Duck

**Montague**, affectionately known as "**Duck**" because of his supposed waddle, is a Great Western tank engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 8 engine.

Duck runs his own branch line with Oliver, Donald and Douglas, along with, later on, his three Slip Coaches, which he affectionately refers to as the "Slippies".

## Biography

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. He enjoys running like clockwork, without problems or interruptions, making 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, sometimes known as the "Little Western" as a result.

Duck is cheerful, busy, mature 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. He is also shown to be kind to others, but the one engine he finds the most difficult to be kind to is Devious Diesel, especially after Diesel spread rumours about him giving nicknames to the bigger engines.

Duck is often welcoming of newcomers, even most diesels as long as they are not rude. 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, Donald and Douglas.

Duck worked as the station pilot at Paddington in London before moving to Sodor in 1953 to take over Percy's shunting duties at Knapford, leaving the latter free to assist with the construction of Knapford Harbour. Duck was a hard worker, but the others mistook his work ethic for simplicity and tried to use this to their advantage. They soon found their mistake when Duck and Percy took revenge on them by barring them from entering the shed. Duck earned a reprimand from the Fat Director for this, but so did the other engines, who were told, as Duck put it, that it is the Fat Director's railway, and as controller, he is the one who gives the orders.

When Diesel arrived, the others took a liking to his flattery, but Duck was doubtful and left Diesel to his own devices, which resulted in the latter getting into a mishap with some old trucks. Duck tried to help Diesel when the trucks started to tease him, but to no avail. Diesel vowed to get revenge and inspired by several incidents occurring around the yard in Duck's absence, spread rumours that Duck had given offensive nicknames to the others. Duck was sent to work as a banker for Edward at Wellsworth pending further inquiry and after bravely stopping a runaway goods train at his own risk, he regained the respect of the others. Of course, by this time the others were aware that the matter was all Diesel's fault, but Duck's heroism certainly helped.

Sometimes it appears the Fat Controller has deputised Duck at other places on the railway. He has been seen in various yards along the Main Line and sometimes helping out on Edward's Branch Line doing mostly goods work.

## Basis

Duck is based on a Great Western Railway (GWR) 57xx Class 0-6-0 pannier tank engine with added sand boxes.

## Livery

When Duck used to work on the Great Western Railway, he was painted in dark GWR green with black wheels and valances. The logo "Great Western" was painted on the sides of his pannier tanks in yellow and red. His old number (5741) was presented on black numberplates with gold numbering and outline. He had red bufferbeams, a black running board and black window frames.

When the GWR merged with British Railways in 1948, Duck was repainted into a common BR black, with his window frames painted brass gold and his “Great Western” logo was replaced with a British Railways logo.

Just before Duck helped shunt trains at the Island of Sodor’s Knapford Station, he was repainted in his current livery. Duck is now painted unlined NWR green with white valances. The initials "GWR" are painted on the sides of his pannier tanks in yellow and red. His new number (8) is painted on the sides of his cab in yellow, on a rectangular black background with a yellow outline. His window frames have also been repainted to black again.

## Appearances

### Season 2

* Duck Takes Charge
* The Runaway *(does not speak)*
* Pop Goes the Diesel
* Dirty Work
* A Close Shave
* The Missing Coach *(does not speak)*
* The Deputation
* Edward’s Exploit
* Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree *(does not speak)*
* Thomas, Percy and the Dragon *(cameo)*

### Season 3

* Gordon and the Famous Visitor
* Diesel Does It Again
* All at Sea
* Trust Thomas *(does not speak)*
* Donald’s Duck
* Thomas, Percy and the Post Train
* Buzz, Buzz
* Tender Engines
* Escape
* Oliver Owns Up
* Toad Stands By
* Bulgy
* Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
* Thomas and Percy’s Christmas Adventure *(cameo)*

### Season 4

* Granpuff
* Bulldog *(cameo)*
* Rock n’ Roll *(cameo)*
* Thomas and Stepney *(does not speak)*
* Bowled Out
* Henry and the Elephant *(cameo)*
* Thomas and the Special Letter
* Fish

### Season 5

* Cranky Bugs
* Horrid Lorry *(cameo)*
* A Better View For Gordon *(cameo)*
* Thomas and the Rumours *(cameo)*
* Bye George!
* Put Upon Percy *(does not speak)*

### Season 6

* The World’s Strongest Engine *(cameo)*
* Salty’s Secret *(cameo)*
* A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter *(cameo)*
* James and the Red Balloon *(does not speak)*
* Percy’s Chocolate Crunch *(cameo)*
* Twin Trouble
* Edward the Very Useful Engine
* Jack Frost *(cameo)*

### Season 7

* James and the Queen of Sodor
* The Spotless Record *(does not speak)*
* Bulgy Rides Again *(cameo)*
* Edward’s Brass Band *(cameo)*
* Peace and Quiet *(cameo)*
* Not So Hasty Puddings *(cameo)*
* Snow Engine *(does not speak)*

### Season 12

* Tale of the Brave *(does not speak)*
* Toad’s Bright Idea *(mentioned)*
* Duck in the Water
* Duck and the Slip Coaches
* Samson At Your Service
* Spencer’s VIP
* Last Train For Christmas

### Season 13

* Lost Property *(does not speak)*
* Toad and the Whale

### Season 14

* Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure
* The Way She Does It
* Blown Away
* The Missing Breakdown Train *(does not speak)*
* Mike’s Whistle
* Ryan and Daisy
* Skiff and the Mermaid
* Useful Railway

## Gallery

Duck’s current NWR livery (1953-present)Duck’s current GWR initials (1953-present)Duck’s current NWR number 8 (1953-present)Duck’s old GWR livery (1929-1948)Duck’s old Great Western logo (1929-1948)Duck’s old GWR numberplate (1929-1953)Duck’s old BR livery (1948-1953)Duck’s old BR logo (1948-1953)
## Trivia

* Duck is the first character in the franchise to share their name with an animal. The second being Gator.