#ttte 'arry

[weirdowithaquill]

Andrew the Optimistic Engine

I made an OC named Andrew for my ERS because I wanted to really delve into Molly's backstory, and then he morphed into someone who I wanted to write for. So, I'm going to talk about Andrew!

Andrew is a British Railways Standard Class Five.

These were built between 1951 and 1957, and were in many ways a modernised version of an LMS Black Five (which is what Henry is). These were very impressive engines, and actually wound up pulling a lot of express trains and being able to be used interchangeably with the Black Fives.

Andrew was built in 1956 as part of the batch of engines sent to the Eastern Region from Doncaster Works. He worked for around four years until 1960, when he was the first of his class withdrawn - but not because he was to be scrapped, but instead because he was wanted to be part of a pilot scheme for a British 'Strategic Steam Reserve' alongside Molly.

The two would be left in the tunnel alongside five others when the project was cancelled, and all the others decided to pass on, leaving Molly and Andrew the only two alive in the tunnel, at opposite ends and facing away from each other.

They would be in that tunnel until the mid 1980's.

Discovered By Sir Stephen Hatt and Bridget Hatt, the pair were brought back to Sodor and overhauled. Andrew was painted in NWR blue and given the number 17, as seen in predawnrex04's model.

Andrew's a very optimistic and hopeful engine, grateful for the new lease of life but with a bit of a fondness for the 'good old days' that he barely got to see. He's fiercely protective of Molly, who kept him sane for the decades they were in the tunnel together. He's supportive, fun and sometimes a little naive.

He's also managed to make friends with Iron 'Arry somehow.

You can read all about Andrew in my ERS here! (Yes, that's the link for Molly the Overlooked Engine, but that's where he's introduced!)

#railway series #thomas the tank engine #ttte au #own character #Andrew (OC) #ao3 writer #fanfiction writer #ao3 stuff #oc #railways #train #british rail #Standard class 5 #oc backstory #Weirdo_with_A_Quill's ERS #ttte molly #ttte 'Arry

[greatwesternway]

TTTE/DC 2015 - 2016

So among the mini choo choos, there are many DC Comics themed trains. And DC is a thing I also know about so how's about some thots on how apt these character match-ups are?

Thomas as Superman: Predictable, basic, obvious. I get why, but le sigh. They're both blue! They're both THE flagship character. *yawn*

Diesel as Batman: No, but I do like where their heads were at when they arrived at this. They're both black and also both duplicitous in their way. Batman's always been the odd man out in the Justice League by his own design, intentionally wouldn't become a full member until the big shit went down, so that's a neat parallel.

Diesel 10 as The Joker: Ignoring Thomas and the Magic Railroad (as I always do unless I caint) I think he's more of a Lex Luthor than a Joker. His machinations are much more deliberate, he's not just out to cause chaos, he has a particular intention and motivation. Would also accept Arsenal since they both have mechanical arms.

Millie as Harley Quinn: I think if anyone on the NWR was going to be Harley, it'd be Rebecca but she wasn't a character yet when this set came out.

Spencer as Cyborg: Obvious (they're both silver!), but I don't hate it. Could also go with S.T.R.I.P.E., Captain Atom, Steel. Mirror Master, if we wanted to make him a villain. Ooh, Gentleman Ghost woulda been clever!

Luke as Beast Boy: Love it! They're both green and small and Luke had that episode about making friends with that deer so they both have an affinity for animals.

Charlie as The Riddler: Love this too! They've both got purple in their color schemes and Charlie's jokes are always in a riddle format. Very good match.

Millie as Catwoman: Better match than Harley. Other good matches: Huntress, Star Sapphire, Black Canary.

Percy as Robin: I hate that it's true, but it is. Percy is peak sidekick. Remains to be seen which Robin though. Would Percy eventually turn into Nightwing or Red Hood? Suppose it depends on if we're talking T&F Percy or RWS Percy.

Emily as Wonder Woman: No. Emily's better as Hawkgirl. They both wear green and gold and they're both kind of a bitch. (Which is to say, Emily being a bitch like she was early on in her history would have been interesting and not : [] if there had been any other female characters (a Wonder Woman) to contrast that to).

Henry as Green Arrow: Obvious, but not as obvious as making him Green Lantern would have been. This might also be a joke about the real train also called Green Arrow. If it were my line of toy trains dressed as superheroes though, Henry would have been Metamoprho to play on the whole involuntarily being made into a weird frankenmonster thing.

