RWS Only Characters (and a fact about most of them!)

[@lnerengine2644]

I remember having an obsession with D199 as a child mainly through youtube videos featuring him, I even got a wooden railway model of him

[@ItsTrainBoy]

CLASSIC KZbin Thomas content right there, I hope he and those Plarails are doing well nowadays

[@greatwestern57]

So did i

[@OffTheRails33016]

Me too

[@ctrk104]

Same here

[@neox5642]

@@OffTheRails33016 omg real

[@calebc.2290]

Can I just say Wilbert Awdry has some of the best Original Characters.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

I have to agree bro 🧐

[@jamesthomas5109]

Very true 👍 👌 👏 🙂

[@YuukaKazami241]

Every fukin diesel with the "diesel" on it 🧐

[@Thetrainbloke]

@@YuukaKazami241 Hello there it is I, Diesel (Enter number here) -Every diesel in the rws

[@YuukaKazami241]

@@Thetrainbloke fr

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

The fact the Rev self inserted himself is funnier than it should be

[@mintychustarclan7381]

He Enginized himself

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Personal canon time: Bill and Ben (as they did in the TVS) as well as Stanley, Charlie, Molly, Belle and Stafford take the place of the BR engines in "Percy Takes the Plunge". The twins apparently did so well at the docks while Percy and Duck were away that Topham decided to purchase them for the NWR. Peter Sam brought Cora with him and Sir Handel after they were purchased by the SKR. Murdoch is the "Big City Engine" Gordon and Duck argued with. Paxton and Sidney arrived on Sodor shortly after "Old Stuck-Up" had his accident and was sent away for repairs. Paxton was assigned to Tidmouth as its new shunter (a la "Paxton Prevails" by TheBuriedTruck) and grew rather chummy with the Skarloey engines; Sidney worked various odd jobs around the island. Paxton also takes the place of the Works Diesel in this canon's "Deep Freeze" equivalent (think something like "Gordon Runs Dry" but with James). Talyllyn is female. Merlin, Mallard, Green Arrow, Flying Scotsman, Stephen, Wilbert (the Austerity engine named for the Reverend) and Stepney were all present at the Great Railway Show. Whiff, Scruff and Harvey worked on the Peel Godred line before it was made electric. Sixteen's steelworks was the same one that Hurricane and Frankie worked at. They also worked with a diesel who rambled on and on about "gold dust" and someone called "Twinkle Toes", but he was later moved elsewhere due to his rapid fuel consumption. The Culdee Fell trucks used to be far more mean-spirited, but unlike their mainland counterparts, they quickly realized how dangerous their pranks could be. Especially after the Godred incident.

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

I doubt Murdoch would be the type to get in arguments about stupid things like the names of stations

[@josetapia9582]

Here is my headcanon, Charlie and Billy are the wellsworth and suddery tank engines and as for the sharp Stewart engine, his name was simply "Stewart" and he works at the sir roberts estate in my head canon

[@Kahran042]

I like these! :D

[@TimTheWellTank]

My headcanon billy is actually named William (William is billys og name) And He has a less ugly and irritating livery

[@Cyperstudio]

Awdry deadass had a self insert before it was cool LMAO

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

I never knew about Awdry's self insert. Seems like the fandom inherited it's traits right from the man himself.

[@baxter22071990]

Of the two self namings id say wilbert was the less terrifying one The trainified reverend is sprta nightmare fuel

[@comicfan1324]

10:40 technically he also exists in CGI. And we can also assume he likely exists in the model series since Duke references his father “His Grace“ quite often

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Same goes for Mr Hugh and Mrs Last, since there were figures of them made in the model series, but they were just used as background characters.

[@Kukaak]

We know he exists in the model series because it's the same canon as the CGI series

[@jamesthomas5109]

Suncole, Old King Coal and the Culdee Fell Trucks need more stories about them, genuinely don't like having so many useful characters wasted by only ever being seen or used once.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Yeah, so many characters just sitting around and waiting to be expanded upon!

[@timesnewlogan2032]

I always wanted to see "Mountain Engines" adapted for the model series.

