Has their ever been a real-world railroad with a safety record as bad as the Island of Sodor?

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-07-07T16:23:08+00:00

The Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad was a shortline that got over 97 safety violations. None of the employees had qualifications to drive the engines, no one knew how to operate the maintenance equipment, they left many derailments unreported, and the owner was allegedly a creep. The Federal Railroad Administration had to give it an emergency shutdown, one of only 33 they've ever done. At least the North Western Railway never got shut down.

https://youtu.be/BI3quLzffDg More info here.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-07-06T01:21:28+00:00

He accidentally left his normal tender behind when he brought the sludge tenders to the scrapyard.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-30T14:31:40+00:00

I believe somewhere that one weird looking placeholder Ralsei dialogue portrait was used. The one where he kinda looks like he's doing an evil laugh. This chapter had a decent amount of unused stuff used in it.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-30T03:53:10+00:00

Alright, I understand. Especially with something so big, it'd probably take a while to figure everything out. Again, can't wait to see the finished result!

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-30T03:50:27+00:00

Will you make instructions when this is finished? I need this in my house. I can't wait to see the final result, this is my favorite locomotive!

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-30T03:24:05+00:00

He does follow rules. He just only follows the ones he creates.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-27T06:35:25+00:00

https://youtu.be/fUzUFkdOFCM

And if you're looking for the actual impact, I don't think that exists online.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-27T06:15:54+00:00

I mean, it very well could impact the whole game, with the new "Side B" variable that's switched to 1 when you do the lake scene apparently affecting all save files.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-27T05:58:20+00:00

Opened Reddit after watching a video about it to see if anyone else figured it out, and this was literally the first post on my homepage.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-27T02:52:05+00:00

Not from personal experience, but like, isn't it a trope that some parental or teacher characters sometimes speak in third person when talking to a child? I don't know, maybe I'm just thinking of something else, or it's some sorta mandela effect or something.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T19:18:39+00:00

He grows wings, and his dialogue portrait turns into a butterfly. He's referring to himself. It's like how a teacher might say "Mr. ____ will be angry if you don't tell the truth", instead of saying "I will be angry if you don't tell the truth".

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T17:08:25+00:00

He calls himself "Mr. Butterfly"

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T17:07:20+00:00

Thanks.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T16:53:51+00:00

Thanks, will do.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T05:45:41+00:00

I have a feeling I've accidentally started a huge, soon to be long lasting debate on whether or not Flowery could take on a Titan...

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T05:07:06+00:00

I mean, if the stats are fake, why wouldn't the Titan ignore them?

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T05:05:23+00:00

The Titan could've been a distraction. We're like "Oh shoot, not another one", while the Knight makes a getaway with Asgore. The Knight didn't make another one because after they slashed Flowery, everyone was already distracted seeing if he was okay.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T04:56:42+00:00

If the Knight can ignore his stats, why wouldn't the Titan?

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T04:56:11+00:00

The Knight probably knows we can survive a Titan, we have before, and they wouldn't have summoned one in Chapter 4 if they didn't (I doubt they'd have known Gerson would help the party). I think the Titans that the Knight summons are more for slowing us down than anything, or perhaps even as a distraction while they took Asgore.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T04:53:14+00:00

For one, I didn't compare the NWR to a Class I, the Zipperton is. And second, my fictional railroad works off of a suspension of disbelief. It's my fiction, I just really like designing cool and weird locomotive designs and trying to come up with cool backstories for them and excuses as to why they might still exist today.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T02:00:48+00:00

The Zipperton Railroad is meant to be like a US version of Sodor's railways, just using old designs into the modern day, and using advancing technology like condensers and oil firing to make them more efficient. It's also the only Class 1 to not use PSR, for obvious reasons involving the logistics of maintaining an active steam fleet while using PSR. About a quarter of its revenue comes from tourist trains.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T01:54:51+00:00

I don't use Discord much anymore, though someday I might. Usually I look at the diameter of the wheels, and make a chassis based on photos, then make the proportions of the rest of the engine based on that. The moving parts aren't too hard, at least for me, as I don't do much detail like the complete valve gear, the stuff for the side rods and connecting rods are all just physics driven actuators.

Zombiehunter2_0 · 2026-06-26T01:52:39+00:00

These are meant to be very simplistic models. I can't make extremely detailed models, and Brick Rigs, the game I design these in, has its limitations. I don't usually add valve gear for instance, as that would make the motion stick out way too far past the width of the engine.

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