Railway Roundabout 1958 'Southampton Docks'

[@SegaMario]

I bet most people came here just to see the basis of Thomas the Tank Engine in action. It's a real shame that there's rarely any footage of the E2 class or any survivors for that matter.

[@leo11lim]

I feel like watching another Thomas episode.

[@NewController01]

Well, there is a society being set up to build an E2

[@SegaMario]

I'm aware of that. By the same guy who makes those beautiful RWS-styled Thomas models.

[@rhombagonVA]

+BR 33017 s James Horrex(Horrax?), or better known as JH5500. He's also modelling faces for The Angry Welshman's "Over the Hills" series.

[@danielakinoshita]

nope i like the usa

[@SodorTrain1225]

Thomas, Rosie, and Rebecca are all visiting Southampton in 1958 in BR liveries for a few days. Amazing!

[@nicholasrangel7099]

And Henry! :)

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@nicholasrangel7099 No, not Henry

[@bennickss]

@Anonymous there wasn’t a black 5, there was a standard 5

[@SalmanMentos]

And murdoch

[@hawanatukabba317]

@@SalmanMentos the engine there was a lord nelson not a 9f

[@NorthWestern1919]

It's great to see E2s in action, but it's also great to see the great liner, Queen Elizabeth, at the port.

[@GreatNorthernUnofficialChannel]

And if only Rebecca was written as a believable character. BWBA has alot of lost potential, as stated by the Unlucky Tug. Rebecca had an interesting basis, which as seen in this vid, has a bit of wheelslip problems. Anyone wanna take off after me, cause I'm lazy to explain it all lol.

[@Daniel_Huffman]

I think that the ship behind them, judging by her livery and the forward well deck essentially becoming a promenade deck, is either the RMS _Edinburgh Castle_ or the RMS _Pretoria Castle._

[@NorthWestern1919]

@@Daniel_Huffman You may be right. That ship is certainly a Union Castle Line vessel.

[@daniela-tj1cu]

And it’s also great to see that this is the same harbor that titanic left port

[@bertcert991]

I remember seeing the queens from the beach on the isle of white while on holiday in 1963 also SS United States also happy days

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

A great film, featuring some of my favorite Southern region locomotives, the USA tanks, E2 0-6-0s, the Bulleid West Country class, and even some of Maunsell's 4-6-0s! I particularly liked seeing the American side tanks roaming the docksides, as they had quite the distinction between other locos at the docks, like the LBSC engines, inside cylinders and British as can be.

[@adolflenin4973]

*favoUrite .learn english firzt!

[@BlissfulEnspirit]

@@adolflenin4973 bro you don't know English yourself

[@BlissfulEnspirit]

Also there's two way to say favorite

[@BlissfulEnspirit]

The American way which is favorite, and the British way with favourite

[@storiesfromdifferenteras]

The puffing sounds of the E2 are similar to that of the chuffing sound effects in S1-2. But are more slowed down and with lots of steam sounds .

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

It is important to note the sounds are not original.

[@julyleonard]

I'd imagine Rosie, her sisters and brothers and Thomas' brothers working at Southampton.

[@hulksterish]

I never thought of that

[@hulksterish]

@YOrbiTer 12 that's what I was thinking

[@hulksterish]

@YOrbiTer 12 I meant I never thought about thomas and Rosies family tree and that they might have know each other before coming to sodor

[@zemcbird2024]

@YOrbiTer 12 Actually, that would be nearly impossible. Thomas was built and sold in 1915 to Sodor, Rosie and her siblings were went to Southampton during the 1940's, to help with the war effort, so here's my theory. Thomas would probably know Rosie during the Second World War, where she was sent to Sodor. She proved far greater then the E2, which made Thomas jealous and worried for his siblings. But during the 60's, when Diesels started to replace Steam, he had sympathy for Rosie, and then the two would be made friends. So there.

[@gabriel1088_]

Not only they were working there the basis of Rebecca and Henry were working there too

[@likklej8]

We visited Southampton Docks with school in the early 1960s. A dock employee giving us school children a conducted tour. Thanks for the memories.

[@Lord_Vengon]

Did you get to see an e2

[@bird20040]

Everyone talking about thomas: me wow i love the old times

[@isbryanflyingordying2202]

Lair your here for Thomas

[@isbryanflyingordying2202]

@Johnny Kootenay same but your pfp tells me your also here for someone else Percy

[@GreatNorthernUnofficialChannel]

Also starring: the RMS Queen Elizabeth

[@nzo_6543]

@@isbryanflyingordying2202 nah just me love steam trains.

