July 9th, 1973

**July 9th, 1973** is the 8th log of the Sodor Fallout series.

The log begins at 8:39AM, with Sidney writing "So much had just happened in the span of an hour, it's insane". They woke up to Toby having another argument with Fireface. which sounded like Toby was fighting for control. Toby begged for it to stop, and moved back and forth along the line. Sidney knew something was going to happen, so he woke up the others. Everyone backed up, as Toby was screaming in pain, and continuously ringing his bell, with Fireface telling Toby to end it, and that he was just a pile of wood, ready to rot. Toby told Thomas to take care of Henrietta, before it happened. Topham knew what was going to happen, and tried to save the engine that took him on that holiday trip "all those years ago", but it was too late. Toby rammed himself into the arm of the breakdown crane, which killed both Toby and Fireface. Topham fell to his knees, crying in front of Toby's remains. He took his jacket and top hat off, and left it on the remains, as a final send off. They soon heard 2 horns blaring, and they saw Mavis and Daisy, carrying a Fuel tanker, and van. Mavis had part of a stone truck on her front, similarly to Henry, with bullet markings on her body, as well as cracked windows. Daisy had her windows boarded up with wooden boards and track sleepers, and was wearing no makeup. She was full of workers, armed with guns, and things that could be used as weapons, like shovels, pickaxes, and nail guns. They soon asked the people with Mavis and Daisy how they were still alive. They said that the quarry was attacked by people in lorries, who were shooting at them. However, since it was a blasting day, they blew up the ledge they were on. Mavis ran over some that were trying to block her path, and she managed to escape with a van, a truck, and a fuel tanker, with the truck having replacement rail sleepers and equipment. They found Daisy in her shed, as the track between her shed and the branch line had been blown up. The workmen that were still in Mavis were able to fix the track. They soon decided to head to Tidmouth Sheds to find any survivors. After Edward's fireman was told by Topham that the coal they had been using wasn't Welsh coal, they began to question if the Welsh coal wasn't the reason for the immunity.

At 10:21AM, when they were heading down the line, they saw Douglas, who looked frantic. He asked where Donald was, and Edward told him that the last time they saw him was going down the branch line towards the harbor, and feared the worst that he died in the explosion. Douglas decided to join the group, as they looked for survivors.

At 1:43PM, the group found BoCo, James, and a train full of workers stopped on the mainline near Crosby, with no fuel. They soon learn that apparently, BoCo was driven to the docks against his own will, with BoCo's driver telling him that he was overreacting. When they arrived at the docks, many people with guns and tools were guarding the area, and they were checked on by them. BoCo was soon put into a siding, where they saw the remains of Salty. He also saw Donald there as well. Bill And Ben soon approached BoCo, trying to get help from him. BoCo yelled in shock, which alerted the men around them, and rushed towards the engines. BoCo told Bill and Ben to run, but due to the mutation, they could only travel at a snail's pace. The men were able to catch up to them, where they killed Bill and Ben. During the confrontation with the China Clay twins, there was an ambush of the Docks. During the conflict, Donald's driver steamed him up, and tightened his safety valve. After the conflict ended, Salty's driver hopped into BoCo, and the remaining men got into vans and a breakvan. They heard Donald screaming in pain, since his smokebox was melting from the inside. They tried to unstick his safety valve, but it was too late, as Donald's boiler exploded. As they left, they found James, who had derailed after busting through a set of buffers, and was alone, sobbing in the dirt. BoCo rerailed him, despite James' plea of just leaving him to die. They had ran of of fuel around 1-2 days prior, and were able to survive, based on the things in BoCo's vans. Douglas soon headed down the branch line, to find the remains of his brother, despite others trying to stop him. Topham planned on interview some of the captive attackers, to get to the bottom of it.

At 8:12PM, they arrived at Kildane, where they found Henry, and everyone else with him. Thomas was emotionally reunited with Annie and Clarabel, as they were the only close friends Thomas had left. Topham went to interview one of the hostages, asked Sidney to keep note of what the hostage said.

At 9:01PM, Sidney started by writing "Oh my god." Topham became ruthless with the hostage, and tortured him until he admitted everything. The hostage worked for an underground organization, with the intention of ruining the railway, and said people like William, and Colin were part of the group. At first he wouldn't say who he worked for, but he said that Topham deserved this. Topham pointed a gun at the man's head, and told him to keep telling him information. The hostage said that there was no radiation all along. He also said that the blast did happen, but it wasn't a meltdown, but instead, it was multiple large explosions that were set to look like one. The engines weren't being affected by anything natural, but instead, it was a scientifically created chemical, which would cause skin to deform, and unusual skin growth, mutations, and body developments at a variety of speeds. It also caused temporary memory loss, so the engines wouldn't know that they were even injected. Everything soon made sense. Sidney went to check if Edward had any memory loss, and he did. Topham asked for more information, and when the man said nothing, Topham turned off the safety mode on the gun. The man said that they planned to kill the engines in a way that looked accidnetal, so they could scrap the engines, and sell the metal on the black market, since Sodor engine scrap is both collectable, and are believed to have unique scientifical or magical properties, since the engines are alive. He then taunted Sir Topham, causing him to be pused to his edge. Topham only had one question, which was "Who do you work for", to which the man responded "Your old friend, Peter Theodore Boomer". Topham ended up killing the man after he said that.

## Characters

* Sidney Herver
* Toby
* Fireface
* Thomas
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Mavis
* Daisy
* Henry
* Henrietta (mentioned)
* Douglas
* Edward
* Donald
* BoCo
* James
* BoCo's driver
* Salty
* Bill And Ben
* Annie and Clarabel
* William and Colin, Donald's crew
* Peter Theodore Boomer (better known as PT Boomer), the man behind the events of the series