How To Sex A Steam Engine

[@AstroKnight118]

That title scared me a little

[@CaptainUnikitty]

Yeah same 😭

[@ARICALMIROLA797]

Me too

[@GP30_Foamer]

I saw that title and took it completely the wrong way

[@benaseervatham8092]

ngl me to

[@Robbie-b8f]

Same

[@Big3Productions694]

ME TOO 💀💀💀

[@antonbohman8038]

My disappointed was immeasurable

[@Bigtrainfanyt]

Same

[@delavarproductions]

I fully believe he titled it that way to stoke the haters. Based.

[@danieltheblueschoolsclass927]

The best endings 1st place:

[@ScorchZaneTrains]

Not gonna lie that’s a wild title to have

[@firsttimegamer500]

My reaction the title "wut?"

[@FunAngelo2005]

I honestly gender locos based on vibes, like how Emily was Female because her design

[@LongIslandRailfanner]

Same along with how the name of the locomotive sounds as in my case with Mount Washington cog Railway no.9 Waumbek as female along with no.2 Ammonoosuc meanwhile no.6 which used to be called Great Gulf feels more like a Masucline name

[@fishlickmustaches8088]

When I was little, I always thought Percy was a girl 😂😂😂😭

[@fishlickmustaches8088]

@@LongIslandRailfannerI love your profile picture my good sir, Marisa is the best

[@LongIslandRailfanner]

​@@fishlickmustaches8088thank you

[@splendidredscrapiron]

@@fishlickmustaches8088I also thought that!

[@ThatblueE2]

That is a wild title

[@dominiquecampos1512]

Indeed a flabbergasting title

[@MidiMail]

in fact it’s quite preposterous

[@TheOfficialArtOfAsh]

Came because of the title, stayed to learn railway history.

[@Scott_3F]

I personally don’t think they have genders, and just exist, if given a name pre-built, that’s the gender, but if there isn’t, they don’t have one, you just call it engine or somethin’. In Thomas, I guess it’s just what name is given, and if the engine don’t like it, it could just change it or just go by number

[@ThomasSirHandel]

That would explain it. If given a name before first fire, the engine is that assigned gender. Another idea if the vehicle does not have a name, the vehicle could take the gender of who ever first starts it up.

[@Scott_3F]

@@ThomasSirHandel that's actually makes sense, and does kinda correlate with this video, since most who would've started the first firing would be male

[@TankEngineMedia]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@ThomasSirHandelthat actually makes sense, I can definitely see that as a 100% Possibility

[@westinbridges7321]

If I were a locomotive history teacher, I'd just love to watch the students go on a colossal headache on how genders apply to trains (or just vehicles in general).

[@theoneandonlyJT16]

Y'all know what y'all were thinking

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

YES. 💀💀💀

[@RealSerialDesignation_N]

What were you guys thinking

[@thomtub8096]

So if Thomas were to adopt side plates and skirts it would be the same as having a sex change?

[@LukeOfSodor22]

It only mentioned in the RWS and TVS that Thomas would have to wear cowcatchers

[@thomtub8096]

@@LukeOfSodor22 nah we are talking about this guy's AU tho.

[@LukeOfSodor22]

@thomtub8096 on his second channel, "a stray terrier", he has a series called the Fat Controller's railway. In the adaptation of Thomas in trouble, it also mentions that thomas would only have cowcatchers added on

[@thetoontrain473]

The title and thumbnail made me think the unforgivable

[@KDapple]

Thank God the title wasn’t what I thought it was 💀

[@cec_oregon]

1:48 I NEED THAT STORY

[@OfficialTrainzGod]

the engine was bombed, it had a boiler explosion, and the dome took out the plane

[@qwrthunter1510]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJu0dKSafMaqiNEsi=VV0Y-H8p7SWgcb3D A video on the story.

[@cec_oregon]

@@OfficialTrainzGod wow!

[@Terrier82]

Victoria went boom Plane went zoom Steam went to the moon and the jet went… uh

[@smokeyjoeproductions]

​​@@Terrier82soon?

[@keeyinic9297]

if there was a reason for Toby to have a “skirt”, it was probably because he’s a type of jester.

[@S.L.F-G1]

my dirty mind was thinking of smth else 💀

[@Mr.Conductor13]

Gotta be honest, I’ve never really thought about it that hard. To me if I was creating a Thomas character, I would just go with whichever gender I thought best fit the kind of character I was trying to make or just picked randomly, worked on the design, and then would decide whether or not it fit the character once I’ve finished with the concept art. If it doesn’t fit, I just make a few minor adjustments and go from there.

[@Cuthbertandfriends]

You dare call a austerity a "stroke 8"

[@trevortyrrell175]

Ngl, the title is so weird and funny at the same time.

