Sodor Fallout: A Thomas The Tank Engine AU

July 4th, 1973

2:34 PM

God damn it. I knew it would happen. We were at Wellsworth when it happened, and heard a loud explosion. The sky went dark, and this huge cloud was visible in the distance. Charlie and I knew exactly where that came from, and we knew that we had to go. People cleared the platform faster than I have ever seen before. We knew the shock wave would be coming fast, so we alerted the guard, and luckily, he had seen what we saw. He blew his whistle, and we released the breaks, hit the regulator and pulled on the whistle for dear life, hoping that Cedric was still in the signal box to set the points. Thank god he was, because, without him, we would have been killed. We sped down the line at speeds we've never gone before. We passed Donald, who was heading the opposite way pulling slow goods. We found out later that he didn't make it out alive, and neither did William or Colin in his cab. Edward was probably the most horrified out of all of us, and I don't blame him. While we all had some layer of protection, he didn't, so that probably motivated him to go faster. We shot past Crosby, and that's when the shock wave hit us. And Jesus it was strong. It caused the glass in the carriages to shatter, and rock them to the side. Edwards front pony truck also derailed on the points because of it, but those things didn't stop us. We could feel the heat rising, but we didn't stop until we got to Knapford. Luckily, we made it safely and huddled everyone in the station buildings and offices. We heard on the radio that the entirety of Brendam was hit by the explosion, and the death toll was unknown. I hope to god Leonard got out of there alive, but that a slim chance.

9:21 Pm

It's been almost 6 hours in this damn station, and no one's received any word on whether or not it's safe to go out yet. I've been feeling so much guilt over leaving Edward out in the station like that. I hope to god he's alright.