Its Just A Fact Of Railway Life PMAO;NENQPNFW GORON - Tumblr Posts

HELANONPNNPNPOAN gordon hatecrimes passengers and other stories /j

given the knowledge that the furness never had a passenger casualty... we all now KNOW this conversation went down in the earliest canon era

Henry: What a day...

Gordon: *snort* I thought you were done with having a meltdown whenever it rains?

Henry: I am! It's just... I don't know, I may not be worried about my paint anymore, but...

Edward: But there is a lot more to bear in mind when pulling a train in foul conditions.

Henry: Exactly! It's just, gosh. *sigh* Especially the passenger trains. It's such a big responsibility, getting everyone home safely —

Gordon: Pah. Don't start overthinking the thing, you'll lose your nerve!

Edward: Rubbish! It's great that you're becoming more mindful, Henry. You're learning. Keep at it, and soon —

Gordon: Oh, don't indulge him fretting, Edward! He must learn to face facts. Passengers are small, flimsy, damnably fragile things, and there's nothing an engine can do about it.

Henry: There... isn't?

Gordon: It's just a fact of railway life.

Edward: ... N-No? No it isn't!?

Gordon: On fast trains sometimes passengers just get smashed up and That's That!

Edward: ...

— I — they —

— mshwfle!yuikjsdfn —

— nooo THEY, THEY ABSOLUTELY. DO. NOT. —