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City Class: City of Birmingham

Numbers 3434 | 3711 - True Name: Iwan ♂

The City of Birmingham is the second new build of the Great Western Railways City/3700 Class. He is ambitious, haughty and constantly trying to prove himself.

Birmingham hates his brother, City of Truro, and goes out of his way to make his life difficult. He considers himself the best of the City Class Great Western's and desperately wants to impress Class Leader, Durban.

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T H E M

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Is Duchess of Hamilton in a relationship?

(I'm very curious)

HAMILTON: No. But I have made my preferances very clear.

STIRLING NO.1: I don't know what you see in those Gresley birds.

HAMILTON: A4's are simply divine to look at. Shame about the personalities.

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Memo to self: If i ever need an engine to take me into the fae realms, I'm picking Oliver (unknown true name)

OLIVER: I don't mess with fae. If you need an engine you can find an engine stupid enough to do so.

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Now I can’t help but wonder. Does Oliver have a true name?

OLIVIER: I did, but after the Great Western abandoned me and left me for dead I rejected it completely. I no longer identify with that name and the pain that comes with it. My name is Oliver and I work on the Little Western with Toad, Duck, Donald and Douglas.

Let that name be lost to history. It is no longer who I am.

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It's great to see Tydfil adventuring through Sodor and recovering! And speaking of her, what's her favorite place on there so far?

( -🧀non)

TYDFIL: Well... I don't really have a favourite place. I mean, I like hanging out with Ryan and Daisy at Harwick, so Harwick I guess?

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Young Iron

In Pursuit of Self - Chapter 33 | Proteus

The mythical engine, Proteus, reveals himself.

ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN | Fanfiction.net

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Young Iron | In Pursuit of Self

Chapter 34 - Proteus | Titlecard

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Question for Flying Scotsman: Do you have a favourite preserve railway that you've visited?

SCOTSMAN: Out of fear for my life and to not insult nor offend all the friends I've made all over the world, I shall decline to answer that. I'm not going to be responsible for the arguments that erupt after.

GORDON: It clearly Sodor because I'm there!

SCOTSMAN: Gordon please-

STEPNEY: No it isn't!

SCOTSMAN: *sigh*

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GWR True Names

It comes up in the next chapter so here's a reminder of who's who because it can be confusing.

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Question for Taw Valley:

Kiss, Marry, Kill: Flying Scotsman, Pendenis Castle and City of Truro?

TAW VALLEY: Kill? Kill! I don't want to kill any of these beautiful, darling boys. They are all so wonderful and perfect in their own ways.

Not sure how I would kiss any of them though, buffer do rather get in the way. But if I could, I would kiss Truro and Scotsman and I would marry Pendennis.

PENDENNIS: HOORAY I GET THE GIRL! Lucky me!

TAW VALLEY: Of course my dearest steampuff!

PENDENNIS: Steampuff <3

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Who's the Golden Warden for the Talyllyn Railway? I'd presume it to either be Talyllyn or Dolgoch due to them being the railways original two locomotives.

SKARLOEY: Yes it's my twin, Talyllyn! Although there is a rumour that Dolgoch and my brother share this responsibility!

SIR NIGEL: Two Golden Wardens for the one Railway? Impossible!

SKARLOEY: Never underestimate us wee engines!

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Question for Edward: How do you deal with Bill and Ben? They seem so annoying.

EDWARD: With a lot of patience, guile and cunning. They're not so bad once you figure out all their tricks. You can use it against them and they get completely flustered.

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Question for Mallard: what's your opinion on bullet trains (Shincansens)?

MALLARD: Beautiful. Of course, they're beautiful, they're an evolution of my design. Myself and my class are trendsetters can you not see?

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Still working on the next chapter I promise, life has decided to happen and drag it out but it's coming along. No idea when it'll be finished and I don't want to make false promises.

Onwards!

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To the author, what version of Sodor do you use in this AU? Like is there a version of a certain map you use to be the layout for this AU's Sodor (and maybe added your own bits/hcs to it??), considering all the versions of Sodor's map/layout it got me wondering about it.

( -🧀non)

Hello Cheese,

I tend to default to Awdy's maps but I'm not afraid to alter it to include parts from the TV Series simply because it can be too restricting.

My series includes a lot of engines (well let's face it most of the characters are actual real-life engines) from the UK so that complicates matters.

TLDR: Sodor is loosely based on Awdy's original map with creative liberties.

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Question for either Truro or Sir Nigel who ever knows more

What classifies as a railway for it to have a warden is just as easy as having track a locomotive or is it more nuanced than that

SIR NIGEL: There are many factors that constitute a railway being considered for a Golden Warden. But the most important fact is that the railway must significantly impact its surrounding area no matter how small it is.

Whether it is economically or through tourism etc, the reason does not matter so long as the railway is significant to a place's history.

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