Duck

**Duck**, whose real name is Montague is a Great Western pannier tank engine, who runs his own branch line, better known as the "Little Western".

## Duck

### Home

Great Western Railway (1929-1947)British Railways (1948-1955)

North Western Railway (1955-current)

## Biographical information

### Affliliation

EdwardHenry

Gordon

James

Percy

Donald & Douglas

Oliver

Remembrance

Daisy

BoCo

### Relatives

OliverCity of Truro

King George

Earl Bathurst

Duke of Cornwall

## Biography

Montague started out as a station pilot at Paddington. He was always proud of being Great Western, but instead of being cheerful, he was grumpy, rude and introverted at first. This was because the bigger engines were always talking down to him, particularly Earl Bathurst and King George. But his life would change forever when Remembrance and some of her siblings arrived on the Great Western, though not instantly. He spoke rudely to her when she called her a "little engine" instead of asking for his name. This made her cross, and upon noticing his waddle, she called him "Duck" in retaliation. Unfortunately for him, the bigger engines caught onto this, and started calling him Duck just to get on his nerves.

Thinking that she tried to make him look bad on purpose, Duck refused to speak to Remembrance. But that changed one day when he was asked to take a passenger train for the first time; a train of evacuees, as a substitute for Earl. Duck's journey went well at first, but a Nazi aircraft came and shot at the train, one of the bullets damaging one of his coupling rods just outside a tunnel. Remembrance, who was headed in the same direction with her own train, came to push Duck into the tunnel for safety, putting herself at risk. The two engines finished their journeys, and returned to Paddington, to thunderous praise from engines, passengers and staff alike. It was from that day on that Duck accepted his new nickname, and became friends with Remembrance.

Duck and Remembrance kept in touch even after she returned to the Southern region. But when Duck settled into his new home on Sodor, she stopped writing back to him. Duck spent many years worrying about her, but eventually, he had to accept that he might never see her again. But unexpectedly, Remembrance re-entered his life when she came to the island to cover Gordon's trains. After the two of them told their story to Mike and Bert, Duck tried to get Remembrance to explain why she stopped contacting him; she avoided his question, fearing that the answer would make him think the worst of her.

It wasn't until he finally confronted her in the sheds one night (with help from Oliver) that Remembrance finally explained to Duck why she stopped writing to him. She told them a long story about her siblings' withdrawal, as well as hers and Stephenson's escape to the Valleyfields Central Railway, before revealing the truth behind her loss of contact: she was worried that the letters would end up in the wrong hands and be used to take her and Stephenson away for scrap. She even told Duck why she didn't want to tell him. This made him realize that his hostility towards her, especially back when they first met, may've led to her being intimidated by him. Nonetheless, he apologized for his attitude, and the two of them began chatting about their adventures like old friends.

## Appearances

* Season 1 - Thomas & Remembrance *(cameo)*, There's Something About Remembrance, A Tale of Two Red Engines *(does not speak)*, Hobos, Remembrance & the Great Western Way, Invasion of the Bulleids, Withdrawal
* Other Media - Remembrance the Blue Lightweight Express Engine Promo *(does not speak)*