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hunty627 · 1 year ago
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George the steamroller had the workmen tear up the rails and tarmac the level crossing. They didn’t do it properly and George knew it. It was all part of his plan to show Thomas the tank engine who’s boss and her back at him for ignoring him. Thanks to George, Thomas and his trainload of vegetables crashed into a chicken coop!
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orangesartblog · 2 years ago
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Okay I was a little hesitant about sharing this one but I'm very hecking proud of it so...
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Ahjdnrj Thomas' crew have my heart.
This is just after they got together in my AU. I'd do that really cool thing where people share the story with their art but I ain't confident enough for that lmao /lh
I'm also really proud of this cause, I haven't been able to draw at all lately, college has really been kicking my butt. But, I finally did this one! And I'm really happy with it.
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mean-scarlet-deceiver · 3 years ago
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the degree of chaos in this picture is off the charts
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just-someone-online · 3 years ago
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Lowkey my favorite thing about James is how he’s designed for mixed traffic, but every time he takes trucks it’s anybody’s guess as to whether he delivers them without incident or not.
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kingdicemrwheezyflowertor · 2 years ago
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So after seeing @crows-ttte-phase Bulstrode; It made me want to make Bulstrode in my world to get my ass out of art block!!
Unfortunately I can’t draw chubby people so well and so I only did a Half body drawing of Bulstrode. Then I remembered I haven’t drawn my Harvey either so I drew him after I drew Bulstrode!
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Here is some info on Bulstrode before I do Harvey:
Bulstrode is literally the embodiment of Positive vibes. Anytime Bulstrode comes to shore on Sodor; He always has a smile on his face. He is really great friends with the dock boys; Skiff and even all the engines; Steam or Diesel. He is a very chubby man so he gets made fun of all the time for it by passengers or even workmen.
But he doesn’t let these get to him though. He only know that they are just comments; He doesn’t need to listen to them to be happy. Now when I say he’s the embodiment of Positive vibes; I mean he can turn someone’s mood around like a dime.
He does have some health issues due to his chubbiness though but he keeps it in check because he wants to have a great life and he wants to look on the bright side of life (Lol; Get the Reference?)
Another thing is that Bulstrode is currently single but a certain Crane and Dockside Shunter might let him join their relationship if he wants to. Another thing about Bulstrode’s ears is that he got them from his mother’s side of the family. He wants to get them pierced one day but he knows about the high pain tolerance with his ears.
Now onto Harvey.
Harvey is a Very chubby man too but he doesn’t have as many health issues as Bulstrode. Harvey is a really kind engine who has the best laugh that can put a smile on anyone’s face or even make them laugh too. He basically has a Santa laugh and belly that moves when he laughs.
Harvey is quite the Kids lover because of his Driver. His driver (Who I’m calling Allen) has 3 kids and the kids love Harvey to the point where they call him Grandpa Harvey. Harvey isn’t quite grandpa Status but he does like being called one by his drivers kids.
Harvey is also really hard working; He’s always willing to lend a hook or a hand or whatever lol. Harvey is always willing to help engines; Animals and Passengers alike.
Harvey is also a Carpenter on the sidelines. He works with all sorts of different wood he finds from trees that are taken down by Storms on Sodor. Some are even from Henry’s Forest and Harvey is grateful that Henry is letting him have a fallen tree or two for his work. He even gave Henry a gift out of one of the trees from the forest.
Another thing about Harvey is that his ears twitch whenever he gets an itch; When he hears something or when he’s excited or Happy. It’s always really cute when his ears twitch.
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theflyingkipper · 3 years ago
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December 1935
(my first attempt at writing ttte fic and I hope it’s ok)
Train drivers/human AU, Henry’s fireman is an oc, the events of TFK but in my human au
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Workmen were bustling about the engine sheds, oiling joints and checking circulation pumps. They were blurs of dusty blue and busy hands, faces streaked with grease and coal. Leopold was no different, just as grey looking as the rest. He was stoking the fire in one of the big engines. He and the engine were alike in that they were not quite awake yet- Leopold had been up for less than two hours and his body was still heavy with sleep. The cold air outside had invigorated him a bit, but the heat of the fire was a bit too cozy and threatened to make him doze off again. Leopold shook himself, drowsiness would get him killed on the rails. Especially now, it was a frigid December night and visibility was poor.
Henry had been outside, checking the axles of the engine, and he ducked his head to climb into the cab.
He was smiling. He was already at the controls before Leopold spoke.
“You’re happy today,” Leopold remarked, raking the growing fire.
