>>46658920>>>shifts away from a interesting locomotive themeWhat locomotive theme? First is was a wheeled chunk of coal, and then it was a coal cart. The only thing even related to locomotion here was the headcanon of anons who hyped up for something that was never promised
>b-b-but the RAILS Not explicitly related to trains in the slightest, and min/coal carts aren't locomotives
>b-b-but STEAM ENGINEAlso not train exclusive, in fact, the steam engines' first draft was simply for the purpose of excavating water from mine shafts (which ties it back thematically to the line).
It ditching the wheels was an odd design for sure, but one I like more than hate. As I said, I'm not particularly fond of either of its previous evos.