#traction engines

[rampantrhino]

Well earned refreshments 🍻🍻

[sentrysapper]

can u do either spy and engie in a fancy ass restaurant or them out in the woods camping/country area and one of them is just. completely put off their elemnt it would be silly

-a certain northern anon

[the-quackeroos]

made a design for everyone's favorite cool old guy, Trevor. he would beat up pedos in a fight (like Jimmy Savile) and cares for children so much. a little headcanon backstory, Trevor and his wife wanted children so badly but they find out that the wife is infertile. so, Trevor becomes a vicar, looks after children, and even buys a traction engine to give them rides.

[rherlotshadow]

Country traffic

[duncandonuts06]

Amos is making tracks!

Finally got around to drawing my silly lorry again. I love him so much. Talk about all smiles- this lad is just a ray of sunshine.

Out of all my war boys, Amos' assimilation to peacetime was the easiest.

He was built specifically for WWI- commissioned by the War Office in 1917 to deliver supplies and help repair roads along the Western Front. Amos enjoyed his work, and loved making a difference in the lives of the poor soldiers stuck in the trenches.

Postwar he found himself working for civilian crews- performing road repair back in his home country and hauling heavy loads to and from businesses. Eventually the Fodens were all retired from road service and Amos entered his preservation era.

He bounced around a lot before eventually ending up with the driver he has in modern day, Wally. They make a great pair, and the old gentleman manages to keep his lorry quite busy indeed. Between all the steam events they attend and doing chores about town, the roads stay hot under Amos' wheels.

I'll get around to drawing old Wally at some point

[locomotive-idiot]

comrades in arms, drawn to a close together

[lomotunes2008]

They done killed Fergus 😭

[twentyfourstar]

[buff-electra-truther]

r/railroading on Reddit is a really interesting source for the practical nitty-gritty of present-day trains (mostly US and freight-oriented). It’s explicitly geared towards people who actually work on railroads vs enthusiasts, which gives a VERY different view of things vs most train media.

I’ve had a post blow up that’s about how Electra accidentally looks very different when compared to the real-life state of US rail electrification, but Greaseball actually falls in line well with the nastier aspects of present-day major freight railroads (which are allll diesel). The electric vs diesel conflict is super compelling from a US rail perspective because it’s been a relevant battle of interests for decades and has a lot of parallels to broader urban vs rural politics. The relationship between Amtrak and major freight railroads m feeds into a lot of the show’s attempted themes surprisingly well.

(If anyone has recommendations for similar sources better for other countries, please link them, I’d actually love that kind of context for ways to culture swap Stex elsewhere or flesh out the Nationals. I know Japan’s competitive and toxic railroad work culture has become more internationally known due to its relation to the Amagasaki Derailment. It’s aggravating how the Japanese Engine has always been a terrible stereotype when the actual problems of Japanese rail are relatively known and provide a lot of characterization potential.)

[aut1sm-mess]

Guys I found Trevor

Why is he spending his time at the maker faire?

[mikopol]

Another piece for 600th birhtday of city of Łódź (PL).

One of inspirations:

[number1spongebobfan]

[bacony-cakes]

What is the most fun Activity™ that you have done recently?

went to the charles burrell museum

also i ate six burgers

[the-quackeroos]

up next to the movie parodies is The Exorcist, starring Trevor. he's bound to face an ancient foe possessing a young teenage girl. ;3

[alexxx-malev]

Russia. Myshkin. Museum unique technology. Traction engine Мышкин. Музей уникальной техники. Локомобиль (парогенератор) 1954 г.

[duncandonuts06]

Oops, another oc just dropped. Meet Amos, an easy going traction engine who, of course, served in The Great War! Felt like making a little doodle of him in a similar fashion to Dave's first drawing. Amos is a kind and gentle soul. He's always willing to help, even if his occasional clumsiness gets in the way.

Character inspired by the Foden Steam Wagon that participated in the 2014 Tracks to the Trenches event on the Apedale Valley Railway.

Uh that's all I got for now! I've been taking a break from drawing big projects recently but I should return very soon!