Running from Chicacolt to San Franciscolt is a railroad called the Union Pacific. It's the largest railroad in the United States, and is run by thousands of ponies. This is the story of some of those ponies that run the rails, aka railroading.

Episode 4: Show business

October 3, 1950

Pete: *driving train at 10 miles an hour, then stops* Hello. I'm the controller of the Union Pacific. This engine I'm driving is not only fast, but it's the world's largest engine, and can pull a train five miles long. The Union Pacific. Power in everything.
Director: Aaaaand cut!! That was excellent.
Pete: Thank you.
Director: But if you want this commercial in theatres we gotta see all the ponies that work on this rail line.
Pete: Alrighty then. Get ready to meet the crew.
Director: *climbs in cab*
commercial crew: *gets in train*
Director: These big boys you have, are they normally used for hauling passengers?
Pete: Nope. We're only using this for the passenger train today, because we have a commercial to shoot. *backs up train*

Pete took the director, and his crew to the station in Cheyenne.

Hawkeye: *arrives* What's going on here?
Snowflake: Pete's shooting a commercial for our railroad.
Hawkeye: Is he really?
Red Rose: Yup.
Honey: He's been taking this pretty seriously.
Hawkeye: And who wouldn't? I'd make sure the commercial I was shooting would be excellent.
Pete: Hawkeye, where's Coffee Crème, and Orion?
Hawkeye: They'll be here soon. The train they're driving stopped, and is refueling.
Pete: And where is Percy and Jeff?
Percy: Right here sir.
Jeff: Wouldn't miss this for the world.
Pete: Good, cuz this is the most important part of the commercial. I gotta get in front of the camera with all of you.
Gordon: Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up you losers. What's going on here?
Hawkeye: We're shooting a commercial. Winner
Gordon: W-
Hawkeye: Of the loser's championship!
Gordon: UGH!! I was going to come back here, and get rehired, but I guess not! *walks away*
Director: Well, if that's the case, you can't be in the commercial.
Gordon: I don't wanna be in it anyway!
Director: Not you!! Pete!
Pete: What?! He's not in the crew anymore, he was fired!
Director: Then rehire him so he can be a part of the crew.
Hawkeye: If only you were here for the two, and a half years Gordon worked on this line.
Director: Listen to me. I want that stallion back here, or the commercial is off. do you hear me?! OFF!
Pete: Fine! We'll get him back.
Orion: *arrives at station*
Coffee Crème: *teleports on platform* Hello everypony.
Pete: Coffee Crème, good. You're here. I need you, and Hawkeye to go find Gordon, and persuade him to come back to our line.
Hawkeye: You must be joking.
Pete: Unfortunately I'm not. This is serious if we want to get the commercial going again.
Director: You have a week to get him back by the way.
Hawkeye: Fine, we'll do it. Let's go Coffee Crème. *walks to car*
Coffee Crème: How are we supposed to find him?
Hawkeye: Easy, he's orange, overweight, and is a unicorn. That pretty much describes him. *gets in car* Let's go.
Coffee Crème: *gets in Hawkeye's car*

Gordon drove his car out of the parking lot, and headed away from the station

Coffee Crème: Where is he going?
Hawkeye: I don't know, but we need to get him back now.
Gordon: *runs red light*
Hawkeye: *stops* That crazy idiot! It's like he wants to die!
Coffee Crème: We have to go after him!

The light turns green

Hawkeye: *going 35*
Gordon: *going 40*
Hawkeye: Come on, a little faster would be nice *going 40*
Gordon: *turns left*
Coffee Crème: Is he going to the airport?
Hawkeye: I sure hope not. I hate flying!
Gordon: *goes to airport*
Hawkeye: Why can't he take the train?! He used to work on a railway after all!
Coffee Crème: Never mind that, let's go! *runs to airport*
Gordon: I'd like one ticket to Neigh York City.
Ticket mare: Sure thing, that will be ten dollars.
Gordon: *pays for ticket*
Ticket mare: *gives ticket*
Hawkeye: At least we know where he's going. Now we get tickets to Neigh York City.
Coffee Crème: I thought it was called Manehattan.
Hawkeye: Oh, who cares, that town has a lot of nicknames. Now let's follow him, adventure Style!!

Indiana Jones theme starts to play

Gordon: *falls asleep*
Hawkeye & Coffee Crème: *sneak past*
Hawkeye: *sits behind Gordon* Now we wait here.
Coffee Crème: Ok
Pilot: *takes off*

Then suddenly, as the plane took off, a huge map showed up, and a red line went from Cheyenne showing where Hawkeye was going in order to get to Manehattan.

The nearest airport to Manehattan was the one in Jersey City. After that Gordon had another way to get into Manehattan.