[@Vortexprod2009]

Guys thomas isnt a jinty isnt a e2 hes a baby e2 he is that class

[@frankinnstein6063]

Is this the only video of the E2s at work ?

[@MiRailOfficial]

Yes as there are none preserved. Matt

[@genta_muhammad]

But I see another video of the e2 work at the dock

[@isaactheforeverthomasfan3711]

Yes sadly. :-(

[@siewpengyew9713]

Ye

[@Glitchy1436]

Yes unfortunately they are all gone

[@misstrever1952]

...archive railway films are worth their weight in gold, thanks for sharing 👌

[@manuelsalinas9847]

GWR Studios brought me here

[@bassinc1967]

Same

[@bird20040]

Same

[@RareGalaxy5]

Same

[@hulksterish]

Same

[@daboi0840]

Same

[@keysontrains538]

Queen Elizabeth + E2s + Battle of Britains ?!? Am I in heaven?

[@mcbenman1793]

KKTrain Springer i think We are yes

[@SerialNDesignation123]

Yez

[@q1con]

I adore the 'running session' of the E2's and the US dock tanks. It intrigues me however the wide variety of passenger locomotives operating passenger runs in the same area usually from what I remember a station is nearby but not this close. Brilliant

[@angrya4pacific738]

I love this video not because of the E2s but all the southern locomotives in this video

[@MrTrainiac2002]

Angry A4 Pacific Same here, although I do find it pretty neat to see the E2s at work

[@bird20040]

Yeah but there's some pros and cons about the engines

[@hulksterish]

Yar but sone are br or lms

[@thefactgoose]

I find the E2’s cool but I really like the other Engine’s

[@yadinejoe12]

Same here buddy

[@Dairobo10]

at this moment,thomas said goodbye to his relatives,hes the only one alive today

[@dxagon4226]

I don’t think there are any e2s left

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@dxagon4226 None in real life.

[@erical6338]

@@dxagon4226 Just toy ones. I mean, I grew up with model TTTE, so Thomas is a toy to me.

[@aswclassicsiow8588]

I remember in the 60s when trains still use to go across the Red Funnel entrance in Southampton to the docks

[@russellgxy2905]

It's nice to see an E2 in action. And one of the second batch with the extended tanks too! Also, do you think it's weird that the last two E2s were the last engines in their batches? 32104 and 32109?

[@thatphonebastard]

Is 32104 the last of the first batch of the e2 engines?

[@hawanatukabba317]

Yeah

[@SudrianShunter]

From the most unrecognized class in the world, to the most famous

[@erical6338]

Thomas reference?

[@_KaiTheGamer_]

4:35 holy crap that wheel slip was unexpected

[@bird20040]

Indeed

[@tiashadrows3469]

Kai The Gamer Thats old locos man

[@chrissywarnerda]

That engine is rebecca Rebecca: *wheelslips* whoopies

[@jonathancruz562]

Dr Key no it’s that they don’t have grip from the heavy load idiot

[@hulksterish]

Calm down it wasn't to bad or dramatic

[@jaypegman]

3:01 RIP E2 Trains you live in Thomas forever

[@storiesfromdifferenteras]

2:50 Is it me or does the E2 Tank Engine chuffing sound similar to that of Season 1 ?

[@theimpostor9510]

4:19 I think I know you

[@susman6364]

Yes

[@Farside2020]

You may be onto something there, actually. It's very similar to the puffing sound when Thomas is stuck in the snow. There isn't much info on the audio production for the original series, but I do know that some of the sounds used were recorded at the Talyllyn Railway. Apart from that, I suppose old railway footage like this could have also been used for audio samples or simply as a reference.

[@knuckles1206]

your right

[@slapper360]

It sounds exactly like season 1

[@ktsp2538]

It’s really nice seeing old steam locos and the old liners all in one video, I like trains thanks to Thomas and ships thanks to Tugs and Titanic

[@ktsp2538]

Recce The Blue Tank Engine hello, same for you

[@ktsp2538]

Recce The Blue Tank Engine also nice profile picture

[@thomo_the]

It's a real shame that the E2 Class is gone. Although it had it's flaws, it was a beauty of a locomotive and was able to put our childhood into action!

[@thomo_the]

It's also cool to see a USA Dock Tank, being Rosie, and it's also cool seeing it with an E2! Plus, that huge Tender Engine looks like Henry a bit!

