Bowled Out

[@busfan359]

At the time this book was written it was the era when diesels like Class 40s were being delivered to British Railways.

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Which is hilarious because they were withdrawn in 1976 while people still love the charm of steam engines, visit them on heritage railways and the future development of biomass fuel leans to the possibility of them making a comeback.

[@spyfox14]

This story is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrComedy01]

I have a funny feeling that the inspector is Beeching XD

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

That would explain why Awdry gave him this little humiliation.

[@ManBehindtheCameraOriginal]

Yes you could be right there to end steam heritage forever.

[@Spookster8178]

One of the best stories in my opinion

[@gregkiteos1936]

The diesel engine sound at the beginning is an English Electric, which is what the diesel in this story is (Type 4). The sound is quite distinguishable.

[@hunterneitzel3012]

Actually the English electric type 4s have a very distinguishable whistling sound, which comes from the turbocharger

[@gregkiteos1936]

@@hunterneitzel3012 Ah yes, hence why they're nicknamed _Whistlers._ I've yet to see a Class 40 in action.

[@barttheanorak]

Interesting how Wilbert carried the cricketing theme over from the previous story.

[@ash10ashofficial63]

What are you talking about

[@barttheanorak]

@@ash10ashofficial63 The fact that he called the story Bowled Out.

[@ash10ashofficial63]

@@barttheanorak oh

[@TobyandMavisforever]

Interesting. In the books, Gordon's on the turntable, but in the episode, Duck's there.

[@josephmarrison4606]

And the line up of engines is different at the end.

[@Billsfan7690]

i love. This story

[@TheAutisticCapricorn811]

Whenever I see the universal portraiture in the illustrations, I can't tell if the Edwards (Peter and his wife Gunvor) did one each for every book starting from this one. I know they both share such amazing dynamic chemistry in making art but I can't tell one's style of art from the other. Still, I just am in complete love with their artistry in the illustration pictures.

[@Gregory_ferrandis]

1:27 Andy and Duck’s faces always get me

[@howdoideleteayoutubeaccoun8176]

1:27 DUCKS FACE!!!! LOL OMG LOL XD IM DYING!!!

[@BrakeCoach]

Dominik Šustej lol must be a meme

[@howdoideleteayoutubeaccoun8176]

Ye LOL

[@gojicrushers]

I love this series,and I love these audio vids! #railwayseriesisthebest

[@zofia-cs7nm]

This story was adapted into an episode of series 4. Thomas, who was absent from the story, appears in the model version.

[@Nic_2751]

To be fair he only just adds more to the cast in meeting scenes

[@AlexTrain5249]

Diesel's engine must've made a really strange sound when he sucked the inspector's hat into his airpipe knowing he's a Whistler.

[@cornholio435]

@pruehali You have to take into consideration coach size and the amount of rolling stock. A special would be lighter than a princepal express which they were pulling in triple header. Percy was also holding them back from gordons hill on. The A1x terriers(stepney) and the GWR 57XXs (Duck) are a lot more powerful than they look. Ive seen footage of a 57xx pulling a train of 8 large coaches at about 50mph unisisted.

[@TheYardLimit]

Exactly a 4 axle saddle tank isn't set up to run at any real speed. A loco like percy would just be used in a factory or colliery. It would use all of the steam it could produce fairly quickly

[@Spookster8178]

Thank you for feeding my brain more train knowledge (not sarcastic )

[@vanessaprayer4290]

3:35 Edward was happy he whistled

[@Bunbiichuffn]

Ha ha, I LOVe this story. Boastful Diesel gets his comeuppance, steam proves to be the more reliable, and the way Willie tells it, oooh it's good! I noticed something though. Duck has these square sandboxes at his front, right? Looks like they've fallen off, no illistration in this story shows him with them! :O

[@hannahbarrah8859]

TehPurpleBeanie

[@ash10ashofficial63]

I remeber watching this on my thomas classic marathon

[@ash10ashofficial63]

Im on season 6

[@gregkiteos1936]

The real life 57XX locos do not have the cuboid sandboxes at the front of the running plate. This was an illustration goof by C.R. Dalby (who else?) and thus was adapted into the television series model.

