Sodor the Early Years: Little Western Legacy

[@TIMELORD327]

I think that Thomas's voice couldn't be more appropriate! Well done Joe Gibbons!

[@TIMELORD327]

Heath Whitley Ah yes, sorry, always getting my apostrophes in the wrong places

[@animeboy9307]

10:45 the look that Lily gives Henry was just a beginning of the conflict arc

[@harryjohnson9215]

I love rewatching the series you noticed something new every time Like Brian in shed next to lily and thomas.

[@DarthWill3]

So this is how Thomas got full trust to run his branch line... Poor Lily.

[@quasimoto7662]

From the future: nice foreshadowing. I think you know what I’m talking about.

[@YimYum911]

I’m glad lily has now been restored!

[@ChrisTomson]

I just love how you fill in gaps that were left in the Railway Series and turns them into believable, entertaining stories.

[@JonathanAsiamah]

Nice to see Lily being Thomas' mentor and Annie and Clarabel getting a speaking role.

[@Anonymoose151515]

That was by far one of or my favorite episode(s). I love to hear stories about the first years of sodor. the voice actors were perfect on the spot, and yet again i have nothing less than positive thoughts on this one :) can't wait till next week's story :)

[@pepperthekobold]

I do hope we'll get to learn more about the likes of Adam, Colin and Lily. They seem like interesting characters. Very nice models too. Some very nice music featured in this episode too. Great job as always.

[@kathyhicswa6666]

Winston...the same as the Fat Controller's rail inspection car. ;) I recently saw the episode about Winston being a hero. He is a team player, but tough!

[@WildNorWester]

Yep. Except I came up with that name years before Winston was introduced in the TV series.

[@DanielIrwinProductions]

a wonderful production as always, THOMAS JAZZ MUSIC IS BEST! WHO'S WITH MEH!?

[@Percyfan1998]

I seem to recall that in 'Decisions' Neil was the only one saved when the others were scrapped, he was bought for work in a steel mill, later being preserved in the nrm during dieselisation,

[@eddiewhitley5216]

03:14- 03:17 Thomas is a tank engine who lives in the big station on the island of sodor. He's a cheeky engine, with six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and the short stumpy dome.

[@erical6338]

That's like my book, Thomas Gets Tricked, so I can hold the beginning in my hands. Those Thomas books are a remnant of kid me I still got with me.

[@Percyfan1998]

AMAZING, again! The part with Winston and James on the little western and the mid sodor line was a great touch, like how S&M engine #1 or 3 was Roger. I suspect donald9anddouglas10 played Winston. Annie and Clarabel sticking up for Thomas was great, and the angle overall good.

[@PercyandDuckfan94]

Decided to rewatch this after going back into "Modern Years", and one thing I didn't noticed until rewatching was Lily giving Henry a stern look, which I thought was a a nice foreshadowing on why she dislikes him.

[@RedEagle5]

yes, but winston wasnt scrapped, this was when winston volunteered for the wartime rush.

[@SirFrankieCrisp]

Loving the musical arrangements, especially the thomas and the trucks theme

[@taylorneloms8029]

This is Excellent! I love it when you show background of the NWR when it was first formed. I like the W&R characters and the early time of the railway. Great Work! Can't wait to see more!

[@Anonymoose151515]

Finally i just wanted to say thanks for all the help with the BCE model. i appreciate it. sorry for any trouble, 5 Stars for viewer support :) anyway, great video, and i certainly hope to see more of these great episodes next week! Keep up the great work

[@AndrewHager02]

I know Thomas' story has given ME a lot to think about. Poor Lily, I sure hope she can be saved.

[@YimYum911]

She was!

[@AndrewHager02]

@@YimYum911 Thanks for the update, but you’re eight to nine years too late.

[@RailsOfTheWorld]

always great to see your videos out on a friday, as it gives me something good to watch.

[@tivednagol9127]

I also forgot to add that this episode also stuck out because of the camera motions. I found the scene where the water was being transferred from Winston to Thomas to be reminiscent of the TV series, so bravo for a job well done on that scene. Furthermore, the boat scene and the scene at the end where the camera pans to Duck while Thomas departs were very well done I felt. If there's any way I can be a part of your series, whether it's as a writer or a voice actor, please let me know.

[@erical6338]

Poor Thomas. He got dehydrated. Real ones could go BANG from running out of water. However, he's British, so he may have a mechanism to douse the fire with the last of his water. If I was a Sudrian, I'd ride Thomas's branch line for any reason I could. He's adorable.

