Old Iron

[@RWSfan2024]

I like how Edward has an evil smile in the picture of him chasing James

[@ryanangelastro504]

It wasn’t evil. It was a determined smile.

[@RWSfan2024]

@@ryanangelastro504 I know

[@cutercills9x9gaming49]

Well, he was about to get back at James the best way: proving him wrong.

[@Scrinwaipwr]

That inspector is a badass action hero! LOL

[@magicguystudios7940]

Heck yeah

[@catherinefan32]

Denzel Washington has nothing on that inspector lol

[@josephmarrison4606]

One of my favourite stories.

[@samuelfarris1949]

I can endure a piercing off-beat whistle myself. Indeed Wilbert Awdry provided for us one of his best constructed stories with 'Old Iron'. With that said he kind of undercuts the boys' significance to the plot, (and Thomas and Percy's to a lesser degree) as though there's nothing else to them aside to foil or be foiled by a senior peer; a common situation when bringing in a minor into a plot, which even the Railway Series does not come lightly out of. I love how the rope tactic despite seeming implausible, hence the fireman's initial bewilderment, is conveyed realistically too - again an indication of authenticity. As for the likely speed during the chase, they would be going fast but not necessarily express speed. Regards, Samuel Farris.

[@elaineturnipseed198]

bro wrote an entire essay, & it was good

[@sudriangirl]

I adore this story!

[@elaineturnipseed198]

“so, the old iron caught you after all” is probably one of the best lines in the railway series

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

This is one of the only two stories in which Thomas and James interact.

[@LegendaryCaptain]

It's so bizarre looking at Wilberts books compared to TVs like in the RWS this is the ONLY instance of Thomas Percy and James interacting at once while we know in the TVS its the main trio. Other example is characters like Harold, Rusty, Bertie, and especially Diesel were way more prominent in TVs.

[@SkyFire2112]

That’s not true. Thomas and the breakdown train, James and the Top Hat, Old Iron, Better Late Than Never and Thomas and the Hurricane. Not to mention the other times they’re in the same picture

[@Mattrino101]

Does anybody else notice that this is the first story where we see a complete line on the other side of Wellsworth's platform instead of that little siding with buffers?

[@TheSudrianSteamEngine]

80% of the comments are complaints of the ear-piercing noise at the begging 20% of the comments are just comments

[@lucasmonkey913]

Yes lol

[@masterfarr8265]

what about this one?

[@littleblue3fproductions-li183]

The noise is probrably a K2 whistle. Or an ordinary steam whistle

[@jazmineferguson7711]

I don't like the ear-piercing whistle either. It was too loud.

[@robnewman6101]

Children have a lot to learn if they want to grow up.

[@kevin-2.1]

I like that they are being punished by their father.

[@robnewman6101]

Thank you.

[@jazmineferguson7711]

I wonder what they meant by "walloped soundly". Did the fathers spank their kids?

[@patrickward163]

​@@jazmineferguson7711more likely that

[@DamiensTrainsandTravels]

Good Old Edward

[@darrylrailfans]

2:42 James’ original shocked face

[@Planetkid32]

3:03, HELP!

[@gregkiteos1936]

I love Willie Rushton's narrations; he always had so much enthusiasm and energy, almost like he was a big kid.

[@Billsfan7690]

i love this story

[@SodorIslandProductions]

OMG deafened "Old Iron" SCRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH! dear god

[@jeremythetenderengine2295]

TheSI3DRemakist that part Nelly bleed my ears!

[@sladelutz3228]

@@jeremythetenderengine2295 what? I couldn't hear you with the ear that is not bleeding!

[@Renato-ix1nz]

@@sladelutz3228 Don't be dramatic

[@bernarda1247]

@@Renato-ix1nzyou’re not fun

[@Boojackp]

Nice whistle at the start, why are people hating on it

[@amandaaahj3878]

edward looks like 98462.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

So the old iron caught you after all.!

[@Ravaloxianthunderbird]

Oh god. The beginning. MY EARS!