[@bennickss]

I really wish the USA dock tanks were also extinct, I’m sick of thomas fans constantly gushing ‘EMAGERD IT ROSY’ every time there’s a dock tank in steam

[@erical6338]

It looked good, but that's all that was good about it irl. Otherwise, it was just okay at best and that's only the 2nd batch because the iconic due to Thomas 2nd batch was an attempt to correct the issues the first batch had, like the extended tanks.

[@velocity9OOOYT]

@@bennickss Right. That is a very weird thing to wish.

[@ethank4820]

amazing video. I love seeing different engines. this is Thomas' orgin! its amazing that only ten were made.

[@fredboiandfriends5486]

Most of the comments are about how this is the only footage of the E2 tank engines at work or about Thomas. *I’m only here for the footage of the special express trains that made a connection with the ocean liners*

[@NWRofSodor]

Thomas:(watches vid)I’ll miss the old days

[@infectedGrumble184]

Percy:watches vid . I will miss working here

[@korianal]

Old Thomas Locomotive:*Scraped*

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

Everyone here who isnt here for thomas: *SHUT UP!*

[@twistedaxles9126]

*Music box Thomas theme starts playing*

[@karana2833]

Most people are cringing.

[@thetransportationguy7930]

Unlike Thomas, LB&SCR E2 class locomotives weren’t useful. The E2s were limited to only some parts of the docks because they were too long for some of the tight corners and were prone to derailing. They were originally built for light passenger trains but were unreliable for long distance.

[@thetransportationguy7930]

Here's A really Useless engine You Know All the other engines you so He huffs & Puffs & Whistles Hauling to & Fro He's the really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the One He's the really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the number One Thomas the tank engine Here's A really Useless engine You Know 'Cause the fat Controller he told him so Now He's a branch line to Call his very own He's a Really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the One He's the really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the number One Thomas the tank engine Little Blue train He's Always whenever you need a hand If you need help with a situation Who comes into Mind? He's the One He's the One He's the really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the number One Thomas the tank engine Here's A really Useless engine You Know He’s Long and somewhat slow Stand back in amazement Just you watch him go He's the really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the One He's the really useless engine we adore He's the One He's the number One Thomas the tank engine He's the really useless engine we adore

[@Lord_Vengon]

That's not it they were useful but they just used them for the wrong things. Things that they were not useful for

[@FatalisJr]

​@TheSkarFacedOne someone said that their bunkers are just fine, the boiler is the thing that should be fixed, so, they are terrible steamers, fixing the boiler is the option for the locomotive to go long distances

[@FatalisJr]

@TheSkarFacedOne you can remove or weaken the flange on the middle wheel and make the weight of the cylinders and wheels equal, I watched a video of how you will fix the e2

[@thomasthetrainfan4660]

No

[@colinssj4]

Nice to see Thomas' basis working, and that is an E2 whistle we hear with the footage of one, right?

[@leeloolab]

There's a whistle at 3:09 - not sure if it's the E2 or another engine running nearby. What a neat video this is!

[@bennickss]

@@leeloolab that’s the flanges on the wheels screeching right?

[@KakoAsp]

Yea, many southern locomotives, including USA Tanks, E1s, E2s, and West Country classes, I like it.

[@UA-51]

it's nice to see an actual E2 in that film.

[@MrZedrider]

really nice to see the docks system again .

[@Firstpersongamer1717]

Even though slot of these quite interesting and really cool looking locomotives were scrapped at the end of steam it's very nice to at least be able to see these engines at work

[@eddierools]

Absolutely amazing.... Thank you for sharing this with us

[@iMadeAPromise42]

I love how the E2 is technically the most recognized steam locomotive in the world, yet when these things were in service barely anyone paid attention to them.

[@ws5606]

2:11 to 3:10 The engine that Thomas the tank engine was based on, all sent to - s c r a p - rip

[@enanimations]

RIP Thomas’ siblings

[@bird20040]

We know

[@jensuraj]

Rosie and Thomas

[@yuri42berofficial]

LBCS

[@bird20040]

@@yuri42berofficial no

[@Bluedino152]

It really is weird to come back to this after growing up on thomas and seeing all of the trucks and engines in real life and in motion Also something about this narration feels so quintessentially British beyond the origin of the video and narrator accent

[@erical6338]

That E2 pulling cars, if you imagine a face on it, reminds me of Thomas pulling the Troublesome Trucks.