[@jamesthomas5109]

@@timesnewlogan2032 Same here.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

@@jamesthomas5109 Christopher Awdry actually explained that the limited traffic and safety precautions are the reason why there weren't any other stories about them. Still, I would have LOVED to have seen "Devil's Back" in the model series!

[@jamesthomas5109]

@@timesnewlogan2032 Same here mate, shame. The Culdee Fell engines are very unique, I guess the fandom will be making more videos about them in future.

[@darkknight5541]

Here's a better fact for Neil: He's apparently still around and on Sodor somewhere.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Well, he was bought by The Crovan’s Gate Mining Company, so it does seem possible.

[@littlewesternstudios7787]

As someone who stares into the sun 24/7, I can confirm that I see Fred and Alf throwing hands in space. I saw them take out a local planet not long ago.

[@shirokumaotaku]

I remember when I first saw the 4 BR Engines in Percy Takes The Plunge & thinking "Wow I can't wait to see those in the episode!" 🤩 So imagine my disappointment when the show used Bill & Ben...

[@josetapia9582]

You can't really blame britt and tv crew since they didn't have the budget to make the models but then again...they could have just bought a couple of model toy trains from Hornby,bachmann,etc. And then they make the face mask with eyes drawn on so it would be cheaper. It may sound dumb but it's better then reusing

[@the_birb23]

I a based my oc after one of them

[@pizzalover346]

10:05 Though not a Mario 64 boss, Old King Coal does appear as a boss in Banjo-Tooie (on N64 as well) in the boiler of Chuffy the Train in Glitter Gulch Mine-

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Awdry is basically the book version of Lady

[@ErnonFloundee23]

12:40 bro lookin like he bouta ask if I got any games on my phone

[@ShinGojira1]

7:41 didn’t Scotsman make it on screen in tenders for Henry and the great race?

[@HELLOEARTH1MILLION]

2:11 They actually have names now, 87546 is Alfred and 98462 is Crovan 7:49 Green Arrow is on of Gordon’s Brothers,he an A3.

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

all of this is wrong

[@aliminator1310]

"TheBlueSnowplough" is DEFINITELY gonna sure 1020 has an impact!

[@cheesegrater6190]

Damn reverend got himself his own trainsona

[@SouthernMaineFoamer]

Clicked on this faster then Thomas in HOTR

[@David_Mattox]

Whenever TrainBoy posts, I check it out immediately.

[@redengine4433]

Me: try to impress me the trains at 9:32 and 12:58: exist Me:I am impressed

[@optimusprimevlogs]

I had a big city engine take n play. I was 6 when I had it and didn’t know about the book series (despite me watching Henry sees red on my grandmas TV on KZbin multiple times 😂) and he seemed unique to me cause I’ve never seen him in the show before

[@lukechristmas3951]

The improv you BSsed for many of these as the video progress is quite funny! I'll admit I did not know about the Awdry locomotive actually existed before this. You always learn something from KZbin.

[@Mile_Noukin]

I still need to read the railway series ngl, I keep forgetting tho

[@ItsTrainBoy]

It’s definitely worth it homie, it has a lot of substance that the TVS never had the time or resources to pick up on. I think you’ll dig it 💪

[@wumpus976]

I personally like to believe Albert was sold to a heritage railway somewhere far away, instead of being scrapped.

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

“Albert Regaby” *shows a goddamn Wii Mii* I lost it there! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hyperdeath89]

11:47 didnt they add stephensons Rocket into cgi off top of my head

[@smokeyjoeproductions]

Headcanon time: When Sir Topham Hatt talked about getting an austerity tank engine, he did. This was billy, but of course as an austerity. He was very annoying at first, but through some character development he would learn how he could benefit from being less annoying. He was also built with Wilbert, the two being very close.

[@noah_farmer]

This will make me waiting at the Dr. More interesting. I still have my Fred freight car wooden railway

[@keeyinic9297]

10:48 his name sounds like onomatopoeia for when a spring flies

[@jamesthomas5109]

9:38 Genuinely wonder if the Ministry of Defence sent both a standard gauge and a narrow gauge engine to Sodor to help with the war effort? Just a thought.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Who knows?

