The Caribou and the Zebras' fates have been sealed. Time for them to say their prayers and beg for mercy!

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Hello Redstars45,

Well, almost. The Enemies don't quite know that the train exists yet, or if they do, they just think it to be an exaggerated tale. But Enemies beware though! For once you hear the engine's terrifying whistle of a Banshee-like scream, then it's already too late!

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Don, no offense, but you really need to take cover! You can't just keep standing exposed like that. You need to get to cover!"

Don nodded. "Sure. I'll get out of here fast. Just alert me when we've lost those fiends!" Then, to our utter astonishment, Don then pulled some serious acrobatic skills, and in just a few quick moves, was over the tender, tank car, and two coal cars, and back onto the main part of the train!

"HOLY......!!!!! HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?!?!?!"

Todd and I could only shrug. It was then though, that we were attacked. From behind the tender, one of them suddenly tried to enter the cab!

Alex smacked the creature in the face with his shovel. "GET OFF OF MY TRAIN YOU FUTA FILTH!!!!!"

Unfortunately, that only served as a trigger. Moments after this, our train got swarmed. They were all over the engine in seconds. at least 5 or 6 jumpsuited figures with goggles attempted to baord the train. Alex, Todd, and I tried to beat them off, (we forgot our guns in the SCC!) but they kept coming back.

"AUGH!!!!"

"They're breaching the cab!!!"

Unfortunately, our problems were about to get a whole lot worse. Our train was moving so fast, and was under so much pressure, that we failed to notice the boiler pressure indicators. They were in the red zone. Much more, and the whole boiler would explode, again!

When Don pulled off his incredible acrobat stunt, all of the Wonderbolts stared at him in shock.

"Holy.....How the hell did he just do that?!" Dash was dumbfounded.

Soarin was equally unnerved, as was everypony else.

"I don't know, but that just leaves 3 guys. On my signal.....NOW!!!"

Soarin the charged in, only to get bashed in the face with a shovel.

"GET OFF OF MY TRAIN YOU FUTA FILTH!!!!" Someone screamed.

Now Dash was angry. "Ok, nopony does that to my friend! All Wonderbolts, ATTACK!!!!"

With that, Dash and her team, including Soarin who wanted revenge, stormed the engine, Spitfire and Co. stormed the back 3 cars, and Fly, Fleetfoot, and their teams took the middle of the train.

The result was an absolute free-for-all.

Punches were exchanged, kicks were kicked, clubs were wielded, Ponies grappled with train crew, train crew tried to push them off, it was pretty bad.

When I felt someone grab me, I immediately turned around, and got them in a headlock. "Oh no you don't Missy!" It was the worst in the cab. Everything was either extremely hot, or made out of metal. Controls got hit, all of us got burned at some point, and nopony noticed a sign up ahead. "Pnyville: 5 miles."

As I fought with my opponent, I saw Alex in a fight with the one he hit with a shovel, and Todd was using his helmet as a club to beat off those who attacked him, in addition to kicking them. We all also found it odd that our opponents seemed to be both male and female, and that they had fur and even tails, just like we did. Eventually though, it was just down to the one with white fur and blue hair attacking Alex, a female with tanish-yellow fur and bluish-white hair tussling with Todd, and the one with blue fur and,

"Wait.....cyan-blue fur, and rainbow hair, and a rainbow tail?! RAINBOW DASH?!"

My opponent looked down at me. "Huh?! How do you know my.......?!?!?!"

Then, it happened. Remember how I said that the boiler was about to possibly blow up? Well, Todd was the first to notice that the gauges were pushed past the red lines, and that the safety valve was whistling.

"GUYS, THE PRESSURE!!!!!!! IT'S TOO MUCH!!!!!!"

"What do you mean?!" I yelled to him? This fight?!"

"NO, THE BOILER!!!!!!!!"

That was all it took. In less than the blink of an eye, I managed to get up from the cab floor, and open the emergency pressure release valves. Alex did the same on his side, and with the boiler still hissing steam at an alarming rate, we both threw the valves to dampen down the fire, pulled back the lever to shut off the coal auger, (the whole time I was doing this, Dash was actually practically piggy-backing me! She had one incredible grip!) and then, I shut off steam, and slammed on the brakes!

With a scream, and a shower of sparks, the entire train began to first slow down, and then, just outside of Ponyville station, came to a complete stop. Then, due to the extreme stress, fatigue, and being surrounded by steam, all of us in the cab blacked out.

(watch from 4:07 to 4:34)

this is I imagine the fight in the cab of the Big Boy would look like.

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Hello RainbowTheTankEngine,

And yes, this scene actually went through my head as I was writing this scene! And yes, this is what the fight in the cab was like, with the exception that both the engine crew, and the Wonderbolts, were almost evenly matched. The end result was a draw.

Eventually though, it was just down to the one with white fur and blue hair attacking Alex, a female with tanish-yellow fur and bluish-white hair tussling with Todd, and the one with blue fur and,

"Wait.....cyan-blue fur, and rainbow hair, and a rainbow tail?! RAINBOW DASH?!"

this was probably what Leapord's brain sounded like when he recognized Rainbow Dash!

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Hello EasyBreeze,

and yes, that's actually a pretty good metaphor for what Leopard's brain was like when he recognized his waifu!

This is by far one of the most under-rated stories

It is amazing

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Hello Inquisitor,

And I'm glad that you like this story. It's by far the most popular story I've ever written to date, and well-loved by so many readers

Though if you want to talk about underrated, you should read the 2 sequels to "Battleship Express", "Beyond the Express", and "Tracks Backwards" once you're done reading this story, as they could both use some more love

Before Don could reply to that, the shaking suddenly increased tenfold. In fact, it felt like the entire train was about to fly to pieces! Then it got really scary. The best way to describe what happened next is almost like the train was trying to chug along, but it was being chased by a small child who kept periodically grabbing at the train, causing it to lurch violently. This kept up, getting stronger and stronger, and then came the breaking point. The train lurched to the left, and I heard the sound of metal grinding against metal. It didn't take a genius to tell us what that meant.

That child chasing the train made me think of that one scene from the Polar Express.
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"Take it easy Alex. You slammed your head pretty hard against the digital map. Are you ok?"

——)”Roger that Sir!"

"Don't worry everypony!”(—— Dash told them. "There's no WAY that an engine that size, and most likely pulling that much weight, could even go very fast!"

——)”Roger that Spitfire!"

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Hello Luckyfanisaac,

And it was sort of like this, but much more violent

And good catches