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Blockwave ā€” TUGS, Age of the Diesel.

Published: 2010-10-12 22:37:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 5881; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 14
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Description This would make a good story for TUGS. In this picture, Ten Cents passes by Top Hat after seeing two steam engines being taken away by a diesel over the bridge. On the other side of Top Hat is a diesel tug. I just thought this would be a good story to see how the characters of TUGS would react to the fact that diesel power is starting to come to Bigg City Port.
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Comments: 18

WLLNERJ50 [2019-09-30 20:52:10 +0000 UTC]

You know that the Great Ocean Tug and Salvage Company Fleet (from Theodore Tugboat) are powered by diesel.

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Rockyrailroad578 [2014-09-24 21:29:26 +0000 UTC]

Most steam tugs were just refitted with diesel engines you know.

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123456789JD In reply to Rockyrailroad578 [2018-11-30 02:02:50 +0000 UTC]

How is that possible?Ā 

To refit a steam tug into a diesel tug?

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Rockyrailroad578 In reply to 123456789JD [2018-11-30 13:43:20 +0000 UTC]

You remove the boiler, take the engine out (As is necessary for some maintenance) and install a diesel engine on the same driveshaft.

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123456789JD In reply to Rockyrailroad578 [2018-11-30 15:20:35 +0000 UTC]

So the Star Tugs could just become dieselized and continue their misadventures along with the Z-Stacks?

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winkpink360 In reply to Rockyrailroad578 [2018-11-20 02:02:29 +0000 UTC]

shhh. it sounds better if they were being replaced (should have been a tugs episode tho)

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Nictrain123 [2012-08-08 02:15:56 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm, intresting.

But Bigg City Port is supposed to be set in America, and the steam and diesel trains in the picture are British.

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Tesla51 [2012-02-15 08:53:41 +0000 UTC]

Now this would be a movie! I'd watch it.

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SONBoomer [2011-05-31 20:47:44 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I've written a story about TUGS in the 50s, early 60s - which anachronistically includes nuclear dealership - with them being dieselized in the end, instead of being replaced.

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123456789JD In reply to SONBoomer [2018-11-30 02:03:12 +0000 UTC]

Where can I read this story?

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SONBoomer In reply to 123456789JD [2018-11-30 16:37:38 +0000 UTC]

You can find them here:

www.deviantart.com/sonboomer/gā€¦

But I should warn you that I've written these years ago, when my grasp on the English language was rather... Lackluster, to say the least. I'm planning on rewriting them.

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danparkerstudios [2010-11-19 23:45:32 +0000 UTC]

Well, you can thank Salty's lighthouse for making this possible.

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Blockwave In reply to danparkerstudios [2010-11-19 23:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah.... But it was thanks to Salty's Lighthouse that I learned about TUGS in the first place...

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Acutie [2010-10-18 23:09:44 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant work.

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Blockwave In reply to Acutie [2010-10-18 23:19:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Acutie In reply to Blockwave [2010-10-18 23:55:49 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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MrJoj [2010-10-15 07:52:37 +0000 UTC]

well... time isnt much longer for the tugs of bigg city port.... either they will have to be fitted with diesel, or be scrapped....

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Blockwave In reply to MrJoj [2010-10-15 21:54:32 +0000 UTC]

Not so.... Maybe they'll suffer the same fate that Thomas and his friends did... Which is work with diesels.

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