Standard Gauge Engines
These are the characters that run on standard gauge (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)) railway track. They comprise the majority of Engines on the Island of Sodor.
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Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or engines:
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“America is like one of those old-fashioned six-cylinder truck engines that can be missing two sparkplugs and have a broken flywheel and have a crankshaft that’s 5000 millimeters off fitting properly, and two bad ball-bearings, and still runs. We’re in that kind of situation. We can have substantial parts of the population committing suicide, and still run and look fairly good.”
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