#Class 17

[british-rail-official]

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[v0id-c0rroded]

The 'Clayton' Class 17

Not a long lived species. Built between 1962 and 1965, all 117 examples of the fleet were stood down between 1968 and 1971. Chronic unreliability besieged them, and they usually worked in pairs to overcome this.

A typical pairing up sees them ailing a steam engine (a rare chance to shine as the rescuers and not the rescued) somewhere in southern Scotland. The second diesel here only managed five years of service.

July 1965

[hazel-of-sodor]

Hazel Locomotive works presents the Chester and Holyhead Railway class 17.

The most famous engine from Gwylan Locomotive Works is the C&HR Class Class 16 Pacific, but this wasn't the only engine to end up on the Chester and Holyhead.

The Class 16 Pacific was an attempt by the GLW to break into new markets. Express engines were by their very nature impressive and eye-catching, and it was hoped the engine would bring attention to their company.

As the construction of the class 16 was coming to a close, the GLW was approached by a railway to build them a new express locomotive. The railway, the Seagull Line, had very sharp curves for a standard gauge mainline, so they needed an express locomotive with a shorter wheelbase.

The GLW was elated, here was the chance they had been waiting for. A chance to break out with a brand new express locomotive. The engine GLW designed was a 4-6-0, as large as the Seagull line allowed for, sharing many design traits with the class 16. The cab overhung behind the rear drivers, allowing the fitting of a larger boiler and firebox. The Seagull line approved the design, and a contract was drawn up and signed. The down payment was made and construction began.

The engine came together quickly, and the GLW sent word to the Seagull line upon completion...only to receive no reply. In the time since the order had been placed, the Line had been subject to a hostile takeover, and the new management had no interest in the engine. To make matter worse, the contract prevented GLW from offering the Locomotive to other railways until October of that year.

Gwylan Locomotive Works had invested a lot of money into the class 16, and more into the seagull lines express engine. That had been fine with the guaranteed payment for the 4-6-0, but as the Seagull Line's new management dragged out paying for the engine via a legal battle, betting the works would run out of money before the lawsuit could be settled. They were correct. In June 1939, Gwylan Locomotive Works filed for bankruptcy. The Class 16 Pacific was protected by her contract with testing eith the Chester and Holyhead Railway, but all other remaining GLW assents would fall to the debt collectors.

The 4-6-0 was locked into legal limbo by contract, so was left in the back if the works, and largely forgotten. However, fate was not done with the engine.

Following the declartion of War against Germany in September 1939, the Class 16 would officially pass into Chester and Holyhead ownership. In early October, the debt agency sent a team to search the derelict works for any usable spare parts or plans to pass on to the railway. During this visit the dust covered 4-6-0 was rediscovered. The debt agency knew next to nothing about railways or locomotives, but they had legal contacts that did.

The Chester and Holyhead was surpised to be contacted by the debt collection agency again.

"To the Board of the Chester and HolyHead Railway, While searching premises formerly belonging to 'Gwylan Locomotive Works' for usable parts or schematics for the No.16 4-6-2 Locomotive in your possession, we discovered a second express locomotive of 4-6-0 design. Locomotive has been trapped by contract till this week. Please advise." The C&HR quickly offered to purchase the locomotive. Their standard class 9 pacific had been designed as for mix traffic, so they were in heavy demand for goods traffic. A smaller more efficent engine for the smaller passenger trains was needed The engine was purchaed for undisclosed sum, and was given the number and classification 17. Routinely during the war No.17 was seen pulling what was left of the C&HR express services. After the war once over, the class 17 gracefully retired from express passenger work to run the C&HR milk trains, where she has remained every since.

[bet-on-me-13]

Fenton, the Ghost Hunter Hero

So! When Danny first saw a Ghost attacking his school, he was still terrified of his parents finding out about his Powers.

He looked exactly the same in his Ghost Form, sounded the same, he even had the Hazmat Suit his parents had custom made for him on as a Ghost. There was no way anybody wouldn't immediately find him out if he tried to stop Lunch Lady with his Powers, it was so obvious!

But he couldn't just leave her there. She had crossed through the Portal that he opened, and was attacking his friends. He needed to stop her somehow!

So he tried, he just didn't use his Powers. He stole a bunch of his parents Inventions, fixed the broken ones so they actually worked, and ran in to stop Lunch Lady as a Human. The battle lasted far longer than he would have liked, but eventually he managed to stop her and shove her into the Thermos.

And from there on out, he just kept doing it. Danny became the Town's defacto Hero, since his parents were too Incompetent and he had the ability to actually beat the Ghosts, he had to protect the people he had endangered.

