Duck was later asked to run it with help from Oliver and on occasion, Donald and Douglas. It is there that Duck met three small engines, Rex, Mike and Bert, who all bring in the ballast and helped restore the branch line. Duck was curious about this and asked to take some trucks along the line that was later known as the Tidmouth- Arlesburgh branch line - nicknamed " The Little Western".
When Donald and Douglas brought in new ballast for the track, they mentioned that "verra wee engines" brought it down from the hills. Whether or not Peter Sam meant that it was the Duke of Sodor or the engine Duke, Duck was most likely unaware of what Peter Sam meant, but as Skarloey had put it, Duck was probably pulling Peter Sam's wheels.ĭuck continued working on the Main Line until 1967. When Peter Sam told Duck about a duke coming to Sodor, Duck told him that all dukes have been scrapped, causing him to worry. He also allowed Stepney to take a special visitor and helped him double-head a passenger train when Class 40 broke down from sucking an inspector's hat into his air-intake. Of course, by this time the others were aware that the matter was all Diesel's fault, but Duck's heroism certainly helped.ĭuck would later show Donald and Douglas around when they arrived and they soon became friends. Duck was sent to work as a banker for Edward at Wellsworth pending further inquiry and after bravely stopping a runaway goods train at his own risk, he regained the respect of the others. Diesel vowed to get revenge and inspired by several incidents occurring around the yard in Duck's absence, spread rumours that Duck had given offensive nicknames to the others. Duck tried to help Diesel when the trucks started to tease him but to no avail. Duck, on the other hand, was doubtful and left Diesel to his own devices, which resulted in the latter getting into a mishap with some old trucks. When Diesel arrived, the others took a liking to his flattery. Duck earned a reprimand from the Fat Controller for this, but so did the other engines, who were told - as Duck put it - that it is the Fat Controller's railway, and as the controller, he is the one who gives the orders. They soon found their mistake when Duck and Percy took revenge on them by barring them from entering the shed. Duck was a hard worker, but the others mistook his work ethic for simplicity and tried to use this to their advantage.
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Duck worked as the station pilot at Paddington before moving to Sodor in 1955 to take over Percy's shunting duties at Tidmouth, leaving the latter free to assist with the construction of Knapford Harbour.
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