The Northerners.

Anthony the new engine

Snow and Ice

Dear Friends,Anthony the new engine has settled into our rails nicely. Fordshire has also returned and this story shall tell you what happened.

It had been a day of Anthony being on Rotorsbys railway and the other engines had grown to like him. However, Fordshire was coming back home and Anthony couldn't wait to meet him. "Trust me. He's Bratty and pompous." Said Beatrice in the sheds that night. "I don't think so! Our LNER fashion will go for many centuries on this line!" Said Anthony smugly.

Soon after Beatrice was shunting a stopping train at Tenham. "Hardwork, Hardwork.." How typical to be given to.. me!" Said Beatrice irritably. Meanwhile, on the other side of the railway, Fordshire was steaming into Chandwell. He looked mighty, he was proud. "Let's show these nuisances who's the express engine here." Said Fordshire proudly in his new green and white paint. Fordshire was coming through Rotorsby at a relaxing pace. "Ahh.. a nice pace, a nice pace!" Fordshire left to himself. Soon he arrived at Northoughton. Boxford and Raymond were there. " Oh my.." Raymond went in wonder. " Fordshire.. Your.. a bigger engine now!" Raymond said sparkles in his eyes.

"Why yes, yes I am" He said Proudly. "I love the paint job." Said Raymond growling away amazed. "Guess I am the grandest of them all." He said splendidly. Soon enough Fordshire was coupled to a passenger train straight to the quay. Then Anthony stopped at the platform beside him. "Ah hello! You must be Fordshire?" Said Anthony in spirit. "Yes.. I am " Said Fordshire unsure on how to react to this scoundrel. "You the new engine.? "Yea." Said Anthony. "Oh. Well you do know how this railway works right?" Fordshire asked. "Oh, yea I do." Said Anthony confidently.

"Well I'm guessing you know about the speed limits." "Ah yes I know all of the speed limits like branchline being 60 the yards being 20." "Yea, but you do you know what the speed limits is for the express? Right?" Said Fordshire lying. "Well uh yes I do it's.." "110?" Fordshire lied. "Wait it's 110?" "Yep that's the required speed" Said Fordshire smugly lying. "Required?!" Anthony broadly said shocked at the requirements of the speed limit. Soon enough Winter fell across the region, the engines worked every hard as ice and snow was on the rails. This caused a new speed limit for the express and other fast services. "It's ridiculous I can use my brakes easily on rails with ice on them!" Fordshire said one night. It was cold as the engines listened to Fordshires bickering. "Oh please, the only way you'd stop is if you crashes right into the station!" Beatrice chuckled to herself. Fordshire had no answer back to this. Soon enough morning had arised and the engines were back at hardworking Carrying goods and passengers. At Fordshires shame Anthony was becoming a star on the line as his new arrival caught the attention of many people alike. "Oh! Well hello Fordshire." Said Anthony slowing down onto platform 4. "Well hello Anthony." Fordshire grumbled back.

"Brr! It's quite cold today! Isn't it Fordshire?" "Oh wow its soo cold." Fordshire sarcastically input. Soon enough the whistle for Fordshires trains was ready to go."Goodbye Fordshire! Make sure to go slow!" Anthony said. "Oh ill go slow just you wait and see." Fordshire said to himself as he passed over a bridge. "We're heading for trouble I just know it." Fordshires Driver said. "We're just gonna have to stay cautious." Said his Firemen shovelling coal into his boiler.

Fordshire sped along the line. Snow started to fall amd cover the track mostly. A hill was laid in the distance Fordshire had his sandboxes at the ready, "I can do this I can do this!" Fordhsire huffed and puffed up the hill the car's strained behind him making a racket of noise. Sand was dropped down onto the rails as he climbed up and up. As he reached the top the station was seem from the distance. "Yes, oh yes! I have done it I have done it!" He started working his way down. However a thick layer of Ice wasn't seen on the downhill. So as Fordshire was going down the hill, his controls were getting harder go make him slow down. "Keep it at slow!" Fordshire said back at his Driver and Firemen. Then his wheels started to slip as the cars pushed forward. Then his Driver and Firemen were pushed back causing the controls to be loose. Causing Boxford to stay speeding up. He started racing down the line unable to stop as ice flew in the air as car's giggled and laughed. Fordshire started to realise. He was a Runaway! He sped at a rate of 80 - 93 miles. He sped through the starion causing a stir at the works. Boxford was there getting a repaint and saw him speed down the line as workmen also did. "OH MY GOD SOMEONE HELP ME!" He screamed as his Firemen and Driver fiddled with the controls. A tight bend was laying straight ahead. "SLOW ME DOWN SLOW ME DOWN!" Fordshire said the car's bumped him harder as he raced right around the bend his wheels lifted off the rails as he screamed in terror as he sped straight into a barn. He screamed as he flung straight into a chicken coop killing several chickens as blood smeared across his bufferbeam a field of cows lay ahead. "WE'RE GONNA FUCKING CRASH SOMEONE STOP ME" He screamed as he Crashed into the fence and into a cow stopping him but injuring the cow severely.

Hours later a rescue team had arrived with the Controller. " I- I'm sorry sir the the trucks were bumping and banging.. I-" "It wasn't your fault Fordshire. Snow and Ice caused this accident." The Controller sighed. "Where is your Driver and Firemen?" "They were flung off when I went downhill sir." "Right. We'll get you out of this erm predicament and get the new engine to bring you to the works. He left with no other thing to say.

That night Fordshire wasn't at the sheds. "Where's Fordshire?" Raymond said backing down onto the turntable. "Oh he Crashed into a field. I had to rescue him." Anthony said. "I saw him come down as I was at the works." Boxford commented. "He was screaming in terror it was actually kind of funny" Boxford chuckled. "Well it wasn't funny at all!" Anthony said. He sighed. "I now have double the workload until he can come out."