[@Terrier55Stepney]

Well, in the Railway Series it tells the real story of what happened. Volunteers from The Bluebell Railway rescue Stepney from his end with the cutters torch, and bring him back to Bluebell under his own steam. During the book 'Stepney the Bluebell Engine', it tells this tale and the drastic changes on British Railways at the time. The rest is of Stepney's stay on Sodor, and I highly recommend you read or watch it along with the rest of the Railway Series books. They are on KZbin to watch ;)

[@tivednagol9127]

You've gotten better at narrating; during the scene where Lily and Thomas were talking at Tidmouth I believe, your voice had several intonations that earlier episodes didn't have. Well done, and I look forward to your future endeavors.

[@dswear19]

well you've got it close enough for me. all of your episodes have been 10/10 so far wildnorwester and i look foreward to all the other episodes you put on your channel

[@plzfixwolves955]

I'm guessing the reasons why the railway was out of money was because of the Great Depression I presume.

[@WildNorWester]

Yep.

[@joaocarmozambom4964]

@@WildNorWester SAY, HO IS OUR FAVORITE WES ENGINE

[@Terrier55Stepney]

Ok then thanks! It's good to hear somebody with his main interest in the first 5 seasons! I agree, after that things did start to decline and the stories numbed down for the younger audience. Well, in 'Salty's Stormy Tale', Salty and Fergus save a fishing trawler when the power in the lighthouse goes out during a storm. It's a different ending with the trawler missing casualty but personally I feel your plot works better. Good to see Thomas as he should be, the tank engine he was in the RWS. :)

[@TheFattHatt]

Fantastic!

[@Locomproduction123]

At 1934 scene are only two W&S engines. And also if I understood correctly Winston took those engines to the Scrapyard. He wasn't send there.

[@railyardpro.3651]

3:52 Wait, I thought S&M No.1’s name was Clive

[@WildNorWester]

Neil is the only S&M engine actually named in the series. The others can have whatever names fans want to give them.

[@MrHbk3051]

Always happy to see a new episode btw this is a great series

[@ProfessorTayB]

Absolutely amazing!

[@SotraEngine4]

Just can't wait until next Friday evening. Your episodes are just so good.

[@Terrier55Stepney]

Stepney isn't really a rescue engine though is he?

[@TailsFan369no2]

tenshine1 beat me to my question, but i love your use of camscott's stock Is that a Breakvan at 9:34

[@itomfan98productions]

This is one of the best original Thomas storys I've seen on the net. Keep up the amazing work with the stories. You never cease to amaze and by the way where did you get the music when Thomas took his frist train up the line?

[@Trainlover1995]

Why do I get the feeling Lily didn't get scrapped. and will return in a future episode?

[@djdrago9712]

Is brian's cameo at the 1:40 mark?

[@blasterblaster1221]

is there a possibility that one of the engines sent for scrap was rescued and preserved

[@maltwr2001]

Where did you get Duck's model from? Nice ep by the way.

[@TroublesomeSlateTruck]

Um WildNorWester. Great work with your video today. Please keep up with more videos in summer. =3

[@kingorry7223]

Love your revised Thomas theme

[@techcraft869]

Wouldn't Henry have been blue still in 1923?

[@hoangho6781]

I think the didn’t find the blue livery for Henry at that time this vid is 7 years old you know

[@SegaMario]

Usually when there are cast call videos, I feel nervous. But I'll try my best with providing voice work. Would you mind if I sent the lines for the auditioned character(s) via a private message rather than uploading to KZbin?

[@SegaMario]

Excellent work, WNW. I do hope I could audition for any new character you plan on introducing some time.

[@easternwoyer3876]

7:40 I'm pretty sure they would be happy to experience a boiler explosion either

[@Terrier55Stepney]

Hm, very interesting. I see you are trying out some new camera movements and such. The W&S engines seem to be based on London and South Western Railway stock I believe, and am I right to say that the truck in the fourth road of the shed at 09:33 has a face? Either way, did you base the climax of this story roughly on 'Salty's Storymy Tale'?

[@TrainzMovieTheatre]

It is a sad state of affairs within the fandom that you had to explicitly request that no one pair Thomas and Lilly. It really is.

[@florenceb1031]

If you have a piece of entertainment with two or more characters in it, someone will ship them. It doesn't matter what the franchise is or who the characters are, there will be at least one person who insists on shipping a given pair of characters, no matter what.

[@MrHbk3051]

Are you planing on returning any original sodor engines like lily and Winston ?

[@Kanefan701]

so this was how Thomas first met Annie and Clarrable

[@thomaseadbhardmcqueen7511]

And his SI3D model is named "Clive".

[@AlexTrain5249]

Pardon me asking but what did Joe Gibbons say at 4:26. I did hear "I've pulled a few." I think that last word was "that."

[@karlosbricks2413]

''I've pulled a few... if you include that'' 'that' meaning when he pulled henry's train and didn't realise he left before the train was attached

[@Anonymoose151515]

Question - if all the W&S engines were scrapped, how come winston and Neil survived to the war? The fat director saved them?