[@rubbishsignup]

Proper trains, proper cars proper people and proper ships. All history now.

[@timstertimtube7349]

2:25 if you are here to see "him"

[@wendygilliam3935]

"him" ?

[@nyooom7467]

Wendy Gilliam he means Thomas

[@TracksideManiac]

Thomas, is a tank engine, who lives at the docks, on the LB&SCR Railway(I think?). He loves shunting trucks around the dock yard, he thinks no one works has hard had he does.

[@nyooom7467]

ThomasTheKZbinEngine2006 you are correct even in Thomas lore it’s said he was a part of the LB&SCR

[@jmtrainz2582]

Him, do you mean IT?

[@swiftengine]

It’s amazing how Rosie and Thomas’ basis were seen next to my favorite ocean liner

[@swiftengine]

Forget Rebecca, she doesn’t deserve to be in the comment.

[@explodingdynamite7319]

Rebecca!

[@bennickss]

*e2 and USA tank

[@Thedclasstank]

The beauty of the e2 is stupendous and magnificent

[@danarenee906]

4:47 rms queen elizabeth

[@sonic2733]

That shit is fucking scary

[@thayenanimations972]

dude she was crowned queen in 1953 this was a documentary in 1958 lol

[@Ja3dn]

@@thayenanimations972 they are talking about the ship. Not the Queen.

[@grumble1953]

+Colin Langford. You were right about it being Millbrook. Millbrook is the site of the container terminal now and they're talking about expanding it westwards. There's a lot of local opposition to this. All the railway infrastructure on the eastern side of the docks is now defunct save for one line that comes down from St. Denys past what was the old Southampton Terminus station. It crosses Canute Road as it winds down to the vehicle import/export facility.

[@claudiagutierrez453]

1:15 Henry: Hi Thomas! Thomas: hello Henry!

[@angrya4pacific738]

Angel Farfan2009 Angel Farfan2009 that's not Henry that's a Standard 5 No. 73089

[@ewelinanajgebauer8862]

@YOrbiTer 12 the engines look alike

[@sonic2733]

That’s actually a unit pacific black five

[@florjanbrudar692]

@Sweden Bork Ball Gordon isn't here either

[@T128Productions]

@@sonic2733 Unit Pacific? Are you saying that this locomotive worked for Union Pacific? If so, then let me clarify that the Black 5 locomotives NEVER worked for Union Pacific. I would know as an American because that simply never happened. The Flying Scotsman however did travel to America, but never pulled any freight trains. The only train it pulled was a passenger train with imported carriages from her home nation, the United Kingdom! But they never sent a Black 5 to the US, and that livery she was actually wearing is for BR, that is British Railways.

[@Chervodafolf]

Seeing 2 of my favorite things together in the same video makes me happy. Rms Queen Elizabeth and the E2 class ; :)

[@twistedaxles9126]

What's funny is that the sound at 2:50 is the exact same one used in TTTE

[@florjanbrudar692]

The model series

[@evanddboi2097]

I really like that chuffing sound

[@bennickss]

It’s a chuffing sound, it could have been anything

[@T128Productions]

@@bennickss Of course it is. Any tv show in the modern era has to get sound effects from somewhere.

[@jessicapedersen8462]

Bro that's what I'm saying it's the same sound

[@matthewspencer7948]

Yes, it’s remarkable to see the E2, the USA dock shunter and the Merchant pacific, similar to Thomas, Rosie and Rebecca are like visitors, although the USA shunters are brought to help the E2s because their wheels can go round the tight curves at Southampton harbour, not because of replacement, but it’s good to know the history of the harbour too

[@paulg4767]

All of a sudden I'm 10years old again, waiting for a USA pulled goods train to pass so that we could cross the line to get to the Red Funnel ferry to go to the Isle of Wight.

[@SuperGibaLogan]

fun fact: thomas in the day out with thomas event is technically the only existing e2's irl (i think)

[@trainboy13brightonworkssha87]

wow, thomas, rosie, rebecca, henry and merlin are all in here

[@florjanbrudar692]

Not Henry, he's a black 5

[@bruh1694]

@@florjanbrudar692 that's the adventure begins James, funnelhead

[@bennickss]

wrong, e2, usa tank, unrebuilt west country class, standard class 5 and sr lord nelson class are in here, im more than sick of people not shutting up about thomas on steam videos

[@trainboy13brightonworkssha87]

@@bennickss I think I was referring to there basis at the time, not sure lol

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@bruh1694 No need to be so rude.