Henry was usually rather gloomy, complaining of illness or, around this time of year, the cold. Even next to the roaring fire of the engine, he still buttoned his green overcoat all the way up and wrapped his scarf tightly. Today, it hung loosely around his shoulders. His long black curls were tied back, and Leopold could see where the cold had bitten his ears.
“We’re pulling the Flying Kipper,” Henry chirped, as if it meant anything.
“At five in the bloody morning,” Leopold hissed.
“It runs all the way till Manchester, you know. We can show the controller what this engine’s really capable of,”
“You’re really happy about the new coal, aren’t you?” Leopold stopped raking to give his arms a rest.
Henry removed himself from the controls to glower at Leopold. “The one morning I wake up on the right side of the bed, and you go and spoil it with your piss mood,”
This was the Henry Leopold was used to, and the sudden change in tone almost made him snort.
The engine rolled out of the sheds, letting off steam. Snowflakes blew onto the boiler and pistons and melted at the touch. The luckier ones stuck to the buffer beams and began to form an icy casing on them.
It was an infamously faulty engine, the controller had purchased it expecting a Robinson Atlantic. It looked somewhere between that and a very green A1 Pacific, and for years it had had the worst steaming problems out of all the locomotives on the island. With the purchase of high grade Welsh coal, however, it ran as smoothly as the express engine brought in the replace it. The controller still had his doubts, however, and this special goods train would give the poor tin can a chance to prove its worth.
Henry and Leopold were most often stationed at this engine, they knew how to work around its finicky controls better than anyone else at Tidmouth, or as Henry had once jokingly boasted- the engineers at Crovan’s gate. Leopold didn’t think of himself that way, trains were trains to him. He was just fine in the cab of any other big engine, but the controls of the green elephant were the ones he was usually stuck behind. Leopold didn’t mind, Henry was always there, and he liked Henry’s company.
The harbor was even colder than the engine yard, and the smoke from the green elephant’s funnel was extra visible, forming a cloud overhead. Henry had wrapped his scarf and tucked it into the front of his coat, now effectively chilled by the winds coming off the sea.
A line of vans, salt wagons, and trucks were coupled to the back of the engine. This was the train the railwaymen called The Flying Kipper, and it would run from Tidmouth to the Mainland.
The guard showed his green lamp, and Henry gave a great blast of the engine’s whistle. He shifted the controls, and the engine’s wheels spun. The rails were icy, and the vans were heavy.
“Come on, don’t be silly!” He hissed, checking the wheelslip. He and Leopold got the engine back under control, and they began to smoothly accelerate out of the harbor, the vans clanking and shuddering behind them.
As the sky was getting brighter, Leopold made a remark. “Can you imagine if we’d gotten stuck there?” he dug around in the engine’s tender for new coal.
Henry laughed, but his face quickly fell.
“With all the effort we’ve put toward this mess of an engine, it’d be embarrassing.”
Embarrassing was an understatement. Henry and Leopold would have both been crushed, and probably gotten a great lecture from the controller, too. Leopold stopped thinking about it. The harbor had long disappeared into the snowy air behind them, and with it the fear of seeing the engine be hauled away for scrap.
What would have been worse than the controller lecturing them would be Gordon chewing them out. Though he and Henry were friends, Leopold did not like him in the slightest. Leopold had no patience for his vain indifference, or how he boasted about being related to Sir Nigel Gresley. Had Leopold not wanted to keep his job, he would have socked Gordon in the face ages ago. Though, now, he felt he didn’t need to do that.
Gordon manned the Wild Nor’Wester, the island’s express service, usually pulled by the biggest and strongest engine on the island, which happened to be the one brought in to replace the green elephant. Once, the engine had broken down, and the green elephant had to take over for it. Leopold had sat in silent triumph, Gordon’s utter and complete uselessness there was worth a thousand face-punches.
Leopold spotted a yellow signal outside, and Henry did too. He shut off steam, preparing to stop. The home signal was down, however, and they kept moving. “Go on, Away we go.”
Not long after, Leopold looked up from shoveling coal to see Henry sticking his head out of the cab, the brisk wind tossing his hair. He looked jubilant, grinning while shielding his eyes. His cap blew away, and his hand moved from his brow to the top of his head in surprise.
They passed another green signal, and Henry withdrew.
“All clear,” he said to Leopold.
“Your foreheads’ all clear.” Leopold shot back. They both laughed.
Leopold stuck his own head out the window. The snow had stopped falling, but wind whipped at his face. He held onto the brim of his cap. Though he was chilled to the bone, he gulped the cold air gratefully. The heat of the engine was making him feverish.
With the snow gone, he could see more clearly what was up ahead.
There was a goods train on the line.
Leopold and Henry scrambled for the emergency brakes, but it was too late. Leopold leapt out of the engine’s cab, falling headfirst into a bank of snow.
