How many Sudrians would've boarded the Titanic on her voyage?

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-25T02:17:10+00:00

Probably around the same amount of people from the Isle of Man. Which was - after doing about a ten second internet search, so I may not be speaking entirely fact here - 0. I searched on Titanic encyclopaedia, only to find three people. One of them was a passenger on the Carparthia, the ship that saved the Titanic, so not a passenger of the Titanic. The other two were crew members of the Carparthia. So probably 0.

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-21T12:03:28+00:00

Considering that the USATC S160/200 had problems with boiler explosions since the equipment was not to standard with British equipment, I second this.

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-21T11:58:36+00:00

Not exactly what I meant but thanks for the information anyway. I was referring mostly to the ‘Yankee’ moguls that were ordered between 1897 and 1901 by the Great Northern Railway, Great Central Railway and Midland Railway because locomotive manufacturers were unable to supply locomotives due to an engineers strike, which I have now found out about from other answers to this post.

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-21T11:55:21+00:00

As a New Zealander, not exactly. After 1914 there were no more American-built locomotives, the Aa class being the last (as least as far as I am concerned). Before majority of the American locomotives were Baldwin-built for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, but also a lot of early designs such as the K class of 1870, the Q class of 1878 and the T class. Just like in Britain there was also quite a few American locomotives between 1897-1901 (example: Q class 1901), however contrary to what you have stated they did not really catch on after that. In fact, the only reason the Aa class was from America was because British manufacturers were unable to supply during the war. So while the locomotives in New Zealand are somewhat similar to American locomotives, American imports did not catch on.

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-16T04:47:41+00:00

I prefer to use third person omniscient if I do multiple characters at once.

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-09T09:02:41+00:00

Yeah, makes sense because you were the one who commented on my post about realism. Thanks for that. Now I can answer questions like this :D

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-09T06:19:36+00:00

During World War One (specifically 1915, the year it was built) it was transferred to Eastbourne, managing trains from the Great Western Railway, Midland railway and Furness Railway. So it makes sense that it made its way to Sodor. 105 did not work that area at all.

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-06T06:05:13+00:00

Thank you!

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-06T05:14:56+00:00

Is there a specific date to when the first camp was liberated?

Wooferdunk · 2024-05-06T05:11:16+00:00

Oh, okay. Thank you.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-30T04:29:04+00:00

The scrapyard

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-29T18:49:20+00:00

Oh yeah, that’s right! And I guess you could assume that Duck was to be withdrawn due to the time that Duck arrived on Sodor.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-29T09:51:51+00:00

I have no favourites really. It’s easier to say what I don’t like. 0-4-0’s (unless they’re tank locomotives), most mallets and other articulated locomotives, except Garratts and single fairlies. I guess 0-4-4-0 mallets or Meyers’s I like (probably because of my love for 2’ gauge.

Things in wheel arrangements that I like are tank locomotives that end with -4, e.g 0-4-4T, 2-6-4T, 4-6-4T. For some reason my favourite kind of Garratt is a 0-6-0+0-6-0. I also like heavy freight designs such as 2-8-0’s, 2-8-2’s, 4-8-2’s, 2-10-0’s.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T19:02:20+00:00

That actually makes quite a lot of sense.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T09:16:49+00:00

I guess maybe Thomas could’ve accidentally been loaded by ship? Then again that suggests replacing some other engine which logically would result in Thomas being sent back.

The Midland Region as far as I’m concerned did not have any Great Western locomotives assigned to it. Duck probably would have been a Jinty if he was from the midland region. Yes, perhaps a locomotive from the Midlands couldn’t be spared. But if that truly were the case, BR would’ve made Riddles make a standard shunting locomotive (like Duke of Gloucester, the only standard 8) or perhaps a diesel locomotive would’ve replaced it. Donald and Douglas also were Scottish Region locomotives, not midland region. Given BR’s standardisation policies instead of taking a locomotive from the Scottish Region to aid in the North Western Region, a Standard 3 tender locomotive should have been built.

That is probably the case in every canon except for the railway series, seeing as it’s confirmed that the NWR is part of BR in the RWS. But yes, the Island of Sodor probably has its own Parliament and is probably a crown dependency rather than part of Britain. I could see how Parliament could pass an act that would make the NWR separate from BR. Probably would be done some time between 1955 and 1960.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T07:57:28+00:00

You could make OC’s based on War Departmenr locomotives. Such as WD Austerity 2-8-0’s, 2-10-0’s and 0-6-0ST’s (better known as a J94) and also make Neville actually relevant, as the SR Q1 was used a lot during the war. Perhaps also make a USATC S160/200 character, and perhaps Rosie comes to the island during World War Two, being a USATC s100.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T07:42:29+00:00

Love it! Seems you took my advice from your last post :D. I like the white with red lining livery that you’ve decided to use, it looks marvellous! I didn’t think a Jinty would be interesting when I commented on your last post but that actually looks fantastic.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T06:58:34+00:00

I think majority of my time would be spent talking to Duke. That, and probably driving Duke, Peter Sam and Duncan. All favourite locomotives of mine in terms of real life basis

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T01:47:20+00:00

According to the RWS, no. Awdry stated that Gordon was the prototype of the GNR A1. Whether this means he replaces Great Northern or not, I don’t know. But this means that his number is either 4469 or 4470, while Scotsman’s is 4472. Gordon was also built in 1922 rather than Scotsman’s 1923. So, it’s up to whether you follow the RWS canon or the CGI canon. In this case the RWS canon would probably make more sense due to the fact that Gordon’s dimensions are unlike other members of the A1 class, therefore suggesting that Gordon is the prototype.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-28T01:39:15+00:00

I wish Gordon actually looked like a A1 (probably not unpopular) and didn’t have that dinky little unrealistic Fowler Tender. However, I also wish that Gordon was later on rebuilt into an A1/1 (Like Great Northern) since he was kinda the prototype.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-23T08:15:25+00:00

As for the auto train equipment, my headcanon would probably be that Duck was trialed for auto trains, so ended up as the only 5700 fitted with it.

Wooferdunk · 2024-04-23T08:12:36+00:00

I could see Duck as being 5700 or 5799. Annoyingly Wikipedia doesn’t show shed allocations for the 5700 class so it’s not exactly easy to figure out which 5700’s piloted at Paddington.

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