[@rustydobro]

I was on a rail tour in the’60’s which was hauled (I think) from Marylebone by Britannia pacific ‘William Shakespeare’, and then double-headed through the docks by two USA‘s.

[@bigallan7181]

Yay! E1 and E2 locomotives in action!

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

And some S100s. Although to be fair, there are quite a few of those around. I liked seeing that Std. 5 passing the shunter's depot, as the curve radius on my model railway suddenly felt very realistic. I also find it funny how England has more working USATC S100s than America does! They're versatile things, although I've always found seeing them with buffers odd, but not exactly bad.

[@bennickss]

@@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS were the S160 tender locos also sent over by the usatc? they are the best looking American steam locos in my opinion

[@ElzevereBlock]

Great footage. My father was on the QE at this time.

[@itsgrasstouchme62671]

Who got here after watching sodor profiles? like if u did

[@xxx-nz8ps]

Sonic222_YT me

[@indorailfanmuhammadfadhiil8713]

The best singing pirate in woorld!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MEE

[@pingpongpung]

BEGGING FOR LIKES IS GAY!!!!!

[@jacktheguy3166]

MrGlitchy me

[@MohA-fy6uy]

yea from gwr studios

[@TheDankEngineer]

"best known as Leo in mine and Tomthetrainfan's NRWS" Sorry folks, turn out the best known instance of an E2 is the fictional "Thomas the Tank Engine"

[@pulpsolstice]

It's lovely to see Thomas and Rosie's basises in action!

[@danielreynolds812]

IKR! :)

[@ThatOneRedEngine]

yibzurky and henry

[@xxx-nz8ps]

yibzurky yeah

[@kyankoh2991]

That One Red Engine and don't forget Merlin! (He's pretty recent so you may not have heard of him)

[@ThatOneRedEngine]

Kyan Koh yes I know merlin

[@sanjeevpereira6765]

Great vedio and superb narrator and narration. Plz do a vedio of Southampton docks are as of today would love to see it now. Brgds

[@kristplayz3670]

If it weren't for thomas the E2 would have been forgotten forever!

[@bennickss]

I sure do wish the e2s were forgotten, they were unreliable crap

[@NewController01]

and it's probably the only series to have it atm, there this also 1 in the 1961 video but I haven't transffered it to the computer

[@cows_cowsandcows]

Welp. See You In Railyard Heaven

[@RB-hx7rd]

fascinating footage.

[@jackforde4883]

Can you imagine if steam was steam heavily used in service. I’d love to see that

[@KadesKove]

"If steam was steam" Hmm.. Yes.. The floor here is made out of floor...

[@prestonsvideos6133]

If you wanna return steam to regular service then we'd have to find a way to "modernize" it. Steam locomotives still pull freight trains occasionally though.

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@prestonsvideos6133 And passenger trains

[@spartan4821]

Those radios are cool and all but makes me wonder how hard it'd be to say/hear anything on the footplate

[@Natendowii]

"Thomas is a Tank Engine, who lives at a big station on the island of Sodor."

[@Hypernova609]

Hello

[@BarthvaderHalloween]

He's a cheeky little engine, with a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome.

[@bennickss]

@@BarthvaderHalloween But today is a sad day for thomas. He pulled his last load and was taken into the siding, where he was told that he and all his brethren were to be scrapped due to being useless. Promptly, he was placed to the cutters torch and dismantled quickly. His scrap steel then made nicely for a shiny new class 47.

[@BarthvaderHalloween]

@@bennickss damn

[@T128Productions]

@@bennickss Sad, but true. If only someone would step up to save at least one of them then we would’ve had an actual real life Thomas. Now the closest we have is a Jinty, which is a completely different class of tank engines in comparison.

[@PlushyDom2004]

0:31: LMS 5MT Black 5 A.K.A. Henry

[@jmtrainz2582]

No, henry is just a black five. That's a standard 5MT.

[@angrya4pacific738]

PlushyDom 2004 it's a Standard five

[@overpoweredsteamproduction513]

Angry A4 Pacific JMtrainz You guys are stupid. A black five is a 5mt black five. You guys are arguing about an incorrect name when both of you are pronouncing it’s name correctly

[@tom_foolery1]

@@overpoweredsteamproduction513 A BR standard 5MT and an LMS black five are very similar, but they are not the same thing.

[@Parovoz0251]

That’s a BR Standard 5.