[@jamesthomas5109]

​@@ciarangleeson2880 Hope we find out one day.

[@drewzero1]

When I was a kid my grandpa used to call me blister because I'd show up after the work was done 😂

[@ZekPatterson]

Old King Coal was actually a Banjoo-Tooie boss, so not too far off there TB.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

SHOOT you’re right, my classic Nintendo knowledge is faltering- 😔🤣

[@valritz1489]

Minor correction on the subject of Barry: While Barry Island is a part of the greater town of Barry in South Wales, Woodham Brothers scrapyard (colloquially Barry Scrapyard) isn't actually on the island. (Which also isn't an island. It's sort of misnomers all the way down.) Barry the planned engine likely isn't named directly after the island.

[@MeatTenThousand]

3:57 The Thomas the train engine original character ever.

[@keldeostudies149]

10:00 ironically old king coal was the name of a boss in banjo tooie who arena was inside of a steam engine boiler and he was made of coal

[@rickbardalesproductions1202]

Awdry's self insert oc

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Ngl, he seems hardworking!! 🤣

[@rickbardalesproductions1202]

​@@ItsTrainBoy yeah he does

[@AmPro-mc7el]

"godred, lost a fortnite match" had me dyinggg XD

[@jamesthomas5109]

6:24 'Old Stuck Up' himself.

[@DiamondKrusher]

10:05 "Also sounds like a Mario 64 boss" My guy, Old King Coal is a Banjo-Tooie boss. Not mad, just disappointed.

[@Rob1_5]

I had no idea Thomas worked with boxhill, I never had a clue that was ever brought up.

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

0:37-0:41 my dude left out *JAMES* and he’s right fucking there with his homies!

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

James died in the gordon goes foreign remember?

[@rayryde1724]

It's so weird how awdry tried to make him into a train

[@mariajaciele4077]

12:18 Actually his name is melvin, Not dark green tank engine...

[@TravisPatricio]

yup!

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

bro he has no canon name if he did it would be on the wiki

[@theoneandonlynumber1253]

So much better than all engines go And honestly I need to buy the railway series books now but gosh dam 140 dollars on Amazon

[@briandesens144]

Awesome video trainboy

[@SCHfan-jb4zo]

10:44 The scrap engine (the dude on the left watching his friend get chopped up) actually got featured in a Friday night Funkin mod called Thomas’ Railway Showdown which consisted of creepypastas such as Timothy the Ghost Engine and Slender Engine, Grimdark stories which include The Beast from Sodor Fallout and The Boiler Test and Memes like Thomas the Chav Engine and Tonic from the Sonic 1 rom hack called Thomas is everywhere. The scrap engine appears in the FreePlay with his own song. Don’t ask what the name is called because I think it would probably be self-explanatory. Highly recommend that you check it out regardless because it is a pretty impressive mod.

[@DomenicEXP111]

13:05 judging by the image you used (if it wasn't just a filler image) makes me wonder if Charlie and Billy could be from this railway... Oh god, they worked together on the same railway, no wonder why they were sent to Topham's railway instead.

[@AdTheTankEngine13]

3:58 what book is that?

[@Caledonianpug]

I love how in the fandom people adapt these characters in their own story

[@TheRobin53]

RWS Mallard looks like Sylvester Stallone and I can’t unsee it.

[@mistermadmachine6311]

😱Awdry inserted himself as an engine character in one of the books

[@jamesthomas5109]

9:06 Lol, would love to see a fan story with these guys.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

The same could be said about just about every named truck in the franchise. I think that they would make pretty decent henchmen for S.C.Ruffey.

[@TheSteamdriver]

The example provided for the war department diesel is actually a petrol engine

[@TravisPatricio]

Bloomer is one of my favorites 4:54

[@Damon_Drawings]

*Making boxhill while watching this video* 5:08

[@FrostyFlakes430]

TrainBoy can you please make a video based on the loaned engines and what their class is?

[@andy3074]

Wilbert awdrys trainsona 3:58

[@englishtwister]

0:19 Oh. Unexpected depth. I thought you said 'unexpected debt', while showing him crashing.

