KING OF THE RAILWAY IS KINDA MID

I rewatch the 2013 special, King of the Railway, for the first time in years, all the while giving my abridged commentary. Here are the highlights.
Be warned, foul language is present! This video is not for children!
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[@comicfan1324]

0:15 can we just acknowledge how quickly Percy took off? Dang no wonder he’s responsible for delivering the mail across the island, Percy is fast

[@Anchovistic]

RWS fans and real-life railway enthusiasts: *TRIGGER*

[@PocketRocket56025]

percy in that scene just turned into a OO Scale model for like 2 seconds

[@cinnamonmantrainsareawesom7224]

He never fails to deliver the mail

[@dadocta5168]

I remember people were saying how good his was in back 2013 which is what got me back into Thomas. Kind of owe King of the Railway for that.

[@exeggutivejudge3747]

The film isn't all that now, but we can thank this movie for being the start of the show finding its footing again

[@ethandouro4334]

One thing i like about Sam, is how he always do stereotypical accents to Hiro, Victor, Donald, Douglas, Duncan and whosoever else and always back off by "sorry that's racist" 😂 what a chad

[@duckthegreatpro]

Fr

[@Nic_2751]

See but he’s British and we make fun of their accents so it balances out, we all just mock each other at the end of the day and if that’s not the true spirit of Thomas I don’t know what is!

[@ethandouro4334]

8:40 Thomas used the magic buffers again lol

[@comicfan1324]

With all of the engines popping out of sightings they shouldn’t be able to come from, there is only one explanation for how this is done… The magic buffers are canon

[@comicfan1324]

We live in the timeline where we got the Earl of Sodor back from the railway series... but there is no Duke to be found

[@CoalChrome]

TUG did a video on the CGI series timeline and he's pretty sure the reboot happened pretty much right before we got to see Duke

[@Nic_2751]

If I had a nickel for every lost Duke… Alright you get the joke now

[@Anchovistic]

This film is the definition of the midest of the midest. Not the greatest nor the worst. It just EXISTS, but not for a bad reason AT ALL.

[@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967]

It is a start to the Brenner era and all starts are mid at first but improve as they go on.

[@angelplayz02]

It’s actually a good thing that this movie is just okay and everything else that followed it was better. You start off with a decent middle ground and you keep building from there

[@nix-i3t]

5:27 I was just watching the movie before you posted this. This moment has bugged me for the past 11 years. Guess the magic buffers moved.

[@TheRuinedBreakfastOfficial]

Not moved, just more being added

[@comicfan1324]

I agree this film is pretty mediocre but I think it does its job of establishing the new status quo for the series and at the time I’m sure this was a breath of fresh air

[@Nic_2751]

Yeah like I’m willing to look past it being mainly as the ground work of moving on from Sharon Miller

[@DDPlay_TABMovie]

The bad thing about the movie is that it has nothing exciting, nothing happens and the new characters do nothing except Stephen It's just a movie, a Thomas movie.

[@Steamenginesunited3456]

1:33 really got a set of pipes bro

[@NitroIndigo]

The way the Earl first mentions Millie makes it sound like she's his wife.

[@ethandouro4334]

Theres a mannequin in that armor, you can notice by the blue blob on its arms

[@harrisonallen651]

“It’s the briefcase from Pulp Fiction!” 🤣

[@BlueTGM40]

Could somebody explain to me about Stephen's crew's condition while Stephen was stuck in the mine? I am just thinking out loud that there could have been a natural gas leak and it would be very dangerous to say the least.

[@thomasawl]

0:21 simple: the earl bought the suit of armour with a corpse still inside, duh.

[@PureRevamp]

4:47 he did the same thing in the climax of hero of the rails when he was trying to beat Thomas to knapford

[@comicfan1324]

5:31 OK, because of the Thomas JPEG on the screen, it almost looks like Thomas poking out of Toby’s. For some reason that’s just the funniest thing I can think of at the moment to write about.

[@CreestofOfficial]

the kamino part killed me off since I recently became a big fan of star wars

[@Anton-b6s]

5:29 well I’m not the only one who was wondering the same thing

[@Archiebugg]

I have rewatched it and I think it’s ok because there’s too many plots happening like we have racing plot then we have the castle plot and then we have the Stephen looking for his job plot and the animation looks a bit bad but it will improve and belle is just here for nothing also Thomas Percy and Toby teleported at the tracks where there’s a wall at the end of it

[@andydoms2001]

I don’t love King of the Railway, but heah, it’s not terrible either.

