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“To catch you on that hill, Thomas, I’d need wings like an airplane. So I had my driver pour Red Bull into my gas tank!”

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Despite the wonky perspective, I love what I went for with the flashback in the thought bubble/steamcloud

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Initial pencil sketch of Spinner!Emily

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Duck and Percy calmly sat on the points outside the shed refusing to let the engines in. “Oh, you want to fight?” Asked Duck “Instead of running, you’re coming closer”

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When Thomas tells you to “hurry yourself”

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Another old Inktober prompt from many moons ago

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“Cheer up Granpuff, we’ll find a nice railway and the. You can come and keep us in order”

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“NWR no 4 ‘Gordon’ thundering across the Killercrankie Viaduct on the Highland Mainline July 1948”

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Because it was a real missed opportunity we never got to retell the search for Duke in the show with Hatt and Sir Robert on explorer hijinks

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One of my favorite Inktober pieces: you can’t convince me Mr Jolly wouldn’t have done something like this.

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*Insert Michael Angelis dog noises here*

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

“Sometimes, the best travels are those we can only dream about” An old Inktober piece from 2019

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Reposted by Little Engine

Britt Allcroft was truly one of a kind. When I was 12, she gave me a chance to be part of something that millions of children — as well as adults — love. Warm-hearted, funny, and kind, the English grandmother I never had. May her memory be a blessing. ❤️

Britt Allcroft holding a model of Thomas the Tank Engine.

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BR 61292, Macduff, or “Duff” by the other engines. A brash Thompson B1 from Dundee. He questions why express engines like Gordon and Yeovil are even running on the Mixed Traffic trials, but at least finds Gordon’s rebuild is sound for lack of a third cylinder and conjugated valve gear flapping about

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MacFinlay, another Black 5 Gordon met at Inverness. An engine who is well acquainted with the steep climbs of the Highland Main Line and the dangers working them. Known for his piercing clear through eyes that have seen many a sleepless night, but few know why.

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Gordon and 44799 aka “Young Siward”. A Horwich build fresh out of the shops and regular worker on the Kyle of Lochalsh extension. Siward has a rapier wit and is quite comfortable with his lot in life as a mixed traffic loco. He was an engine Gordon met at Perth on the Highland Exchanges. In 1948.

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My very first drawing of Yeovil…Rhys initially suggested the character as an Audrey Hepburn lookalike, and I was trying to get a handle on drawing faces to match up with the Thomasthetic that were still recognizable.

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Victor Ullmann @victorullmann.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Very rough sketch as practice for what’s to come @oldlongsign.bsky.social

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Reposted by Little Engine

Putting more time to learn and practice tradicional techniques :) my goal for 2025

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Little Engine @ltllngin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Yeovil sketch from many moons ago

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“This mountain rock is good for many things, although it’s dangerous up there.” “Why?” “Because of a big boulder. I think it’s watching me.” “How can it be, boulders don’t have eyes.” “Well, there’s something strange about this one…”

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“NWR No. 4 ‘Gordon’ on a northbound train at Blair Atholl in July 1948. The train is waiting for a banker to assist on the climb to Dalnaspidal, instead of a pilot locomotive as per the stipulations of the Locomotive Exchange Trials.”

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NWR No 26 “King Sigmund” on shed at Tidmouth, pictured with Driver Malcom “Mack” O’Lear and Reginald “Reggie” Taylor. Commission for @ChryNy79

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Ex LNER 4479 “Robert The Devil” about to leave on a passenger turn from Tidmouth. Commission for @SeaSwine9

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“(From left to right) Wellsworth and Suddery Railway Nos 1, 2, and 4 readying for the day’s work at the yard near the old Suddery Station. Note the cathedral overlooking the site. The original station was closed after WWI and a new one was built near the town centre by the NWR”

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