NorthWesternSplendor

Fan of the Railway Series, and Railways in general! Slowly working on my AU, North Western Engines! Feel free to have a chat!
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[NorthWesternSplendor @NWSplendor]

Very pleased to have finally gotten this RWS-style book out in honor of this year's Awdry Extravaganza at the @TalyllynRailway!! Here's to the TR, the Awdry Family, and Extravaganzas to come!
https://t.co/nAL0ueoa4n

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Here it is: Famous Little Engines!

My first public book release is here at last. Naturally it's dedicated to the Talyllyn Railway and the Awdry Family.
#AwdryEx3

https://t.co/cYCKARootX

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@JBerg1895219241 @Tapped549080 Very kind of you to say, thank you!

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@eeendlessbummer - Struggled with himself for several years
- Got "rebuilt" with a "new shape"
- Has been much happier even since

I'm just saying

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@killdane1 where's that T1E2H3 clip

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@killdane1 oh my god I knew this was bullshit

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@killdane1 There's no fuckin way

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@TheRedJinty Afraid not, he says he left by noon

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@chocsise I hate that I understood this and I hate that you made this joke.

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@SonnKakarott @TheRedJinty @BananaBoco3 @Ry121_OUTATIME I'm also of the opinion that infrastructure and locomotive maintenance standards on Sodor could allow for higher speed steam (more than 75mph, at least), but there's a chance this isn't the case and I was trying to give Express Permission the benefit of the doubt.

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@LittleEnginePr1 Still have lots to learn about working with the "old-fashioned" engines

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@misio_dangiso Haha that's exactly what I was trying to get at, but didn't have enough space!

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@TheRedJinty @BananaBoco3 @Ry121_OUTATIME I agree Murdoch shouldn't have been instantly banned, buuut Gordon's 100mph attempt was during an era when that was... passable, regulations-wise. Express Permission seems to occur in like the 70s/80s at minimum, & we know high-speed steam is generally a big no-no these days.

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@misio_dangiso I'm glad you chose Douglas since he has a more prickly past w/ diesels & scrap. He's clearly trying to be nice here, but remnants of "Yon diesels arr all devils!" are present.
Same w/ Bear not *intending* to look down on "steamers" ala the modernization rhetoric he was born into.

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@misio_dangiso Yeah, I really wish we saw more of James' dislike for diesels sprinkled in before the titular book. It's stated that he's *okay* with Sodor Diesels, but he'd definitely still be saying problematic things.

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@tcfsjace Snores louder than the machinery

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@marvellous_main He and Larry have hangouts at Cronk a couple times per month. Movie nights, board games, etc. Sometimes they do it at the electric engines' shed (and found playing Uno with Oscar is difficult).

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@basstbonemusic No no, you're totally right. Stepney (Preservation) gets shafted every time there's a new run of Terriers. Even the upcoming Dapol/Rails of Sheffield Exclusive batch doesn't have it, even though that'd have been the perfect opportunity.

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@MrE4RidesAgain Oh dear 💀 poor guy got the life history knocked out of him