Even Winston Churchill himself praised his efforts, he said that it saved dozens of lives that night." "His sacrifice made headlines around the country. "I can imagine," said Emily sympathetically. Eagle's death broke all our hearts, especially James'." "Indeed it was," continued Edward, "Anyone who was there will never forget it. "Oh dear, that's horrible," gasped Molly. In a way, I felt that with our efforts, we would bring the war to an end in no time." He and I made a good team together, taking passengers from the mainland to Sodor, troops on their trip to the front, and even double-heading the long heavy supply trains when none of the bigger engines like Gordon and Henry were available. Every now and then I would complain bitterly about being worked off my wheels, but Eagle always found a way to remind me of why we were doing this and to stay hopeful that things would turn around. We were both really happy to see each other again after 30 years, but of course being wartime, we engines had very little time to rest and chit-chat and were kept working around the clock, all for the good of Sodor and Britain. One of those engines to my shock was Eagle, who I haven't seen since he first left for Sodor back in 1914. ![]() ![]() "Fast forward to 1940, the Second World War had begun, and goods traffic was at an all-time high, so much that we Sudrian engines couldn't handle it ourselves, so other engines were brought over from the mainland to help out.
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