#Thomas the tank engine and friends

[daisywithnomakeup]

Flying Scotsman sketches

[edwards-exploit]

It's... it's...! Or, the big main line engines show their displeasure.

[red4dee]

GAY WESTERN RAILWAY

[duskstargazer]

[1952]

Before they could move, there was rumbling, and the rails quivered.

The fireman leapt from the cab. As he did so, the ballast slipped away, and the rails sagged and broke.

“Fire and Smoke!” Thomas coughed. The fireman sat up and rubbed his head.

The dust hadn’t even settled when more rumbling could be felt. Thomas’s eyes widened. The ground beneath his wheels opened like the maw of some massive, horrible beast to swallow him whole.

The tank engine let out a scream that could’ve been heard from the big station as he started to fall an impossible distance.

Thomas’s bufferbeam crumpled as he landed hard on rock and stones. The tank engine could only just see sunlight through the gaping hole far above him.

“T… Thomas…” A voice - one in the pit with him - croaked.

“R-Reginald?!”

“What… have you done…?” His fireman choked. A broken, bloodied man struggled out from beneath the warped cab and bunker.

“Well, Thomas.” Came a familiar, disappointed voice. “You’ve really screwed up this time.”

“Please, get me out! I won’t do it again!”

“I’m sorry, Thomas.” The controller’s words struck him like daggers. “We can’t lift you out with a crane. The ground’s not firm enough. Even Gordon couldn’t pull you out.”

“W-what?! No, please! You have to help me!!” Thomas began to hyperventilate, as mist formed in his eyes. His safety valve burst open, sending off a jet of steam.

“DON’T LEAVE ME HERE!!”

[lomotunes2008]

[vhshistory]

Happy belated 40th anniversary, Thomas & Friends!

[masterj]

Man Donald and Douglas' themes SLAP so hard bro🎧🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔥🎧

[thesteamw0rks]

exploitations

if that's the word? dunno. don't care. have an Edward.

Rbs appreciated!

[questionableresponses]

All episodes of Thomas the tank engine compiled

In case anyone is having trouble there are two sources I found where you can view all of the episodes :) https://archive.org/details/thomas-friends_202212/1984-10-09+-+Thomas+the+Tank+Engine+%26+Friends+-+S01E01+-+Thomas+%26+Gordon+(9+October+1984).mp4 UK dub only (including all engines go)

All episodes, movies, and Jack and the Pack all available in different languages (well a few episodes are missing but it's mainly from other dubs)

Hope this helps anyone who wants to binge the series :)

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

Scenes from 'This is Sodor: The Iron Age'/Calling All Engines humanized: Diesel Gets Defenestrated

The Tidmouth Gazette reports:

CHAOS AT KNAPFORD

Tensions between steam and diesel locomotives are set to escalate from this latest incident from the so called ‘Sodor Airport Conflict’. Main heavy fast goods locomotive, ex-(railway of origin unknown)Stanier Black Five NWR#3 ‘Henry’ was captured on photograph defenestrating ex-BR Class 08 ‘Diesel’ from a station window into a pit of mud after the former engine was humiliated by ex-BR Sodor Ironworks Class 08 shunters ‘Iron ‘Arry’ and ‘Bert’, when they assaulted him and doused him in oil in an earlier incident of violence on our fair Island home…’

"But for a few bruises and a besmirched outfit, he was unharmed'

"This is merely the latest incident of steam-diesel violence which includes; the aforementioned dousing in oil, ex-GNR NWR #7 steam tram "Toby" being hung up by the ankles from a loading ramp by Diesel, ex-LB&SC shunter NWR #1 "Thomas" getting doused in paint by Diesel (the triggering incident of the conflict), 'Arry getting shoved onto gravel by Thomas and ex-L&Y Class 28 NWR #5 "James" being grabbed and thrown under a coal hopper where he was subsequently buried in coal. His outfit was besmirched but he was otherwise unharmed.'

"It is to the shame of the NWR that we on fair Sodor should witness the type of mindless violence plaguing the Mainland in imitation of the conflicts between the youth cults of Mods, Rockers, Teddy Boys and Skinheads, particularly from our naughty engines. It behooves Sir Topham Hatt to quell the violence and restore order before it spreads out of control..."

