Duck

## Duck The Great Western Engine

**Montague**, better known as "**Duck**" around the railway, is a Great Western tank engine, and is the railway's number 8 engine, as well as a minor character in ***TTRS***.

## Biology

Duck is painted unlined NWR green with black wheels and valences. The initials "**GWR**" are painted on the sides of his pannier tanks in yellow and red. His number 8 is painted on the sides of his cab in yellow, on a rectangular black background with a yellow outline. He has red bufferbeams.

## Personality

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. This has earned him the respect of many engines.

A major trait of his seen in the series his habit of instigating fights or issues between other engines. When Duck sees a fight or disagreement occurring, he’s usually there with the phrase “me personally, I couldn’t let someone talk to me like that.” Most times however, the engines don’t end up fighting and instead tell Duck to shut up, or they end up fighting Duck.

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.

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.

## Profile

### Season 1

#### ***Thomas' Express Way***

Edward advises **Thomas** to ignore **Gordon** instead of seeking revenge. However, when ****Duck**** tells him to do the opposite, Thomas brushes off Edward's advice.

#### ***Who Framed The Tank Engine***

**Percy** and Duck are the only engines in Thomas' corner when **Diesel** frames him for an accident, and they work to prove his innocence.

#### ***Coach Caper***

After Thomas and **Paxton** searched the island for **Annie and Clarabel**, Duck was found sleeping with them.

### Season 2

#### ***Tram Shed***

Duck and **James** get into a feud when the latter tries stealing the former's coaches. James later blocks Duck's path and refuses to move for him. **Toby** gets stuck behind the two of them and charges toward them angrily, leading Duck and James to back up quickly. The two end up leading Toby to his shed that **Thomas** and **Percy** destroyed and were secretly trying to restore.

#### ***Gordon Goes Foreign***

**Gordon** and Duck have an argument about the name of a station on the Mainland, which prompts Gordon to visit the Mainland to prove Duck wrong.

### Season 3

#### ***Count On Duck***

**Molly** breaks down delivering a goods train at night, so Duck takes over her. However, **James** and **Henry** seek revenge on Duck for an earlier prank he pulled on them by encouraging the **Troublesome Trucks** to push him down an abandoned line.

## Trivia

* His real name is Montague, but people call him Duck because they say it looks like he waddles when he moves.
* Most engines tease him by calling him by his real name.
* He is one of the only two people who call **Thomas** "Tommy".