[@Creeperboy099]

I could imagine if that kid in the beginning walked by and pointed at the locomotive saying, "Mommy, look, it's Thomas!"

[@TankEngine75]

Creeperboy This Takes Place Before Thomas Existed

[@Creeperboy099]

Tank Engine 75 The show takes place from the 1910's to today

[@TankEngine75]

Creeperboy Yeah But If The Future Episodes Feature The Other Railway/British Rail Then It Will Take Place Before 2001 Since By 2001 British Rail Has Been Defunct

[@samanli-tw3id]

Tank Engine 75 Railway Series existed in the 50s.

[@bennickss]

Fortunately that would have never happened since thomas thankfully wasn’t as excessively popular as it is now back then

[@TracksideManiac]

2:13 you all came for this, didn’t you?

[@bennickss]

No, I didn’t come for that unreliable pile of shit

[@ClaytonWeigel-gw2mg]

​@@bennickssNo E2 haters are allowed to comment on this video!

[@T128Productions]

@@ClaytonWeigel-gw2mg I have nothing against the E2s in this video, or any steam locomotive for that matter. A rare breed of machines which helped build cities and helped win the two World Wars has no reason why they should be hated, unless if they’re Angus Paul wannabes.

[@mikemancini313]

4:48 What's quite sad is the Queen Elizabeth was sold to the Chinese in 1970 and the ship caught fire in Hong Kong harbor two years later. She was the largest passenger ship lost up to that point.

[@DAlycidon]

Was that the wrecked Ship seen in the Bond Move, ‘’The Man With The Golden Gun’’?

[@danielsellers8707]

@@DAlycidon Yes as an MI6 office!

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

Fun fact, E2s No. 32105 and No. 32109 had been modified with bigger ladders for harbour work, weirdly they didn't add bigger buffers, which most harbour shunters had.

[@thesudriana016]

Thomas, Rosie and Merlin's basis are seen here in this episode!

[@florjanbrudar692]

As well as Rebecca's

[@bennickss]

SHUT UP

[@reagansmith8859]

1:38 the ship funnels in the backround belong to the Queen Mary

[@donaldanddouglas1454]

Can we all please stop arguing? The E2s weren't great but if someone likes something, you don't need to force them to think it's garbage

[@erical6338]

Let the Thomas fans like E2s because of him. I mean DeLoreans weren't that great, but people like them because of movies, so same idea.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

My ship, the USS Guam tied up at the liner terminal in November of 1974. I recall a train yard full of those wooden coal wagons near there, all with the big letters on the side of each wagon. The tracks for the boat trains were there but probably no longer in use by then. Did all the boat trains go to Victoria or Waterloo? Both?

[@dulls8475]

Mainly to Waterloo. Victoria serves the Brighton area but they do share approach routes. The ocean liner trains I think came from Waterloo.

[@SuperMikado282]

Yes

[@zzascha5512]

With the Thin Clergyman writing the Railway Series, you'd think some of these locomotives would be preserved.

[@angrya4pacific738]

ZZASCHA well pretty much every class of locomotive you see in this video is preserved the only loco not preserved in this video is the E2

[@Frserthegreenengine]

And there's a good reason why no E2s were preserved. They were very inefficient and were weak locos.

[@hulksterish]

Yar

[@hulksterish]

But beaching

[@fritzyboi6390]

@Goldfish but it's true, and I like the E2. But the they were too big for the dockside bends, which is why the USA Class was used instead because they were much shorter than the E2

[@JRS06]

It's been said before, but I do wish an E2 was preserved. The fact they're the basis for Thomas aside, they were elegantly designed locomotives, and had a surprisingly long and productive career. Whilst not the most amazing or well-performing locomotives ever made, the E2s found good use as shunters and were clearly quite helpful in some scenarios.

[@StroudleyStudios]

I miss the real life e2s

[@46harry]

@Ethan Schmid Me!

[@smootherthemaskedengine4303]

@Man With 9000 IQ yeah the E2s brakes where rubbish and the locomotive couldnt balance well and Also it was hard af to make the locomotive move and it functioned like rubbish so scrapping then made sense

[@bennickss]

You weren’t alive when any of them were in service, why would you miss them?

[@StroudleyStudios]

@@bennickss i was saying i wish they still existed back then. currently, i can see why they are scrapped as they had bad brakes. this was 4 years ago, but ok.

