#ttte trucks

[fraiserabbit]

Her first creation, and yet the weakest.

[anonymousboxcar]

Moving Forward AU: Romance?

(This was something I meant to have out by Valentine’s Day, but… yeah. No spoons. The silverware drawer was empty. Apologies for the lateness, folks!)

I’m pondering what romantic shenanigans Stanley might get up to in my AU. I imagine it would be years before he felt up to pursuing that kind of relationship. But once he’s had time to settle into his new normal, process his trauma, and make new friends, he might feel more comfortable with it.

One possibility I see is that he and Duncan decide to give it a try!

I like the idea of Duncan falling for this rough n’ ready, plainspoken engine who helps him not blow up over the little things in life. And for awhile, Stanley is too busy adjusting to his new life to see it. But he feels ever fonder of his grumpy friend who makes him laugh and doesn’t ask him to be patient all the time.

Once they sort themselves out, they’re not ones for extravagant gestures. They do what they did before, watching tapes of George Carlin and cracking jokes, with the new understanding between them. It’s very easygoing and comfortable for them both.

(There’s also an ongoing competition between them to call each other the most ridiculous, nauseating pet names possible.)

Another possibility: you know how there’s a notion in the RWS of engines being paired up with coaches, almost “courting” them? I like to think Stanley scoffs at this. It seems silly and quaint to him. But he’s also rejecting any closeness due to his old, ingrained fears surrounding derailments and getting somebody hurt.

And then, at the rail museum, he meets a truck.

The truck works with Stanley in his capacity as an exhibit on trench railways. They used to carry troops and supplies during WWI, though not on the same railway as Stanley’s old wartime circuit. At the museum, they haul passengers around the grounds.

They notice Stanley’s uneasiness over this business and try to reassure him: “So what if you slide off the track? I blew up once!”

“…what?”

“Well, it was a ways ahead of me in the train. Got a face full of shrapnel and a bent axle. But! Point is, I’ve had worse. I can take a bump or two.”

Full of irrepressible cheer and optimism, the truck helps assuage the worst of Stanley’s anxieties. In return, Stanley — grateful and a touch bemused — does his best to give smooth rides. This wins him the trust of the truck, who never experienced such gentleness in an unpatronizing package.

They start chatting on their runs and at the end of the day about museum gossip, guests, and their old lives. The truck shares their adventures with other trucks after the war. Stanley tells the truck about operation on a more typical railway like the SKR.

Hearing about Skarloey and Rheneas’ treatment of their coaches, the truck wonders what it’s like to be treated the way a civilian engine treats their coach. Stanley, thinking of his own struggles to fit into a “normal” railway on the MSR, offers to help. The truck accepts.

Stanley stumbles over calling the truck “dear,” as well as the other typical flowery compliments and language. He’s self-conscious and a little embarrassed by the time the day’s over.

But he’s also flustered by the warmth in the truck’s responses, their own compliments towards him. They’re not flowery, demure, nor outrageous, but honest and open.

The truck, seeing how red in the face he is, apologizes for making him uncomfortable. “You already made me feel respectable, proper-like, before I asked you to do this.”

Stanley admits he liked their compliments. “Just didn’t know what to with ‘em, I guess,” he says. “But… I really did like ‘em. Made me feel good.”

“Oh. Well, you can tell me that, if you like.” The truck looks Stanley in the eye. “You can tell me anything. I won’t laugh.”

“Not even if I ask you to keep doin’ what you did today?”

“Not even that. Though — if I’m honest? I’d like it if you kept up your end of things, too.”

So they keep at it. Their exchanges become more natural, more like second nature over time. They become mixed into casual conversation, become less about meeting expectations of engine-rolling stock relations and more about what they like in each other.

After a certain point, one curious child visitor asks for how long they’ve been married.

A pause follows. It’s long enough for Stanley to realize he isn’t surprised or confused by the child’s assumption. It’s long enough for him and the truck to make significant eye contact, to see his happiness and hope reflected back at him.

“A year,” they both say at the same time, smiling.

