Author's notes: Oh! Like with 'Ballast', I had to edit this story twice now! I forgot to upload the thing to the Doc Manager and forgot to post it to the 'story'. Anyway, I really like this one. Yes, it's dark, but it has a very realistic feel to it. Also, Molly is narrating in 1st person... er, 1st engine. Heh, anyway, here we go.

The Wreck Of The Rude S-69

Narrator Molly: I, along with my brothers and my sisters were built in 1903 and all painted in the traditional GER blue livery. Like all of my brothers and sisters, my main job on the Great Eastern Railway was to work both passenger and express train services from London Liverpool Street to Norwich near Great Yarmouth where many GER C53 0-6-0T tram engines worked at the harbour. I was great friends with one of these trams. Can you guess which one?

James (Through flashback): Was it Toby?

Molly Narrator: Yes that's correct James. I mostly met Toby when I was pulling her stopping passenger trains from the year of 1914, when he was built. When need be, I would often stay overnight at Yarmouth Harbour. I liked this best of all because I could have a good chat with Toby.

Toby: Hullo there Molly. How have you been?

Molly: Oh excellent young Toby. I've made 2 nonstop passenger runs last week. It was amazing. I've never seen cross country and the coast wiz by so fast. It felt as if I was flying.

Narrator: Toby sighed.

Toby: I wish I was going with you. I would love to go flying down the line, but I'm sorry to say that my small water tanks won't let me.

Molly: (Sympathetic) I understand what you mean.

Narrator Molly: I often shared the shed several other engines along the Great eastern railway. One was her oldest brother Claude, a D16 claud Hamilton 4-4-0, also made for passengers services. He too was painted GER deep blue with scarlet lining. We were joined by another engine, the wise old J-17 0-6-0 mix traffic tender engine called Alexander. Alexander often pulled both goods and slow passenger trains. He was a kind engine whom was always there to give us and the other engines on the railway advice. Myself and Claude were very good express engines and were continued to make the Great Eastern Railway proud, but as time passed things began to change. In 1911, 3 years before the first world war had begun and before Toby was built and I met him, Stratford Works had begun building brand new locomotives these would be known as GER S69 4-6-0 express tender engines, which would later be reclassified as B-12's designed by Stephen Dewar Holden. These engines were more powerful, elegant and faster, and I'm sorry to say that they took all the express passenger jobs away from us claud Hamilton. Claud and I were rather upset by this, but remained optimistic.

Claude: (Sigh) It's a shame to lose our express runs from Norwich to London station. I loved those runs.

Molly: Never mind Claude. At least we still get to pull passengers as stopping trains.

Alexander: That's right Molly. At least you can still have passengers too.

Claude: Your right. We may not have express trains anymore, but at least we can still pull our passengers.

Narrator: We 3 GER Engines were right. We still continued to thrive of passenger workings even if it wasn't express services. On rare occasions they even helped out Alexander class with goods trains. The trains were a nice change of pace, but to be honest, I preferred passenger work.

James: (Through flashback) Heh, I see where you are coming from my dear… (Realises, blushes) Uh… oh, pardon me Molly. Uh, please carry on.

Rarity: (Though flashback) Aww. It looks like James…

Mr Holden: (Through flashback) Shh. Hush Rarity!

Molly Narrator: (Blushes too, giggles to self.) He is very sweet. (Realises) Oh! Sorry about that. Where was I? Oh yes. (Back to story) It was now 1913, one year before world war one had begun. We three engines were excited. We were going to have new shed mate come and visit us and it was one of the new GER S69 express engines.

Molly: I'm so excited. I wonder who this new engine is?

Claude: Well, I heard he was an express passenger engine just like us. I can't wait to meet him.

Alexander: I hope he's friendly. I can't wait to start swapping stories with the new fellow.

Narrator Molly: However, I am sorry to say that this visitor was not friendly at all. When the engine arrived, he had no name, just a number, 1506, and he was very cocky and very stuck up.

1506: WHAT IN THUNDERATION! Are those Claud Hamilitons?!

Molly: Why yes we are.

Claude: I'm Claude.

Molly: And I'm Molly. Pleasure to meet you 1506.

1506: UGH! BLIMEY! YOU WORN OUT CLAPTRAPS MAKE ME SICK!

Narrator Molly: Myself and Claude were offend and shocked and so was Alexander!

1506: I swear! Does this stupid company expect me a fine express passenger locomotive to sleep with these out dated filthy and ugly mongrels!

Narrator Molly: I was on the edge of tears. Alexander and Claude were furious!

James: (Through flashback) How dare he!

Rarity: (Through flashback) That ruffian will pay, big time!

James: (Though flashback) I'll get him for that, I'll…

Mr Holden: (Through flashback) Steady you 2. Molly, carry on please.

Molly Narrator: Of course Mr Holden. Anyway…

Claude: Well, you should see yourself in a mirror 1506! You don't look as charming as you think!