Stephen as Sinestro: Fucking wild-ass match out of left field. I cannot fathom the logic of it and I suspect there is none. I kinda do love it for that, but I think if we're actually trying, Stephen is Shining Knight, a blast from the past who always wants to tell you about the time he fought Morgan le Fay. "'Tis a good story."

Thomas as Batman: No, but I get why if this is the sequel to the last set. Also they went with retro blue Batman instead of black to make it fit so points for that.

James as Flash: Perfect. Red, fast, James is similarly jokey when he has room to be, he's the one the other guys don't take seriously.

Salty as Aquaman: I mean, yeah. Obvious, but in a way unavoidable, I think.

Flynn as Firestorm: Flynn coulda been any fire hero, but Firestorm's deal is that he's actually two (or more) consciousnesses fused into one, with one guy controlling the body and the other(s) advising. So that's not a bad match for the guy who fights fires and can switch between rails and roads.

Spencer as Cyborg: See previous.

Thomas as Superman: See previous.

Flynn as Firestorm: See previous.

Sidney as The Penguin: Ehhh, yeah, okay, I guess if you want to go off the chubby face thing. Buuuut Solomun Grundy would be better! They both have memory problems. And Grundy's not strictly a villain per se so it kinda plays on the diesels being antagonists for a while, despite most of them being pretty cool guys.

Millie as Catwoman: See previous.

Paxton as Lex Luthor: Haha, no! Paxton might make a good Trickster though. Only falls in with the wrong crowd when he gets confused.

'Arry as Shazam: If there's a train who should be Shazam, it's probably Bill or Ben. Or maybe Phillip. As for 'Arry, how about Metallo?

Diesel 10 as The Joker: See previous.

Edward as Black Adam: Wild-ass choice without context, but now that'd I've posited Bill/Ben as Shazam... Edward is often put at odds with Bill and Ben and Black Adam is old and wise. And he's got a redemption arc going now so ???

Percy as Robin: See previous

Millie as Harley Quinn: See previous.

Ferdinand as Martian Manhunter: Maybe they were going for the isolation angle of being banished to Misty Island if you squint? Given that he was banished to Misty Island for being naughty though, Lobo might be a fun take on him.

Thomas as Batman: See previous.

Samson as Black Manta: Haha, I don't think so. Captain Atom perhaps, who chose (wrongly) to side with the US military over the Justice League when they went to rescue The Question from the government? Ooh, or - wild-ass take - General Eiling, who turned himself into a monster to prove some point about civilians being at the mercy of superheroes, beat the shit out of a bunch of non-super powered heroes, and then got tolt by a little old lady that he was the super-powered being they needed to be protected from. These guys both thought they knew; they didn't know.

Porter as Captain Cold: Not bad, since his deal is his sandboxes are kept up on his boiler to keep the sand warm and therefore dry in case his rails are wet or icy. Given that he's about sand, I think Hourman might have been a fun if tenuous leap too.

Victor as Hawkman: Eh. Not bad, but there's better options for him. Red Tornado would have been good, same color scheme and Red Tornado is also a relatively empathetic machine.

Emily as Poison Ivy: Not sultry enough. Daisy might be good for Poison Ivy.

Charlie as The Riddler: See previous.

Scruff as The Atom: I mean, he is small so I see where they were going with that. He could be a better Creeper though!

Rosie as Supergirl: I think Wonder Girl is a little more of a tomboy, but not by that much so whatev.

Spencer as Doomsday: Damn, that escalated, dint it? I mean, they are both gray so okay. You know, though. If you made Gordon Superman, then this makes a lot of sense.

Thomas as Bizarro: It's surprising and I'm into it! And it sort of follows. Like Bizarro, Thomas also often tries to imitate people he admires, thinking that he is their equal, but finds he cannot match their skills. Just ain't built for that.

Gator as Killer Croc: Obvious, but they had to do it, I suppose.

Diesel as Two-Face: Love it! No notes!

Diesel 10 as Solomon Grundy: I know I said this for Sidney, but fuck it, I like this too. Especially since it does play on the whole anti-villain thing that Grundy sometimes has going.

Troublesome Truck as Scarecrow: I feel the really apt thing to do would be to make Troublesome Trucks something that there are a legion of. Apokolips grunts or Cadmus guys or- Oh. Oh no! Troublesome Truck should have been Mr. Mxyzptlk!

