MOUNTAIN ENGINES • Character Collector

The 19th Railway Series book introduces a new railway on the Island of Sodor and it's seven mountaineering steam engines. Unlike the previous 18 books; the Culdee Fell Railway was never adapted for television or mentioned again after these four short stories.

[@TheFinestCocoa]

Hello. I'm trying a new video style and I'd appreciate some feedback. Would you like to see more in this format? Would you prefer if the video featured my commentary talking about the characters?

[@KentishRailways]

I do prefer the commentary you do

[@Sonicfan-ro9kl]

I would also really like your commentary talking about the characters.

[@bennythevultureofficial]

When will you do "Spot the Differences" for the Railway Series books of "Thomas' Christmas Party" and "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree"?

[@bennythevultureofficial]

@William Waldrip I hope so too.

[@Sonicfan-ro9kl]

@@bennythevultureofficial I hope he also does "The Adventure Begins" movie because it readapted the first two books and if he wanted to, maybe even the magazine stories Andrew Brenner wrote in various Thomas magazines that were later adapted for various stories in Series 3 and three episodes in Series 5.

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

Mountain Engines is the most underrated book in the entirety of the Railway Series. I kinda understand why some fans dislike it because it's a one-off book that's never referenced or seen again, but at the same time, I don't understand it. While it is one-off, this is one of the best books in the series, and very unique. Now the Island of Sodor has 4 different gauges: the North Western Railway which is standard gauge; the Skarloey Railway which is narrow gauge; the Arlesdale Railway which is miniature gauge, and now the Culdee Fell Railway which is a mountain rack railway around the same gauge as narrow gauge. I truly understand why they didn't try adapting them for TV, because creating TV props of them would've been damn near impossible, even with the larger budgets during the 4th and 5th Seasons. Still baffling why they didn't in CGI though, because they had no excuse not to do it then, especially during the Brennaissance of Seasons 17 - 21, The Adventure Begins, Sodor's Legend of The Lost Treasure, Tale of The Brave, and King of The Railway, where they introduced so many characters that we've wanted to see in the show that either haven't appeared in ages or characters we hadn't seen in anything but the books or real life like Stephen, Donald and Douglas, and the Arlesdale engines Bert, Mike and Rex. Oh well, at least the legacy of the Culdee Fell Railway lives on in the heart of the fandom

[@SegaMario]

4:23 This line sums up how I feel with how Sir Handel gets treated in most RWS stories and fan stories.

[@UkFinest2995]

The way the description is written makes me think this video was intended for 2021 but got pushed over to this year.

[@sealionstudios8597]

The Culdee Fell engines were some of the most fun engine designs in TRS

[@stepneybulstrodemusic1761]

I love this! It’s nice to see Mountain Engines get some attention again, let alone have a character breakdown like this

[@SrMechaGojira93]

I’m impressed with this format, you’re only doing the RWS books / stories that didn’t get adapted? I also think you should save _Thomas’ Christmas Party_ and _Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree_ Book vs. TV for this Christmas.

[@zack6283]

It good to have you back

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

Godred’s death is just tragic

[@josephmarrison4606]

Didn’t think you would do another video on this channel.

[@supermariof0521]

I too was surprised when I came across this. But what do you think of this new format?

[@도널드의덕]

I missed you

[@MelindaFN]

this is the first book in the railway series for all its storys not adapted for tv

[@ktsp2538]

I think it would be good to do the non TVS stories in this style with maybe some Commentary

[@SalmonJonesTheMagnificent]

What am I looking at, now? Like, what's gray/green/yellow mean? Some explanation would be nice.

[@nwrxj9264]

Gray no doubt means a character doesn't appear in the story at all. Yellow means they partially appear and green definitely means they majorly appear in a story.

[@NitroIndigo]

What do the yellow bars mean?

[@mrwizzardknight]

What’s up with the colours green and yellow?

[@TheFinestCocoa]

The 27 slots represent the book's 27 pages/illustrations. Green means the character speaks, and yellow means they don't talk but are mentioned. Sorry for not clarifying this in the video.

[@mrwizzardknight]

@@TheFinestCocoa Thanks buddy! ;) 😊 It’s so nice talking to another online Englishman! 😃👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I’m Michael and I’m from Sunderland! XD How are you? :) I’ve seen all your Railway Series Vs Thomas and Friends videos and they’re awesome! 😃👍

[@dbfslashredalexiaea3300]

What about grey, does that mean there not seen at all?