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Outstanding 💯 what a bit of history

[@FfarquharFilms]

This is amazing 🤩

[@gearedloop3195]

came here for the usa tanks, was not disappointed.

[@3unskippableads51]

Man, that Pacific's wheels really went ⛷️

[@bennickss]

Wheelslip for the win! With diesels it’s almost unnoticeable but with steam it’s very obvious!

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@bennickss The former yes unless it's a diesel with coupling rods

[@terencepaul5834]

@@bennickss wheel slip can cause serious problems

[@CaseyJuniorFanBoi41]

2:11 he is the really useful engine that we all know

[@jaytsproductions895]

What's so funny is noone realises the basis for cranky and that one boat always at brendom docks is in this

[@sirwelcome]

JayTS Gaming Cranky has no real life basis

[@CPGreeno357]

man, trains are so cool

[@sirwelcome]

You mean engines

[@CPGreeno357]

@@sirwelcome yeah, im aware they're not called trains but i just like calling them that lol

[@erical6338]

@@CPGreeno357 What kind of trains? There's a freight train in the video, that E2 pulling cars.

[@Creeperboy099]

Hold on a second, is the loco at 0:34 Henry's real life counterpart?

[@edwardstuart7138]

Creeperboy no that’s a br 5mt Henry is a stanier black 5

[@Creeperboy099]

Edward Stuart arent a 5mt and a black five the same thing, just with different names?

[@edwardstuart7138]

Creeperboy no the two are fairly different when you compare the two

[@hi-ot8kf]

Creeperboy no

[@AaronCS7]

That looks like Barry

[@454ChevelleSS]

1:04: so those white circles on the smoke box door and above the buffers said what jobs the engines were assigned that day. I always wondered what those were.

[@lonelyozpine]

R.I.P. E2 Tank Engines :'(

[@kevinthelonelyspirit1558]

😢😢😢

[@nibblesfromanimalcrossing]

and then thomas died

[@Dairobo10]

@@nibblesfromanimalcrossing thomas is the only one left

[@bennickss]

Burn in hell useless scrap piles 1915-1963

[@SENSORITES64]

It looks so weird to see the Pullman Coaches in black and white... They look so stoic.

[@bassinc1967]

Also if you don't know yet. The ttte series added a new engine called Rebecca and at 4:03 you can see the real Rebecca

[@harold5337]

At 1:38 you can also see Thomas's friend Rosie in the video, she is based off the USA Dock Tank, which worked at Southampton alongside Thomas and later Salty, who is based off the BR Class 07.

[@angrya4pacific738]

Brett Ambrum no no no that's not Rebecca it's bullied Pacific Battle of Britain class No. 34063 229 squadron as it clearly said in the video

[@KadesKove]

Ok so what's Rebecca then?

[@jmtrainz2582]

A whore who replaced a character that was used for 70+ years.

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@angrya4pacific738 The Bulleid Pacific Battle of Britain class IS Rebecca

[@engineboy53productions15]

It’s so good to see the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway E2 Tank Engines in Action back in these days. It’s so sad that they’re all gone for scrap. I really wish at least one real life E2 is saved from scrap. How wonderful would that be.

[@jezdrawz1227]

(•_• ) Unfortunately the E2 class models were one of the most underwhelming steam locomotives in the industry becuz of its many errors. It runs kinda slow, has faulty brakes, small coal bunker making insufficient fuel issues even with the extended side tanks, and its HUGE wheel base making it difficult for working through tight rail bends. (•_• ) I'm sorry buddy, but atleast we have the memorable E2 Tank engine from an old TV series.

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@jezdrawz1227 The old TV series is called Thomas and Friends

[@bennickss]

I’m honestly glad they were all scrapped, I couldn’t handle the number of thomas fans crowding heritage lines to see a completely terrible embarrassment to both railway enthusiasm and railways in general

[@bennickss]

@@florjanbrudar692 thanks a million captain obvious

[@erical6338]

If there was an E2 preserved and on display, everyone, almost, would be calling it Thomas. Speaking of Thomas, his original TV self's based on illustrations of him shorter length, I was told. In some illustrations, he IS E2 length and in others, he's shorter.

[@NuriToxican]

I never knew Thomas worked at the docks before he came to Sodor.

[@BiscuitCatProductions]

Yeah... I guess he did...

[@xxx-nz8ps]

NuriToxican LOL yeah XD

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

No, all of these engines were cut up for scrap, they were not transferred anywhere else.

