#mighty mac

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The odd duo of the Skarloey, here's MightyMac! :D If there's two things that I'm an absolute sucker for it's a) Sibling (or sibling vibe) characters, and b) Secondary/background characters that don't have a ton of development. And this funky little double-fairlie fits right in! xD So here's a little doodle of them!! ^^ Separate pictures and headcanons below the cut ~

~ Headcanons ~

-Pronouns for both are He/Him They/Them -Their original name was Little Giant, but they eventually adopted the names Mighty and Mac, then later started going by "MightyMac" as it was easier. (Though unless you're addressing them both, which is relatively common, they do prefer their individual names.)

-They are the only known Double-Fairlie that has two distinct personalities (double-fairlies are typically one engine just with two faces, similar to the Culdee Fell engines).

-They were originally loaned to the Skarloey just to help with the Summer Rush, and after a disastrous first day, the two learned from their mistakes and ended up becoming quite an asset to the railway. So much so that Mr. Percival did end up keeping them permanently.

-They mostly do goods work, hauling heavy slate trains and the like, but do enjoy a passenger run every now and then.

-Mighty is older then Mac, though it's not entirely clear why. -They used to believe that they looked exactly the same; they were quite shocked to find out that they did not, in fact, look much alike at all LOL

-They do not like turntables at all. (Especially not after the turntable fiasco on their first day xD)

-They each have control over their respective "half" of the engine, but absolutely no control over the other half. This has made cooperation an absolute must for them, but they still have petty squabbles every now and then.

-Mac is more of the "leader" of the duo, tending to take charge more then Mighty. Even when he's not riding in front, he'll usually be the one telling Mighty where to go and what to do.

Mighty is generally reserved and gentle, not super talkative, but always happy to listen and help out however he can. He cares deeply for others but can be quite hard on himself. He also has no sense of direction whatsoever and often turns to Mac for guidance more then vice versa.

Mac, on the other hand, is very extroverted and will absolutely talk all day if you let him. He's more calculated and logical compared to Mighty, but can get a bit agitated when dealing with more complex or "illogical" things. Feelings are not his strong suit and he can be quite blunt, but he genuinely mean well.

Aaaand that's it! I think I've done enough rambling for one day x"D If you made it all the way through, I'd love to hear y'alls headcanons/theories/thoughts etc. on this odd little duo! :D I think there's a lot to explore with them and would love to see what others think!! But that's all for now! Enjoy! <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Art (c) Me! MightyMac (c) TTTE

[pinkyberet]

TTTE Humanized Freddie And Mighty Mac

“Fearless” Freddie Hunslet & Mighty Spooner (&) Mac Spooner :3

[howardduck1490]

Mighty Mac The Double Engine (Teen Titans Go! Style)

This is another drawing of Thomas characters in Teen Titans Go! Art style, this time it's Mighty Mac.

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What is Nia's backstory in your headcanon? Has she had some interesting incidents like for example, crashing into the stationmaster's house or accidentally leaving the guard behind?

Hi! Well for starters, Nia is actually narrow gauge in my au (a NGR Class N 4-6-2T 1906/South African NG 4-6-2T 1906)

Nia was built by and for the Natal Government Railways in 1906, she worked around the KwaZulu-Natal province mainly the Weenen-Estcourt line where she worked for mixed traffic either delivering produce (after all the line was known as the Cabbage Express) then after being sold off to the Moçâmedes Railway in 1915 she ends up globetrotting about in South Africa and neighboring regions like the Cairo to Cape Town line (she was also a participate in ww1 delivering supplies to the locals she had entirely mixed emotions which is why she secretly leaves but ends up in Western Front where she meet Freddie and Stanley)

The trio ended up bouncing around together thanks to Stanley's "jinx" though both familial figures never held any grudge against him and defended him especially during their old railway (not the msr) where they were all mistreated badly, especially Stanley thanks to his "bad luck" the manager who also hailed from South Africa (the Western and Eastern Cape) often used Stanley being mistreated by the other engines as leverage where she and very fierce arguments with until he got rid of her (his uppercommence doesn't come until years later

She came to the Mid-Sodor in the late 1920s where she worked in the mines with Millie, Luke, Bertram and Atlas so when Stanley finally was reunited with her and Freddie in 1938, they're quickly took him under their nonexistent buffers to show them the ropes, when the railway started in decline after ww2, Nia was along soem of the engines who willingly themselves herself to be sold off to keep the railway afloat, wanting Stanley to having a regular working service.

