Gordon.

Hello there! I’m Gordon the Big Engine, pride of the line! NWR no.4. Express engine, semi retired.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@Rogue_Diesel Pah! You couldn’t even scratch two tiny tank engines with that claw of yours, I most certainly doubt you’d stand a better chance against a big engine like me.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@Rogue_Diesel A big brute like you? Delusional! At least tell me I won’t be on the train with you?

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@PrivateEngine Pity. With any luck this’ll all be over sooner rather than later and you’ll be back in steam in no time.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@TheBrendamCrane Good Gresley, I’m surprised you haven’t tossed him into the ocean already.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@BRBulleid34066 Safer? Pah! The words ‘safer’ and ‘trucks’ never go together. I’d much prefer to race down the line at a controlled speed with coaches that know to behave than unruly trucks! And especially in this weather, the little devils love to push and pull us down the slippery tracks.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

Wretched weather.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

Oughh, such little time to rest on this wretched day... Express.. coming... hoo... through!!

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@SCCTankEngines Keep your dusty, dented buffers away from my coaches. We big engines strain hard enough this time of year without you troublesome twins coming into our yard, as guests, and playing silly tricks.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@NWRNicholasHatt What shock that I get lugged with the load. Gresley forbid I have a normal day on this island...

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

Icy tracks and that wretched hill are a treacherous pairing.

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@TheDowagerHatt That’s... true?

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

Soaked in tea, reeking of pumpkin, and my face puts Nia’s boiler to shame. And yet the othe engines wonder why I find enjoying things a chore...

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

Oough! So much scrubbing, and they finally found the source of the pumpkin stench. Someone managed to prop a couple lanterns on my tender, forgot, and left them to burn out up there. At least the smells gone, along with the faint aroma of tea, no thanks to our director...

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@BuckwaterOliver @NWRNicholasHatt @No3NWR If only it were intentional and still Halloween, not some undignified cock-up!

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

Hurgh! Who even makes an engine sized pumpkin mask?! By Gresley am I glad it was just for one night...

[Gordon. @LNERno4]

@NWRNicholasHatt @No3NWR Blurrblugghg! Oh the indignity!! An orange face, and a pumpkin and tea soaked boiler.... disgraceful...