Soon enough people began to notice his Heroics. Mr Lancer didn't stop him when he ran out of the classroom, Dash stopped shoving him in Lockers, and his parents were Ecstatic when they found out he had gone into the "Family Business".

He still kept his Ghost Form hidden from his parents and the Public though. It was still too dangerous.

He only ever used his Ghost Form while in the Ghost Zone so he could blend in, and avoid being attacked by the multiple Ghosts who he had forced back in there. Danny Fenton was a Ghost Hunter, Phantom was just another Ghost wandering the Ghost Zone.

(Though he did gain some infamy by defeating some powerful ghosts, like Aragon or Plasmius)

Years down the line, Fenton remained the respected Ghost Hunting Hero of Amity Park, his greatest accomplishment being the defeat of Pariah Dark, the Ghost King.

That battle had actually drawn outside attention to the town for a change, and it wasn't long before Danny was offered a spot on the Justice League's Junior Team. It wasn't every day when the evil Ruler of another Dimension was defeated by a non-powered Human, so it actually sparked some interest in the Town.

Unfortunately, Danny couldn't accept the Invitation.

If he joined the Justice League, it ws only a matter of time before one of their multitude of Magic Users realized the truth and outed him as a Ghost. He couldn't take that chance.

He was content staying as a small town Hero dealing with a "minor" Ghost Problem, no need to overcomplicate matters.

That is, until the JL contacted him again a few months later. Apparently, their Time Travelers had warned of an Evil Ghost known as Phantom, who would one day grow so powerful he would destroy the world and leave it in ruins. They needed his help as an expert Ghost Hunter to track down Phantom, for the safety of the world.

Problem. This version of Danny had never actually met Dan, since his history went so differently. Now he is terrified of what event could have led to him becoming the Worst Supervillain in History.

[emo-batboy]

Things Battinson Totally Did During His First Year of University

Using Unhinged or Odd Things I Also Did as a College Freshman :D

Note: for this list, let’s believe Bruce was living in an (admittedly expensive and swanky) dorm because it is required for first-years, especially those entering at a young age, and Alfred told him he needed to make friends. Also yes I did every single thing on this list. I never claimed to be a role model

Bruce, to his TA: I’m so sorry I’m late to class. I gave blood a few hours ago and almost fainted on the way here, but it won’t happen again.

Signs up for a class called “Age of Dinosaurs” despite it not being required whatsoever and proceeds to work his entire schedule around it

Bruce: Your mental health is super important. If you think you should see the on-campus therapist, go see them. Friend: Fine. I’ll sign up for therapy if you sign up for therapy too. Bruce: Hold on-

Finds a loophole in his housing contract that allows him to get a pet frog, calls him kermit :)

Gets a second frog because Kermit was lonely, names it Constantine after Muppets Most Wanted, then realizes that they’re gay for each other. Wonders if the rainbow-colored rocks he got them triggered anything

Swings dramatically between calling Alfred every single day and ghosting him for weeks, cries when he realizes what he did

“Accidentally” joins the student body council, doesn’t know what he’s doing, gets re-elected anyway

Molds a dragon out of Laffy Taffy instead of doing his work

Bruce: *joins Honors, gets all A’s, takes the max amount of classes, has several minors, overachieves* Also Bruce: I’m a failure.

Breaks into a building after hours to study because NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO SHUT THE FUCK UP AT THE LIBRARY

Bruce: I will not get seasonal depression this year. Bruce: *gets real and seasonal depression that year*

Meticulously schedules his day with a color-coded planner because if he sits down for too long, the thoughts will consume him

Gives a presentation to his rhetoric class on how much he likes Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (it is 20 minutes long)

Successfully allocates funding from the student body council to pay for free feminine products in the dorms OUT OF SPITE because someone said it couldn't be done. fuck you, Andrew

Bruce: It is not an all-nighter if I go to sleep before my first class. Friend: It is 7:30am, the sun is in the sky, and your first class is at 12:30. Bruce: But I am getting sleep.

Refuses to go anywhere without his backpack because what if he needs three notebooks at once

Loses over 20 pounds because ✨stress✨ and scares the shit out of Alfred when he comes home for Thanksgiving

Argues with his TA over the one (1) question he got wrong on his Dinosaur exam

Bruce, calling Alfred: Hello father figure. How do I do taxes? Do I have to do them myself? Also, I think I’m having a panic attack.

