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Published: 2018-04-12 08:34:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1714; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 2
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"In 1934, the Railway was desperate for money. The board of directors decided that Lily and the older engines were worth more as scrap. The fat director wasn't too happy about it, but there wasn't much he could do. But he did save Neil. I think Lily was sent to the scrapyards on Edward's line, the one where he found Trevor. At least, that's where the others went." Thomas, Little Western Legacy."Only two of us made it... halfway across the English Channel, we were spotted by a U-Boat. Big Mac peeled off and distracted it, while Hercules and I continued on. That's the last we heard of Big Mac.... He could have been sunk or he could have escaped. I just haven't heard more about him." Ten Cents, Dime For Trouble.
Taking place during WW2 when Ten Cents arrived with Operation Minnow, the tugboat tells his story to Thomas about how he had lost Big Mac when he held off an enemy U-Boat, while he and Hercules carried on. Thomas also tells Ten Cents about how he lost Lily due to her being 'scrapped' (IE, lost at sea, though he doesn't realise this).
We don't know what happened to Big Mac, but in a conversation I had with on YT, he said he didn't seal Big Mac's fate yet.
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Yeah. Though Lily is rescued eventually, Big Mac's fate is still uncertain.
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Yes indeed.
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Speaking of Lily, I wonder how her first meeting with Duck will go down. I mean, Thomas did speak fondly of Lily to him, and he also saw Lily back in service unexpectedly while at the coal hopper one day.
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Me too.
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And here's another thing: Lily referred to Geoff by his full name of Geoffery. I wonder if that means she's going to call Duck by his real name.
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Perhaps so.
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It's going to be very different, considering the last few times Duck got called by his full name was Diesel saying it in an 'I mean business' manner.
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Exactly.
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Plus, I can't wait for Lily to see the Little Western, her old branchline.
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I bet it would be like walking down Memory Lane.
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Indeed it might be. I wonder if she knows that her friends from the MSR have moved to the SkR and the small railway's there now.
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I'm not sure.
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I guess she would have been told.
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Most likely.
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Yeah. Yet another change to get used to.
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Yes indeed.
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When you put it like that, both Big Mac and Lily were lost at sea.
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That's true. Except Lily's been recovered while Big Mac... we don't know.
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Yeah. It must have been hard for him. He and Sunshine were considered the 'junior' members of the fleet.
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Not to mention best friends like Thomas and Percy.
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They sure were. A separation between the two tugboats would have been really hard.
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Yeah. I wonder what happened to Hercules in this situation if he survived alongside with Ten Cents?
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Hercules DID survive. It's said in the episode Dime For Trouble that he was preserved at theΒ National Maritime Museum.
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It really is a sad feeling that Ten Cents is separated from his friends.
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It is, especially from Sunshine. But Ten Cents had adapted to his life on Sodor.
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I know. I feel great pity for the lone Star Tug. Or Sudrian Tug since you said he adapted his new Sudrian life.
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Indeed, despite the fact he had to work withΒ Drollan.Β
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Maybe I might do a similar pic to this if that's okay.
I may need to know a little bit more of Drollan. Bit of a funny name.
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Sure.
Watch the episode Last Straw
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Thanks. It's still a heartbroken moment.
Okay.
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Hope Big Mac alright....Β
I wonder what the other tugs did.Β
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You mean Sunshine, OJ, Top Hat and Warrior? According to what Dan said, they stayed at Bigg City Port.
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I see. I wonder if any of them offered to or any Sodor boat took part of Operation Dynamo.Β
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Operation Dynamo?
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It was when any available boat either civilian or military were needed to help evacuate Allied soldiers on the beach of Dunkirk in 1940. A total of 693 British ships were used.Β
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_β¦
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Gosh...
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So any type of boat that can get into shallow waters would help. So likely in the RWS universe, boats from Tidmouth Harbour would of helped.Β
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I guess they would.
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As we have seen in the pictures that they do have tugboats.Β
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So that's one thing that could of happened during the time-gapΒ
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Would love to have seen RWS Gordon's thoughts when he heard of Mallard's speed record for the first time and the A4s in general.Β
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A cousin going faster than a sibling, Gordon wouldn't believe it.Β
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There's also the Great DepressionΒ
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