She, Luke, Mighty Mac and Freddie were actually brought together to work at the aluminum works and electric power station companies. Now she tends to work on the either the skarloey's northern end of the line doing shunting at the quarries, being part of the Gleigh Fell Quarry Company, she now works with Luke Freddie and mighty Mac the most occasionally she takes up maintenance alongside atlas rusty and Fred even the weed killer train which she doesn’t mind often taking advantage of being alone with her thoughts and observing her new surroundings

Like She sometimes also helps taking passengers on the narrow gauge express that runs alongside with duke from ulfstead to crovans gate, even to the estate railway and even revisiting the cronk and harwick scenic heritage railway where’s shes reunited with kwaku after discovering he wasn’t scrapped and helps with her recovery of survivors guilt

Fun fact she was the maintenance engine for the skarloey railway until atlas comes in who in turn he and Nia take rusty under their nonexistent buffers, she’s tends to sees all of them (Falcon they bond over their fear of heights, Stuart cause he's cheeky she keeps Andreas on his wheels when he gets too big-headed), as brothers/siblings/familial, Luke and Stanley are her kids. She's a polygot and is one of the engines who helped Ivo Hugh learn to "speak" with whistles/morse code though she does have to tendency to put her work first before her own needs and health like if she's working with someone who's is giving her a difficult time or a mechanical issue she tries to complete the job first (having participated in a war totally doesn't help at all)

Nia often sings when she works to help her concentrate. She’s pretty popular with the coaches and passengers because of it. Unlike Duke's relationships, she and Stanley tease each other and push each others buttons, but it’s all in good fun. And when push comes to shove, they’ll always have each other’s backs. The other engines assume that Stanley or Freddie is Nia’s best friend, and while she does think he’s a good friend, he’s not her best friend. That honor goes to Millie, having also been part of a war but they got along swell the moment they met at the mines on the MSR, Nia offers to take passengers or anything to visit Millie at the Ulfstead Castle and keeps her updated on everything, from gossiping to a quick chat.

When they first met Duncan and Nia 100% teach each other swears. Why, imagine the thin controller’s (sir Handel Hans brown) surprise when he overheard Nia calling a particularly rude passenger a… well I don't think it’s best to know. And to be fair it was well deserved after the passenger called Luke and Stanley names and drove Luke to tears (bonus: Stanley joins in) She also expressed disappointment and tried to help both sides with strict tough yet understanding love over the remaining MSR engines treatment of Duncan when Andreas scarified himself and ended up in a coma

Some interesting incidents included her nearly falling off the tracks which was off the cliff during her wartime years, hence her fear of heights (she and Falcon bond over that), searching in the crystal caverns alongside some of the narrow and standard gauge engines Nia also has a flower garden and greenhouse I’m still figuring out where I’m thinking at Cros-by-curin by or inside the apple orchard but somewhere alongside the skarloey railway and she loves completing puzzles during game nights (she's up to a 1000 pieces right now) her and Stanley info dumping about creepy animals (she wants to see Duke squirm as she’ll clap back without hesitation for her loved ones or she and Stuart quiz each other with numbers equations or stargazing with kwaku and her friends

[daikenkki]

I'm Blue (Da Ba Dee)

[bladexjester]

Random TTTE fun fact: Mighty Mac are the first and only conjoined twins in the show.

That’s True!

[number1spongebobfan]

I present to you CatDog Mighty Mac in their animal forms.

Mac: High Ho Diggity!

Mighty: Wrong cartoon, Mac.

Mac: Oh yeah. Peep peep!

