The History Of Rusty & His Models: The History Of TTTE

[@choochoodino5200]

I know this may seem silly...but how about a history of "boulder" from Rusty and the Boulder, would be fun to know that story.

[@jamesytsigros4086]

That would be pretty cool. Always wondered why the boulders face looked like gordans

[@retroroy8720]

Heck, I'd like to see an extended episode that's dedicated to a bunch of one-off characters like Boulder, Thumper, Derek, S.C. Ruffey, and the Brake Van.

[@sandradjordjevic231]

@@jamesytsigros4086 cuz it is gordon

[@FishHarbor]

@@sandradjordjevic231 so you’re saying that Gordon can shapeshift?

[@sandradjordjevic231]

@@FishHarbor he always dose that

[@frogmouth2]

3:32 how they had an entire episode where rusty goes to a place filled with train corpses and an echoing voice and never used the horrified face surprises me.

[@the_autism_express]

I, also, take it that rusty's small scale model was the best running of the SKR locomotives

[@owendinostudios1200]

I mean without the side rods the others could run fine

[@OfficialTrainzGod]

yeah

[@the_autism_express]

@@OfficialTrainzGod I knew it

[@yabrogabe]

Nitrogen Studios: "Every detail was carefully reproduced in CGI." Also Nitrogen Studios: 7:53

[@lknmjh]

To be fair to Nitrogen, Duncan wasn’t rendered in cgi by them; instead, he was built from scratch by Arc Productions

[@BunkerChapa08]

@@lknmjh good point

[@jamessmithandgarrettsmith3623]

And Douglas was under overhaul at the time.

[@Nic_2751]

Douglas was under overhaul and thus they had to forgo Duncan, and Arc had to model him from scratch Boy did we pay the price for it

[@Diecastcreations]

That was Arc productions my dude. Nitrogen didn’t provide the animation for the brenner era nor the newer assets 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Kzvadia]

0:37 " Send Rusty packing! Send Rusty packing! -Best line of Duncan

[@RambunctiousReptilian]

It always confused me in the classic series how most Diesels we’re described as rude and disrespectful when only Diesel, Arry and Bert were the only ones who never changed.

[@TheGoombaFromNowhere]

Yeah. For nice diesels, we had Daisy, boco, mavis, rusty, and derek. They far outnumber the bad diesels.

[@AdmiralBlackstar]

I think it's largely an artifact of Awdry's early portrayal of diesels since he was against the dieselfication of the BR, and in the early periods there were quite a few reasonable complaints, which can largely be summed up as "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", thus he initially portrayed them all in a more negative light.

[@moonbugmattel5479]

@@TheGoombaFromNowhere And in CGI we got even more nice diesels.

[@alvinmccranie6978]

When I was little watching the diesels seemed a lil scary or they kinda appeared intimidating especially the really big ones like class 40 and diesel 10

[@asteroidrules]

@@AdmiralBlackstar Also most of the diesels Awdry conceived of just didn't appear in the TV series, most of the negative depictions of diesels from the railway series didn't appear in the show, although oddly enough Bear never appeared either despite him being one of the nice diesels in the original books.

[@cnmn1692]

Fun fact: in an episode of season 12 rusty's large model appeared with the smaller face, I think it's a second model because the bigger model has the bigger face,

[@singletona082]

I honestly like the narrow gauge trains. It's neat to see the scale variance.

[@lisaandethanc4284]

They are called Engines trains are what they pull.

[@dariusreynolds7538]

That’s very interesting at 2:03. When I was a kid I didn’t know if rusty was a boy or a girl.

[@megathepunnymenace]

Fun Fact that’s not very fun: S12 actually fixed Rusty’s oversized face issue, only for CGI to go RIGHT back to it.

[@Nic_2751]

THEY CAN’T MAKE UP THEIR MINDS!

[@Lightbolt95]

Finally I always thought that Midlander was two different engines because I’ve never seen it talked about that the engine received a new radiator and I must admit I do agree that I prefer the older one.

[@TheVicarstownSentinel]

IIRC the current radiator came from Indian Runner. No idea why they swapped shapes honestly.

[@mattevans4377]

What's great about both Rusty and Duncan, is they play off each other really well, and it's great to put them in the same episode, like Duncan gets spooked.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Rusty certainly helps to humble Duncan, that’s for sure.

[@Mjthewiz]

Love the content, TTTE was my childhood and seeing the back story of it is awesome. Maybe if you get bored or run out of engines maybe do the Troublesome Trucks or other vehicles like Bertie. If there is anything about them that is. Keep it up!

[@WoodenRailwayWonderland]

8:15 fun fact, they did actually take some design choices from the rebuilt Midlander. Like Rusty chassis design, and he has vents on the side.

