ThomasZoey3000's The Railroad Stories

In March 2017, Fanfiction writer 'ThomasZoey3000' posted a fanfiction series about the steam locomotives that in real life never made it to preservation. The inspiration for his fan-series came about from watching various Train movies of the steam locomotives back in the glory days of steam, the Thomas & Friends stories were also an inspiration as was other fanworks about trains.

Starting in 1956, the series takes the reader to an Island that is the home of the Freedom Railroad, which is to help the people who for many years have never had a railroad, just roads. Due to increased demands for goods and bigger means of carrying passengers, Robert Gagnon, (manager of the Freedom Railroad) and a group of dedicated railroaders came together to build the railroad that the Islanders have come to relay upon today. To keep things running, the engines and rolling stock are looked after by dedicated workers, many of which had been layed off from other railroads on the mainland (Canada, America and Mexico) and all follow the commands and instructions of Bryan Mason, more commonly known as Mr Mason by everyone on the Island. For track maintenance and foreman for the track laying job, the workers turn to Jack Ingram.

As for November 2017, the series has only two books with a promise of a third one due on November 17th 2017.

Locomotives in the Fleet: Employees of the Freedom Railroad (Date for how long they've worked): Friends Of the Freedom Railroad: Enemies Of the Freedom Railroad:
 * 1) Rebecca; a 2-8-0 Consolidation built for the Canadian National Railroad. Retired in 1956 and saved by Robert Gagnon in the same year. Rebecca is based on the N-4 class steam locomotive, numbered; 2578, and with one surviving sister on the mainland; No 2534 (as far as the author knows)
 * 2) Carrie; a 4-6-4 Streamlined Royal Hudson built at the MLW and worked for the Canadian Pacific. Supposed to be retired in 1957, Carrie was bought by Steven (an employee of the Freedom Railroad and one many people looking out for Steam Locomotives on the Mainland before the Steam Era ends). Carrie carries the number of 2823, and has four surviving sisters (as far as the author knows).
 * 3) Andrew; a 4-6-4 J1 locomotive built for the New York Central, whose class was the inspiration for Lionel Train's famous O Scale locomotives. After a small failure on the mainland, Andrew was retired in 1956 and due for scrapping. However, he was saved by Jake Winters, (another employee looking for locomotives for the fleet). Originally ThomasZoey3000 wanted the number '5344' for the engine, but later learned that it belonged to a Dreyfus Hudson, so he later went with the number 5334. Andrew sadly has no surviving brothers or sisters of his class as they were all withdrawn from service. Happily, there are plenty of models of the J1s to keep the legend going.
 * 1) Robert Gagnon (1956-????): Robert had always had a passion for steam engines and zero interest in diesels. He was the man who came up with the idea of the Freedom Railroad and with the help of dedicated workers, got the railroad started. He is the manager of the railroad and doesn't mind when others call him by his first name. Date of birth is not known.
 * 2) Bryan Mason (1956-????): Bryan is the man in charge of the works that repairs steam locomotives as well as rolling stock. Date of birth is not known.
 * 3) Jack Ingram (1956-????): Jack is the man in charge of track maintenance and is also the man in charge of the track laying team as of 1956. Date of birth is not known.
 * 4) Steven ??? (1956-????): One of the many employees sent to Canada, mostly Ontario region, to search for steam locomotives.
 * 5) Jake Winters (1956-????): One of the many employees sent to America to search for steam locomotives.
 * 6) Niki (1956-????): Rebecca's Engineer.
 * 7) Wendy (1956-????): Rebecca's Fireman
 * 8) Brock (1956-????): Andrew's Engineer.
 * 9) Michael (1956-????): Andrew's Fireman
 * 10) Jackie (1956-????): Carrie's Engineer
 * 1) Madison; She is the McKenna Forest's Front End Loader, and good friend to the Freedom Railroad. She is cheerful and has a tendacy to go on forever.

''In the first book, two girls in the town of McGinnis were angry over the arrival of the Freedom Railroad and tried to sabotage it's building work. Names are unknown.'' As of November 2017, there are complete books out on Fanfiction.net, with the promise of Book 3's release starting November 17th 2017.
 * 1) McKenna Truck Company; A local truck company in the town of McKenna that had been the main company to move cargo around, but once the Freedom Railroad arrived, they became determined to beat them, even if it got them into trouble.

Book 1: Salvation Engines (1956): Book 2: Andrew the Determined Engine (1956):
 * 1) Author's Note
 * 2) Story #1: Salvation; Locomotive No 2578 dreads being cut up, but is beaming when she's bought for a new life.
 * 3) Story #2: Trail Run; No 2578 (now known as Rebecca) is given a chance to run to the town of Shannon with a freight train, and even performs a rescue.
 * 4) Story #3: Rivals; No 2823 (a royal Hudson from the Canadian Pacific) arrives and is restored for operation. Due to an over inflated ego, she and Rebecca get off on the wrong foot, or wheel in their case.
 * 5) Story #4: Equal Partners; When Rebecca has an accident because of two troublesome girls, it's up to 2823 to help, but will she?
 * 1) Author's Note
 * 2) Story #1: Proving Value; Locomotive 5334 of the New York Central tries to prove steam locomotives are still useful, but ends up damaging himself instead.
 * 3) Story #2: Breaking Up; 5334 comes to the Freedom Railroad to become the third engine of the fleet. After a fight with the ships, he tries to prove himself again with bad results.
 * 4) Story #3: Protestors; A man overhears Rebecca's crew talking about the fate of passenger services on the mainland, and thinks the Freedom Railroad will be getting rid of their services soon. Later on, protestors block the main line and stop Rebecca's passenger train in it's track.
 * 5) Story #4: Taking a Risk; 5334 comes back into service after being repaired and sent to help with track laying. However, when the McKenna Truck company sends a log train out of control down the main line, it's up to this engine and his crew to stop it.