#Monster engines

[steam-beasts]

I Love you, I Hate you

Tw; heavily implied verbal abuse

Neither Duncan or Douglas had the best start in their lives. One moment, they're in the workshop, the next; a military railway.

Douglas was the more optimistic of the two, albeit the fact he tended to be horribly anxious and a little bit jumpy. The reason for this was due to the time he spent on the Calshot RAF railway in Southampton, ranging from having to listen to gunshots from nearby practices, always getting yelled at by the sergeants left right and centre. He could never prepare for them, and it never helped that he was nearly completely blind due to not having a face like Duncan. Before he was sent to the railway, he was a confident, outgoing and chatty engine. Unlike his brother though, he's too nice for his own good and restrained on being mean. His kindness continued as he lived on the Talyllyn railway, but after his fateful visit to Sodor, he isn't as nice as before. Specifically towards Duncan.

Duncan, when he was first build, used to be easily annoyed, but didn't have such a bad temper and unfiltered rudeness until he began working on the railway. He was once fairly happy, cheeky, boastful and a little prideful. He was and still is not afraid to be blunt, he's a believer of plain speaking after all! He's seen dead people during his time on the railway and it sickened him greatly. We obviously know what happened when he went to the Skarloey Railway, so I'll say no more. But back on Calshot, he was so much worse than how he acts nowadays.

For their relationship, they were a bit like best friends...at first. Douglas absolutely adored Duncan, having a tendency to sometimes be immediately attached to anyone if he knew them long enough. Even though they were twins, Douglas looked up to Duncan as a "cool older brother" type engine and always chatted away to him, asking how he was, what he thought of other engines at the railway, etc. Duncan used to enjoy Douglas's presence as well, being a little bit more laid-back in conversations with him, and even helped him memorise his paths. Douglas still needed help getting around, even though he had a pinhole of vision.

Things started changing when the next month started. Duncan became more short-tempered, rowdy and rude. Douglas at first passed it off as him being stressed from the people, sounds and sights which he couldn't blame him for as he too was stressed and strained from the work and noises...and painful sensations.

The next month came, and Duncan became a bit distant, not even saying hello back to him. All Douglas got as a response was grunts of acknowledgement or telling him to fuck off or no acknowledgement at all, just silence.

Douglas assumed it was because of the stress again and tried to remain happy, albeit becoming more paranoid. Every night at the sheds, he'd still ask the same questions and Duncan would snap at him more and more, asking "How th' hell can ye be happy?! Are ye stupid?". After that, he'd be hit with a bunch of swears and insults. Douglas knew Duncan was simply angry, so he never actually meant those...right? He never apologized after, though. But that’s ok! Siblings argue all the time.

The words cut deep, but Douglas still tried to remain positive despite the agonizingly harsh noises and screams and insults that got tossed at him during work. It was even more hurtful when Duncan started hating him. He always kept being nice to Duncan, assuring his twin that he still loves him. But he couldn’t understand why Duncan was always cruel towards him. It never helped either that Douglas was the more discriminated one because of the lack of face. He was just an emotionless, dumb machine.

Despite everything during his time there, Douglas always strained himself to be positive. He did try being more mean one time, giving Duncan a taste of his own medicine. But it backfired awfully. Duncan's (back then) explosive temper resulted in him gaining a habit of often saying sorry when he talks.

After moving to Tywyn, Douglas struggled to accept that his brother hated him, repeatedly reminding himself that working on their old industrial railway was very stressful, even for himself. But alas, he had to eventually. It wasn't easy. It was after a small telepathic talk with Midlander that he had to accept the facts. Midlander is a good friend. Douglas slowly began gaining a little bit of resentment towards Duncan after the talk.

Learning that his brother became famous because of Awdry’s books felt like salt was getting rubbed into a wound that never properly healed, because that was EXACTLY what happened to him! It wasn’t fair! The way everyone loved him and only ever saw him when they looked at Douglas...he felt completely in . No one truly liked him and the others for the engines they are.

Hearing the Willie Rushton narration over Duncan’s stories, he noticed that Duncan seemed to have softened up a bit and is just grumpy nowadays, but he was still the same. The faceless twin still saw no end to Duncan’s negativity. There was no true happiness. Just hatred.

It’s been decades since they spoke. Nowadays, Duncan himself had begun looking back on how he treated Douglas. He could never understand how his brother was so happy, but his driver is suspecting that his positivity is a simple mask. Duncan hadn't thought once about his twin or his old railway in years, now he's wondering...

Was he truly wrong for how he behaved back then?

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte douglas #duncan the grumpy engine #ttte duncan #talyllyn railway #douglas the shy engine

[thefluffyrailway-official]

♡ 𝕊ℕ𝔸𝕂𝔼 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼 ♡

𝙶𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚣! 𝚈𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚎!!!

(𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙)

(CREDS FOR THE AU INSPO: @steam-beasts )

#au #thomas and friends #ttte #monster engines #thomas the tank engine #thefluffyrailway #ttte au #ttte ships #ttte shipping #ttte cranky #ttte carly #ttte cranes #cranes

[ohjeeztrains]

His tummy hurts :(

#ttte #living locomotives #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #thomas goes fishing #ttte thomas #monster engines #ttte sir topham hatt #sir topham hatt

[monstersteam]

They grow up so fast

#ttte #thomas and friends #ttte au #monster engines #legend of sodor #ttte edward #edwardtheblueengine #ttte henry #henrythegreenengine #ttte emily #emilythestirlingengine #ttte gordon #gordonthebigengine #ttte toby #tobythetramengine #evolution #from spicy kiddos to elder chums #old engine saga #not evolved technically #this is the closest theyll ever get to the tv designs

[6lovelytenders]

Various scribbles uuuh idk my brain is preoccupied with other media atm

#DONT ask about sharp toothed herc because i dont know a demon took over when i drew that #okay goodbye #this is tugs #ttte #gordon #ttte gordon #edward #ttte edward #monster engines #cassiopeia #tugs hercules #tugs captain zero #tugs oc #bigg city port #my stuff #uugh all the tags

[thatoddhufflepuff]

Duncan‼️

(this is a gift for a friend :3)

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends au #thomas and friends fan art #thomas the tank engine au #monster engines #ttte #ttte fanart #ttte au #art #fan art #traditional art #artist #ttte duncan #duncan the stubborn engine #ttte narrow gauge engines #i still dont know how to tag #:3

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

Monster Engine gifs

Gifs of my bros @ghostbellies and @ohjeeztrains of the old Furness Seagull himself, Edward.. or Edik, Eduardo, Edvard, Eduard...

#ttte #rws #ttte edward #monster locos #monster locomotives #monster engines #eldritch engines

[maxwellscorner]

Your humanised engines' faces look kissable to me. Idk why, they just do.

(Sorry if this is a weird ask 😅)

Don't worry that's not weird, I wanna make them as kissable and cute as I can, it's part of my evil plan >:3

The actual question is which one is the most kiss-worthy? 🤔

Also I'm obssessed with your sausage engines, I had to sketch this

#maqui's askbox #thank you for your nice words! #steam-beasts #monster engines #ttte thomas #ttte edward

[the-quackeroos]

locos are hard to draw but that didn't stop me from drawing monster Duck from steam-beast's au.

#art #duck the great western engine #ttte duck #thomas the tank engine #monster engines

[steam-beasts]

Have I ever mentioned that an infected engine will grow a little bit bigger after shedding their chassis? I know they’ll obviously be taller because of their legs, but when I mean bigger, I mean PHYSICALLY bigger. Like, even if they’re in their normal engine forms, they’ll still be noticeably bigger. It absolutely baffled the Steamworks employees. It happened to the NG engines and miniatures too, resulting in all the rails getting made wider by a few little centimetres. Lemme just put a random screenshot of Thomas and Sam in here for comparison, as I currently can’t be bothered to draw out scales;

Ok, now imagine this same screenshot, but Thomas is noticeably bigger. Also, Gordon’s nearly as big as a big boy, just shorter by a couple feet.

Now, Sam’s not infected, but imagine how big he’d be if he was 😈

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte thomas #ttte gordon #ttte sam

[thefluffyrailway-official]

Fighting loafs

SOMEONE PLS SEPARATE THEM

AU inspo: @steam-beasts 🌘w🌒

#au #ttte #thomas and friends #monster engines #thefluffyrailway #thomas the tank engine #ttte au #ttte clarabel #ttte daisy

[ohjeeztrains]

Whenever Bill and Ben removes their name plates and causes chaos, only their father can truly tell them apart (Based off of this post by @thebunnylord )

#doodle #scribble #ttte #living locomotives #monster engines #edward the blue engine #bill and ben #ttte bill and ben #ttte edward #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends

[monstersteam]

(2/2) Legendary Edward vs. @moffittarts' Edward

#ttte #thomas and friends #ttte au #ttte edward #edwardtheblueengine #monster engines #legend of sodor #crossover #collaboration #moffitarts #street fighter announcer voice #its the battle of the century #fight fight fight #i love how edward can be designed in so many different ways

[klein-sodor-bahn]

The Bearman

A beast lurks in Sodor’s Forests. Those who dare to harm the trees and animals will face its wrath. Faster than any man, stronger than any man and more resilient than any man. Locals warn their children and visitors of this creature. There is no escape if it finds you. So better not provoke it.

Yes Henry is the cryptic monster of his own forest. It all started with three poachers who hunted foxes shortly after he returned from Crewe.

#ttte #thomas and friends #ttte humanized #ttte human au #ttte henry #henry the green engine #monster engines #ttte gijinka #beast engine #ghost stories #monster #Beware of the bearman’s wrath #Murderous Henry is on the loose #More angry Henry? YES more angry Henry #VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION

[killerhybrid]

Edward- "I may be old Iron but you two will have to do better than that if you want to beat me."

Bill and Ben decided to try and gang up on Edward in hopes of winning together. Unfortunately for them, Edward has plenty of steam and experience to fight both at once. Promptly sending Ben flying while Bill watched in shock.

#ttte #thomas and friends #monster engines #ttte fanart #ttte edward #ttte bill #ttte ben #ttte bill and ben

[shikariiin]

Fanart for @monstersteam !! Using indonesia’s bali art style (not sure how to word it whwhwh).

When I got into the fandom, I first came across their art, which got me more into TTTE, until I switched to humanization :p

I’m still a fan of their work, and they are a huge inspiration to my monster Edward🩵

#ttte #thomas and friends #ttte edward #thomas the tank engine #ttte fanart #digital art #monster engines #edward the blue engine #godzilla #I think #hehe #illustration