Joins in on a charity arts-and-crafts project that gives kids books with matching activities made by volunteers, proceeds to commandeer the project because “it’s not color-blind friendly” and rewrites the instructions for everyone

Makes a murder wall

Goes to one (1) sports game and proceeds to leave in the first ten minutes because it’s way too loud wtf is wrong with people

Professor, addressing the lecture hall: I dare you to write an essay about these two sentences. Bruce: *writes an essay about six words, gets a 100, never even read the book*

Crawls into the ceiling for some alone time

Ghosts someone after a date because he’s too scared to tell them he didn’t know it was a date in the first place and now he feels bad

Classmate: How tf does he walk across campus that fast? I go in the same direction he does on my bike, and he’s always ahead of me. Bruce: *is gay sprinting to Dinosaur class*

Refuses to let others use his Favorite Pen TM

Constantly gets mistaken for a Grad Student because he is “so wise and mature” (bestie, that’s the autism)

Alfred: *casually mentions he got into a car accident through text* Bruce: *replies with a meme while hyperventilating because he doesn’t know what to do with that information??!*

Wears a suit to one of his finals

Regularly eats non-organic food for the first time in his life, proceeds to learn about several allergies Alfred forgot to mention he has

Writes “What is a Hot Pocket?” in calligraphy and proceeds to laugh his ass off alone in his dorm because he is so exhausted he’s reached the point of delusion

Locks himself out of his dorm right before class, frantically asks the floor group chat if someone can help, proceeds to tell the nice gay man on the floor who saved him “I love you” because his social skills have hit rock bottom

Makes a little music album display next to his desk for his favorite band (Nirvana) His friends call it a shrine, and they are technically correct

Has a blacklist of people he refuses to interact with because Reasons

Counselor: What do you want to do when you graduate? Bruce: *gestures vaguely*

Refuses to take the bus because there are people in there and he doesn’t like those

Loses one of his frogs, how tf did he do that, they’re fully aquatic, oh fuck, this is probably why they got rid of that loophole a year later because unbeknownst to Bruce, he accidentally started a frog revolution in the dorms, btw he SWEARS he did not mean to do that

Has two trash cans in his room: one for the Good Garbage, and one for the Bad Garbage. Only Bruce knows which is which

Bruce: *writes a creative piece about a ship’s final thoughts as it sinks, bringing its passengers down with it* TA: Absolutely lovely, Bruce, but are you okay?

Goes on Night Walks, keeps himself safe by maintaining a level 12 resting bitch face at all times

Earns the nickname “8th floor cryptid” after pacing the halls at 3am when it’s too cold for Night Walks (honestly tho how tf didn’t he get the nickname earlier?)

Bruce: Do you think a depressed person could do this? Bruce: *has a manic episode*

Okay that's all love you BYE

[quatredraws]

I haven’t posted anything in years, but since I’ve gotten into Star Wars a few months ago I’ve managed to put pencil to paper again! This is all to say:

Thank you @mandalorianbrainweasel for posting “beautiful without our war paint”, because I loved the way Alpha takes care of Fox from beginning to end!

[transsongtaewon]

[supertrainstationh]

I can't tell you how much I love these Class 17 diesels.

Big without being BIG, small without being LITTLE, all while looking like a standard gauge diesel version of a double fairlie.

D8568 at the Severn Valley's diesel gala, 18/05/2024.

[coldbrewarts]

The new ARC’s a Shiny

I have been seeing @ghosts-of-rishi’s Domino squad redraw on the dash lately and it might have inspired this.

Closeups under the cut (tumblr butchered the quality so click for a better photo up top)

[yeisiko]

All the flowers turn to look at you

[v0id-c0rroded]

Two 'Clayton' Class 17 diesels rumble a grimy tanker freight along the Cumbrian Coast line.

The photographer, Les Nixon, recalled huge disappointment at this train not being steam hauled - it would be mere days before BR withdrew the final steam locos from the network. Thankfully for us, he recorded the scene in spite of this.

Photos of these diesels have proven to be much rarer too, their life on the rails was a very short one.

26th July 1968

[humanteethmarksonhumanbone]

[foxtrottcantfindshit]

Squall page! And some closeups of what I think went well.

[bonetrousledbones]

also i really want to inspect the brains of those folks who say kris is middle school aged. they are in the same class as berdly and catti, who both have jobs, and temmie, who is actively preparing to graduate and go to college. i get that its a small school in a small town but come on now

[roseaesynstylae]

Alpha-17 will protect his students, but reasonably (by his standards). Christophosis (I’m not sure if that’s it’s spelled) isn’t something he’d get involved in. Umbara, if he knew what was happening, would result in him handling Pong Krell.

[demadogs]

stranger things season one 2016 was so fucking incredible. it exists as an entirely different entity to me than the rest of the show. you literally just had to be there. to this day nothing has ever come close to the amount of universal love for a fictional story that stranger things first received. ive been chasing this high for eight years.