In the mythical magical world of Equestria, six friends unite around a round table to vanquish their foes--an alicorn, a unicorn, two earth ponies, a shy pegasus, and a GE Dash 8-40CW.
Wait, what?
That’s right, Rainbow Dash is now a locomotive.
Twilight does not take this well.
”What the hell just happened? Did I really read that? Oh, my god, I did. I did read that.”
--Katrina Patrick Lumsden
”That’s not even a Dash 8-40CW. That’s an EMD SD70ACe. You’re an idiot.”
--Some pedant on the internet
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Do we really need story notes for this one? It’s got footnotes, train facts, memes, one song reference, and a 4100hp GE Dash 8-40CW.
I suppose if there’s enough demand, I’ll come up with something.
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What the hell did I just read?
"Hey... Hey Twilight..."
"Dash... I swear to the Maker..."
"Look... I'm full of stallions..."
"Oh Celestia..."
"They wanna ride me..."
"..."
Ah yes, I haven't seen a "Rainbow Dash turns into X" story in a while
Talking pendants. What will people think of next?
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
that 13 annotation ruined my comment. I hope you're happy.
This is actually not the first story about Rainbow turning into an inanimate object that was posted today.
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... seriously? I'm not sure if that makes this better or worse.
The sad part is, I don't know if Glimglam foud the right string to pull, or if Twilight's tenuous grasp on reality has finally just snapped.
...
...
Oooookay. Way to derail my train of thought before the story was a quarter over.
I'm smiling after reading this, yes. But it's a very unsure smile.
...what?
You know, when I said bizarre, this was not what I was expecting.
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It's called "a quality horseapple post". The trick is to be mind bendingly rediculous but we'll written enough to keep you engaged.
I predict featurebox soon for this one.
Does this mean she now lives at Horseshoe Curve?
I'm not too sure. I imagine that the casual observer would have difficulty telling them apart on the grounds they look so similar.
Dash 8-40CW
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SD70Ace
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6 litres? Did you, perchance, mean metres? If that was the case, 4ft 8 1/2 works out to 1.4351 metres. 6 metre gauge would have a whopping 19.685 feet between the rails!
I... what?
I honestly thought that "6 liters" was an obscure unit of measurement until I saw "12 km". I should know better than to trust you by now
...How? Perform surgery on oneself to bridge two veins every hit
Kind of surprised that a conversation could still be held after those horn blasts. Those things are loud.
But now she has a marefriend and that makes her best pony.
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There was also this, which also makes no sense:
I'm pretty sure the good Admiral is fucking with us. (Just look at the rest of the story!)
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One one hoof, I would like an explanation for... that. *gestures at the entire story*
On the other, I'm not sure I actually want to know.
I did enjoy it though, it was amusing in an absurd sort of way.
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Especially given this loco has a tractive effort of 108,600lbf.
I'm disappointed at no references to confusion and delay. You have made the fat controller very sad..... LOL
I haven’t done the conversion myself, but I suspect your metric units might be off. I’m sure it’s 1.4 bushels to the meter. But don’t take my word, I can never remember how many gallons there are in a kilowatt.
Someone needs to lay off the mind-altering substances. Or share...
Did you do DMT while playing Garry’s Mod again, Admiral?
Biscuit, dear friend, kind sir...I ask this with all kindness in my heart and concern for your well being:
What in God's name have you been smoking, and where can I get some?
"Wasn't your maternal grandmother a Pear? Did they even grow corn while in Ponyville?"
"That ain't no nevermind."
Which was both more and less helpful than you'd think.
This was definitely a thing. I especially liked the metric conversions. Now we just need a heartwarming slice of life between Rainbow Dash 8-40CW and Fluttersherman.
If you're not on drugs, you probably should be. (And that's without reading the story itself)
*pats Twilight gently on the head.*
At least she is consistent enough to rule out she had been replaced by a changeling.
She even skipped the ice cream?
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.
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But what if we have a leap year?
Then the entire math is wrong!
This reminds me of 2012 me. 👍
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Eh?
As I was reading this I was thinking, "oh God, this is going to end with them all dying of carbon monoxide poisoning isn't it?" Glad to see I was wrong.
Comment on footnote 3:
Or "cousins"
I'm glad I read these in the morning. Then my brain can't process what I'm reading enough.
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...and now I’m picturing a scene from Goldeneye. Yellow tank, blue train...
Eh, there are worse ships.
Let's see... I've read Twilight as a fire truck, Applejack as a pickup, Fluttershy as a Sherman tank, Princess Celestia as an Ohio-class submarine, and now Rainbow Dash as a Dash 8 locomotive. The list continues.
There. I can't say anything more to this. Except Wat. Yes. Wat?
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Next up, Princess Luna as a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
Either that, or a space shuttle. Either works.
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As soon as I read the title I knew I'd find you here XD
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Fun locomotive facts!
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4100 of them, in fact! That’s a lot of stallions.
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I thought that was an old, dead meme, and then it turns out that someone else published a “RD turns into X” story not that long before mine.
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But, honestly, a Dash 8? Why not a WP FP-7 or a GP20 High Nose?
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You know what I mean, Captain Nitpick
Spelling error fixed, and seriously I do love that you’re the one that caught that particular one.
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That’s legit a book review quote.
HONK HOOOOONNNNNNNK HONK HONK ting ting-aling HOOOONK.*
*Perfectly sarcastic parody; I thoroughly enjoyed!
Don't worry, I got this.
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Pendants should be the inanimate objects they are, not have rude opinions.
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I take it you, too, have been near an idling locomotive?
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I am in equal parts shocked and horrified. And amused.
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Certainly could be a little bit of both. Glimmy is a smart pony, and she’s pretty good under pressure, maybe moreso than Twilight.
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