[@StabTheDabb]

The last part "the Small scale model of Rusty's last appearance was in Calling all engine in Thomas's dream sequence" was added by me on the Wikia because that bit of Info was missing.

[@SuperSudrian]

Very cool!

[@LBSC_Railway_Production]

Rusty is one of my favorite diesel engines!! Rusty is for sure a gem, especially since he saved Stepney from scrap!!

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

Enby TVS Rusty confirmed!!!! I always got that vibe from them, even before I properly understood what nonbinary was, but I thought it was only ever headcannon. Britt, my respect for you just increased a decent chunk. The only thing that I don't love about the RWS cannon is the very mid 20th century lack of gender representation, and it's nice to see that Britt at least tried.

[@TheGreyTurtleEntertainment]

I'm a simple man, I see a TrainBoy video, I press like.

[@johnisntfunctioning1124]

Train boy: * uploads * Me: *"FINALLY SOME DELICIOUS FUCKING CONTENT!"*

[@Legoliner90]

I’d like to see what’s the background information about Fergus, his model was so unique to me when I was a kid. Fergus also has some of the most interesting episodes as well

[@Toysonicandfriends2]

Rusty and the boulder Is a fantastic episode

[@Jokerfan45]

Rusty is one of my favorite engines of all time, and I am glad you finally covered him.

[@exveefan]

7:53, Duncan was made when Arc Productions took over the show. NOT Nitrogen Studios.

[@josephyohanis]

My favorite narrow guage engine! About time you did Rusty!

[@KibuFox]

Many years ago, I remember being on the old Microsoft Train Simulator official forums, when the discussion came up about Rusty, and the other narrow gauge trains. One of the forum members was a friend of the Awdry family, and wrote a letter (yes, with pen and paper) to Christopher Awdry asking questions about the trains. Christopher, at the time, helping in the construction of the various trains. In one of the letters, Christopher referred to Rusty as "She". This started a long argument back and forth, with the forum member writing yet another letter, and encouraging Christopher to chime in on things himself if he could. Christopher stated that his father, Rev Awdry, always described Rusty to him as being a female character, and noted that the name "Rusty" was unisex enough to work both for male, or female. Christopher noted that the first time Rusty was called male, was actually with the Britt Allcroft series, which Awdry was greatly annoyed by. Reportedly, Awdry himself brought this problem up with Allcroft, who told the Reverend that the show was being marketed more toward young boys, and not girls, and thus having a locomotive that was a girl wouldn't work. Besides, there were already two female locomotives (Daisy and Mavis), and correcting the error was just going to push production back, as they'd already recorded the voice-overs where Rusty was called "He". Interestingly, Allcroft did seem to acquiesce to Awdry's thoughts on the character, to some degree, by having Starr (the first narrator), affect a slightly feminine voice when voicing Rusty. In the end, though, the whole thing became moot, as by the time that any changes may have been made, viewers were accustomed to seeing Rusty as male, regardless of what the original creator thought. Note: The letters back and forth were scanned and uploaded to the forums. This all took place around 2001, shortly after MSTS released.

[@OzzyHames]

Love coming home to a trainboy video

[@SparklingJam]

I love the small face for rusty it’s just really adorable

[@Staniele]

Yes. My boy. He has come

[@BashofMistyIsland]

Rusty is my childhood favorite.🧡

[@Randomstuffs261]

4:42, the big-face Rusty always scared me for some reason

[@Stuingtion]

You know, that horrorified face would've been perfect for Rusty and the Boulder

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Nice upload today.Thank's for sharing.

[@horridlorries1237]

Can I just say that Train Boy admitting that Put Upon Percy is one of his All Time Favourite Episodes makes me very happy. I’ve always had a soft spot for that episode and to see such a big name recognise this underrated episode as a Personal Favourite just makes my Day. Also, what happened to the Large Scale Model’s Buffer Beam in the Thumbnail?

[@ThomasTogTid]

Trainboy: talking about Rusty Me: are we not gonna talk about the gold running board?

[@miriam-aurora]

I just stumbled across your channel, and boy, do I love your videos! Especially this one. As a kid, I _always_ saw Rusty as feminine-of-center (even despite the male pronouns), and it was kind of amazing to get actual confirmation that this wasn't just in my head!

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

6:56 actually thats the front, the door is on the right side like how it’s supposed to be

[@chaosdustandsteam1781]

I sort of wish this was brought up (or if we know, was Rusty the most reliable of the O-Scale models? I ask because Rusty has no coupling rods. Since most of these videos give me the impression that it was those that caused the most problems.

[@dankerthanclanker]

I've been building a 16mm scale Midlander (going to be a different engine though), but good lord - finding close up shots of the details was a real pain in the backside. Still, my hand sculpting skills for making it proper controls from scratch is on point.

