MainLineEngines

About Me
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Birthday	March 27
Favourite Thomas episode	The Flying Kipper
Favourite Thomas special	The Adventure Begins/Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
Favourite Thomas song	Night Train/Really Useful Engine
Favourite Character	Henry

Hullo there, I am MainLineEngines, proud founder of this wiki. If you need me contact me here, the TTTE Wikia, or ZEM's Forums if privated. I also the creator of Adventures on Rails. I can write an episode for your series if you want and if you need help with your series, don't hesitate to contact me.

My History

You can find my Thomas & Friends history on the TTTE Wikia

But, it all started in 2010, in August... I suppose, I discovered this when my cousin clicked the link to the TTTE Wikia, I learned alot there, and I started to want my own wikia, so I created this and now here I am! I thank Mays, Rawrlego, and Thomas Sir Handel for joining my wiki and helping expanding it. Couldn't have done it without you guys.

My Engines

Here are all the engines I have made

Delete- LNER Thompson Class B1, No. 61251
Dodger- Gresley J50/J51 'Submarine' , BR No. 68899
David- Robinson J11 goods engine, 'Pom-Pom', ex- GCR No. 228, BR No. 64349
Nexus- L&YR Class 28, James' twin.
Amy- Based on the preserved Holden J69
Nix- Reid D34, no. 62499; now NWR No. 13

Favourite Episodes

The Flying Kipper
Ghost Train
Escape
Bowled Out
Horrid Lorry
Thomas the Jet Engine
Three Cheers for Thomas
Halloween
Thomas and the Birthday Picnic
James the Second Best
Emily's Rubbish
Percy and the Bandstand
Tickled Pink
Henry's Health and Safety
James to the Rescue
Flash Bang Wallop!
Percy's Lucky Day
Thomas the Quarry Engine
Very Important Sheep/Goodbye Fat Controller
Love Me Tender
Unscheduled Stops/Runaway Engine
Hunt the Truck

Favourite Characters

Henry
James
Percy
Toby
Thomas
Edward
Gordon
Donald and Douglas
Diesel
Paxton
Rocky
Marion
Ashima

Favourite Songs

Really Useful Engine
Night Train
Thomas' Anthem
The Island Song
You Can Only Be You
Streamlining
Brave
A World Around You
Thomas, You're the Leader!
Hey, Hey Thomas!
Go, Go Thomas
Engine Rollcall (nineteenth season onwards)

My Engine- David

"Foward! That's the motto on the Great Central Railway"

- David stating the Great Central's motto.

Basis

David is based on a Robinson J11 (GCR Class 9J) 0-6-0 goods engine.

Livery

He is currently in NWR black with red and blue lining and carries his GCR number 177 on his cab and GCR coat of arms and lettering. He was also painted unlined black under the LNER and BR and also carried the numbers 5177 and 64354 respectively.

Persona

David has a good sense of humour. He gives great advice, so many engines look up to him. As years have passed, he has grown older and wiser. He is helpful and sympathetic, and has great respect from trucks.

Bio

David was built at Gorton and entered service November 1903. He was primarily based at Leicester prior to World War II. He was originally built with slide valves and a saturated boiler and numbered 177 under the Great Central Railway. At Grouping in 1923, his number was prefixed with 5000, becoming LNER No. 5177. He was still based at Leicester and began to enjoy the city for its art and local football team, Leicester City which he remembers fondly and still follows. His first Driver's name was 'David' and growing fond of his Driver's name, inherited it as did many other members of his class although none were officially recognised by the GCR or LNER. During World War II, David's knowledge and skill with trucks was put to good use as he helped to transport gunpowder wagons and other dangerous materials. It was during the War that he was eventually given piston valves, super-heated boiler, brought down to thirteen feet and given a four-thousand gallon tender. He still retains these modifications. This was the J11/3 sub-class. At Nationalisation, he was re-numbered to 64354 and allocated to Annesley where he worked for several years. In 1957, withdrawals of slide-valve J11s started as David was moved to Colwick. During this time, he often assumed stopping trains as well as goods trains and proved very reliable on both, putting in good times. Diesel Rail-cars eventually began to take over passengers services but J11s were still reliable with goods. During 1958 and 1959, David was allocated to Tuxford, Langwith Junction and Staveley before moving to Retford in 1960 where he would finish his career on British Railways. His arrival to Retford proved uneasy. First with the news of the final steam locomotive built and the following year, withdrawal of piston-valve J11s started. By late September 1962, David was the last of his class but still proving as reliable as ever whether it be goods or passenger services. On 21 October 1962, he was withdrawn and set to be cut up at Gorton. Some of his brothers and sisters had long been scrapped but David survived into 1963. Eventually, when it seemed he would really meet the cutter's torch, he saved by the Fat Controller for work on his Railway. David was restored at the Works and re-entered service in late 1963 for work mainly on Edward's line but also works main line goods. Since then, he has proved very reliable and has made good friends with Dodger and Molly. He often offers his experience with trucks to other engines. He usually resides at Tidmouth, but is also to be found at Wellsworth, Brendam or Vicarstown.

And don't forget to read his story right here - David's Biography (still available but now non-canon; Real Engines will explain his pre-Sodor life, so read the short instead!)

Credits

Thanks to the LNER encyclopedia, Rail UK, and BR Data Base for info on ex- GCR No. 228, ex- LNER Nos. 5228 and 4349, BR No, 64349. And thanks to the LNER Enyclopedia for the picture of No. 228 in the works.

The Real..... and More About.....

Right Now...

Real Engines has been released! Basically documenting the pre-Sodor lives of Molly, Dodger and David.
Work and Play has been released! Based on a true story and introduces Jessie to the North Western Railway.
There are various re-writes coming up. First off, the short James and Percy will be rewritten after the release of Work and Play so I estimate the updated version will come out in Summer 2019. Several other episodes such as The Football Special and even Molly's Special Job will also receive re-writes.

Need help?

If you ever need help or want feedback on your stories, feel free to leave a message and I'll attend to your requests whenever I can. Do keep in mind I have an outside schedule but I'll always find time one way or another. You can also arrange to meet me in the chat, though take notice I am in the west coast on the United States so that's nine hours difference from Western Europe, eight from the UK, three from the US east coast. In addition, I have a copy of Sodor: Reading Between the Lines so if there's any information that you need, I can most certainly look it up for you.

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Other Places to find me

TTTE Wikia - MainLineEngines
Thomas Fan-Fic Wikia - MainLineEngines
Thomas & Friends Wikia - MainLineEngines
Thomas New Stories Wikia - MainLineEngines
SiForum - MainLineEngines
Xpert Eleven - MainLineEngines (currently managing several teams in other private leagues and have one team in the official Xpert League).

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