[@e-122psi3]

@@gregkiteos1936 Actually I checked and Dalby DIDN'T draw the sandboxes, just a flat tank covering most of his running plate (which I heard is closer to a 64xx). John Kenney seemed to start that (who Awdry actually approved) and later even the Edwards who drawn this book started adding them.

[@LolLol-xy4rh]

RIP Bowler Hat

[@Fernando_DMS]

Anyone in 2024?

[@joshuaslocombe7999]

Stepney could pull an express length train up Gordon's hill unassisted with ease! And duck could pull an express and the failed diesel in front of it!!

[@Blaze06]

0:35 when he says like me in the model series episode, he sounds like Heath Ledger Joker saying like me! Literally the joker said like me in the trailer for the dark knight!

[@regularcitizenofffarquhar4698]

1:27. Dat face tho'.

[@whoknows1990]

It like someone pooped in their pants.

[@QualityControl2271]

To be quite clear D4711 was sent away in disgust.

[@MrNoUsername]

Steam will always be king of the rails!

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Steam's biggest advantage is it can run on anything. Biomass will see to it that the engines make a comeback.

[@oscarkageson-loe]

Wilbert had a right go at the diesels shame that parliament didn’t see his point of view

[@lennoxschannel7484]

Wilbert is just racist to diesels, he never gives them a chance to be useful or show off their performances, all he cares about is their own sign of weakness.

[@redkennytweak]

I’m wondering how, two tank engines can pull 15 express coaches

[@gregkiteos1936]

GWR 57XX panniers are quite strong for their smallish size and Stepney, although a lot smaller, would have added a little more power, although they wouldn't have been able to maintain a high speed for long. At least they only had to go halfway.

[@stinkyroadhog1347]

Both Duck and Stepney are quite a bit stronger than they appear. It wouldn't have been too difficult for them on flat level ground. Inclines and distance are their only concerns

[@williamfincher2260]

It helps that they were able to get a good start with sand on the rails. With their fast speed, and all the momentum, they were able to reach the hill. Plus, two engines and many coaches meant their was more mass and acceleration. This, more momentum. I believe that is how they made it up the hill.

[@darmokthegreen]

@cornholio435 Duck and Stepney have 15 coaches, though! (Is there *any* platform which can fit that many, outside of, say, Russia or Australia?) How many did the "Triple Header" express have, 20???

[@NewController01]

You may also notice...this is the only book in the series where Duck DIDN'T have his added sandboxes

[@sonicthehedgehogfan4545]

Bowled Out: Bowler.

[@yilibobchris]

AT 1:30 DUCKS FACE XD

[@BrakeCoach]

yolibobchris meme!

[@FullArcher05]

I'd have the Railway Series return, using the Diesel in a story.

[@oron61]

I mean, the incidents shown here are often more pleasant than modern US railways in the headlines. British legacy train wrecks resulted in deaths and fires. US trainwrecks nowadays seem to contain fuel explosions and mass exacuations as firefighters put on their gas masks and HazMat chemists rush in.

[@MrComedy01]

@cornholio435 true! I've seen Austeritis "Royal Pioneer/Warrington", "The Duke" and "Lord Phil" pull 6-7 coaches unasssisted at Peak Rail, Matlock with my own eyes, so Ironically at the Mid Hants their Thomas could've been pulling coaches at the events with the other engines, it certainly did from footage I saw of Matlock's Thomas event featuring Thomas and James from the Mid Hants and Annie from Embsay posing as Percy.

[@darthknuxward3220]

I’ve got to say while I love the original, I slightly prefer the show version a bit more. The greater exposition at the beginning explains Class 40’s sudden appearance and just of the changed dialogue/narration is actually an improvement, particularly when the narrator is talking about how the diesel snuck out at the end

[@johnsplayworld2402]

3:17 stepney and duck are pulling maroon red br mrk1 coaches

[@gameoholic1994]

4:38 - Isn’t Auld Lang Syne better suited for New Year’s Day?

[@howdoiputthecheeseintheove8437]

wheres thomas?

[@tencents6]

On his branch line, doing his own thing.

[@parker-boy98]

I said Donald and Douglas' line in a Scottish accent.

[@dukethenarrowgaugeengine1685]

Bowled out

[@arenjtumastens]

What happens to bug me about this episode is the way the beginning went. It doesn't make sense that it would automatically start of with the Diesel showing up with no explanation as to how he got there in the first place. The same thing happened in Super Rescue, with Bear and Spamcan. You can't do such a thing like that to beginning sequences of these episodes or others. It makes no sense, is confusing, and confuses readers.

