That synopsis very nearly made me do a spit-take. This is madness, I tell you! Madness!

The only way this could be any crazier was if you fueled the loco with Doc Brown's high-energy presto logs.

Hello Train Dodger

And is this "Madness" a good thing? If so, then thank you. Like I've said before, there aren't enough stories where the Caribou get their just deserts, and there aren't any stories where the evil Zebras get theirs. My story remedies these wrongs. It also serves as a prototype for the real "Battleship Express", or, the story that I plan to publish in real life, that explains the train, WW6, how both came to be, and the outcome, with the same characters, minus of course the Ponies.

Also, as I've stated a number of times, the engine runs on coal. Coal is really the only source of fuel left on Earth in 2029, as there's an extreme shortage of oil, diesel, gasoline in general, nuclear power, and methanol. No presto logs though. That technology was lost years ago.

However, if this kind of "Madness", is not the good kind, could you please tell me why? What did I do wrong? I tried to keep this story at least somewhat realistic.

Would be pretty awesome to see Schwerer Gustav or some equivalent railway gun make an appearance.

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Hello Shroobmaster,

And I thought about that, but ultimately decided against it. HOWEVER, when I say, "heavy artillery guns" when talking about the Battleship Express, I'm actually referring to what I guess could be described at the American version of one of those, just on a smaller scale, with 4-6 of them fitting on one railroad car. For the most part though, the most powerful guns on the Battleship Express are her 2 heavily-modified railguns, and her 4 16in. guns. Both of which are capable of firing nuclear shells.

Everypony in the room gasped. A single locomotive, pulling a 3 mile-long train, up a 2% grade? It was unheard of!

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Those are some REALLY weak trains.

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Hello Trixiecat,

And yes, up until the arrival of the Battleship Express and Iron Glory, all the Equestrians has were the little Friendship Express Engines.

However, I don’t even know if my “2% grade” is even accurate. I did a LOT of research on Sherman Hill in Wyoming, as it was the most important feature on the Big Boy’s route, but nowhere could I find how steep it was. Finally, I found something that I believed said that it was a 2% grade, however, I could have misinterpreted it, or the information was inaccurate. No one’s ever corrected me on this, so I’ve stuck with it. To this day, I still don’t know how steep Sherman Hill really is.

there's actaully another Anime as far out there as Galaxy Railways, it's called Space Battleship Yamato 2199, do you know it Scar?

this is the Intro to it, you can find it here, https://animeheaven.ru/detail/uchuu-senkan-yamato-2199-dub

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Yeah, I've heard of this Anime, though I've never seen it.

And there's another one that takes place in the same universe as "Galaxy Railways" too. Have you ever heard of "Galaxy Express 999"?

"You cannot fly!"

"Yes, I can."

"No you can't!"

I took flight, and hovered a bit in the cab. "Can and did Alex!"

——)”Yeah, time that Las Pegasus, Appaloosa, Dodge City, and Baltimare don't have!" Jim finished.

Alex built up the fires a little bit more, so as to provide more steam.

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This is good, though I was actually thinking of that scene in "Toy Story" where Buzz was arguing with Woody that he could fly, Woody said he couldn't, so Buzz "proved it" by "flying" around Andy's room

And I fixed them