Tomoly the Tank Spaceship and Friends [Tomoly And Gordard Picture]

[Whirligig Girl]

If you know me you know that I'm a huge fan of the Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry, as well as the classic Thomas and Friends show by Britt Alcroft. You know, the first three seasons narrated by Ringo Starr. (or if you are American and not an Anglophile, George Carlin)

So I had a silly idea.

Tomoly and Gordard

Tomoly is a Tank Spaceship, who lives at the big space station around the planet of Kerbin. He's a cheeky little spaceship with six small thrusters, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy fuel tank, and a short stumpy crewcab. He's a fussy little spaceship too. Always pulling Hitchhiker Storage Containers about for the big spaceships to take on loooong journeys. And when the spacetrains come in, he takes the empty Hitchhiker Storage Containers away so the big spaceships can go and rest.

Tomoly thinks no engine works as hard as he does. He loves playing tricks on them, including Gordard, the biggest spaceship of all. Tomoly loves sending high pitched radio signals rudely at him. "Wake up Lazy-Squeedlyspooch, why don't you work hard, like me?"

One week after carrying the Jool Express, Gordard arrived back at the station very tired. He was just going to sleep when Tomoly rendezvoused with him in his cheeky way. "wake up Lazy-Squeedlyspooch, do some hard work for a change! You can't catch me!" and off Tomoly ran, laughing. Instead of going to sleep again, Gordard thought of how he could get back at Tomoly.

One morning Tomoly wouldn't wake up! His Pilot and copilot couldn't make him start. His program went off and there was not enough fuel. It was nearly time for the Jool Express! Kerbals were waiting but the Hitchhiker Storage Containers weren't ready! At last, Tomoly started. "Oh dear, oh dear!" He yawned.

He fussed into the station where Gordard was waiting. "Hurry up you!" Said Gordard. "Hurry Yourself!" Replied Tomoly. Gordard began making his plan.

"Yes." said Gordard. "I will."

And almost before the Hitchhiker Storage Containers zeroed out their velocity with the station, Gordard docked right into them. "Get in quickly please!" He radioed to the Kerbals in the station. Tomoly usually helped push the big trains to help them start, but he was always decoupled just before the trajectory would bring him out of Kerbin's sphere of influence. This time Gordard was thrusting so fast they couldn't undock Tomoly until it was too late. To keep him from getting lost in deep space they coupled him right back to the spacetrain. Gordard's chance had come!

When they arrived at Jool, Gordard made a course correction. "Come along, come along!" He said to the Hitchhiker Storage Containers. The spacetrain accelerated faster and faster! Too fast for Tomoly! He wanted to fall but he couldn't! "BEEP BEEP! Stop! Stop!" Tomoly radioed! "Hurry Hurry Hurry!" Laughed Gordard! "You can't get away! You can't get away!" The Hitchhiker Storage Containers laughed! As the Spacetrain fell into Jool, poor Tomoly was going faster than he had ever gone before! He was on fire, and his thrusters were ablating away but he had to go on! "I shall never be the same again!" Tomoly cried. "My Thrusters will be quite worn out!" Gordard was enjoying himself.

At last they braked around Jool Station. Tomoly was feeling very silly and exhausted. Next he docked on to a gravity wheel, thinking of everyone laughing at him. And then he docked onto a station hub out of the way. "Well, little Tomoly" Chuckled Gordard. "Now you know what hard work means, don't you." But Tomoly was too tired to answer. He just thrusted slowly away, and had a long drink of the finest Hydrazine available. He burned back to intercept Kerbin with very low acceleration, and was very careful never to be cheeky to Gordard again.

Edited September 28, 2014 by GregroxMun
Now with Picture!

[SelectHalfling0]

Ahh... that was my childhood.

[KSK]

I like it - have some virtual rep in lieu of the real thing, which it seems I can't give you any more of yet!

Soooo - does the Hype Train come with two side mounted water tanks as standard?

[Whirligig Girl]

I like it - have some virtual rep in lieu of the real thing, which it seems I can't give you any more of yet!

Soooo - does the Hype Train come with two side mounted water tanks as standard?

No, the HypeTrain actually resembles more closely a black version of Henry Mk2. (there were actually two Henrys. They wrote it as a "rebuild", but in the original books his entire engine was changed. Some say his "soul" was transfered into the new engine, as Henry still remembered the old Henry's life. Henry Mk1 Henry Mk2 HypeTrain07)

[Whirligig Girl]

Now with extra Picture!

[Maxilica]

Ah, this takes me back, man!

Awesome btw. I had a good laugh

[Whirligig Girl]

thanks! These things come out of an unbelievable insanity.

[Tw1]

No, the HypeTrain actually resembles more closely a black version of Henry Mk2. (there were actually two Henrys. They wrote it as a "rebuild", but in the original books his entire engine was changed. Some say his "soul" was transfered into the new engine, as Henry still remembered the old Henry's life. Henry Mk1 Henry Mk2 HypeTrain07)

I always interpreted this to mean that they took him apart, replaced many parts, and put him back together again, having redesigned several components, rather than replacing him with a different engine. That's how it read in the books...

[Whirligig Girl]

I always interpreted this to mean that they took him apart, replaced many parts, and put him back together again, having redesigned several components, rather than replacing him with a different engine. That's how it read in the books...

Oh my goodness. Another Railway Series acknowledger! My life is complete!

Anyway his entire engine was totally replaced. They changed him from a poorly designed LNER Pacific/GNR Atlantic hybrid to an LMS Black Five. The Fat Controller had some links to Stanier, the LMS chief engineer, and he had a new Black Five built as Henry II for a low price.

This is canon, despite not being writ in the RWS books. Check out the book The Island of Sodor: Its people, its History, and its Railways, penned by The Rev. Wilbert Awdry and his historian/library brother George Awdry. Also is Sodor: Reading Between the Lines written by Christopher Awdry.

Perhaps the same smokebox was used, as the smokebox/funnel is generally thought of as an engine's "brain."

Edited September 29, 2014 by GregroxMun

[CG_Kerbin]

XD I'm dying from laughter that's the best piece of art ever !!! Rep for you

[JakeGrey]

This is significantly closer to the books in spirit than anything done with the TV series since they stopped adapting it straight from the source material.

[KamikazeF0X]

This TV series has always scared me, really!

The head of a guy on the front of a train ...

It's always reminded me of that French series: Téléchat

It's for kids, s***!

[Whirligig Girl]

That is scary.

[megatiger78]

fac about Thomas the tv tank engine: good characters were cut. list of the cut from the books: bocobearducksmalklenginesmediumenginesmountainengies

[Whirligig Girl]

Boco was in the TV series.

Duck was and now is back in the TV series.

What are medium engines?

Small engines: Arlesdale railway was cut, but if you're referring to the Skarloey railway you're mistaken.

Mountain Engines were cut, but I believe they were mentioned in a DVD extra feature.