[@jamesthomas5109]

2:30 we need this guy to be introduced and more about him in the fandom too. 😊

[@SwordlordRoy]

Ministry of Defense Engine. Personally, just due to how wonderfully odd it is, I'm just going to imagine he's an Old Armored Motorail Simplex Petrol engine.

[@Pepperknight341]

You couldn't mention that Captain Baxter was in The Muppets Europe's Most Wanted?

[@alaricjaspers6348]

Alaric’s personality is very reminiscent of my own. Only fitting since we share a name lol. Can confirm that we’re boring

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Nah you’re the better half, also Alaric is a fire name so be proud bro 🤣💪

[@GabeSutton-ys8cy]

@7:30 I lost it when he said godred lost the fortnite match I was dying of laughing so hard

[@colevarela7320]

Old king coal was a boss in banjo tooie

[@Garrett_Thompson]

Fun fact: The real 47111 was scrapped in 1987 after being crashed into by a Class 104 DMU that suffered a brake failure in 1986.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Uh, “fun” probably isn’t the right word to describe that fact.

[@MQKDR]

6:44 wait isn't elsie the brakvan he puls wen henrieta broke in a Episodes of season 22?

[@islesofforeignrails7917]

The Works Diesel is the very diesel that rescued James, in the final chapter of James and the Diesel Engines. That's laughably wrong, since Bear would've been given some development and be the very engine to make James end his hatred for diesels for good.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@Thomasremakes55]

I Didn’t no that there was so many Railway series characters 👀

[@uru47d73bxue]

I remember having a wooden railway d199 instead of d261 as a kid. Always confused about him until I read the books

[@Kahran042]

Funny thing: There isn't a Mario 64 boss called Old King Coal, but there is a Banjo-Tooie boss by that name - the second boss, to be exact.

[@Meekio]

Why are these so interesting?

[@LightingHedgehogYT]

Wait... YOU POSTED THIS VIDEO ON MY BIRTHDAY!?!?!?!?!?! Wow.

[@metal_wheels]

fun fact: Iron Duke shouldn't be old, because He's just a replica of an existing loco also the works diesel died

[@BringMayFlowers]

The ages don't really correspond to their actual ages, since Thomas is older than Gordon, who is basically a newborn during The Three Railway Engines.

[@TotoDG]

The virgin Jock: - faces no real setbacks - is depicted as perfect in every way - barely appears in more than one story - shares a name with a type of men's underwear The chad Lord Harry/Patrick - becomes disgraced, then rebuilds his glory - is an intentionally flawed character - has two stories in which he is a central character - shares a name with a man whose life he saved (I'm joking, of course. I don't hate Jock, I just think he's a bit overrated.)

[@alegotankengine5413]

You did a lil goofy at 11:24 lol

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Ah shoot you’re right, thank you homie 🤣🙏

[@alegotankengine5413]

Np lol

[@TrevortheTrainFan]

To be quite honest, I REALLY wished some of these were televised because they’re so interesting!!!

[@ciarangleeson2880]

You are not the only one!

[@TheMr.L01]

I think it's funny how Wilbert has three self-inserts in The Railway Series.

[@amitysluzara2022]

There's so many interesting RWS characters that never made it to the TVS. Truly a shame I would've loved to have seen characters like Jock, Frank, Wilbert etc.

[@kirbdelta2074]

Iron Duke is the RWS universes God of Destruction.

[@Jude-72]

My favorites were always Bear & Barry I'd like a model of both but can't afford them :/

[@lowfurts]

Cmon Fred Pelhay You just gotta love em

[@PlayerPianoWilliam]

I think Luke is HIT reintroducing Ivo Hugh.

[@sableveil]

The Culdee Fell’s Back faces shoulda been their own character

[@Signal_Box_Studios]

Do you get to be a knight if you design a locomotive in Britain?