Ben as Plastic Man: You know what, yeah! Plastic Man is a reformed burglar and a chucklefuck besides. I see where they were goin' with it. If you make Bill the Elongated Man, you can play with the whole "we don't need two stretchy guys" gag.

Rosie as Hawkgirl: Nope, that should a been Emily's.

#ttte/dc #ttte thomas #ttte diesel #ttte diesel 10 #ttte millie #ttte spencer #ttte luke #ttte charlie #ttte percy #ttte emily #ttte henry #ttte stephen #ttte james #ttte salty #ttte flynn #ttte sidney #ttte paxton #ttte 'arry #ttte edward #ttte ferdinand #ttte samson #ttte porter #ttte victor #ttte scruff #ttte rosie #ttte gator #ttte troublesome trucks #ttte ben

[devilowls]

Some devious diesels

#ttte fandom #ttte fanart #ttte #ttte diesel #ttte diesel 10 #ttte class 40 #ttte arry #ttte bert #diesel #diesel 10 #class 40 #arry and bert #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #fanart

[bluy1206]

Percy on diesel day

Lit

#ttte shiposting #ttte #ttte meme #ttte percy #ttte diesel #ttte diesel 10 #ttte arry

[bruhstation]

I think I know what happened to the missing people in cstm act 2 !!1!!11!1

who dropped off those inhumane concoctions by the employee's break room? not a shocker, honestly....

#asks #sanepersonhere #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte duck #ttte henry #ttte gordon #ttte edward #ttte percy #ttte thomas #ttte hiro #ttte oliver #ttte douglas #ttte donald #ttte toby #ttte diesel 10 #ttte arry #ttte bert #casa tidmouth #senjart #on a positive note: the gang's here! #on a negative note: they're grown way too comfortable to life on sodor that they did not see a huge storm coming. #their smiles and silliness..... what kind of person would write such tragedy that befalls them? #I won't lie eddie. the pic you sent is making me feel a bit emotional in a good type of way #they're all so cute!!! the personalized textboxes (like duck's which is shaped like an axe) are great touches too #they're just having a break. and then shit hits the fan #UP NEXT ON NICKELODEON

[fabianvalencia561]

If Arry and Bert went on a party, how many days would they be drunk and how would they get back to the diesel workshops?

#ttte #thomas the tank engine #ttte humanoid #ttte corrupted au #ttte humanized #ttte diesel 10 #ttte d10 #d10 #diesel 10 #asks #ask questions #ask me anything #ask away #ask #anon ask #bert and arry #ttte bert #ttte arry

[henryisalesbian]

diesel deserves to have a little a found family. as a treat.

#ttte diesel #ttte daisy #ttte salty #ttte mavis #ttte boco #ttte #ttte sidney #ttte paxton #ttte arry #ttte bert #ttte human #ttte humanisation #ttte humanized #ttte human au #thomas the tank engine #thomas the train #whistlesnsneezes.html #LITERALLY ME AND CANARY-BIRDIE TALKED SO MUCH ABT DIESELS FOUND FAMILY IT AINT EVEN FUNNY LIKE #what if diesel was written better in the newer shits WHAT IF !!!!!! #side note: i pray this comes out transparent bcoz ios is weird w pngs #EDIT: FORGOR A FEW CHARACTERS FML

[uselessalexis165]

tried making some ttte memes (311)

#took me so long to find the 2nd image #my edit #my text #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte daisy #ttte luke #ttte peter sam #ttte thomas #ttte gordon #ttte ‘arry #ttte bert #ttte henry #ttte philip #ttte diesel

[sekiumiarashi]

more engine designs! whistle wednesday has just finished season 20 and we all live in fear of bwba but we’re living the high life right now and I’m planning on riding the hype train all the way to our inevitable crash 

#seki's art #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte #ttte humanized #ttte rosie #ttte spencer #ttte diesel #ttte salty #ttte daisy #ttte bert #ttte arry #ttte molly #ttte stepney #ttte paxton #ttte porter #// i'm joking (mostly) about bwba #// but i'm also ready to pick it apart like a vulture #// but before that we have jbs and tgr and i'm so excited #// my art stamina has been slowing down but i'll try to keep some what consistent #// might draw some whistle wednesday jokes next lol #it takes a railway au

[ilovecharile]

Look at these idiots having fun

No wonder the dieselworks is a mess.

