It was the 800th year of Celestia’s reign and the Equestria was in the largest technical revolution that the country had ever seen. Advances were being made in every industry, every branch of science. The Starswirlian renaissance was at it’s peak. The government was rapidly expanding its infrastructure to keep up with the economic growth. Thus, the newest technology was being brought in, this of course, was the steam engine. Using magically generated heat, the water was boiled into steam, which powered pistons turning the wheels.
Of course, the Equestrian government had drawn up plans for the rail networks. However, there was one slight problem, the track for said steam engine needed to be laid. The Equestrian government had commissioned the project, but as there were not enough financial resources to pay for the project, the Government had promised land to the workers who finished the lines.
Based off of the American tall tale of John Henry.
Added the AU tag because of historical headcanons.
Never, but never try to compete with a Navvi.
They will always beat the machine for one simple reason.
The machines are built by accountants as well.
Especially when I have personal experience in watching one melt a masonary steel drill.
6905786 Yep.
Plot Twist: Granny Smith was Steel Driver! Once he stepped into a patch of poison joke and was turned into a frail old pony.
6907728 *the inception intensifies*
Top kek.
*slurpslurpslurp*
just like good ole John Henry, who could drive a steel spike into the rail ties with just one swing of his 20 pound hammer, and when he bested, h & o railroad's diabolical new steam drill in a race, he won the race off course, but not before changing his hammers that he made from the very chains that enslaved him on last time, you see he had those chains forged into the very hammers that helped him defeat the steam drill, then he took those hammers and created a guitar for his young son, jack henry, who passed away in 1998 after telling the last bit of the story of the legend of the man who was said to have moved mountains, that man was john henry.