In the twilight, the two engines gazed at each other sidelong through the glass. We’ll not be able to keep them secret for very long! How long must that engine be stashed here?! The whole town is crawling with navy men and his fireman can’t shut up for five minutes at a stretch. Poppet-formally on the books as 19-managed to convey the edge with which Twenty must have hissed it, even though she had heard it third-wheel. Nevertheless, even the unflappable Twenty sent word the following day. They had become a very sober, serious, capable lot, and for all they were forgotten by many, Coppernob could think of no class they’d ever had, living or extinct, of whom he was prouder. That they had been shocked and saddened for some while Coppernob could well remember, but rather than let it crush them they had, much like the molten metals they worked with, let their crucible refine them. Of all the Furness engines, they had been dealt one of the unkindest hands: only a few years of fresh air and long runs before trading in their tenders for saddletanks and being sent inside Sir James’s iron and steel complex, which they had worked faithfully for going on forty-five years. The Twenties were to be relied upon completely. I borrowed the notion but used it only lightly if readers are interested in more, check out his “sentient vehicles worldbuilding” tumblr posts, which are daring, imaginative, and amazingly detailed. Always good to hear from you.)Ĭheers to and for suggesting the use of “No-Where Railway” as the local contemporaries’ way to talk about the Sodor North Western, as opposed to the neighboring London and North Western (which would already have dibs on being referred to as “the North Western”).įinally, an acknowledgement to from whom I certainly got the notion of ungovernable ships taking active roles in rescuing and re-homing engines. (Eliot-Yes, at some point I would like to do an installment featuring the bombing of Barrow Central, and maybe even more than one flashback to C.'s working days. Your enthusiasm for more Coppernob stories was hugely encouraging. Thanks to CutCat, Houseboat_Island, and ZeroethDog for giving feedback on pieces of this installment (this chapter will be very familiar, but I hope to still surprise you in the rest of the fic!) I’m also very grateful to all readers who left comments on the first tale.
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