#i love them #they are partying #ttte norman #ttte paxton #ttte arry #ttte bert #ttte diesel #ttte diesel 10 #tw video

[lord-of-snack-falcons]

"Ye think yer' so grand." Oozed 'Arry.

"But ye're not!" Cackled Bert.

Gordon glared at the diesels.

"I am Gordon. I am blue, and grand. You," he sneered, glaring at 'Arry, "are smelly diesels. You are yellow and stripy. Yellow and stripy is not grand."

Gordon sniffed snootily. Then, he whooshed forward grandly -- straight into Diesel's flatbed!

#ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine and friends #ttte arry and bert #ttte devious diesel #ttte gordon #ttte troublesome trucks #april fool's #i hope this pained you as much to read as it did for me to write this #genuinely why did i agree to this

[the-quackeroos]

wanted to draw more of 'Arry and Bert, the twin duo of gangsters who lurk in the hellish industrial yards and alleys at night. the original reference is under the cut. ;3

#art #my art #ttte arry #ttte bert #arry and bert #the emperor's new groove #memes

[puffpal7]

#ttte #ttte arry #ttte bert #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #has anyone done this yet? #puffpal7's artworks

[weirdowithaquill]

Traintober 2023: Day 28 - Which Way Now?

Lost in the Fog:

The Island of Sodor was hosting a visitor from the Other Railway. The visitor was a large, impressive tank engine who was helping out on Thomas’ branchline.

“I do love getting to pull trucks again,” the engine said cheerfully to Percy. “We don’t to pull trucks on my heritage railway.” “They might be fun, but you do have to be careful,” warned Percy. “Some trucks can be troublesome.” The engine chuckled. “Don’t worry about me, Percy – I’ll be fine!” Percy was doubtful. And yet, to his amazement, the visitor managed the trucks well. The trucks came along quietly, distracted from misbehaving by the songs the engine sang to them.

The visitor really did brighten up the yard every time they passed through. “Did you need a hand?” he offered to Toby as the old tram struggled with a long line of empty ballast trucks heading back for the Little Western. “That would be great,” grinned Toby. “Thank you.” With the visitor’s help, they managed the run in half the time it usually took – and better yet, his sing-a-longs kept the trucks from acting up.

“You really have a knack with the trucks,” mused Duck, watching in amazement as the big engine shunted them into their proper places. “I’m impressed.” “Thank you!” the visitor said. “That’s too kind!”

The visitor grew to be popular amongst all the engines. The speed and dedication they brought to every train won over even the gruffest of trucks and engines alike – not even James could think of a bad word!

Everyone was sad when it came time for the visiting engine to return back to their heritage railway. “Safe travels!” called Percy. “Don’t get lost!” warned Oliver. “Lost?” quizzed the engine. “That isn’t likely, is it?” “Well… no – but sometimes the signalman near Killdane nods off. Make sure you whistle to alert him to your presence.” The engine smiled. “Thanks for the advice, I’ll keep it in mind!” And with that, the engine set off into the setting sun.

Things went well at first – but then night fell. With it came the mist. The mist rose up out of every crevice, seemingly rising up out of the ground itself, swirling around and blanketing everything it touched in an impenetrable wall of grey.

The visitor peered into the darkness, trying to see which town they were passing through. The station signs were obscured – several station lamps flickered and died and a chill danced in the air, winding around the visitor and doing its best to freeze their boiler into ice. The visitor still battled onwards.

“We can’t stop here…” they said, narrowing their eyes to try and spot a familiar shape. “It’s the middle of the mainline. No trains can stop here.” “Then which way now?” asked the engine’s driver. The answer lay just up ahead, where a signal light shone green, piercing sharply through the mist to illuminate the world around it.

“Someone must be expecting us,” hummed the driver. “That’s good!” A station platform appeared on the engine’s left, and they slowed to a stop, waiting for some sort of instructions on where to go. The driver and fireman looked back, and then the driver groaned.

“That stupid signalman! Come on, you need to go remind him that he needs to drop the signal back to red.” “And you?” “I’ll go find us some hot coffee in the station house. This seems like a big station – there’s got to be someone around.” The two left their engine sizzling nicely under the station canopy, heading off to complete their respective tasks.

Normally, this would have been fine – and had the engine been anywhere else, this would have been a routine stop. But the name of the station illuminated by a flickering station lamp was Killdane. “Um… shouldn’t we whistle?” asked the engine. But his crew had already left.