[@TTTEFan-HiTEraReWritten]

Bro, this is the most ACOUSTIC video I’ve EVER seen. Anyway, I liked the music 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@StepneyStudios2011]

The title got me confused and scared what the video was about

[@MSMFurcorn22]

honestly for me engines just seem so masculine (besides the Stirling single and no it’s NOT because of Emily)

[@NexusWorks924]

The title made me crack up and I do like your way of giving specific Vehicles genders its unique

[@Future_Gohan_the_protector]

The title scared me to fucking death….

[@Nicksterski543]

I literally created my own Skarloey Railway OC that's an Alice class engine named Balladwail few days ago. Not saying I predicted this, but I did wanted to create an female engine that could work on Skarloey with her own unique backstory. The fact that I came to the same conclusion is pretty fascinating. Also, I am shocked you forgot to mention LMS Fowlers 3F nickname "Jinty" being female as a loophole. Their name literally comes from female comic strip character from the the time (which while I don't see it at all) could be used for headcanoning Jinty as a female.

[@MagicLampStudios]

Didn't know that. I've been venturing my opinions for over a year now and you're the first commenter to get me to change my mind about something.

[@ryanlister1244]

@@MagicLampStudios Can I ask you a question.

[@MagicLampStudios]

@@ryanlister1244 What is it?

[@ryanlister1244]

@@MagicLampStudios Well, dude, I wonder is the TUGS Audio story Flooded free to adapted or is it private.

[@MagicLampStudios]

@@ryanlister1244 Go ahead.

[@pacificcy3182]

comedy title and George Carlin in the beginning? yup, gotta watch

[@Steamteamrailworks88]

7:01 Ladle wagons are literally male…..specifically drunk males after having too much to drink

[@TankEngineMedia]

It is very interesting on how you classify the vehicles and what their genders could be. For me the genders could be male, female or no gender at all unless given a name like a name-plate or something (I mostly judge on what gender they are mostly on design or looks. The title of the video is very cursed, but funny

[@Daddy_donaldanddouglas]

A few hours ago i was like "do i watch this?" Literally slept on it and then was like ".... Eh why not" after finishing the video i was like " i took the title the wrong ass way-"

[@WoodenRailwayWonderland]

Wait what if an steam engine was built without side plates or cowcatchers but were given them later on?

[@benwetzel8449]

Trans

[@thedemolitionmuniciple]

trans representation

[@tee6025]

Trans tram

[@benwetzel8449]

@@tee6025 tramsgender

[@AudreyLocomotion]

Femboy

[@canadaw.e6461]

i still love how practically everyone in britain used the 8K's, fuckers lasted upwards of 50 years in some instances!

[@WatsUpDuck]

Robinson probably bragging in CME heaven, can’t tell him nothing

[@bobbymckechnie7572]

3:23 includes the “princess royal” lms class, because of princess being in the name, and variations thereof, such as the unbuilt hacksworth cathedral that used the princess royal as a base for improvement

[@DonaldRaynor]

7:00 My point of advice, Don't bother.

[@DonaldRaynor]

The basically like flatbeds

[@DonaldRaynor]

There's no proper room for a face.

[@DreamNVenus]

At first, the title scared the hit out of me… 😭🙏

[@Railroadracer49]

The title is so wild💀

[@SouthernMaineFoamer]

Here’s how I do it: Let’s get locomotives with Women names or nicknames or at the very least Women sounding names/nicknames out of the way. I don’t know how to Handle D&RGW 491 “Peaches” at the Colorado railroad museum because She does have an actual name under the cab and it’s definitely a male name but I’d have to find it because I forgot it. I would say that male names can be pretty common if you dive deep into it, but given that Steam locomotives (or just vehicles in general) are often called “she” it’s definitely gonna be hard not to miss. Next is Streamlined locomotives and locomotives with side plates with the exception of those with male names like NYC’s Commodore Vanderbilt or the LNER’s Sir Nigel Gresley. Reason for the streamlined part being included is, like side plates, there is a specific part called the Side Skirt on the locomotive. I guess you can count the Semi Streamlined locomotives or locomotives like the Reading T1s. Locomotives who have names after a streamlined locomotive with male name exceptions or vice versa. Take the Santa Fe 3460s for example, the first of the class, 3460 “Blue Goose”, was a streamlined locomotive and since the entire class was named after her they would all be female unless they have a male name or nickname and vice versa. And by that logic, classes named after women or classes name after males. I don’t know how to handle locomotives that originally had something that had to make them female and then got something like a Male name or nickname later on like the LNER “Golden Shuttle” later Dwight D Eisenhower. It either had to be male their entire life or it was female but became male. Everything above applies to diesels as well and pretty much every other vehicle/piece of rolling stock. There are a couple vehicles that can have a mix of genders however so I’ll be talking about those next. Vehicles that have more than 1 engine (airplanes don’t count) or combining 2 vehicles together. In some cases, one side can overpower the other like in the Big Boys or in any Streamlined articulated like a good percent of the PRR duplexes but for the most part it’s pretty even between the two sides. Double decker vehicles count because it kinda looks like you put two things together. Also in this case some sides can overpower the other like the Airbus A380 being called the King of the Skies or the 747 being called the Queen of the skies. But for the most part it’s a perfect balance. DMUs, EMUs, subways, etc. count as well. Right now I’m debating on locomotives with steam tenders should count or the tender should just be alive. But yeah that’s pretty much it for how I make it. When I’m being technical and treating a vehicle as anyone would I call it “she” but when I’m talking about if they were alive I call it by what I see it as.