[@RayStriker3]

Remember there’s a backside to the steamworks They only showed it in one episode and that was when Kevin got stuck in the snow

[@azuraviation2599]

6:51 you can look up that music video scene and Imma ruin it for you: When they go down gordons hill they show you a cut face of 4 trucks, 2 inner ones doesnt have shadows under them, and James' tender in this music scene is somehow in a single model with his main frame as if you see it close enough in the music video it basically goes through rails for no reason and dont moves in reference to James until they go up to the earl's state. Also 8:37 Gordon's pistons are funny.

[@evansreviews242]

Love the attack of clones reference

[@fridaynightfunkinfan5627]

Before you do Tale of the Brave, I don’t believe you’ve done Hero of the Rails yet.

[@BrendanBarney]

1:08 Why do you keep doing it then?

[@ThomasAndRandomRobloxGames]

How is saying that Blue Mountain Mystery is better is a hot take? colder than greenland take

[@DodotheWishFanboy]

I disagree. KotR is my favorite movie from the franchise. But I respect your opinion.

[@PureRevamp]

HERO OF THE RAILS NEXT PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ErdrickFan2006]

King of The Railway is a pretty mid movie

[@Razer_-fe9mo]

I remember watching this in the cinema when it came out. Not amazing but not awful.

[@Declanaroosky]

Question. Why's there 3 of this same video in your Documentaries playlist when there should only be one of it?

[@MinecraftPotato123]

PLEASE DO HERO OF THE RAILS NEXT

[@nathanarrington9651]

I cannot stand the word Mid.

[@splendidredscrapiron]

Here to stop kids saying first

[@CoalChrome]

First

[@splendidredscrapiron]

@@CoalChrome…

[@CreativeTankEngine]

You might as well be saying “first” yourself for saying this.

[@splendidredscrapiron]

@@CreativeTankEngine well I saw there were no comments and I genuinely hate seeing the comment of ‘first’ so I did what I had to do…

[@deltaace6426]

2:50 no cause why does it genuinely seem like James has personal beef with that name. Look at how he keeps looking away from everyone, his body language is telling and all he has is a face 💀

[@annhinchcliff5460]

connor is the best character because he is a dreyfus hudson

[@blueflash685]

Hi gus im still mabe a new thomas youtuber and am going to do my first remeke of gordon and spencer do not miss it. I will send a post . it will be awsome.

[@MariSuzuki19]

Not gonna lie I kinda liked this movie

[@TheRuinedBreakfastOfficial]

Toby should've replaced belle tbh

[@tobyno7tramengine267]

For me I just disagree about King of The Rails being Mid Movie but I’ll Very Much Love King of The Rails is One of My Favorite Thomas’s Movie Special is Better Than Day of The Diesels, Calling All Engine & Misty Island Recuse The plot Story Yeah That Much Happened but I just give it past because the Writer are little bit new at the time, I like the New Characters in King of The Rails Stephen The Rocket is My Favorite, The Animation looks Very Nice I have no Problem and Songs in King of The Rails They are Good My Favorite is It’s Gonna To Be A Great Day I like UK Version Better then US Version after all King of The Rail is Wonderful, Comfy & Enjoyable Thomas Movie I like Watching Anytime back in 2017 when Thomas & Friends Became Great Again and Back Me In The Thomas Franchise CGI Series Season 17 to Season 21 are Great Time to Be A Thomas’s Fan after King of the Rails we get Other Great & Wonderful Thomas Movies Special Tale of The Brave is Wonderful, The Adventure Begins is Amazing & Sodor Legend of The Lost Treasure I love it so I Will Give Thomas & Friends King of The Rails 8/10 Good Solid Thomas Movie

[@tobyno7tramengine267]

My Top 14 Favorite Thomas & Friends Movies Special (Worst To Best) 1. T&F - Blue Mountain Mystery (2012) 2. T&F - Sodor Legend Of The Lost Treasure (2015) 3. T&F - The Adventure Begins (2015) 4. T&F - Tale Of The Brave (2014) 5. T&F - The Great Discovery (2008) 6. T&F - Hero Of The Rails (2009) 7. T&F - King Of The Rails (2013) 8. T&F - Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) 9. T&F - The Great Race (2016) 10. T&F - Thomas and The Magic Railroad (2000) 11. T&F - Calling All Engines (2005) 12. T&F - Big World Big Adventure (2018) 13. T&F - Day Of The Diesel (2011) 14. T&F - Misty Island Rescue (2010) The Only Best is Post Credit of Diesel 10

[@ikathiibean]

I have to agree. This movie is bland.

[@azuma892]

The Mattel movies are all quite gimmicky.

[@EngineerRiff]

According to the fandom, this is where the show took a turn for better

[@JellytoyProductions]

This review is boring. Not good.