[@gold9523]

I think they were doing a trial like with diesel or engines from the over railway having to stay over.

[@arenjtumastens]

Maybe so, but it would have worked better with a group of exposition first, before we first see them.

[@gold9523]

@@arenjtumastens yeah that would be cool like maybe for bowler show a picture of his wheels at the end of train stops play or say the Fat Controller has an announcement or for Bear and Spamcan show Bear getting mad at Spamcan and moving him along.

[@arenjtumastens]

Interesting ideas.

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

If Duck and Stepney were pulling 15 coaches here,then how many coaches were Thomas,Duck and Percy were pulling in "Triple Header?"

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Thomas is basis can go 70mph. Much faster than Duck and Percy.

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

@RoadhogTime13 How do you know? Only source i can find is E2s have a tractive effort of 21,307lbf were as GWR 5700 class have a tractive effort of 22,515lbf. Thats not that big a difference. Avonside 0-4-0sts have a tractive effort of 11,100lbf which makes Percy much weaker than both Duck and Thomas.

[@tencents6]

Not only that, but here, Duck and Stepney went to Cronk. In Triple Header, Thomas, Duck, and Percy went to Crovan's Gate, which is much further away. If you look at the picture where Duck and Stepney talk to Gordon, you can see Duck looks exhausted.

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

​@@tencents6now that i took a good look at it, you're actually. The episode version of Bowled Out led me to believe that Duck and Stepney went to Crovan's Gate like Thomas, Duck and Percy did in Triple Header

[@GreenWasTaken1110]

1:30

[@kehldendavid4779]

2:55 is there two Fat Controller's?

[@ToastTheThe]

Nah it's the fat controller and Stepney's controller

[@cornholio435]

@darmokthegreen It doesent have to fit, they can use corridor's. And personally I have never seen crovan's gate station have you?

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

Gordon in the 7th illustration looks like his Down the Mine Pilot Model Self

[@MayoHosko]

15 coaches, that's longer than Gordon's express, and they got it up the hill. how r they stronger than Gordon's class of engine. all i have 2 say is wow, holy shit, and wtf. what a strong pair of engines duck and stepney r. and they r stronger than Thomas, Percy and ducks triple header, and that train stalled at the hill

[@PixProductions2]

Duck and Stepney pulled the express, and it had 15 coaches. Engines in real life can pull more than 3 coaches.

[@MayoHosko]

I know that duck and stepney pulled the express but in ttte Gordon is portrayed as the strongest engine on the Sodor railway.

[@TheYardLimit]

+mayo hosko An A1 Pacific has about 29,000lbs of tractive effort, an A3 would have around 32,000lbs. Under ideal conditions, Duck and Stepney would have about the same amount of tractive effort. An A1x in ideal conditions with large cylinders produces almost 11,000lbs of tractive effort and the Great Western 57xx class produces about 22,500lbs of tractive effort. I would imagine Gordon specking closer to an A1 pacific, and the real Stepney has the smaller variety of cylinders for push-pull working, and in turn likely would produce around 8000lbs of tractive effort.

[@TheYardLimit]

Adhesion is all about how much weight is on the driving wheels. Duck and Stepney would have 100% adhesion since all of their wheels and axles are driven. Gordon on the other hand only has 3 of his 6 axles driven plus all of his fuel in a tender. So while he may appear much larger, and would likely produce more horsepower than Duck and Stepney combound, they would most likely produce just a bit more tractive\drawbar force.

[@iron1349]

+mayo hosko there's also a story where Duck, Thomas and Percy pull the express, which would have to be at least 20 coaches long.

[@scodeknight3178]

0:28 0:45 me: and I suppose BR made engines like you so they could be held responsible for climate change, The smoke you produce does put people in the hospital, that’s why they call you diseasels. Diesel: get Me: prat

[@thunderbolt9722]

Did anyone notice that Stepney and Duck went from Knapford to a small, branch line station.

[@regularcitizenofffarquhar4698]

Thunder Bolt Naa, they went from Tidmouth to Cronk.

[@christianstout1245]

rarma

[@mrfourfivesix6809]

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