"The Tidmouth Gazette with the kind permission of the Daily Mirror has printed this invaluable guide to the youth cults from which the engines are patterning their style and dress."

[jackbatchelor3]

☁️ Happy 40 Years to this really useful engine's TV debut! ☁️

🚂🚃🚃

[daisywithnomakeup]

The Shooting Star is coming through!

[edwards-exploit]

Mere seconds after the outburst, Thomas whistled with incongruous cheer — and brought back the first half of the rake humming.    He was merrily oblivious to Toby and Henrietta exchanging worried looks.

rereading Small World by @mean-scarlet-deceiver again and I'm having feelings. Oh, Thomas...

[red4dee]

LADY LAA LAAA I love her so much she's one of my favorite dames ever

[duskstargazer]

[1935]

Henry had heard Edward in the yard, chatting with Percy about his incident in the tunnel. Henry had heard Edward laughing, even as he got to the part where the big green engine was walled in.

Henry thought about how often James told him he ‘didn’t work hard enough���. Probably because James always got stuck with the brunt of the work Henry wasn’t able to do.

But the worst of it all came from Gordon and Saint. Two of the biggest and most powerful engines on the railway - and they seemed to have it out for Henry.

“You’d never catch me stooping to such lows for the sake of attention.” Gordon grunted, disgustedly.

“Mr. Special Steam himself!” Saint guffawed, close behind his bigger blue ally.

Henry’s crew had been called into a meeting with The Fat Director. Henry was left in the snow covered yard, holding in his tears.

Even after everything, even after the Welsh Coal arrived, they still thought him a failure. Maybe they were right.

“I would recommend putting a little less concern into the words of others.” A soft voice murmured, not far away.

“W… who said that?” Henry cringed at the noticeable waver in his voice.

“I am only someone that aims to provide some… much needed assistance.” The voice continued. A yellow glow came from close behind the green engine.

Henry looked around. The telltale sound of chuffing indicated another engine close by.

The green engine looked to his right again, and jumped. A little yellow engine stood next to him. A small engine, like what he’d see at the Works Station. An engine that seemed to float between the rails, instead of standing on them.

“How…” Henry began, in a flummoxed tone, “are you d-”

“Now, do understand that I do not give such favors out frivolously. But, your situation is a delicate one. Not to mention, quite tragic. Just this once, as a courtesy, I will make an exception if you so desire.”

“…”

Henry blinked. Was this real?

“Are you… a genie?”

“Should that better aid your understanding of my offer, I will allow the epithet.”

“I thought genies weren’t real. Just some cautionary tale. Y’know, ‘be careful what you wish for’ ‘n’ all that.

The ‘genie’ gave an unimpressed look.

“Okay. So, am I supposed to-”

“Gaze into my lamp if you so desire, and state your wish.”

Henry took note of the engine’s ubiquitous lamp. The black metal seemed an unnatural dark tone, and the light within - well it wasn’t a standard bulb, but a literal small blue flame.

Henry bit his lip. One one hand, he hardly believed in genies - even in spite of the apparition before him. On the other hand, what really did he have to lose? It wasn’t like anyone was around to see him wishing aloud.

“I…” He swallowed a lump in his tubes, and stared into the flame. “I wish I was a proper engine. An engine that could stand with or against the others and have the physical strength to do so. I wish to be a different engine, and to not need ‘special coal’ anymore.”

As Henry spoke, the flame grew bigger, and burned brighter, as if deriving fuel from Henry’s very words as he spoke them.

“Won’t that be nice.” The engine murmured, in a barely audible tone.

“What?”

“Consider your wish granted, Henry. Good luck, and may your fears regarding signals, junctions, and frosty weather be overcome.”

“My what? I’m not afraid of- wait, how do you know my name?!”

The engine began glowing a blinding gold, then seemed to explode into light. Henry shut his eyes.

When he opened them, it was as if the golden engine had never been there at all. Henry had to pause, and ask himself if any of it had been real.

He heard people walking, crunching through the snow. His crew returned.

“Well, Henry,” said the driver, “we’ll be out early tomorrow. We’ve got to take the Flying Kipper.”

[lomotunes2008]

When you realise that the first TTTE episode released 40 years ago

Happy 40th birthday you little blue rascal