The engine smashed into the train’s brake van, and trucks flew off the rails.
Leopold kicked furiously, trying to free himself from the snow. He was so cold. He was so cold and he couldn’t move. He shifted his weight to his hips and leaned himself out of the icy hole, shivering and numb.
There were vans and crates scattered everywhere, and the brake van was in smithereens. Leopold saw two bright lights up ahead of him, swinging and getting closer.
“Henry! Henry!!” Leopold called out. His voice was swallowed by the wind.
The two lights were the lamps of two railwaymen, presumably the driver and fireman of the goods train he’d crashed into. The driver was grizzled and just as cold as he was, but he seemed far more worried than angry. “Are you alright there?” He said to Leopold, who was frozen. “Come with us, we’ll telephone the breakdown cranes!”
Leopold was sure the driver said more, but he was being whisked away before he could process it.
The green elephant was on its side, framed by wreckage and sweeping lines drawn in the snow. Henry was nowhere to be seen.
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brhater · 2 years ago
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So I have two headcanons for ttte.
First the more realistic one: the S&M and the W&S are run by high and mighty bosses who have pride in their railway and try to make them as flashy and fancy as possible but go bankrupt while at it but in the meantime the the E&K run by the workmen and other not really highborn individuals and a shoestring budget and is successful at it, this also leads to the merger into the NWR.
The seconded is a just for fun Hc: Henry was constructed form stolen plans (often assumed as Gresley plans) but what if the plans where drawn up not by one but three of the best engineers while all three where drunk these thee being the then messers Topham-Hatt, Stanier and Gresley and the reason might have been the end of ww1 and then someone stole the plans not from an office but the Table while the three good (future) sirs are sleeping of their hangover in the pub. From here the story is known the plans get turned into a real engine (Henry) and sold to the NWR where some time after Henry is let out of the tunnel the fat director starts to remember the night and puts together the pieces. This leads to him sweet talking the other two into helping him make Henry better for the next decade which then comes in handy after the kipper incident this leads to his rebuild. This hc is just something fun highly unlikely that came to me as a funny thought but got stuck and I just had to share.
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orangetangyorka · 2 years ago
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So I was in town today, and i remembered this ttte episode, but I couldn't Google it at the time cause I didn't have internet. So I wrote it down to see whether or not it was a dream or not. Cause i hadn't heard anyone really talk about it. And idk I thought it was kinda funny so I thought I'd post it.
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There was this episode of Thomas the tank engine where there was this abandoned mine, and the workman where like "well it's past the look, smell and taste tests so it's probably good"
And so they started to mine it out again and the engines where helping transport stuff.
And Thomas and Percy where like "hey that boulder looks kinda Sus" and this narrow gauge engine I think? Like skarlowy or ducan, was like "you think it's gonna fall off and kill us all?" But Edward shut him down like "oh mate no don't worry it won't"
And then later the narrow gauge engine felt like a rumbling, and he and his crew where like "hey what was that?" And a workmen was like "OH FUCK THE MINE IS COLLAPSING". So they all ran out.
But one of them was left behind so this engine was like "I'll save you!" And went back for him. But this boulder fell off the cliff and started to chase this poor engine around Indiana Jones style.
And I think it went around corners too?
And then it crashed in a ravine somehow? And this engine was safe, so he met up with the rest of the people and the fat controller was there , and he said "uhhhh hey I think that boulder is haunted.......... We should go and just like, leave this part of the Island alone. Yeah we shouldn't have come here"
And that's where it ended??
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monstersteam · 7 years ago
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After a few days of looking-up some human drawing references, here’s Topham Hatt and a generic squad of workmen
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lancetrain · 3 years ago
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Thomas advent calendar: day 3 (blaylated) Character: Ben Theme: advent Type: Bagnall 0-4-0ST Bill and Ben are tank engine twins that work at the China clay pits near Brendon. They can be mischievous and likes to play tricks on the workmen and fellow engine. When I first got this out of the calendar, I got a little confused on which twin I got. On the side it says “BEN” but underneath it says “bill”. I’m going to say that this is Ben despite what it says underneath. Despite the confusion I still think it’s a good model, if not a little wacky. #thomasandfriendsminis #thomasandfriends #taf #thomasthetankengine #ttte #billandben https://www.instagram.com/p/CXE_b56Pw_l/?utm_medium=tumblr
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You know what yeah!
Dawson's favorite TV show is don't hug me I'm scared!
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Man to Engine part 7
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*he then sensed something before looking out the window. Feeling like somethings there.*
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Have you seen a big robot man with a big claw around this place?
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Dawn:now.. I have.
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