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// The First Day 
// Story: Runaway Engines 
// by The Blue EM2 
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Cozy had returned from the works, fully refitted and ready for work. Cheerilee decided to put her to the test. 

“Cozy,”  she said. “You are much more powerful than many of my other locos. As a  result, we have decided to lengthen the passenger train from 8 to 10  coaches. You ought to be capable of such a job, so I want you to do your best.” 

“Understood Miss Cheerilee!” Cozy beamed. 

Cheerilee walked away, muttering to herself, “I don’t understand how she’s so cheerful the whole time.” 



Cozy  collected her coaches, and took them into the platform. Passengers were  waiting to board, and did so quickly. The guard blew his whistle, and  off they went. 

It was a bit of a bumpy start though. Cozy  was considerably more used to heavy coal trucks, and started off with a  little too much power. The passengers were sent flying, though they  were now used to this as a fairly common occurrence. 

At the first station, Cozy passed Diamond coming down the line. “Hello!” she called. 

“It's  nice to see the new engine out and about,” Diamond said. “Enjoy the  run, but remember the passengers. You’re not pulling coal anymore!” 

Once the signal dropped, Cozy set off once again for the Top Station. The rest of the run up went witj little incident, but at the Top Station the Stationmaster came to see her. 

“They need an additional engine up the quarry,” he told her. “You are to head up there immediately.” 

Cozy was decoupled, and puffed away up the line toward the quarry. When she arrived, she found Scootaloo,  Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle hard at work, rearranging trucks for the  down train. They were struggling to move the trucks around due to the  weight. 

“Cozy, boy is it good to see you!” said Scootaloo. 

“Could you help us?” asked Apple Bloom. 

“Sure!” Cozy replied. 



With  her help, they got the train ready in next to no time. The three  engines coupled onto the train, the small tank engines taking the front,  and Cozy onto the back. 

The massive 30 truck train reversed down the hill, with the brakes on full. 

The train started to slip and slide out of control, even with the brakes  on. It then became apparent that the trucks had not been pinned down  appropriately beforehand, which was the cause of the problem. 

The three engines skidded round the bend, but the train held the curve thanks to Cozy’s braking. 

Luckily, they got back to Ponyville without any further difficulties. The engines stabled for the night. 



Suddenly,  a huge engine appeared on the mainline. It had the frames and boiler of  an A3 Pacific, the tender of a Black 5, and cylinders from a 9F. It  growled loudly, waking Cozy with a start. 

“Cerberus?” she whispered in fright. 

Another  engine appeared on her right. He consisted of a long frame mounted on  two power bogies, each of which had 6 driving wheels, as well as 2  leading wheels and 2 trailing wheels. His boiler was very long, and the  engine’s face was mounted on the smokebox, right behind the water tank. He was painted red, with two-tone black lining. 

“Hello Cozy,” he laughed. “Do you want to be friends?”