Duck

## Duck the Great Western Engine

> " *There are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way or the wrong way.*"
> ― Duck
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**Duck** is the Number Eight Engine. He used to work on the Great Western Railway and now runs a branch line known as "The Little Western" with Oliver, an auto tank.

## Bio

Duck came to Sodor to help Percy shunt in the Yard. The two got along well together, even after Percy were reallocated to Thomas' Branch Line. He took over as station pilot for Knapford.

One time, Duck had to show a new engine named Diesel around the railway. Diesel bragged on about how superior diesel engines were to the steam engines and that he knew everything. This led to Diesel embarrassing himself by trying to move a line of old trucks and bashing into the buffers. After the trucks began to sing rude songs about Diesel, Duck apologized to him for their behavior. Diesel, however, thought Duck was to blame and began spreading lies to get him sent away. The big engines assumed Duck was telling tales to the trucks, leading Duck to briefly be moved to Edward's Branch Line. One day, Duck was helping another engine up a hill when its trucks broke away and chased Duck down the line. Duck managed to slow them down and barely missed a sitting passenger train before swerving into a set of buffers. After the mess was cleared, Sir Topham Hatt told Duck he was to be washed and mended for being such a brave engine and that he put Diesel in his place after telling lies about Henry. When Duck came home, the other engines gave him a hero's welcome and apologized for being so horrid to him.

Sometime later, Duck was reallocated to his own line in Arlesburgh and now happily works alongside Oliver. One time, Duck had to work with Diesel on Halloween to deliver flour across the island. The devious engine kept on teasing Duck and scaring him. Duck soon enough, and got his own back by pretending to be a ghost train and scared Diesel away.

## Personality

Duck is a cheerful and busy engine. Despite being much bigger than Percy and Thomas, he's only a small tank engine, but coming as he does from the Great Western Railway, he'll stand no nonsense whatsoever from the larger engines who try to order him about. His real name is Montague, but he received his nickname that had stuck ever since because they say he “waddles along the tracks”.

## Livery

Duck is painted in the North Western Railway's unlined green livery with yellow "GWR" letters on his tanks and a bright yellow "8" near his cab with black wheels.

## Appearances

* Season 1 - Percy’s Post, Duck and the Diesel Engine, Lofty and the Bullies (cameo), Oliver Gets the Bird, Cranky at the Quarry, Gordon's Revenge (does not speak), Stowaway Scarecrow (cameo), and Famous Engines
* Season 2 - Things That Go Bump in the Night (cameo), Molly the Brave, Road Rage (does not speak), Coaches and Quarrels (cameo), Duck's Spooky Evening, Rosie’s Fresh Start, James' Flying Fish
* Music Videos
	+ Season 1 - Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover, Surprises, James the Really Splendid Engine, It's Great to be an Engine, Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, Rules and Regulations, and Engine Roll Call
	+ Season 2 - Shining Time Station, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Come for the Ride, Let's Have a Race and Accidents Will Happen

## Trivia

* While Duck is the Number Eight Engine, in Thomas’ Friendship Tales he was actually the ninth engine to appear on Sodor, after Emily.
* Duck, like Donald and Douglas, is a main character in Thomas' Friendship Tales, however his role isn't as significant as the original seven engines. He does, however, appear more often than the twins.

## Gallery

Duck in Season 1.Duck covered in orange paint.