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Here we see Henry the green engine running along the line pulling the Flying Kipper fish train, as seen in the Railway Series books and Thomas and Friends TV show. This train consists of five goods vans filled with fresh fish, and a break van for the conductor. Before anyone says anything: Yes, I know Henry is in his post-accident shape, which is inaccurate for the specific story that introduces the Flying Kipper train. However, as Henry regularly pulls the Kipper after his rebuild, this isn't really a issue. To create Henry in his latter form from the Thomas and Friends TV show / The Railway Series books, I took set 76423 (Hogwarts Express and Hogsmeade Station) and modified it quite a bit. I revised the boiler design, added two plates to the cab height, devised working pistons, up-sized the front bogies' wheels, and changed around the tender a tiny amount. Recently I rebuilt his front bogie to be a bit shortened in length, along with the area around the headlamps also being shortened. The rear of the tender, which now features a sliding center wheelset, which makes it much easier to roll compared to the old, fixed-in-place 4.5v / 12v era wheels I originally used. The doors on the five identical goods vans can open to load things inside. Just a regular British break van from back in the days of steam. There's not much else to say about it, really... Thoughts?