[@trainlover74]

Rusty's horrorfide face was used is season 5 rusty and the bolder

[@NWR81]

I voted rusty a fair few times so thanks for doing him!

[@ILikeBurgers93]

Love your videos man! Legit love learning more about the narrow gauge engines! By the way Sir Handel Is my favorite :)

[@lukechristmas3951]

Rusty has quite a history with the changes to how "The little diesel" was referred to and how "the little diesel's" face changed.

[@Lucat_Here]

rust boi is here

[@zackwessling7102]

The history of Bertie the bus & his models could be next also it would be a nice transition into road vehicles.

[@thetyneandweartransportspo8526]

I have been waiting for this vid YES

[@langkawiaviation]

When I heard the model was preserved at Hara Model Railway Museum,that's is a relieving moment.

[@K9TheFirst1]

I remember when I first saw Rusty. He was the first narrow gage engine in the series as I recall.

[@officialmediamike]

Greg Tiernan left before Duncan was animated! 2012 was his last year with Thomas and friends so using Duncan (reintroduced in 2014) as an example is not fair.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Ah fair point; in that case I wish his ideology was kept from that point forward. Seeing that Duncan was a major blow to my respect for the CGI series.

[@officialmediamike]

@@ItsTrainBoy That makes sense. Duncan is one the best characters!

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

1:53 not only that but in the TV series if you pay close attention Rusty does have a bit of rust on him to

[@catapultking8861]

Voted Slate Trucks, but not disappointed, and actually very satisfied. Edit: if you look at Rusty’s cab and wonder why it’s only open on one side, all of the Talyllyn stations are on the right side of the track so you only needed one door and much of the Coaches are locked shut on one side because only one side needed to be able to open. I haven’t visited the Talyllyn yet, and I’ve only heard about this a while back.

[@mrviking2mcall212]

At 6:09, I thought you said ‘…horror model railway museum…’ and I believed you were talking about Drayton Manor lol Good to know Rusty isn’t, in fact, trapped there.

[@aidenfritz429]

The episode rusty and the boulder was also adapted to be a creepypasta by a youtuber named narrow gauge for the series horrors of the rails.

[@sydneyburk2595]

I like Rusty, he’s one of my favorite narrow gauge engines.

[@thomasformerswars101]

nice job & plus rusty is my favorite narrow gauge engine kind helpful & careing to all hehe even to gumpy Duncan

[@politicallyinaccuratetoast4757]

"Its a girl! What are you gonna name her?" *"Rusty"* "..."

[@traingoddess]

History of Henrietta.

[@hoistproductions3861]

Let’s see Derek in the poll

[@tr165eaglebsa4]

I agree Rusty's one of my favorite characters and Thomas and Friends

[@thegrunk]

Nobody: thomas and friends with narrow guage engines: tallylyn railway, take it or leave it

[@percy215]

Rusty got possessed in the thumbnail.

[@Im_here170]

My favorite narrow gauge diesel👍🏽👍🏽

[@BashofMistyIsland]

Mines as well!

[@CG20585]

He is painted orange because of his name - in a story in the 1997 Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends annual, Rusty told James that he was named after his paint which is rusty orange.

[@SonicJrandSarah]

I remember when I first watched "Tuneful Toots" on TV, I was like "Rusty's a girl!" For that point for a while, I passed off Rusty as being a girl. It was around that time that I had noticed that Rusty was never referred to as any gender pronouns in the show prior to that point, which was something I never even noticed until after watching Tuneful Toots. When Rusty was referred to as a male in Season 10, I was like "So now he's a boy? Make up your mind." Eventually, I adjusted to Rusty being male again from that point onward. I had no idea that Rusty was intentionally never referred to by gender-specific pronouns in the classic series.

[@Juggernogger64]

Don't know why britt made that decision, considering he(yes he will always be a boy) was always potrayed male by the Reverend.

[@Oh_well339]

Thomastankmerch is truly a savior.

[@tempestsoma]

Amazing video

[@FlyingAce427]

Can I get a Dennis history video? It would probably be shorter than Murdoch, but I don't care. Maybe do a double feature? Take two small characters that appeared only once each and smoosh them together. I can only hope...

[@Dingo950]

I always joked about how Rusty is the first engine to get plastic surgery on his face because of the much bigger the large scale models face was in season 5 onwards XD

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

Rusty is an interesting character for sure. While I don't really like the larger scale Narrow Gauge models for having faces completely different from their smaller scale counterparts, Rusty is an outlier for having a gargantuan face on top of the different expressions. Still, the large engines are pretty good shape wise at least. Also I always liked that Rusty was gender neutral and kinda wish that stayed. Rather nice representation for those who are Non-Binary.

