Duck (TESH)

Montague(Duck)

**Duck**, real name **Montague**, is a character encountered in *The Events of Sudrian History*. He is a current member of the North Western Railway, who works on his own branch line called The Little Western, with Donald, Douglas, and Oliver. Duck is capable of pulling both passengers and freight, as he can be seen doing so in both cases. He is very kind to all of the engines that work alongside him, even somewhat reconciling with Diesel after the events when the latter first arrived on Sodor.

## 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, though he has never gotten along particularly well with Thomas, until recently, and has since established a firm relationship with him. However, his moral code is not perfect and often favors fairness to kindness, like when he asserted to Percy that Thomas deserved his comeuppance at the scrapyard. He likes things to run like clockwork, without problems, or interruptions, which makes 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, commonly known as the "Little Western" as a result.

Duck is cheerful, busy 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.

Duck is often welcoming of newcomers, even most diesels, in spite of having lies told about him by Devious Diesel not long after his arrival. 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.

## Series Overview

### Season 1

"Station Pilot"
Duck is shown in a flashback to the time when Diesel was sent away from the Harbor after causing several accidents.

"Two Timing Trouble"
*TBA*

"Crossed"
*TBA*

"Faces in the Dark"
Duck gathers at Knapford with the other engines to bid Stepney farewell as he goes back to the Bluebell Railway on the Mainland.

A little later, Duck is at Wellsworth with a passenger train while Thomas talks to the controller. He departs the station at the same time as Thomas.

That evening, Duck passes through Knapford with a short goods train.

"The Missing Engine"
*TBA*

## Appearances

### The Events of Sudrian History

#### Season 1

* "Station Pilot" (Flashback, No Lines)
* "Two Timing Trouble"
* "Crossed"
* "Faces in the Dark" (No Lines)
* "The Missing Engine"

## Trivia

* Duck is the first and currently only character whose first appearance is in a flashback.