
| Boomerang503 #532687 9 months ago |
*Long explanation of my OC and her profession ahead*
While steam locomotives are pulled by Earth Ponies, Unicorns are responsible for pulling subway trains underneath major cities, such as Manehattan (or New Yoke City in general), Canterlot, and Fillydelphia. Unicorns use "electro-conductive" magic to power the trains. This is due to the infeasibility of running steam locomotives underground. Due to their ability, it usually takes one or two Unicorns to pull a subway train (depending on the number of cars), in comparison to four Earth Ponies with a steam engine. Regulations require a "Subway Unicorn" to keep his or her fetlocks and tails trimmed, to prevent any stray hairs from coming into contact with the rails, which would prove "shocking" to say the least. Third Rail is a pony who pulls trains for the Maretropolitan Transit Authority of New Yoke City. Her sister, Gap Minder, works for the Canterlot Underground. Although Third Rail's job is pretty much mundane, she has been known to make a wisecrack or two between station announcements, such as "Thank you for riding MTA New Yoke City Transit. And to the Griffon in the 7th car who gave me the finger at the last stop: No, ma'am, YOU’RE number 1!" |
| Anonymous #534602 9 months ago |
Don't mean to interrupt,but there's an existing rail transport authority... |
| Boomerang503 #534742 9 months ago |
^
I've always considered the steam trains in Over a Barrel to be more like National Rail or Amtrak. |