The engine’s eyes darted around. Something felt off about this station. It wasn’t the electric wires running above the tracks, nor was it the eerily still lines of coaches and trucks in the sidings. No, there was something else. Maybe… the second set of points that felt like they shouldn’t be there?

“Oh, why hello there,” grinned a deep, almost gravelly voice from behind the engine. “Um… hello?” The visitor had never heard that voice before. There was no face to put to the sound – this voice was completely new, and it scared them slightly. “What’re you doing on our line?” “I’m waiting to continue on,” the engine replied firmly. “We’ll take you,” the voice replied. Before the engine could question that, they were buffered roughly from behind. There was the deep, almost howling honk of a diesel horn, and the engine was suddenly being shoved forwards, out of the station.

“Hey! You can’t do this! Stop! Stop! Driver!” The visiting engine’s driver sprinted onto the platform, just in time to see the shape of a long train of scrap leave the platform where their engine had previously stood.

The engine tried to apply their brakes – but they couldn’t. They tried to call out for help – but no one answered.

The diesel pushed the poor engine down a long, overgrown path that led down through a bricked path between rows of town houses. The mist was even thicker down here, engulfing the poor engine and making it almost impossible to see what was ahead.

At least, until the mist began to clear around a large industrial estate, littered with the rusting remains of engines. “Oi! You can’t do this!” shouted the engine. “I’m preserved! Preserved!” “No one will come looking here,” sneered the diesel, shunting the engine into a shed. “Your crew can’t save you now, steam kettle.”

The steam engine sat, cold and alone, in the shed. Ahead of them, a pair of massive sliding steel doors were clamped tightly shut. Suddenly, the engine felt a jolt. The scrap trucks had been shoved behind them.

Two identical diesels in grimy green paintwork with wasp stripes oiled up on either side of the visitor. “This time, there’s no escape,” one sneered. The other just shot the poor visitor an unidentifiable look.

The two rumbled backwards again – and then the engine felt another jolt, and they all began to roll forwards. The giant steel doors groaned open, revealing a room bathed in red. Molten slag bubbled on either side of the track, and a giant claw loomed overhead.

“This engine’s not for scrapping!” begged the engine. “I just want to go home!” The claw didn’t stop its descent, lowering down, down, down…

With a sickening crunch, it ripped into the visitor’s boiler, lifting the engine up into the air, and dragging it over to the molten slag.

“Just another poor soul, gone to meet its maker,” sneered Arry. Bert didn’t reply. He just silently rumbled away, a goal set in his mind.

This time, Arry wouldn’t get away.

Back to Master Post

#fanfiction writer #railway series #weirdowithaquill #thomas the tank engine #railways #traintober 2023 #traintober #cw character death #ttte arry #ttte bert #Killdane Iron Works #Don't stop keep going #low level horror

[bluy1206]

👀😀😊🙂🙁

My mood very random :v:

#ttte shiposting #ttte mavis #ttte diesel 10 #ttte emily #ttte thomas #ttte arry

[thebunnylord]

In my human AU, Diesel, Paxton, Sidney, ‘arry, Bert, splatter and dodge are all brothers. They came from a huge blended family and both of their parents remarried to different people and had more children (there are way more children than the seven names I just listed) and one of their parents divorced twice and remarried three times and it’s all confusing unless I drew a chart out but you get the picture.

Their upbringing didn’t affect Diesel, Arry and Bert too much, Diesel is the oldest children of the clan and quickly got jealous when his siblings began arriving. He was also put in charge of the little kids when the parents went out. Diesel obviously abused this power by putting a baby spatter and dodge in an upside down wastebasket with books on top to keep him from having to watch them every second, and tying Paxton to a chair which Paxton vividly remembers. Diesel is devious by name and devious by nature.

The only thing from his childhood that really affected diesel into adulthood was that the best way of getting your parents attention was by hitting your younger brothers and make them cry.

On the other hand, Rebecca’s family is filled with relatives that she is somehow related to but doesn’t know how she is which makes family gatherings a bit awkward as there’s a ton of people who she never knew she was even related to. For example, she and Neville are cousins but for the life of her she doesn’t know how or why they are related. And it’s all weird and a huge mess but she doesn’t care, she finds Neville to be rather chill, aside from his social anxiety and awkwardness of course.

#ttte #thomas and friends #ttte humanisation #ttte headcanon #ttte diesel #ttte paxton #ttte sidney #ttte arry #ttte bert #ttte splatter #ttte dodge #ttte rebecca #ttte neville #too many siblings