[@jamesthomas5109]

7:12 Pelhay brother, not Pelham.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

It’s Pelham bro the merch was off, I had to triple check lol 😭 ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Fred_Pelham

[@jamesthomas5109]

@@ItsTrainBoy Well I'll be dammed, no worries bro. Thanks for spotting that, nice to see he has the same basis as Old Bennett and Scruffey too.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

No problem at all homie it had me pretty shook myself 😅 I kinda wanna make a custom out of him that says both just for the meme lol

[@jamesthomas5109]

@@ItsTrainBoy Haha, lol. Plz do, big fan of customs. 👍

[@niwarajgurung4871]

U know the book where thomas goes to the railway museum yea that book is just thomas meeting Gordon's extended family

[@josetapia9582]

according to the wiki it saids that the W&S Engines were Two Manning Wardle Tank Engines and a Sharp Steward Tank Engine that was rebuilt into a tender engine

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Yeah, most fans like to think that the two Manning Wardle tank engines were Billy and Charlie. A clever way to fit some TVS characters into the RWS, if you ask me.

[@josetapia9582]

@@ciarangleeson2880 indeed, in my au. Billy and Charlie are the wellsworth and suddenly tank engines. And also the sharp stewart engine is probably underrated since in almost every version of the W&S fans make, he usually gets replaced

[@josetapia9582]

@@ciarangleeson2880 also apperantly there is a fourth engine of the W&S however its basis is unkown

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Any suggestions on what it should be?

[@josetapia9582]

@@ciarangleeson2880 A LBSC A1 Terrier?

[@shadowcitizen545]

Ah yes Greg Davies the tank engine

[@loganBolfcraft64]

It was said there was 4 W&SR engines in the iOS book, we only know the classes of three of them 2 Manning wardle tanks, and a sharp stuart 0-6-0

[@gilbertporter4992]

LNER #1020 is going to be the main antagonist of a TTTE horror short film by the KZbinr BlueSnowPlow. Its part of his tailspin horror series which is quite something else.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Talk about a BANGER series, I’m so hyped for the new part this month 👀

[@georgedownes8395]

It comes out next week. Can’t wait

[@JRS06]

Even as a kid I wished Jinty and Pug were featured in Thomas and the special letter. They could've literally taken Thomas and Percy, painted them black and made new faces.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

You do realise that they would have had to appear in the same scenes as them, right?

[@camoshun1]

@@ciarangleeson2880 they could’ve used Percy’s season 1 model and Thomas’ pilot model

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Okay, fair point. Gordon’s pilot model could also have been used for The Flying Scotsman in Tender Engines.

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

​@@camoshun1Thomas' pilot model was scrapped though

[@camoshun1]

@@johnathonmcjohn3 oh

[@keegantaylor6360]

I think Flying Scotsman, Bear and Spamcan would fit perfectly for Series 3 (1992) and The Mountain Engines would fit perfectly for Series 4 (1995).

[@edwardandtheblueblur6730]

Does the Stephenson's Rocket still count thou since we got Stephen

[@ItsTrainBoy]

I mean TECHNICALLY since they’re separate takes on the character? I had the same thought with The Earl too but since they’re more ‘in their own league’ or completely different entities I would myself haha 😅

[@donaldanddouglasishere8063]

Awdry has oc’s I find that funny and cute

[@ItsTrainBoy]

I mean; all of Thomas TECHNICALLY is his OC 🤣

[@jamesthomas5109]

4:12 Barry looks do much better as a tender engine.

[@ollysee3656]

Stephensons rocket is in RWS and CGI

[@davidwhiting1761]

Where did that literal Awdry engine show up in the RWS? I don't remember him at all, not even in Christopher's stories. Was he in an "Annual" or is that a fan creation? Despite it being the Reverend himself, he looks pretty cursed and I doubt he would have been satisfied if that was his real illustration.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

I think it’s more of a reference that popped up in an illustration; like a nice little nod or something. In actuality I think he exists as just a normal person in stories lol

[@davidwhiting1761]

@@ItsTrainBoy I went ahead and looked him up. The engine is a characature of the Reverend created for an illustration for 2 newspaper articles about the Reverend and the RWS back in 1991. And that is the engine's only appearance.

[@geographyRyan]

Ivo does work better in *purple*

[@PNate_KTrainVer.]

11:25 its says 1 & 2