Duck

**Duck**, also known by his real name, **Montague**, is a character encountered in *Sudrian Steam*. He is a current member of the North Western Railway, and works on his own branch line called the Little Western, with Donald, Douglas, and Oliver. Duck is capable of pulling both passengers and freight, as he can be seen doing so in both cases.

## Personality

Duck knows how to hold his own and tends to stand for no nonsense from any engines that might get ideas above their station and try to order him or others about; as a result of this and his strength, most tank engines look up to him, though he has never gotten along particularly well with Thomas, until recently, and has since established a firm relationship with him. However, his moral code is not perfect and often favors fairness to kindness, like when he asserted to Percy that Thomas deserved his comeuppance at the scrapyard. He likes things to run like clockwork, without problems, or interruptions, which makes him a very efficient and loyal engine. He takes tremendous pride in the responsibilities bestowed upon him, particularly in his role of running his own branch line with Oliver, commonly known as the "Little Western" as a result.

Duck is cheerful, busy and tends to bustle about. He is very proud of his noble Great Western heritage, often claiming that "there are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way, or the wrong way", occasionally to the annoyance of other engines. He strongly admires City of Truro and enjoyed talking "Great Western" with him when he visited the North Western Railway.

Duck is often welcoming of newcomers, even most diesels, in spite of having lies told about him by Devious Diesel not long after his arrival. He will often support the underdog, stick up for his friends and help others see the error of their ways. However, occasionally he does have the "Tank Engine sense" of teasing the bigger engines such as Gordon. Duck is also known to have a rivalry with James, but he has earned the respect of the bigger engines and has firm friendships with Edward, Percy, Oliver, Toad, BoCo and the Scottish twins.

## Series Overview

### Season 1

#### "The Long Game"

Duck first appears departing Tidmouth Station with a passenger train.

#### "Great Western Bluebells"

One morning, Duck isn't feeling very well and needs to be taken to the works for repairs. Edward arrives to take him away, despite Duck telling him, Oliver and Douglas that he was fine. Oliver tells him that he won't be away long until Duck finally agrees.

Two days later, Duck returns from the works and arrives at Knapford Station, just in time to see Stepney push 'Arry, Bert and their goods train into the station. He cheers for Stepney alongside Douglas and Rosie.

#### "The Sudrian Conspiracy"

Duck is collecting a train at Brendam Docks when Diesel rolls in. He begins to ramble on about how steam engines should be scrapped and how diesels are revolutionary. Duck and BoCo quickly put a stop to his nonsense, with BoCo calling him out on the fact that even diesel engines are obsolete in 2015. Duck then calls him out on how his high image of himself is incredibly phony. Diesel becomes embarrassed and leaves quickly, while Lady tells Duck that he really put him in his place.

## Appearances

### Sudrian Steam

#### Season 1

* "The Long Game" (No Lines)
* "Great Western Bluebells"
* "The Sudrian Conspiracy"
* "Lights Out, Part 1"
* "Summer Massacre '96" (No Lines)