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The Big separation 5

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On the Dean Forest Railway, Wilbert had only just got back from work and was waiting for his friends to come into the shed.

“They should be here soon.” He said to himself.

But to his surprise, he heard 2 whistles and a bell in the air.

Hold on. Wilbert thought. That’s not any of the Dean Forest Railway whistles, or bells for that matter. Wait… bells?!

Just then, he caught sight of 2 tank engines and a tram engine coming into the sheds, the blue tank engine had 2 coaches in tow, as did the tram engine, but the latter had a luggage van as well.

“Oh, Thomas, Toby, Percy! And your coaches too.” Wilbert cried excitedly. “My controller didn’t say you were visiting. What a lovely surprise.” Wilbert still had his fire going and his driver and fireman were still in his cab, so he was moved forward so he could talk to his old friends properly.

“Actually Wilbert, that’s not the reason we are here.” Said Thomas.

“We’re moving here.” Finished Toby.

“Moving here?!” Gasped Wilbert. “But, how can this be possible?”

“They are going to dieselise the network, Wilbert.” Percy explained.

The Ffarqaur engines and rolling stock quickly filled in Wilbert on what happened.

“That’s terrible.” Said Wilbert. “But, thank goodness you made it up here. We’ll look after all of you.”

“Thanks Wilbert.” Said Victoria. “So, now that we are at our new home, what do we have to do?”

“Well, the railway starts at Lydney Junction and runs down to Parkend through some forests. You lot will be running heritage trains with me and the other engines and rolling stock.”

“Ok.” Said Elise. “But wait, isn’t going through a forest on rails dangerous?”

“Not if you have proper maintenance and your careful.” Explained Wilbert.

“I guess running heritage trains does sound like fun.” Henrietta put in. “In fact, Victoria, Elise and I were nicknamed ‘Toby’s Vintage Train’ back on Sodor.”

“So, looks like you’ve been running heritage trains without really thinking about it.” Chuckled Wilbert. 

The 4 engines, the coaches and Elise laughed together. Then, Wilbert remembered.

“Say guys, do you know how my brother Sheffield is doing?” Asked Wilbert.

“I think,” Said Clarabel. “He went with his breakvan, Brian, to the Witney-Yarnton Heritage Railway. He mentioned that it was his old heritage railway, after being saved from the steelworks.”

“Yes, that’s right.” Commented her sister. “He should be there by now.”

Thomas sighed. “I wonder how he is getting on?”

The other Ffarquar engines, Wilbert and their rolling stock agreed and stood in thought before going to sleep.


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Alright! Got Thomas, Percy and Toby up. Heh, I can see why this was an obvious choice. Wilbert was close friends with the Ffarquar engines and would quickly make them feel welcome in their new home. Next will be Sheffield. He will be on the heritage railway that he was rescued to from the Steelworks before coming to Sodor. But unlike the rest of them, this will be a fictional one. As such, I will be using Jinty and Pug to represent 2 of Sheffield's friends until further notice. Also, I will need that Brian sprite being made by :iconsodormatchmaker: before I can upload the finished picture.

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It's nice to see people remember Elsie.