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Not sure if this has been asked already but oh well. How do overhauls and repairs work for the engines?

Well, Lady granted the engines (even the diesels) the ability to shift their bodies. Beast forms and normal forms. In their normal forms, they get their wheel and undercarriage privileges back and can be repaired or overhauled as normal, though the engine may hiss if a worker pokes too much at their sore areas, or even places where there are scars.

For example; Skarloey doesn't mind pets, but gets increasingly anxious and agitated if workers poke his face too much, since he's got a nasty scar in that area. Same for Salty if he's in his beast form, since he's got a really bad bite scar on his leg. It's just a miracle he didn't get it amputated.

The normal forms are the very closest the engines can get to their pre-infection states. The most normal they can get is make their teeth flat, but their canines are a bit bigger, longer and sharper. Their eyes are a lot less yellow and more white. Same goes for the diesels.

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte lady #ttte salty #ttte skarloey

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Trying to woo the Duck

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte duck #ttte donald #donald the scottish twin #duck the great western engine

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The Conductor's Popper

The Conductor's Popper is a disciplinary railway tool used from the early 1830s to the early 1940s before being banned in 1941 as it was considered abusive and too harsh towards sentient machinery.

This whip was made in Tywyn, Wales, by railway engineer, Max Macintyre in 1838 as a way to deal with unruly and undisciplined sentient railway vehicles. The whip itself was quite different from standard whips, as instead of a cracking noise, it made popping sounds when used, hence the "Popper" bit in the name. The tool was mostly at use in Wales and was legal to use on engines at the time, though, it found most use when dealing with narrow guage engines.

The whip when in use has enough force to create a 'whip mark' shaped dent in steam engines. Light enough to not fully cut through iron, but was ensured to be strong enough to leave a, as crews heard their engines describe it, "a horrible stinging pain". It started drawing out more concern as time went on, with people debating whether or not it was too cruel or a good disciplinary tool.

A certain railway that once used this type of discipline was the Talyllyn, who used the tool on No 1 and No 2 back in 1865 to 1938. Unlike the rest of the UK, Poppers weren't used on Sodor. As quoted from the NWR Director, Richard Topham Hatt;

"I'm never getting a single one of those cheapskate contraptions to use on my engines. I aim to treat my engines fairly and with respect, not like slaves. If an engine steps out of line, I reprimand them verbally, not physically, I'll even keep them in the shed as punishment if it depends. If I see a single man with a Popper, he'll be sacked the moment I find out!"

This was the same for the Talyllyn's counterpart, the Skarloey Railway.

On the Talyllyn, the engines did not have faces, and in that case were considered blind. Talyllyn and Dolgoch's translators helped them describe what their experiences were like with Poppers. It is up to you to decide if they are truly disciplinary or abusive:

Talyllyn; "When me and Dolly were still young and fresh, the manager and the workers were skittish and unsettled by us. They were used to seeing engines with faces. But unfortunately, me and my sister, along with our friends were cursed by Lady and Proteus alike..."

Dolgoch; "...when an engine, steam or diesel, is built, a face usually appears on their smokebox doors or radiators. For some reason, our faces never appeared, rendering us nearly completely blind and unable to speak through words. We were discriminated by workers, and treated like soulless beings, while our twins were given so much adoration and attention. It made me and Tally a bit jealous, if I must be honest..."

Talyllyn; "...While Sir Hayden Brown was owner of our railway, Mr Max handled operations and observed us. He had one of those nasty whips on him. He'd constantly whip us, or make us hear that popping noise as a warning. Though, he was more short tempered, and while nobody was around, would intimidate or hit me with the Popper. I've got 89 welding marks altogether, some on my boiler and buffers, and a couple on my funnel. Most of them were afflicted on me when I was still a 'bucking bronco'...thankfully, the overhauls and liveries made them fade a bit... most of those marks would just...reappear, even if I got a new, fresh part put on me...I've gotten used to it, it's fine...."

Dolgoch; "...I've got 56 welding marks, a few on my boiler, a few on my buffers and a few near my cab windows. Much like Tally's, they've faded but they're somehow still there. Sometimes, I wish our lives starting out was more like Skarloey and Rheneas's. At least they didn't get whipped if they were being too slow with slate or misbehaving...though, I wouldn't wish our experiences upon them...even despite our sentiments. Thankfully, the Poppers were made illegal by the time Sir Hayden and Edward Thomas arrived...I would dread the thought of young engines having to face discipline like that"

What do you think? Was it right to ban this tool?

(Decided to do a little bit of lore on the ttte version of the Talyllyn railway considering its basically the irl SKR and on a banned weapon used)

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte skarloey #skarloey railway #ttte rheneas #edward thomas #talyllyn railway #talylln #dolgoch #sir hayden #banned disciplinary tool

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Are the engines faster with the legs or wheels?

A little bit faster with the legs, but they can still go as fast as they were built to go. Also...did I ever mention they kinda have AEG physics? They can move their wheels about and bend their bodies, but it's not as freaky as how it's done in AEG. Though, the engines mostly keep their wheels firmly on the rails and do that stuff if they ever feel like it or if it would be considered necessary, like tricking a thief into thinking they're safe when they get a good distance away from the rails. For thieves, it's like playing Choo Choo Charles in real life.