[@escapedenginestudios140]

How to give a Vehicle a gender.

[@ngchiwai1283]

Bro told me I’m dirty mind in 400 language

[@MuhBruhMaddness]

The title scared me for a second

[@JoeyMBrooklyn]

I've thought about how Ladle wagons fit into the category. A pregnant woman is supporting not only herself, but also the weight of the baby. And a well wagon ladle, the wagon is supporting both its own weight, and the weight of the ladle, so well wagon ladles are female. Now, wagons that are just ladles on a single frame, that could just be a male.

[@mikofox9798]

A server i was in was talking about this video and not 1 DAY LAYER IT SHOWS UP IN MY RECOMMENDED

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

Perfect timing. 🤣🤣🤣

[@voidthe3f859]

Me personally, I go off of the whistles, deep toned whistles are males, higher pitched whistles are females unless they have a name or title that specifically defines their sex, example: 611: “Queen of Steam” deep-toned whistle, female. UP 4014: “Big Boy” deep-toned whistle, male

[@tee6025]

Quite the question for railway history

[@Heres_Domix]

I really like how you qualified traction engines!

[@trakkKonnektin]

love the title.

[@Serial__DesginationN]

The title is making me giggle 😭

[@Boxwood2909]

The title made me think of something completely different.

[@ItzAtrain2905]

That title took me completely off guard. 😂

[@That1Redhead28]

I wouldn’t put it past him on that title

[@Xander-m1w]

what the fuck is the title bro 😭

[@RealSerialDesignation_N]

Doesn’t sex mean gender

[@normallogankid]

I’m not joking I literally thought the title was “how steam engines have s*x” not bloody kidding I mean didn’t we kinda all think that? Because I think it’s probably just me

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

I CAN'T 💀💀💀

[@MrTankThatStopped]

Also remember the Pennsylvania I1SA. That one is hilarious.

[@aplane9625]

In my AU it’s all just random There are countless engines with side plates that are dudes E.g. NWR No.7 Toby and MSR No.7 Tim

[@Rheemcupseriesracing]

the title immediately made me click on this 💀💀

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

SAME 💀💀💀

[@Sir_Robert_Norramby]

Has Pete Clicked So He Could Do His Thing To Toby Without Side Skurts

[@noahcarlosthenumber12engin38]

6:34 but then you’ve also got Bulgy

[@Kerfur_from_Votv]

I don’t know how to feel about this

[@rodrix_A238]

The best title ever XD

[@Arkay315]

What the hell did I just watch?

[@MichaelJones-vx7lt]

Don't know :/

[@ColoradoRockiesRailfan3114]

The title made me think of something different.

[@rubentreingames6466]

Im... Traumatised WHAT IS THIS ABOUT 😭

[@thomasmanyt]

It would be easier to gender British engines, but with American locomotives, they are all built different and makes it harder (like how 4014 is obviously male from obvious reasons)

[@Enzo-fk1tx]

In my au engines get to choose their genders since there are no defining features, their faces are just smokeboxes with eyes and mouths

[@Enzo-fk1tx]

If they have a name, they are more likely to choose the gender of the person they’re named after (this rule does NOT apply to engines named after places, objects, etc.)

[@Enzo-fk1tx]

Goods wagons are all male due to adopting the same gender as the people they work alongside (usually male). Coaches don’t have genders unless they have names, if so then the name rule applies.

[@falfan7.62]

RED GREEN MENTIONED!!!!

[@TrainPlaneFan123]

I thought this was only steam engines

[@eggsbenedictstudios]

I think Ladle wagons should be male since in mainly men work at steelworks, also I think the way you did it is pretty good, I also think I figured out a system for electric engines for you, there are 2 types of pantograph, one arm and 2 arm pantographs, if an engine wasn't built during ww2 or isn't a multiple unit, if it has a one armed pantograph, it's female, if it has a 2 arm pantograph it's male

[@StrawberrySteam]

Would LMS pacifics like Duchess Coronations and Princess Royals all be female as well?

[@AW.Dry_and_Co.]