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Mexico Railways - Ferrocarril Mexicano Class R-1 0-6-0+0-6-0 Fairlie type steam locomotive Nr. 45 (Neilson Locomotive Works, Glasgow 2875 / 1883) - front side by Historical Railway Images Via Flickr:

In Mexico the Ferrocarril Mexicano (FCM) used Fairlies on a mountainous stretch of line between Mexico City and Veracruz, where 49 enormous 0-6-6-0 Fairlies weighing about 125 short tons (112 long tons; 113 t) apiece were imported from England. The largest and most powerful locomotives built there up to then, they were used until the line was electrified in the 1920s.

Nr. 45 was one of twelve Neilson Class R-1 locomotives built for service in Mexico in 1889. Additional locomotives were supplied by the North British Locomotive Works in 1902 and 1907, and Vulcan Foundry in 1911.

From "The Engineer" dated December 01, 1922, page 572:

"The Fairlie engine was built for the Mexican Railway merit special mention, as they have to negotiate gradients of 1 in 25 with numerous reverse curves of 350ft. to 400ft. radius. The wheels have a diameter of 3ft. 6in., the four cylinders are 16in. by 22in., the wheelbase of each bogie is 8 ft. 3 in., and the total wheelbase is 32ft. 5in. The distance between the bogie pivots is 22ft. in. The tube heating surface is 1532 square feet, and that of the firebox is 10 square feet.

With a boiler pressure of 165 lb. per square inch they can exert a drawbar pull of 17 tons. Owing to a brake mishap, one of the engines once broke loose from its train and ran away for a distance of nearly 7 miles over the worst portion of the road. Although the speed rose to more than 60 miles per hour, and the engine fled to traverse the reverse curves of 350ft. to 400ft. radius, one of which describes more than a complete semicircle, it reached the bottom in safety, and was then stopped without any damage to any part of the motion or framing. The materials and workman which stood a test like that can only be described as excellent."

If Reverend Awdry had incorporated double Fairlie locomotives into the RWS, he would have done painstaking pre-internet research to find a story like this, or of equivalent caliber, to adapt into the story.

The writers of Season 9 of the Thomas & Friends TV show did exactly what was asked of them, and did a fine job of it, but, from my perspective, “lol lets have the two halves of the locomotive argue with each other on the basis that they somehow never worked together before in spite of having been described to have worked in shunting yards before this episode” is pretty weak in comparison.

Never mind the fact that they had one of the most powerful 2 foot narrow gauge locomotives to have been built within the UK be charged with pulling a single non-bogie passenger car...

[shutterbricks]

Diesel 10 is chasing after Percy and Mighty Mac

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Summer Days at Mackinaw

Seen in Mackinaw City, Michigan.

[undead-knick-knack]

All of Critical Role right now

What's sexier than wizards? NOTHING!

[skeletaldarling]

quite a niche post but in the episodes where vince and mac deliberately dress punk they both wear viviennne westwood’s two cowboys design

the mighty boosh s03 e02

it’s always sunny in philadelphia s03 e09

[pinkyberet]

I'm A Little Stumped On What Kind Of Conjointment Mighty Mac Would Be If I Made Them (Like Which One Looks Better For Them). Which Leads To The Question,

[howardduck1490]

Mighty Mac (Teen Titans Go!) but with Mac's Face

Hope you like it

[thunderxleafart]

"What do you want driver to do, take a saw and cut us in half?"

Mac has never regretted his words more than he does now. Don't worry though, no MightyMacs were actually harmed! It was all just a bad dream... probably. ;P On that note, Happy Halloween everyone! <3

Wanted to draw something spooky for the season and since I've still got MightyMac on the brain, they were the unfortunate victim. x"D Nothing too over-the-top, of course, but it's fun to get a little more spooky every now and then >:3 Separation is 100% one of their greatest fears, not bc they neccessarily enjoy being stuck together forever but because they don't know what would happen. And not knowing is always scarier, isn't it? Spooks aside, I hope y'all have a great Halloween however you celebrate (and even if you don't!) <3 I know I'm gonna be hanging with my bestie and prolly eating lotttss of candy LMAO maybe going out we'll see BONUS DOODLE!

And it was all just a bad dream. xD Welp, no more horror movies for Mac! Not for a looong time LOL

With that, enjoy the art! <3 And Happy Halloween everyone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MightyMac (c) TTTE Art (c) Me! <3

[daikenkki]

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