Gordon: *walks to taxis*
Hawkeye: Let's follow him now! *follows Gordon*
Coffee Crème: *follows*
Gordon: TAXI!!
Cab driver: *stops*
Gordon: *gets in* Take me to Manehattan at Grand Central Station.
Cab driver: *drives*
Hawkeye: *whistles* TAXI!
cab driver: *stops*
Hawkeye: Follow that cab
cab driver: *takes off*
Hawkeye: *gets in* With me, and the lovely mare!
Coffee Crème: *gets in*

The two cabs eventually entered Manehattan, and continued on to Grand Central Station.

2 minutes later, both cabs arrived.

Gordon: *pays fare* Thanks.
Hawkeye: *pays fare* Keep the change.
cab drivers: *drive away*
Gordon: Wait a minute *looks behind him* What are you two doing here?!
Hawkeye: *speaking British* Oh hello there! We were just coming here on holiday. What a pleasure to meet you here.
Gordon: I didn't know you were British.
Hawkeye: Well you do now. May I interest you in a chance to be famous?
Gordon: Oh yeah? How?
Hawkeye: Let's just say you'll be seen in theatres all over the United States of Equestria.
Gordon: Yeah, no thanks.
Hawkeye: Wait a minute!!! You don't even know what's it about.
Gordon: Trains.
Hawkeye: *speaking normally* Ok, so you found out about what we were up to, but why don't you want to be in this commercial?
Gordon: Because the stallion I used to work for is a piece of hell, that I am glad to be away from!
Hawkeye: Pete is ten times the pony you'll ever be, but listen! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity here. You have to get rehired, and then you'll be in the commercial.
Gordon: What if I don't want to?
Hawkeye: Really? I know it's not like being in a actual movie, but this could be a beginning for you. And it start's now. Let's go
Gordon: no.
Hawkeye: YES!!
Gordon: I don't want to go back to Cheyenne with you!!! ALRIGHT?! *teleports away*
Hawkeye: Well, this will be harder than I thought it would be.

Gordon teleported onto the empire state building, and was standing on the very top.

Hawkeye: Wait a minute, I think I see Gordon on that building.
Coffee Crème: We have to save him!!
Gordon: *prepares to jump*
Coffee Crème & Hawkeye: *teleport next to Gordon*
Hawkeye: Don't jump!
Gordon: Why shouldn't I?
Coffee Crème: Because you have to be in a commercial!
Gordon: NO!!!! *jumps*
Hawkeye: Well, that was unfortunate.
Coffee Crème: Yeah. Let's go back to Cheyenne
Gordon: *teleports back on building* You thought I would be that stupid?! *laughs*
Hawkeye: No. You're even dumber. No pony jumps off a building, and acts like it's a joke.
Gordon: Yeah well, fuck you. Come on Coffee Crème, let's teleport back to Cheyenne.

The two unicorns teleported back to Cheyenne with Hawkeye

Pete: There you are! Has Gordon changed his mind?
Gordon: Yup, but I want a new job here.
Pete: And what might that be?
Gordon: I want to work in the train yards, and tell everypony what to do!
Pete: Sure. We'll arrange that after the commercial.
Director: Alright, good! Now line up next to each other with Pete in the middle.
Ponies: *line up*
Director: Great. Aaaaand ACTION!
Pete: This is the workers on part of the Union Pacific.
Percy: Me, and Jeff here are responsible for fixing the tracks.
Snowflake: I am in charge of switching tracks.
Gordon: I tell ponies what to do
Hawkeye: I am one of the engineers.
Coffee Crème: I am a firemare
Honey: Me too!
Orion: I also drive trains.
Red Rose: I am the yard manager, I take control of everything in the train yards.
Pete: And that's all the ponies that work here.
Director: And cut! Very good, but Gordon... I think you could use a different line to say.

a week later, the ponies were watching their commercial

Percy: Me, and Jeff here are responsible for fixing the tracks.
Snowflake: I am in charge of switching tracks.
Gordon: I get told what to do.

Hawkeye: Hahaha! Seems like Gordon didn't get what he expected!
Coffee Crème: I hear ya. I actually feel sorry for him.
Hawkeye: Why?
Coffee Crème; While all of us are watching this commercial, he has to stay at the yards with Red Rose, and Orion.

Red Rose: Gordon, make sure you uncouple the tank cars from the box car.
Gordon: I know what to do! *uncouples tank cars* Oh wait. I think there were chemicals in there. *chases tank cars*
Orion: *Stops*
Red Rose: What are you doing Gordon?!?
Gordon: Saving your ass! So I can slap it!
Red Rose: I wish he did jump off the empire state building.

The freight cars kept going down the hill

Gordon: NO! STOP!! *jumps on*
Orion: Oh my god.
Gordon: *applies brakes* Oh piss! The brakes broke!! *grabs stones*
Red Rose: Where did that come from?!
Gordon: STOP!! STOP!! *throws stones idiotically*
Orion: Should we tell Pete about this?
Red Rose: Nah, let's watch his moronic act.

The End

On The Next Episode of Ponies On The Rails

With the Korean war going on, Gordon has to go to Las Pegasus.

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