[@SodorTrain1225]

Are the British Railway mail vans going to be released on your 'Wildnorwester 3D'? Also, will you use Glynn as one of the coffee pots in flashbacks?

[@dragonzilla6482]

I like Lilly, I think she's a nice engine and the type who would look out for you.

[@dragonzilla6482]

Well I hear that the reason why Lily doesn't like Henry is because he hide in the tunnel from the rain.

[@randompersonwhocomments3645]

This story: Lily is ded. The Modern Years: Lily is alive

[@hoangho6781]

It’s 1990s there so maybe they thought she was dead

[@connorjohnson7834]

11:29 Thomas left the refreshment lady behind

[@RedEagle5]

I see your using the sudriancommunity's RWS Annie and Clarabel.

[@cameronfinnie9706]

So when you say her fate isn't what it seems, are you saying there will be another episode on her in the future? Also, will Neil ever come back?

[@thedanishnut]

I'm assuming that Lily was either saved or she ran off

[@maltwr2001]

No need to be rude, I was just asking a simple question.

[@trainboy228]

WildNorWester Will Duck Go out to find Lilly?

[@thomaseadbhardmcqueen7511]

This is as eventful as season 5 of the actual series. Who were the other engines sent for scrap besides Lilly, Clive, Matthew and Winston, (He wasn't actually scrapped in your series)

[@mercury7590]

3:50 bogie coaches? Annie and Clarabel are 4-wheeled!

[@WildNorWester]

Not in the Railway Series: vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/0/08/ThomasandtheGuardRS2.PNG vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/6/60/ThomasandGordonOffTheRails12.PNG Sodor the Modern Years follows the continuity of the Railway Series.

[@mercury7590]

Ah. My bad. Thanks for the correction.

[@godzillahomer]

yep, season 1 coaches were cost effective, one side would be one livery, the other side a different livery, allowing them to use the same coach for different trains

[@alexanderherrera9297]

The Railway series, that's how they actually look like.

[@mondojawan]

What is the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway ? Is going to apear in an episode ?

[@MrCSisley]

Very good episode. But I did notice Thomas "thought" that Lily had gone to the scrapyard. Is there a chance she's still alive?

[@mrcrocker2638]

Where did you get Annie and clarabel from

[@eddiewhitley5216]

07:22- 07:33 O face. Thomas: "OH MY GOD! WHAT WILL HAVE DONE!"

[@x00001]

very good

[@johnblum472]

Where did you get the Winston model?

[@TKSP4449]

Hold on a second. If it didn't really show Lily being scrapped in those scenes, did she actually survive? And if she did, will she be making an appearance in Sodor: the Modern Years?

[@WildNorWester]

Wait and see :-).

[@tencents6]

Speaking of that, just a nitpick, but why isn't Clarabel moving backwards? I find that just a bit offputing

[@eddiewhitley5216]

01:24 Well my favorite is Thomas the tank engine 2010 then I got on trains simulator 2010. And Bruno mars locked out a haven and kidz bop favorite.

[@xoxo_seaniqua5942]

Can you send me the link to the 2010 thomas

[@erical6338]

I read tank engines actually did run on short branch lines, so the worry about Thomas was his personality or what? I mean, it's not because he's a tank engine.

[@WildNorWester]

Partially his personality and inexperience, and partly because the E2s were rough riders at medium to high speed.

[@erical6338]

@@WildNorWester I'm too young to know the phrase tank engine properly apart from the show, since I've never actually been in my local train museum or to any heritage railroads. TTTE's the whole reason I know as much about tank engines as I do, to the point where you can't say the phrase around me without my mind going to all the tank engines in the show. Like someone could talk about the real Stepney and I'd think of the TTTE stories with him as a character. Talk about dock tank engines and I think Thomas, Rosie, Porter and each one's basis, too. Mention saddle tank engine and Percy and Porter's basis come to mind. I say Percy's an Avonside hybrid because people think he's got Avonside traits. You get the idea. However, I did see an E2 video that mentions how they oscillated. Guess Thomas had that corrected at the Works. I think Christopher said Thomas's defects were fixed there, as I remember someone saying Christopher said so.

[@WildNorWester]

@@erical6338 Yep. But those repairs would have been after he came to breakfast. This story takes place before then.

[@erical6338]

@@WildNorWester Ah, ok. I remember saw a Thomas ride thing and said something about his small bunker. How long is the branch line, exactly? Or don't you really have any thoughts on that.

[@mondojawan]

What is about the next episode

[@mondojawan]

What about Barry are you going to made updated face pack ?

[@TheMilitaryEngine]

Are you serious? It's on the 2009 Si3D site.