1506: Well then, let me ask, which new brand of locomotive started to replace you Hamilton Mutts in 1911?!

Alexander: That is enough 1506! You mind your manners this very instant and stop bullying my friends!

1506: And whose an old out of date Y-17 mix traffic mutt like you to tell me what to do!

Alexander: You keep your rudeness up and your going to be heading for trouble!

Narrator: But 1506 just ignored us and went about his work, leaving me tearful and Claude offended behind.

Alexander: Don't you listen to that belligerent bully my dear friends! At least your kinder than him.

Molly: Your right Alexander. He is a nasty piece of work. It's engines like him that give all S-69's a very bad name.

Claude: That 1506 is just asking for trouble.

Narrator Molly: And Claude was right. Every day, 1506 would roughly bash his coaches as he backed down onto them and started with rude jerk. it was miracle or sheer dumb luck he didn't puncher a brake pipe. Worst still he rode roughly and way too fast, Claude and I warned 1506 to be careful but he took no notice and sneered at us.

1506: OH SHUT UP! I know how to pull express trains better than you!

Narrator Molly: However, his dumb luck streak had come to a bitter end, and he paid for it direly. It was July 12th, 1913, and 1506 was rostered to take the 1 pm up express train from Cromer to London and then return the following morning. Claude and I were waiting with there stopping trains at the platform beside him.

Molly: Now Mr. 1506, if you don't mind, may I, um, ask you to be careful please? There a lot of passengers in your coaches and I just don't want to see them get hurt.

Claude: Indeed you don't to risk passengers lives with carelessness.

Narrator Molly: But 1506 just laughed rudely at us.

1506: Pah hahahahaha. Listen you out of date tin cans, I can pull express trains my own way. That is what I am designed for. I don't need you weak feeble filthy things like you to tell me what to do!

Narrator Molly: The guards whistle blew and 1506 started with a tremendous jolt out of the station clattering over the point and out on the open mainline. Myself and Claude watched him anxiously. As his last coach left out of sight, we had a sinking feeling inside our fireboxes that this would be the last time we'd see 1506 in one piece. 1506 clattered roughly along the line he accelerated faster and faster. The coaches began to sway from side to side like a ship at sea in a fierce storm.

1506's Driver: Whoa 1506! Steady boy! Steady!

Narrator Molly: But 1506 took no notice. He just laughed as he went even faster through through Colchester Station on the up main line at a high rate of speed.

1506: Stupid old engines! Stupid old engines!

1506's fireman: I have a bad feeling about this.

1506's driver: You're not the only one mate.

Narrator Molly: 1506 was heading for trouble. It was right front of him. Before he or his driver or fireman knew it, another engine running light engine with a brake van was puffing slowly along the same line that 1506 was on.

1506: OH GLORY HORROR! BRAKE DRIVER! BRAKE!

Narrator Molly: The crew braked hard and fought for control with 1506 whistling fit to burst, but the express train was much to heavy to stop in time. The light engine whistled loudly and tried to accelerate away from 1506 but it was too late as 1506 collided into the the rear end of the light engine with an all mighty crash. Meanwhile, I had reached Colchester station safe and sound with my stopping train when the station master ran up looking worried.

Molly's Driver: What's wrong?

Stationmaster: Mr Cooper, there's been a terrible accident. The 1pm express up train has collided with a light engine on it's way to London.

Molly's Firewoman: Oh my goodness! What are the casualties?

Stationmaster: Well Mrs Johnson, the driver of the light engine is hurt badly, the driver and fireman of the express were killed in crash instantaneously along with the guard and a total 16 passengers in the first class carriage are badly hurt. We need you and Molly to collect the breakdown train and help clear the wreckage.

Molly: Oh no. That's terrible news.

Narrator Molly: I left my coaches and was coupled to the breakdown train and puffed anxiously to the scene of disaster when she arrived the scene was the most horrifying sight she had ever seen. 7 ambulances arrived to hospitalise 7 severely wounded passengers. The coaches were derailed in different angles and others lay damaged on their sides but worst of all, I saw the charred remains of both the the light engine and 1506. When the wreckage was cleared away, 1506's and the light engine's firemen, who were miraculously unharmed, climbed into my cab, I took the remnant's of the unbroken express coaches away, coupled them to my stopping train and pulled away out the station grimly. 1506 was sent to the scrapyard and was later cut up in that very same year. As for the light engine, I'm unsure of his or her fate, but I assume that he or she has been scrapped too.

Molly: Oh dear. The poor engines… (Sigh, tear drips) We did try to warn 1506, but he never learned sense. As for that light engine, he or she didn't deserve that.

Mr Cooper: I know old girl. But sometimes, things like this just cannot be helped. Come on now. Let's get these passengers to the next station.

Molly: Ok Mr Cooper. (Picks up speed as she heads back to the next station.)

Ouch! That was really dark. Look out for part 3. And, like I promised, Zack, one of your OCs will appear. I hope I got the character down packed.