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The Stainmore Phoenix


I do not believe that these creatures and lands are all trouble, but this one creature or land has upset our ponies badly and made the princesses very upset

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Celestia sends one of her Royal guards out into the outside world to find his calling in life. He gets help from some people that Celestia had formed a working relation with. However, she also wanted him to help upgrade the railway network and combat a pony by the name Dr. EconoAxe, who wants to completely do away with the railway. Will there be success or failure? *Note, there are some dark moments*

Chapters (31)
Comments ( 9 )

Is Dr. EconoAxe supposed to be Dr. Beeching?

5136481 He's supposed to be a much more difficult version of Dr. Beeching, instead of closing down branch lines, he believes that all railways are past their prime and need to be scrapped. Basically, it's the bottom line that matters to him.

5140716 Ah. I'm lucky that I recognized the reference at all, since I'm from across the pond

5141025 I'm also from "Across the Pond" but I grew up on Thomas the Tank Engine and friends, which is British and British Railway stories are more interesting, if you take my meaning.

Also, Dr. EconoAxe is also loosely based on some of my old college mates who believed that all railways had no place in the world and need to be scrapped. That was the whole thing about him wanting to close the whole railway and have it ripped up.

The race between balloon and trains was based on an event in Railworks, where me and several railway loving people raced against a person flying a balloon. It was hilarious, but the train won in the end. Right now, I'm finishing the last fourteen chapters for this story, then it's onto other railway stories.

5141042 the old TTTE are the best, am I right?

5141046 Yes and no. While I like the Old TTTE, I do like the new CGI Thomas.

Episodes that prove that point:

Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger (S18)
Duck in the Water (S18)
Duck and the Slip Coaches (S18)
Old Reliable Edward (S18)
No Steam Without Coal (S18)
Spencer's VIP (S18)
Toad's Bright Idea (S18)
The Thomas Way (S17)
Gone Fishing (S17)
Bil or Ben? (S17)
Calm Down Caitlin (S17)
The Smelly Kipper (S17)
Away From the Sea (S17)

Check them out,

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While I'm not a writer or can give advice on the issue. This feels like a very short but crammed information dump. I call it that and not exposition because there isn't much explained about anything in this chapter just vauge details on the main character and situation without any prerequisites to bring up the situation aside from the cutiemark stigma. You don't even mention the character's name!

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