[@ImperatorPenguin]

Will lily ever make another appearance?

[@someguy3162]

Yes,but she needs to stay in the bottom of the sea for many years

[@chrisshackelford9197]

Neil wasn't scrapped? That's what I always thought he was still alive!

[@WildNorWester]

He shows up in 'Decisions' in Scotland.

[@kennethwestfall8733]

Where did you get the track for the mid sodor route

[@Anonymoose151515]

Also, i forgot to mention, your Foreign engine model, i installed it onto Trainz 2010 and It downloaded okay, but there showed an error. i tried to fix this by editing the Trainzbuild. It showed then no error, However it continues to not show up in the railyard... On the other hand i wanted to also mention, I Liked the Thomas' jazz theme. went well with the time era :)

[@xoxo_seaniqua5942]

Where did you get the Annie and clarabel

[@royalflyingmallardau7291]

also I have a suspicion That lily is on an old line near Noramby

[@skyfall-uh7ut]

sorry to bother you again but what was lily doing before she was assigned to ducks banchline

[@WildNorWester]

Working on the mainline. She was assigned to the Arlesburgh Branch as soon as it was built.

[@skyfall-uh7ut]

ah okay but fright work or passenger work or a mix of both

[@skyfall-uh7ut]

Ah I see thanks

[@mikester8171]

+skyfall 9070 (jamie) it's freight not fright.

[@Alcofoamer]

Very nice. Will we see more episodes about the early engines? I've always wondered about them.

[@danielboone3770]

I can't help but believe the Director is being all negative about Thomas and is just no help at all. Also I don't like how Annie & Clarabelle sound snobbishly pressuring to Thomas during his dilemma. I will admit paying attention is important but so is looking out for folks on the branch line - especially when one maybe in trouble. Though it is nice Lilly being a mentor to Thomas a long time ago.

[@ShadowGamer011]

When Thomas was pulling away, Duck was thinking about Lily Does that mean she might be coming back Not to be mean I don't want to see another rescue engine, bring Stepmey into the series

[@TIMELORD327]

What do you use for your container truck loads?

[@Fatsomanic95]

i thought Winston was a car?

[@Anonymoose151515]

You should make some custom faces for winston. ;)

[@whalehellothere747]

what trainz do you use wildnorwester?

[@WildNorWester]

Trainz 2010.

[@whalehellothere747]

thanks man now may i ask were you got the neil model from

[@WildNorWester]

Sodor Island 3D.

[@dragonzilla6482]

What class is Lilly and does the really counterpart still exist?

[@WildNorWester]

She's a LSWR O2 class, and some of them are still preserved.

[@dragonzilla6482]

There's one on the Bluebell right?

[@WildNorWester]

One's on the Isle of Wright, the other is on the Smallbrook Junction Railway.

[@KruskDerTank]

Wait a minute ... Annie and Clarabel Are bogie coaches?!? Say I think I smoke too much weeds recently tho though that they're single axel coaches.

[@WildNorWester]

They've always been bogey coaches in the Railway Series. That's what my series is based on.

[@KruskDerTank]

Ah I see

[@ordinaldragoon]

WNW if Lillie returns in sodor the modern years will she be working on the little western

[@mikeshearer1250]

she does return and works on Thomas' Branchline

[@pivanrmoore]

clarabels face is facing the wrong way

[@mikester8171]

Did you name Lily after Lily from Thomas and the Magic Railroad?

[@WildNorWester]

+Mikester_Paltoes No, that's just a coincidence. I was just after a name that sounded as though it were from the Victorian or Edwardian days, and Lily seemed to suit.

[@mikester8171]

+WildNorWester Hmmm... A coincidence. Meh, I really don't care. Quick question, can I have permission to use Geoff in my series since it's technically your character?

[@WildNorWester]

Mikester_Paltoes Sure, go ahead. As it says on my website, the models and characters on it are free for all to use.

[@mikester8171]

+WildNorWester Ok great! Once the episode is out I give you a link to it.

[@rhythmcompany]

+Mikester_Paltoes coincidence? I THINK SO!

[@Matthew44889]

Wasnt this before Winston's death

[@dragonzilla6482]

Hold on a second, there's something that I've just thought of! In the first RWS book there's a red engine trying to push Henry's train out of the tunnel and it looks like James but with out the number 5 on it's tender. Could that have bin Winston?

[@WildNorWester]

Winston is my interpretation of that character, yes. There are some more details on him here: ttte.wikia.com/wiki/The_Red_Engine

[@rhythmcompany]

"She got hit by a car!" Duck Smiled. WTH Duck?

[@WildNorWester]

+Mckinley Berger He's smiling because Toby did a good job rescuing her.

[@superalsters3484]

Yup that's my head cannon now