[fabianvalencia561]

I wanna draw this lil goober as an oc

it's too bloody cute :D

(just asking you for permission)

Oh of course! Anyone is allowed to make their own trucks from my ttte au ^^

Just tagged/ or show me when you are done because I would love to see it! ^^

[bruhstation]

a few days ago, I revived my years old hyperfixation. so what better way to keep it in memory than to make an AU based on it with my current special interest <-- has happened several times before

I present to you all: ttte atla AU! set in an era (or rather alternate universe) where the hundred year war didn't happen, the air nomads are still around, and the main conflict -- though it still came from the same source which is the fire nation -- is different now; which is a crazed nonbender scientist from the fire nation with a strong dislike for bending arts and having his own army of technology-boosted soldiers

[tencenttankengine]

Bringing your son to work be like:

[duskstargazer]

[1968]

One evening, Stafford was tidying up the yard before heading to the sheds. At any other time of the day, he would have at least one or two other engines helping him, but it was late, and few trains would be departing the yard at this hour. Charlie had called it in early - she had been dragged out to assist with the Flying Kipper that morning - and Harvey had followed suit not long after.

A low, deep puffing told Stafford he wasn’t alone.

“Evening, Stafford.” Murdoch’s low voice had become easily recognizable to the electric shunter.

“Hello, Murdoch.” He replied. “How was your day?”

“Stressful.” A typical response. Stafford could understand, too, with the lengths of some trains he’d assembled for the massive orange engine. “Those trucks wouldn’t stop yammering on, and one of them let their brakes slip on - and at a fairly solid speed, too. I wasn’t sure how fast, but it took some time to bring the train to a halt. And don’t even get me started on the hill…”

These evening sessions had become somewhat frequent. Stafford, it seemed, was one of the only engines that had Murdoch’s genuine respect. Every once in a while, around dusk, Murdoch would pass through the yard, and he and Stafford would chat. Or, Murdoch would talk, and Stafford would listen. The electric shunter never really had much to add, being relatively quiet in his own right - leaving out that not much changed as far as his work went.

[kumatajdg]

An anoymous commission of Douglas shunting trucks at Wellsworth, shortly before his incident in the episode "Brake Van"!

[ladychandraofthemoone]

🚂🛤️

Some Midlander and coaches and trucks I did for my final project at Sculpture I did last week, everyone loved it, someone even took photos it’s was worth the wheels constantly breaking off-

Bonus: oops it looks like Midlander had a bit of an accident-

[monstersteam]

Greetings! How's your day going?

I hope everything is oki ^^

Idk if you already drew them in the past... buti was wondering how do rolling stock look like in this AU :0

Have a nice day! i admire u a lot! >w<💗

I’m good, thank you!

I have yet to give them bigger roles in “Legend of Sodor”, but I can sort of explain them in-depth for “Sodor Monsterverse”

These specimens are generally collectively referred to as “rolling livestock” and vary widely in behavior. Coaches are basically very peaceful, boxy cattle that graze in yards and tend to be herded by the dinosaurs — Annie and Clarabel as an example here

The trucks are another story (I drew them some time ago in 2018 I think but I don’t have an updated version yet) in that if you were to accidentally release them from their crate (it’s a big one lol), you’ll witness like a hundred instances of this going around

[masterjarthub]

"Trucks are silly and noisy"

[steam-beasts]

Were rolling stock also affected by the monster-fication or was it only engines and vehicles?

Yep! The first rolling stock to get bitten or scratched up were the Troublesome trucks, but they didn't really give a shit. They're just happy to move on their own now. Their more animalistic behaviour is similar to that of a rowdy sheep or goat.

As for the coaches, (here's Annie & Clarabelle as an example). They're like a mix between a highland cow (a very fluffy breed) and sheep. They're easily startled creatures. Thomas...attacked Annie and Clarabel, which is how they got infected.

[dragonclawfromspace10]

Diesel the Engine/Lizard Hybrid Ft. Truck Lizard

I was in a Diesel mood today, so have yourself a Diesel Dinosaur.

[ohjeeztrains]

POV: You're a Troublesome Truck

[thesteamw0rks]

redrew an old trainz screenshot i found

silli :)

[unpopularvivian]

Incorrect Ttte Quotes 271:

*Gordon and Edward spots Rebecca hanging out with the troublesome trucks*

Edward: What the?!! Rebecca is friends with the troublesome trucks?!!? How is that even possible!??!

Gordon: Well, the troublesome trucks have nothing to do with their lives so they cause trouble just for the fun of it.

Gordon: Rebecca, on the other hand, likes to join any kind of shenanigans that people are up too and they're literally called the capybara of Sodor for a reason.

Edward: Wait hold up, Rebecca uses they/them pronouns? I thought it uses it/its pronouns!!!

Gordon: Oh Lady, don't get me started on this whole conversation again...

[tencenttankengine]

Lets all agree that the smug Troublesome Truck face is the best face ever.