[@christian-asdf4402]

Hey train boy, you should do a video ranking your favorite episodes from each era of Thomas and friends

[@amitysluzara2022]

Rusty sure does have a neat history

[@trainfanofjames13]

My 5th favorite narrow gauge character

[@Greyson.Kyler429]

This is the third time I'm asking for Sir Topham Hatt's Car and it's models. I also saw Cranky on the last poll so Cranky would also be a good one too.

[@samuelbedsole5089]

When I was a kid I was unsure if Rusty was a boy or a girl. For the longest time I thought I was just dumb as a child for not realizing he was male, but now i know Rusty's ambiguous gender was intentional. Learn something new everyday.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

I mean it's more weird when you consider that up to that point, more diesel characters were female.

[@redboxgamingyt3452]

It was an attempt to make him gender neutral but the show eventually passed on it and let him stay male. And personally I think we shouldn't change a character like that and instead make a new one. Thats like making a white character black and claiming you solved Racism.

[@railramsay9025]

Hey Trainboy, what about an episode on Nevil?

[@Tombola1993]

Shame Rusty was the only narrow gauge diesel in the show. There should have been more.

[@crs2385]

Rusty is one of the kindest engines on the Island. I love Rusty as a character, he's very kind, and the way Duncan behaved towards Rusty in the early episodes was disgusting. Apart from Edward, Rusty is up there as being the most kindest, and caring for passengers, and he always works hard.

[@Nerdgasm9001]

Not to be pedantic, but CNC stands for Computer Numeric Control. So the machine that was used to make the chassis was computer controlled. Still definitely custom machined, but thats not what CNC means. I have enjoyed your videos a lot, keep up the hard work.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

CNC also refers to a type of motor that’s custom machined, you’re very right but it has another meaning too I suppose in another area haha. Thank you man! www.heidenhain.us/resources-and-news/servo-motors-for-cnc-machines/

[@Nerdgasm9001]

So, I think we are talking about the same thing, kind of, CNC machine tools (such as a mill) use those motors controlled by a computer to move the work piece, the machine head, or both. There are commercial industrial applications for CNC machining because of their reliability and repeatability with little opportunity for operator error, as well as in smaller shops for prototyping and custom work because one can go from a computer modeled design to the physical end result with ease.

[@sodor_dan-da-man]

Great video. Loving the narrow gauge engine videos. Can we have the rolling stock they pull please

[@joshuaferguson698]

I’d love to see you do videos where you rate episodes you either love or hate and why

[@EthanAndFriendsStudiosOfficial]

History of Daisy

[@savagegardenfan9680]

Its a Pity we never got a Rusty Centered Story in CGI. I kinda like rusty a lot but I don't understand the whole Gender Neutral thing or why his Season 5 onwards model had a freakishly huge Face.

[@westernstudios2484]

Could the next TTTE be on the Troublesome Trucks

[@Tw1st3dpictures]

Could you do a story video about how come Japan and the Hara model railway who have a large collection of items from the tv series. How did they get them and why

[@Maximillion12]

Can you please do the troublesome trucks next. I really want to hear about their history.

[@Veggie666]

Yes my favorite character

[@ambersobble1021]

I want troublesome trucks next

[@EngineShedStudios]

Best lesson ever.

[@danielbrockwell9136]

Wooo! Top 2 favourite train

[@NW-gi1cp]

The thumbnail though 😳

[@Closet__Dweller]

Wow I'm here pretty early

[@MonopodMan]

I suppose it is weird that the different models of Rusty were used in "Rusty and the Boulder"

[@TheHylianBatman]

I only wish that Rusty's large-scale model had the small face. Were that the case, he'd be spot-on.

[@8balldice76]

Rusty my boi!

[@BashofMistyIsland]

I love him! 🧡

[@Nic_2751]

Small scale Rusty my beloved

[@BritanniaPacific]

Devious diesel would be great to examine

[@Christopherlidis]

Could you do the Scottish twins next!?

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

He already did Donald and Douglas.

[@Pander1985]

Thank you I’m a tad rusty on my history of this little engine..

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

Goddamn it, Barb!

[@TheTTTEFan]

Rusty Is My Favourite Narrow Gauge Engine.

[@BashofMistyIsland]

Mines too

[@Antluvstrains]

So it turns out TomsProps also owns Duncan, but wasn’t revealed until a few days ago.

[@dwn21top-man95]

Season 4 Rusty might be my favorite model for any of the engines, then he was cursed with the fattest face we have ever seen.

[@asteroidrules]

I honestly prefer the face on the large scale Rusty, I know it's oversized but it's just a much better sculpt.