Mighty Mac

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“	I'm Mighty! And I'm Mac! And together we're Mighty Mac!	”
—Mighty Mac's introduction, "Mighty Mac the Double Fairlie", Skarloey Railway Stories

Mighty
Mac
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Background Information
First appearance	Mighty Mac (T&F) Smudger Returns (SFS)
Last appearance	The Party Surprise (T&F)
Creator(s)	Paul Larson Simon Spencer
Overview
Name	Mighty and Mac
Nicknames	Mighty Mac the Double Engine
Country	Island of Sodor Wales (formerly)
Affiliation	Skarloey Railway North Western Railway Thomas
Technical Details
Basis	Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie
Gauge	2'3" (686 mm, narrow gauge)
Power type	Steam
Vehicle	Locomotive
Type	Double Fairlie tank engine
Fuel type	Coal
Configuration	0-4-4-0T
Wheels	8
Top speed	45 mph (72 kph)
Designer(s)	George P. Spooner
Builder(s)	Boston Lodge Works
Railway	Skarloey Railway
Owner(s)	Mr. Percival

Mighty and Mac, collectively known as Mighty Mac are a blue double-ended Fairlie duplex engine, and conjoined twins. Mighty is the "older" of the two and is distinguished by a small flick of hair. Mac is the "younger" half and is distinguished by his youthful features, round nose and freckled cheeks.

Despite the opposing personalities of the two ends, they are technically one engine.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

Prior to their adoption into the Skarloey Railway family, Mighty Mac had only worked in the shunting yards. Their lack of knowledge beyond their boundaries created much conflict between the two halves (for example, which end is in charge of doing what) when they pulled their first train, which placed themselves and their passengers in great danger whilst running an important errand. But, with advice from Thomas in mind, they were able to complete their task and realise the value of working as one.

Stories From Sodor

Season 1

Mighty Mac, along with the other narrow gauge engines, were at the sheds when Duke told them about Smudger and then Edward brought Smudger to the Skarloey Railway.

Skarloey Railway Stories

Like in the television series, prior to their adoption into the Skarloey Railway family, Mighty Mac had only worked in the shunting yards. Their lack of knowledge beyond their boundaries created much conflict between the two halves (for example, which end is in charge of doing what) when they pulled their first train, which placed themselves and their passengers in great danger whilst running an important errand. But, with advice from Thomas in mind, they were able to complete their task and realise the value of working as one.

Personalities

Mighty Mac are two engines in one. He is Mighty on one end and Mac on the other- making them one of the most unusual engines working on the Skarloey Railway. When they work together, Mighty Mac is the strongest engine on the Railway. But when they do not, Mighty and Mac pull each other backwards and forwards, only to end up right where they began.

Basis

Mighty Mac is based on a Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie engine. Unlike the FR double Fairlies, Mighty Mac have added buffer beams and buffers.

Mighty Mac has been modified in order to work on the Skarloey Railway. Whereas their original basis was built to 1 ft 11 1⁄2 gauge, Mighty Mac was built to 2ft 3in gauge and they have been given buffers and screwlink couplings in order to work with the other engines.

Mighty Mac's basis

Livery

Mighty and Mac are painted royal blue with yellow and red lining. On Mighty's side, his cab windows and tank caps are lined with yellow, while on Mac's side, they are lined with red.

Trivia

• Mighty Mac's creation was most likely based upon Little Giant, a dropped character from the sixth series who shared the same basis and a similar trait.
• Mighty is the only engine to have hair (excluding facial hair).
• Mighty Mac has used five different whistle sounds in the television series. Also, they have a whistle at both ends of their model unlike most Double Fairlies.

References

Skarloey Railway

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Blue Characters

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