Chapter 11: The Letter

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With the Robert Branchline opened, things began to calm down for the Godson Railway. The engines took up the work, and they performed to the best of their abilities.

The engines were worked off their wheels, but they didn't care. A good day's work is better than no work. The small engines handled the shunting, they did it well with precision and arrangement. Clarkson, Henrietta, May, Kate and Angel handled the passengers, while everyone else took care of the freight trains. While also switching around with each other, everyone was thankful for switching around.

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On a calm Sunday morning, Hammond was snoozing in Southampton sheds. But as the pannier slept, he was woken up to an LNER Chime whistle in the distance.

"Who in blazes was that?" Hammond asked. He soon found out, a LNER P2 came into view and came to the sheds. The P2 didn't have a number on her cab nor her bufferbeam, and the nameplate she had read 'Krystal'.

 The P2 didn't have a number on her cab nor her bufferbeam, and the nameplate she had read 'Krystal'

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"Oh my sweet jeez... It's another P2!" Hammond exclaimed. "No need to freak out over my class, sir." The P2 replied. "No worries." Hammond said. "I'm only joking." Hammond looked at the engine's nameplate. "That's a nice name for a P2." Hammond commented. "Thanks." Krystal said.

Krystal and Hammond had soon began started talking to each other, but while they chatted a red LNER J50 with pink lining and black wheels steamed in. "There you are Krystal." She said. "Who's the black pannier?"

"This is Hammond." Krystal said. "Hammond, meet Becky." Krystal said introducing the J50. "Nice to meet you Becky." Hammond replied.

Many other engines followed Becky and Krystal to the sheds, They are:

Ruth: a LNWR Class G2 0-8-0

Rodney:a GCR Class 8K 2-8-0 (LNER Class O4)

Rowan: a SECR P class 0-6-0T

Susan: a GWR 2301 Class 0-6-0

Ian: an NER Class H 0-4-0T (LNER Class Y7)

Denis: an BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T

Darren: a  GWR 7 (Armstrong) Class 4-4-0

Renee: a GNR Class H4 2-6-0 (LNER Class K3)

Amanda: an LNER Class V2 2-6-2

Jeff: an GWR 6000 Class 4-6-0

Pam: a Caledonian Railway Class 66 4-4-0

Patrick: an GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0

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