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #all engines go #choo choo charles

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Thank you for supporting me and thank you to everyone standing up for me, you guys are amazing! I have evidence that bluecanofbeans-14 sexually harassed me (trigger warning):

Also, he sent me unwanted demonic prayers.

This is him on anon, the other ask was him revealing himself.

Oh, and I had to cut these prayers off because they were too long. But yeah, he said really horrible/blasphemous things about my religion.

And I cut off the other ask too, below that one he was sending me even more satanic stuff.

Him saying I shouldn't be a virgin in his other ask should count as sexual harassment too. And probably acephobia.

You're welcome :)

And the things he said are absolutely disgusting. I hope you're doing better. Hopefully, you don't encounter anyone else like that.

#thomas and friends #tw acephobia #tw harrassment #i fucking hate trolls #tw satanism

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✨Send this to ten other bloggers you think are wonderful, keep the game going and make someone smile!!✨

(SORRY BUT I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH I NEEDED TO SEND U THIS T∆T<3)

*gasp* thank yoooooou!!

(Also, sorry for not answering this earlier T^T

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines

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Oh shit. @number1spongebobfan I’m so sorry that happened to you. I genuinely had no clue that he did that until you tagged me. I just blocked him before typing this. Didn’t ever think I had a satanist following me until I checked the blog. Thank you for tagging me in this and I hope you heal.

Again, I’m so sorry that happened to you. To anyone else, block this guy, please.

tw callout

Hey everyone I feel bad for doing this but please block and report this user.

He keeps harassing me and calling me names and trying to put curses on me it's upsetting me. He's attacking me for my faith. I never attack people of different faith than me so why is he doing this to me? smh.

Even if you're an atheist or a Muslim or Hindu or anything else you have to admit that this is cyberbullying and this behavior is unacceptable.

#please reblog #ttte fandom #oh shit

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A quiet place to rest

Murdoch reveal!

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte murdoch

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Guess is safe to assume the years of the "incident" was the bloodiest year in sodor's history huh

Yep. One of the most insane, scary and bloodiest two and a half years of anyone's life. The rest of the UK wasn't even fully aware of what was going on, only noticing something was happening when all of Sodor's communications to the mainland were cut off. Everyone had to evacuate the island.

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines

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How sad was Thomas when he realized he had killed his previous crew?

Only a bit upset but more horrified at his actions. His previous crew wasn't Bob or the fireman, the two who were eaten were transfers, quite mean ones too. They'd complain and were convinced that Thomas wasn't a real E2, even though his previous driver, Bob, repeatedly showed them files and Thomas's blueprints. Though, on the other hand, no one was blaming them that much. Thomas was, for some reason, built much later than his siblings, and was much smaller and a bit more modified as well as his twin, who had sadly endured a fatal crash. Other than that, he really was an E2 but the transfers wouldn't believe them.

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

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Please tell me Godred wasn't cannibalized for his parts after he broke up in your au /lh

Yeah, Godred is dead. But he wasn't a monster engine. My au takes place after BWBA, so no one was infected in that time, I don't think engine infections would've been a thing back in the early 1900s.

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte godred

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Are there any same gender mates?

There is Donald x Duck and Oliver x Douglas. I'm not sure what other same sex couples I could do. I could do Duke x Smudger, but ehhh...idk how anyone would feel about that.

Edit; there's also Rusty x Duncan :D...sorta...kinda... Rusty's non-binary so.... I'll just put it here anyway:/

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte duck #ttte douglas #ttte donald #ttte duke #ttte smudger #ttte duncan #ttte rusty

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POV; you're a hiker and you found an engine

(Note; this IS NOT sexual in any way. Its like encountering a friendly wild animal. I repeat, this is not in any way sexual. Just putting this out there In case it's perceived that way. Culdee just smells salt)

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte culdee #animal encounters

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That poor engine…

A French soldier gives a shell-shocked trench engine a cigarette (colorized)

(circa 1915, photographer unknown. Donated to the Ulfstead railway museum by an anonymous donor.)

#ttte #ttte headcanon #ttte oc #ttte original character #ww1 #trench locomotive #thomas and friends #tw blood #tw death #tw war #not my oc #not my art #thomas the tank engine

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Alright I'll bite, since the engines eat, do they leave waste after? If so....well who has to clean that?

Don’t worry, they don’t really have a bowel system so they don’t do 💩s, after they digest their food, it goes up through intestine like tubes to the firebox, where it acts as fuel to keep their fires going. For diesels, the tubes go to their fuel tanks. But they DO have bladders, but their urine is just boiled water or for the diesels, boiling oil. It doesn’t smell, but no one goes near it just to make sure they don’t get burnt.

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #organ story

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Are James and Molly mates?

Yep,lol

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte james #ttte molly

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A thing I gotta say about the Culdee Fell engines;

They have whiskers on both faces, so they won’t bump into anything if they’re going off the rails. Also, they have a weird liking for salt. Those bitches LOVE it. If they find any sweaty mountain hikers climbing the place, they’ll instantly lick them. They have very long tongues that can split in half, and they basically use those to get as much salt or other foods much faster. They’ll wrap their tongues around the person’s arm and begin licking. It’s very weird, very freaky, and that’s why the visitors don’t get too close to their faces.

#thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #monster engines #ttte culdee