Mike's Whistle

The remastered part 3 of book 22, Rushton narrates

[@abdielgomez492]

Andrew Brenner is such a genius to look at the Reverend Wilbert Awdrys books that he wrote

[@canalabandonador.i.p4415]

yes

[@benaldinho16]

Red Ice it wasn’t necessarily a fart joke just cuz he blew a raspberry 😐

[@TheAutisticCapricorn811]

Man these neat stories make me want to work as a proud railroader SOOOOOOOOO EAGERLY! It's really interesting indeed 💯💯💯

[@gavintheredtrain6692]

Faulty whistles from season six is basically a Duncan version of mikes whistle

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

Yeah. They probably did that as a nod to the books, since they stopped adapting the book stories after season 4 for budget reasons. It would've been too expensive and impractical to build new sets for the minimum gauge and mountain engines. But at least Rex, Mike, and Bert did finally get their screen time in Season 20, with episodes directly adapted from the original books. What I find odd is that Mr Fergus Duncan is still referred to as The Small Controller in the US narration, since the terms Fat Controller and Thin Controller aren't used.

[@datguymiller]

That's exactly what it is

[@Libyan_Islamist]

But then it was de jure adapted in the 20th series

[@DamiensTrainsandTravels]

I went past Eskedale railway on 2nd August last year and saw Actor David Jason too as it's in mountains lol

[@73carlap]

This is going to be adapted in Season 20. YAY!!!

[@TheBinkbird]

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[@ab-kz6ks]

@Daniel Joseph Except he would have said that they crane shunted Thomas to an unlikely location.

[@oron61]

I might actually watch them if so, if their voice actors and animators aren't too awful. By season 8, the narrators voices were so slow and pedantic, and delivered with a tone like that of a fake smile with a gun at the back of ones head, that I'd rather a computer read the story to me. That and instead of advancing a story with lessons between, they forgot the story, abandoned half the semi-new characters, and stopped developing them at all.

[@bluebellsfan8704]

Why would they take so long?

[@EmilioLaLocomotoraFan12]

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[@MichaelS1995]

My favourite RWS story! Mike is my first name (literally :P)

[@MichaelS1995]

yeah :P

[@josephmarrison4606]

Clever idea for the passengers to whistle when they passed boards.

[@bluebellsfan8704]

This story was awesome

[@UmbraeNacht]

"There are boards saying "whistle." We mustn't pass those without whistling, that's orders!" They should've kept that line in the TV episode...

[@SodorIslandProductions]

I love this story, i wonder if this ever happned to River Mite.

[@JintyandPugFan20]

I knew a TV version would happen

[@superdom1665]

Mike:if engines can’t whistle properly they shouldn’t try Rex: then why do you? Me: YOU JUST GOT ROASTED

[@gravitrax6478]

Mike reminds me of Duncan.

[@gravitrax6478]

Yes exactly. Also how both are kinda cocky and rude.

[@gravitrax6478]

True dat

[@cjpm99]

"Faulty Whistles" (the S6 Finale) was based on this, with Duncan being Mike and Peter Sam being Duck. The entire episode is made with Narrow Gauge characters. Also this is now an S20 episode, albeit more faithful to the story.

[@uru47d73bxue]

Did you forget to switch accounts?

[@gravitrax6478]

@@uru47d73bxue I actually forgot the fact that it was me who posted this and replied to my own comment a long time ago XD

[@anrisak2596]

That part when ducks whistle broke because his crew made supper on it made me laugh so unexpectibly hard.....

[@zofia-cs7nm]

This story was adapted as an episode from series 20. Thomas who was absent from the story, appears in the animated version.

[@geridupre9010]

Mike looks like a smaller version of James.

[@FlyingScott]

Geri Dupre not realy. James is an 2-6-0. Mike is a 2-8-2. James has a square firebox, Mike has a streamlined one. James' running plate is flat, Mike's one is with two levels.

[@RingoandCarlin]

The first time I saw Mike in 1997, I thought the same thing too.

[@WhirligigGirl]

+Geri Dupre I remember hearing somewhere that the Arlesdale railway engines were painted (in-universe) to resemble Gordon, James, and Henry. I believe the real basis railway is responsible for their illustrations in the real world.

[@tundwie336]

no

[@tundwie336]

no!!!

[@canyonmccall3761]

* note * this will be in season 20

[@beback10]

Cool

[@thewarningjapan]

@TobyandMavisTogether, "Crosspatch" is the first story of Very Old Engines.

[@swood9140]

This story honestly reminds me of Domeless Engines from Duck and the Diesel Engine, with how similar with what happens to Gordon and Mike. Gordon boasts “Domeless Engines aren’t respectable” and Mike making fun of Duck by saying “engines without whistles aren't proper engines at all". Only for karma to catch up to them and be mocked for what they’ve said.

[@TheAutisticGeek206]

Why would the mountain trains can't be real too? Like Culdee, you know?!

[@jakereynolds7020]

Mike gets pissed about missing his whistle 😢

[@bawariansteamworks1106]

wait ITS ADAPTED!!!!!!!

[@CodenameBolts]

Hey look it’s an episode now!

[@stfuyoutube423]

Faulty whistles was apparently based off of this story

[@julieallison4883]

I think the last three stories of season 6 are all loosely based off of this book.

[@kenjimaurerfromdisneyland2001]

00:03:47 - My thoughts are dismayed too.

[@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999]

An engine is not an engine without a whistle.

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

Mavis: HEY! What are me and the other diesels then? chopped liver? (Diesel Engines use horns as substitutes for whistles)

[@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999]

@@neo-warkid4edwards222 Same thing

[@alenrashid2622]

Mike’s whistle when what is wrong with his boiler

[@giancarlosantoro6373]

It isn't wrong, but we just don't do it!

[@kenjimaurerfromdisneyland2001]

00:03:31 Whoosh!

[@reedbradwahnnatahvera3883]

the story events happen in 1967

[@andrewallison8043]

Take out Thomas from the story and it would have been flawless but ofc we can’t do that bc this is the 21st century

[@Trainmaster16]

Who eats eggs for supper lol

[@nathanchan4653]

Any engine driver/engineer who works overtime

[@canalabandonador.i.p4415]

grasa y aceite