[@banaanappel3672]

LocoScrapper finally someone else that knows e2s are dead

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

There is a "plan" to build one from scratch, however the website looks like it has been set up for free by a teenage fanboy and is lacking some major components such as a donate button!

[@traingoddess]

The E2 was not a useful engine (watch train of thoughts video for more context) but it is interesting that this is the only footage we have today of them. Also the Battle of Britain class looks nice.

[@MrEARTH-yc3wj]

R.I.P thomas the e2 class engine

[@cityjamesman1306]

Finaly i found this and i love this video so much and i didint know Thomas and other tank engines (Henry Has been seen btw)

[@Diedraft]

1% of people: use this for their history test 99% of people: ThomAS THe taNK eNGinE

[@bennickss]

I am so sick of people contaminating comment sections on steam videos with thomas, it’s literally unreal

[@Diedraft]

@@bennickss I know, right?

[@hazyhope._.]

You have history tests..on old trains and ships? Goddamn, I wanna attend that class.

[@FlyinBlaney]

The E1s surely are wondrous machines.

[@florjanbrudar692]

"Were" is the word

[@prestonsvideos6133]

I'm not necessarily here to see Thomas, I'm just here to see the docks at work.

[@bennickss]

Me too, I’m sick of thomas fans gushing to and from railway videos to scream ‘ERMAHGERD IT TOMIZ’ at basis locos, I genuinely wish that thomas stuck to books and books only

[@prestonsvideos6133]

I can understand that, in a way the television show messed up the reputation of the books and real life. While I was introduced to real trains by the show I can't say the show is a perfect representation of real life railways.

[@jnh2770]

@@bennickss yea it is annoying most of the time, I'm a big Thomas fan as well but I also came to see the docks and the great ocean liners, as I'm a fan of them too. Usually you will see those annoying comments from younger Thomas fans, which they don't really care to know about the history of the real locos, which is sad but it's whateves...

[@brookelynrhodes1998]

Yeah...It is annoying. Besides, in universe of the Railway Series, Thomas never worked at the docks in this video (he went almost immediately to Sodor). People forget that these engines existed irl too. Real life is disappointing sometimes. Looking into British rail history is quite fun. Besides, people don't seem to understand that the whole point of trains in the first place was so that humans wouldn't have to work as much by hand and haul heavy loads using machinery they built with time. And this video is an example of people moving goods around. Steam locomotives were literally the iron horses and could get any job done. Trains still help at harbors today but obviously not steam locomotives.

[@lizlawrence4553]

Totally sick to death of Thomas fans, worst event on any heritage railway.

[@railroadhub6316]

The sound of locomotives wheel slip I don't even know why it makes me feel excited

[@Camden-bn7eh]

That's amazing too bad the real Thomas no longer exists. All 10 of those E2 class engines were scrapped in the 60's. It would have been nice to see a real one still around and was painted to look like Thomas

[@hi-ot8kf]

Camden 4545 it probably wont happen if thomas became a huge hit in the 1940s

[@bennickss]

@gotellyamum great idea

[@bennickss]

@gotellyamum Or even better- late 50s pre scrapping BR black!

[@liquidtompls5666]

When I clicked on this video I did not expect to see the only surviving footage of my number 1 tank engine. I cried watching this.

[@liquidtompls5666]

Also the american E2 is the basis for Rosie!

[@liquidtompls5666]

The class 5 is Henry.

[@xxx-nz8ps]

TomKat 8434 the E2 was thomas and the USA is rosie

[@bennickss]

Wrong, here’s how it goes: E2= crappy unreliable tank engine only famous because of a shitty overrated show USA tank= underrated but not due to same shitty show Bulleid pacific= Looks nice in rebuilt form, not in unrebuilt due to shitty show 5MT = thankfully unaffected by show, unfortunately the better version was absorbed by the show

[@gnategarta1612]

This is the only footage of the real life Thomas the tank engine.

[@doctorlivesy7593]

Besides Strasbourg Railroad Footage

[@bennickss]

@@doctorlivesy7593 that’s not even an E2, that’s just a dummy loco that has to be pushed

[@erical6338]

@@bennickss They got a Porter (TTTE character) basis converted to look like Thomas, too.

[@mattsmocs3281]

Vulcan loco works main complex is still around today, it is now a scrap yard but all processes of engine building areas are intact with bricked Windows and the office building is a school.

[@alvaroramirezgarcia3188]

h.

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Good to know! Vulcan built some of my favorite American industrial locomotives.