[@zyronalexx]

0:03 I was sleep with earbuds in 😑

[@NewController01]

Did that one ages ago

[@arenjtumastens]

And this one's one of my favorites. I've been watching your videos for quite a few years, and I've been a Thomas fan since I was little. These videos of yours are really great, and they're a great way to experience the original Railway Series books.

[@amandaaahj3878]

Edward looks like Alfred

[@frankthediesel102p6]

Alfred is a b12

[@frankthediesel102p6]

And edward is a k2

[@RWSfan2024]

So is Gordon Batman?

[@amandaaahj3878]

@@RWSfan2024 No Gordon is not Batman!

[@Damocles178]

He says "Iron" in a rather interesting way.

[@micawber0190]

Damocles178 "Old Ahrn"

[@arenjtumastens]

I like to pronounce it as 'I-ron'.

[@lucasmonkey913]

a r h n

[@lucasmonkey913]

@@arenjtumastens I understand that

[@brick-x7p]

@@lucasmonkey913 i prefer sounding like a pirate, its funnier

[@spinosgamingchannel206]

Oh Globbits!

[@TheEmeraldOcelot-ty6tu]

2:58, For a second, I thought James was about to say: "What S*** is this?"

[@mike07evans26]

SH**

[@mr.quinnsextras1753]

You've spent too much time on youtube. lol

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

@@mr.quinnsextras1753 Actually, he says, "What shall I do!?"

[@bernarda1247]

⁠@@mr.quinnsextras1753just because he thought dosent mean he spends to much time on yt.

[@Matthew44889]

What does it mean by “walloped”?

[@arenjtumastens]

Though they won't get away with that nowadays. Especially in books, films, and shows.

[@gregkiteos1936]

Yep. A lot has changed since 1954 when this book was first published.

[@ToastTheThe]

It means that they got their asses whooped lol

[@jayheadley8061]

Meaning the kids got a beating/spanking from their fathers.

[@gachasonic8244]

Wallop, in that case, means child beating.

[@Oliverfan2010]

why aren’t they using a lasso

[@CindyDijkema]

Old Iron, *SCHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@maxlivert1745]

I find it quite funny how he says old ion

[@alexlazebat839]

from the song any old iron

[@robnewman6101]

The two naughty boys were soon cought by the Police. Forbidded to watch trains till they could be trusted.

[@brianfalzon6739]

Hope those 2 boys learned their lesson too!

[@robnewman6101]

Correct.

[@robnewman6101]

I have a Hardback Book called The Railway Policeman. The Story of the Constable on the Track. By J. R. WHITBREAD.

[@robnewman6101]

I also have a Hardback DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of TRAIN. Discover the story of railways - from the days of steam to the high - speed, sophisticated trains of today. In association with THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM.

[@user-22744]

But it was pretty harsh of the fathers to wallop them soundly, that’s child abuse

[@brianfalzon6739]

Edward, thank you, you saved James!

[@bellingermoody8084]

0:03 JAMES’ REAL RWS WHISTLE

[@nathenmekuria4636]

1:22 James dosen't have a face

[@Thebreakingbadthomasfan23]

Actually he does it’s just the angle

[@streamlinedengine]

The beginning... I'd be deaf for weeks!

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Does the RWS tributes mainly to the years of British Rail?

[@gregkiteos1936]

A lot of the books from 1958 onwards relate to the changes to Britain's railways that were occurring at the time. These themes include the Modernisation Plan (replacing old-fashioned steam locomotives with modern diesel and electric traction) in such books as Duck and the Diesel Engine, Branch Line Engines, and Enterprising Engines; the Beeching Report (closing down a lot of underused rural branch lines and even some sections of main line) in Enterprising Engines and Oliver the Western Engine; scrapping redundant steam locomotives (The Twin Engines, Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine, and Enterprising Engines (again!)) In fact, between the end of World War II and the Beeching Report, some rural branch lines had closed down with little or no resistance from the local people, as road transport took a lot of the railways' work. This is evident in Toby the Tram Engine (1952). It's not all doom and gloom though. Some of the books cover the heritage railway movement, including Four Little Engines, The Little Old Engine, Gallant Old Engine, and Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine. Those seeds that were sown then grew into the thriving heritage railway movement we have today.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