I don't personally get the point of the rules, but what do I know, tis your headcannon! Also yeah, the laddle is a laddlw

[@JAdg75oo00]

Came due to concern for the title stayed for the clever identification and observation 🙂🚂

[@jetporter]

Hilarious. Sometimes hard to tell but I am guessing you’re Canadian? Not that it matters. I found the video very entertaining.

[@MagicLampStudios]

What gave it away?

[@kotelypiesely1268]

6:18 what about rubber tracks, do those count too? and if so, then what about half-tracked, half-wheeled vehicles?

[@trainspotterlive2133]

You know the title looks like something else

[@GreatLakesSongs]

thelance?

[@LongIslandRailfanner]

I usually gender locomotives based on either pure vibes or if the locomotives existing name sounds Masculine or feminine and since I have a proposed Trainz Series of my own sometimes I name locomotives after Characters from fiction for example I have a USRA Heavy Mikado in my Series named Washington but she's female because I named her after Washington from Azur Lane Another example is a Virginian Railway Class MB Mikado also in my series named Marisa as she's named after Marisa from Touhou Project Also I see most steam locomotives as female and diesels as male but there are a few exceptions as one of the Erie Triplexs in my series is male named Jason and 2 twin Krauss-Maffei ML 4000 C-C's specifically the hood units like Southern Pacific 9010 named Prinz Eugen and Bismarck after Prinz Eugen and Bismarck also from Azur Lane. However depending on when the episode they are in takes place, sometimes they are not referred to by that name but sometimes a different name or sometimes road number depending on if the character they're named after exists when that episode takes place for example if Marisa was in a episode that takes place during the Conrail era she wouldn't be called by her name as Touhou Project didn't exist prior to 1997 however this doesn't apply to Washington and all the other Locomotives named after Azur lane characters since the ships they're named after do or did exist at that time

[@KCDash4400cw]

Do these still apply for American locomotives?

[@thomaseadbhardmcqueen7511]

Interesting vid as always. I like the idea of having a system that defines a vehicle character's gender, although my own AU is more of a "I just think it's neat" sorta thing. I'm curious if you have anything in mind for air vehicles. Also, what sources would you recommend for learning about traction engines and other steam-powered road vehicles?

[@MagicLampStudios]

A good place to start would be "Age Of The Traction Engine" by Robert Whitehead. Also have a look at videos on The Great Dorset Steam Fair.

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

Bro wtf (I realized halfway in)

[@The_Goldenhammer.]

The british already figured out the mark 1 tanks long ago. 38 where male and 75 where female. From what i can see the males had 6 pdr cannons and machine guns. While the females only had machine guns. Another way they can be gendered could be on the drivers opinion.

[@ExtraEngine1]

What about airplanes and helicopters and such?

[@thepacerman]

thats not a steam engine….

[@ExtraEngine1]

@@thepacerman He mentioned diesels ,busses and other vehicles that are not steam engines.

[@thepacerman]

@@ExtraEngine1 yeah i wrote this reply before finishing the video lol

[@sudrianliam1199]

Thing is, I determine an engine's sex by, well.... my own intuition, I suppose. And this isn't an "all West Countries are female, all 9Fs are male" type of thing; it can be different within one and the same class for me. For instance: Flying Scotsman and Humorist: Male. Great Northern and Papyrus: Female. I can't explain why they feel like that to me at all, there's no system behind it at all. Some engines just seem male to me, others female. XD

[@harrisonallen651]

I was concerned about the title to begin with….

[@thatonecaledonian812]

Why can’t it be randomized?

[@gageblymyer]

Video: 😀 Title: 💀

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

I was getting ready to do the same thing with my wooden train!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@branchlineshunter]

All right I need to know. what's up with the slag wagon

[@thepacerman]

6:03 where tf did you get this info from lol, i know few people who are bad drivers

[@Duck64906]

YOU WHAT!

[@EngineerDaylight]

It took me a few seconds into the video to calm down. I hate that I was expecting what I was 😭. Video actually had great points tho

[@Cooledman2099]

I like to think the engines/rolling stock have no specified gender, they only show masculine/feminine traits.

[@harryschubert2490]

That's even more difficult than with male or female boxers.

[@TankEngine97]

Bit of a strange title I'll admit.

[@Duck_the_57xx]

I have to put Alfred the class b12 down now so he can be safe from your au

[@TheE2tankengine]

Freaky ass title

[@monarchvh8593]

Good lord you scared us, and a loophole can be made for locomotives with female names. Like Br standard 7 Britannia, GWR 4900; Hazel Hall, Hunslet 16 inch; Jessie and LMS Jubilee Britannia/Amethyst.

[@roscaletrainssandboxlines]

The title 💀

[@JaceJent]

My Ideal Duke or Caroline

[@wondermenel2811]

I might have lost something, by qualification means they are exclusively female or that they can be female or male?

[@badwolf2331]

this scared me