110th Platoon

The **110th Platoon** of the Steam Corps, also known as the Wild Nor' Westers, was a military division consisting of steam engines that served during World War II. It was disbanded after Adam drowned a passenger coach filled with German Prisoners.

## **History**

### Combat

After the German bombing campaign known as "**The Blitz**" around 1940-1941, The Island of Sodor suddenly started getting large shipments of armaments and supplies for a large military operation, which later turns out that the supplies are prepared for the **North Africa campaigns**, when both the **Nor' Easters** and **Midis** fleets heard the campaign require locomotives for pulling the supplies and troop transports around, Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, Adam, Lily, Douglas and Peter all volunteered to be assigned for tasks as their motives were mostly about avenging the death of their friend Colin, who had died in the Blitz. They were fitted with radios and assigned code names of their crews, around the time, the Steam Corp gave access to artillery support.

### Atrocity

Around the time after the **Normandy landings** and **Operation Plunder**, they were reassigned to Europe and when Allied forces crossed into the country of Germany, they were assigned strictly with supporting roles. Around the time Thomas and Douglas began pulling a train to the front lines, they were suddenly ambushed by the enemy and were separated from the rest of the platoon and found themselves near a factory for where they stayed for the night. The next morning, aerial reconnaissance managed to find their location, both Thomas and Douglas, found Oliver, one of the Allies' radio tapping engines, alongside with Toad and Blair, who were all assigned for monitoring enemy communications in hopes to track down **Josef Mengele**, an SS officer and physician who was known as the "**Angel of Death**" for conducting deadly human experiments. They were later rescued by Edward, Henry, and Lily by using one of the Railway Guns attached to flatbeds to blow up the large German tender engines who had been chasing the cavalcade. After the Platoon began cleaning up the aftermath, an un-exploded artillery shell was about to go off, Henry suddenly burst his safety valve while trying to get away from the shell, and Lily shielded him form the explosion, severely damaged Henry and destroying Lily in the process.

After the recent explosion, the damage done to Henry made him unable to stay in Europe and the front lines. He was later send back to Sodor with the story of Lily's sacrifice to tell the other engines. Soon afterwards, Edward, Gordon and Adam went to inspect the Bulbrick concentration camp. After Adam and Edward were traumatised from looking inside a shed, the platoon was sent back to their base at Ostend in Belgium. Not too long afterwards, Peter had brought in a train from the front lines, and a coach of German POWs had unintentionally been sent there. Adam then drowned the aforementioned coach of POWs which caused outrage against Adam from the rest of the platoon. After the incident, the army didn't trust them and so their platoon was disbanded and the six engines returned to Sodor, reaccustoming to civilian life and move on from the harpships of World War II.

### Trial

A few days after Lily's death back in Germany, Peter was ordered to deliver a supply train to a US regiment. While Thomas was instructed arranging his train, Peter arrived at the American regiment and met up with Porter, and mentioned *"There's something oddly satisfying about revenge."* Then, a soldier informed Peter that they needed his help because a company of marines had launched an attack on an occupied village an hour earlier and that they needed artillery support, and Peter was to go to the observation post to direct the attack and to take a big gun with him. Soon, Peter was ready to fire, when the lieutenant informed him that they lost contact with the marines. Then a military Jeep arrived with a Corporal explaining to the Lieutenant that the Germans had garrisoned the town hospital, which had civilians in it. The Lieutenant decided to establish a perimeter around the hospital and wait, and informed Peter that they couldn't move any further until taking the town, which was crucial if to move on Berlin. Both Peter and his driver were frustrated by the Nazis' move. Full of anger, Peter impulsively and recklessly went ahead and fired the artillery shell into the hospital.

After Peter returned to Sodor, he kept this incident a secret to himself, and Thomas didn't tell the other members about the time when Peter returned the morning afterwards feeling very distraught as he thought Peter was still sad about Lily. Later then the rail-board ordered an arrest warrant for war crimes, making it a world first. Peter was given a trial where he pleaded guilty, and was found as such, on all charges. In mitigation and aggravation of sentence, the court sentenced Peter to 15 years in Railgate prison. Edward and the other members would believe if the war crime and the punishment was put upon him was ever wrong.

## Members

* Edward (commanding officer Rank Lieutenant)
* Henry
* Gordon
* Douglas
* Thomas (Rank Corporal; deceased)
* Lily (deceased)
* Adam (deceased)
* Peter (deceased)

## Trivia

* The 110th platoon's nickname the Wild nor' Westers is named after the express train which is mainly pulled by Gordon.
* It is uncertain if the war crime that Peter committed also effected the decision to disband the platoon unit.

## See Also

**LNER**

**LMS**