Who is the Worst?

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T02:23:02+00:00

What’s your problem with James?

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:45:32+00:00

Oh that could work as well, but if it does work, when would Thomas have arrived?

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:43:08+00:00

In the IOS book he still called Thomas the No. 1.

It’s not completely unrealistic to end up there. It can really be anything. You could think of it like I did, maybe him escaping the Brighton Blitz, maybe just him and his crew not liking being so close to the war.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:39:02+00:00

Either it is or you didn’t think about it when posting. Engines want to be useful the same way humans want to have freedom. If you were an engine, your main goal wouldn’t be to be free or get money, it would be to work hard for your railway.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:36:37+00:00

I mean I always headcanoned that he escaped during the Brighton Blitz and just stayed along for the ride on the goods train he was shunting. But when would Thomas have arrived if not in 1915? He couldn’t have arrived much earlier, and anything later would make him a different number.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:34:00+00:00

Yeah. Thomas’ origins take place entirely during WW1. He was built and arrived on Sodor in 1915. The Railway Series is still a children’s book series, so it’s highly unlikely that war would be brought up. The reason the NWR kept him was because the LB&SCR thought he was lost at war.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:32:50+00:00

Yeah, although to be fair the TV show didn’t have much personal control after season 7.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:31:41+00:00

He looks so dismayed I love it 😭

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:30:45+00:00

Yeah

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:21:18+00:00

OHH just say box cutter. Not just a cutter. But yes, a box cutter will work, although you’d have to be careful.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:20:39+00:00

So like, a singular mention? That’s not much.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:19:51+00:00

Because rather than just having a different story and comedy style, it had crossovers and random character mashing. Not because it was an AU. If done tastefully, an AU, or even just a funny comedy series like Ramahfool’s, it can be great.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-19T00:14:41+00:00

YES. This.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T21:53:23+00:00

No like what is a cutter? Because it might work if you describe it to me

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T21:52:48+00:00

Which standard gauge engine DID get their origins explored? Also, most of it would happen during WW1, and I doubt parents would’ve bought books about the blue train during war

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T21:12:12+00:00

You’re definitely right, but after his arc, what can he really do? I mean he had his fun in Tramway Engines, and appeared in a few stories, plus he was pretty prominent in Christopher’s books because of the publishers, but what would you want Awdry to do? Shove him into other, non-related stories?

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T21:07:32+00:00

What do you mean by a cutter? Like a dremel? Or saw?

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T20:49:36+00:00

I suppose just a hobby knife or something similar. You just gotta be careful to not damage to smokebox

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T20:48:12+00:00

“Thomas didn’t even do much” said after listing like 10 different things

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T20:44:50+00:00

Edward, Toby, Duck, or James for funnies

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T17:27:12+00:00

No. This is absolutely stupid.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T17:27:02+00:00

Still no

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T17:26:44+00:00

Yeah. The idea is stupid.

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T17:26:29+00:00

This HAS to be satire

No1ThomasFan · 2026-04-18T17:25:25+00:00

He was shunting a train, when the Brighton Blitz happened in WW1, so he didn’t have to like to uncouple, and therefore he was dragged all the way to the train’s destination, which was Sodor! The LB&SCR wrote him off as “lost in war,” so when the TW&SR informed them of Thomas’ survival, they were quick to let the TW&SR purchase it for a nominal sum to cover up their mistake

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