@@gregkiteos1936 For closed line, reminds me of the mid-sodor line that closed down after effects from a new branch line from Killdane.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

@@gregkiteos1936 Anyways, the Thomas TV franchise has a whole different level - with Sodor as a special, magical place in the world, with landmarks leading to Europe (like how they can travel to Barrow), and the magic railroad to shining time.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Plus, I notice that the plots of "Very old engines", "Small railway engines", "Enterprising engines", "Oliver the Western engine", and "Duke the lost engine" are each connected to each other. - Following the events of Skarloey's and Rheneas's centenary celebration, Peter-Sam and Sir-Handel think about their old friend Duke, AKA Grandpuff. - Soon after Duck meets the minium-gauge engines in "Ballast", as said in "Donald's Duck", Sir Topham Hatt had him take charge of the line that runs to their railway. Then Oliver joins in after escaping from the scrap-heap. - After "Small Railway engines", where the Alrsdale line had opened for collecting ballast along the routes from the mid-sodor, Duke is found and restored.

[@gregkiteos1936]

@@terencewilliammckenna6121 TATMR isn't really canon to the franchise, it was just a one-off. In fact, it's more relatable to Shining Time Station than to T&F. In The Railway Series, the main line connects to Barrow-in-Furness from Vicarstown. In the early books, the main line ran from Tidmouth to Vicarstown with no direct connection to England. This is why Thomas and the big engines were based at Vicarstown Sheds. When the extension to Barrow was built, Vicarstown Sheds was demolished and the North Western Railway's headquarters were moved to Tidmouth on the other side of the island. This was something that wasn't picked up on in the TV series until Andrew Brenner became head writer.

[@thomasandpercyadventurewor5995]

❤

[@dniwu3878]

old arm?

[@Donker_Dank]

Rip headphone users

[@DamiensTrainsandTravels]

um, yeah that was my point?

[@Gmcenvoy2002]

Old iron

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Old iron, slow!?

[@willrumsey9178]

Why was his driver in hospital

[@Shadowwand]

We don't know, but that is nice that the book wraps up with the Boys being caught, and the Driver going to and recovering from the Hospital really highlights how serious his condition was when James had to stop his freight train. Plus I Like the James missed his driver. The engines don't run right if someone unfamiliar with them is at the controls. That Driver knows about the little Quirks or amount of steam to Start James, things like that. James can tell if it's not his usual driver. I wish there was maybe a little more of that in the show. Show off drivers, Careful and timid drivers, the crews who might have an effect on the engines and their performance.

[@Nic_2751]

@@Shadowwandto be fair, the problem with this is that of course the humans age, Fat controller was a title held by different men one after the other, so they simply choose to acknowledge the humans as little as possible, to not draw attention to that detail, also the characters “making mistakes” for the plot kinda raises more questions about if they truly drive themselves or not

[@hartage4]

Oh my god the beginning o_e

[@DamiensTrainsandTravels]

oh soz cool

[@angelalbarado7367]

Me too

[@DarthWill3]

*James:* What shall I do? *Me:* Nothing. *James:* I can't stop! *Me:* Exactly! *James:* Help! Help! 😱 *Me:* Never! NEVER!!! 😈

[@Robot-fi6gs]

0:04) HOLY SHIT MAN

[@davidborowski1113]

0:02

[@thatoneblueengine9601]

00:5 pig squealing

[@UnderwaterAnimations]

GOD! THAT TERRIBLE WHISLE AT THE START!!!!!

[@huntersvideos905]

Underwater Animations umm, you just insulted the train that has that whistle

[@bernarda1247]

The only terrible thing here is YOU!

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

Oh my, did the book say "bollocked"?

[@TailsFan369no2]

Jackninja5 walloped