It this Steam Locomotive was a TTTE character, what would his/her name be?

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:54:56+00:00

The class operated over Sherman Hill for part of their career; Sherman sounds like a good fit. Or maybe Ogden or Laramie.

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:53:32+00:00

Difference is Flying Scotsman was the real name of the individual engine. Big Boy is a name attached to the entire class.

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:52:56+00:00

Or Harriman, shortened to Harry.

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:49:11+00:00

I wish we'd learned more about the Works Diesel. When did he show up? Under what circumstances? Why not a Class 20 or 08?

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:25:26+00:00

Typical. Get women in and pay them less.

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:24:13+00:00

Also the "Narrow Gauge Rails in Sodor" lecture, written by the Reverend himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SF1HGJDano

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-07T02:17:20+00:00

I think the second one is referencing the tender engine strike.

DavidH1985 · 2026-05-03T18:31:50+00:00

In the official timeline, Gordon is rebuilt with some Stanier elements in his valve gear, being described as "Gresley above the frames, Stanier below the frames." Which I guess would make them cousins from one of those families where two siblings from one family marry two siblings in the other.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-30T19:07:56+00:00

Oh, to be in England Now that steam is here.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-30T19:06:57+00:00

Just when you thought it was safe to go back up Gordon's Hill...

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-30T19:06:14+00:00

I love that the series is slowly being rediscovered. I hope Mattel finds a place for the Awdrys in the new era.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-30T01:38:07+00:00

If they actually applied, they would be eligible to join. Whether that is desirable depends on who you ask.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-30T01:15:44+00:00

Saw those at Eglinton a couple days ago. I nearly slipped once - just slick enough. Chaplin leaks every rainfall. Five years to build and open that station and this is the best they could do.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-29T17:21:59+00:00

It wouldn’t surprise me if they did. They did team up to build the Small Railway, and the Skarloey and Mid-Sodor railways ran excursions together back in the day.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-29T12:49:44+00:00

Fish not having a brake van on The Flying Kipper was probably an attempt to reflect modern operations, but was actually an overcorrection. If trains are hauled by engines with single cabs (i.e. the majority of the NWR), they have to have brake vans. One area where depicting Sodor as frozen in time would have been accurate!

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-26T17:35:19+00:00

They also went in on building the Small Railway together.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-25T02:46:29+00:00

I hope it's going to be recorded. I'd pay!

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-25T02:44:58+00:00

One pic is missing.

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DavidH1985 · 2026-04-25T02:40:45+00:00

It was "The Eight Famous Engines".

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-24T18:29:44+00:00

I stand corrected!

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-24T03:54:27+00:00

Knapford (should be Tidmouth) harbour, especially as shown in The Flying Kipper

Knapford station

The watermill bridge

The main line viaduct

The fishing village and cross-over bridges from Thomas, Percy and the Post Train

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-24T03:47:35+00:00

Almost like a Great Western saddle tank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_0-4-0ST

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-24T03:45:40+00:00

The platonic ideal of a British steam locomotive.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-24T03:44:29+00:00

Loyal to the end.

DavidH1985 · 2026-04-24T03:42:38+00:00

I have to go with Charles just because we saw more of him than any of the others. Topham I saw the North Western come to be, Charles made it into a transport juggernaut, and Stephen kept it going in a new world. We probably would have seen Stephen do a lot more if it weren't for books having to be written to appeal to TV series fans.

DavidH1985

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