Tales from the Scrap Siding 2: Pumping Engine

We all know the stories of the Midsodor, of it’s life and eventual decline. They say declining traffic was one of the main reasons, but there was also another reason. This is that story.

[@vexstenxv3480]

A universe where Smudger and Stanley exist at the same time? Yes please. But seriously, I loved this. The tension, the anger of Stanley being disregarded by everyone, and the part where he’s being dragged under and is screaming is just bone chilling. The final images of Stanley where they need to be brightened up are chilling in their own way, as Stanley - buried alive by the spirits of those who drowned in the mines - rots away until his face is gone and nothing but a rusted smokebox door. This has quickly become my favourite story so far of Tales From The Scrap Siding 2.

[@malamutehunter]

Hell. This was actually disturbing. So many ghost stories are just that, a fun thing to imagine. Here… an engine ripped from his purpose. Neglected maintenance causing a failure at a critical time. Flooding waters weakening the earth, causing everything to collapse in on itself. Freaking heck, the collapsing mine is even canon! Percy had an episode at one. Thank you for the story. Little fun note, in my home state, we’re restoring one of the engines that were sent to Europe during the war. I can’t wait to see her steam again

[@Infinitybal1233]

I am so honoured to have been able to narrate this, this has to be one of the greatest horror stories this fandom has seen in years!

[@HarryTheMediaDude24]

You did a wonderful job, @Infinitybal1233. And like you said, You wouldn't have even known a railway had once been there.

[@leokicklighter8287]

Jesus Christ. This is easily the darkest Thomas story I've ever experienced that doesn't require the explicitly supernatural or people acting out of character to work. Almost no visual aid to tell the tale, and yet what little there is does more for this horrific nightmare than any amount of VFX budget could accomplish. Bravo.

[@AmirPrinceling]

I really liked how this story portrayed Stanley and Smudger in more of a positive light, though it made the ending hurt that much more. I always found their stories to be terribly tragic, and their implied fates even moreso. Seeing Stanley's face rot away was absolutely terrifying, such a brutal way to go.

[@Bulbasaur617]

I didn't notice that until I rewatch it several times. And holy how. That is terrifying. Seeing his face rot dimly in the underground darkness for who knows how long until he's nothing more but a rotten scrap engine. With his spirit now trap within his eternal prison.

[@setoball]

I've just watched it and I couldn't see it, when do you see Stanley's face rot away?

[@Bulbasaur617]

@@setoball Around the end. You just have to brighten up the screen.

[@oliverhood1732]

I feel like he has been there for 60 years and then his body was recovered by the men of the Search and Rescue Team

[@TrackMaster844]

I saw nothing. Can sometime timestamp that moment?

[@rodimussupreme2329]

What’s even more horrifying is the idea that Stanley isn’t dead. He’s fully alive underground and screaming for help, but nobody knows he’s down there and assumes it’s ghosts, leaving him to eventually rot.

[@metal_wheels]

I love the idea of both Smudger and Stanley exist in the same universe. I've been thinking about how to fit them together and now you did. Marvelous work

[@bradleythomasburdentrainta366]

Holy mother of god… Stanley was, just left there to pass away. No one should suffer the way he did and go abruptly. They should go peacefully. Good job on this but sweet baby jeez, this was freaky. Poor Stanley.

[@oliverhood1732]

You can see his lifeless face there after it rotted away

[@oliverhood1732]

@Zidane's Autastic World By leaving an engine’s body and leaving to rot underground than yes

[@darkknight5541]

His fate reminds me of the true events that inspired Down the Mine, where instead of being rescued as Thomas was the engine plunged deeper into the ground, leaving behind only its tender.

[@oliverhood1732]

@@darkknight5541 Yeah and even getting buried alive by rocks

[@DarkBlueEngineProductions2024]

in my head-canon before the MSR closed in December 1946, Stanley was scrapped after the accident but some say his ghost still haunts the rails to this day

[@thomasrigby6166]

In my TTTE universe, Stanley and Smudger are played out of sympathy where they could no longer be runned on rails due to the expensive cost of repairs so the manager decided to make them useful in a different way instead of just selling them for scrapped. Stanley would go out trying to pump out the water flooding the mines and Smudger being selled to a heritage railway.

[@NessWithABeard]

The shortest response I could give to this video was "Yikes!" The longest response I could give is a list of impressions I got while watching this: - I never did understand what the Mid Sodor needed a pumping engine for, nor did I know what good a generator could do at the back of an engine shed. Yet, the way it's explained here gave me the answers I never knew I needed. - Smudger and Stanley being in the same universe is quite an interesting take. Which would lead to questions as to how they differ from each other if they actually coexisted. Would the two engines agree or disagree on somethings? Was Smudger anything like the "Left Behind" story Narrow Gauge told a few years back? Was he alright after the railway in this story closed? - I think I can only agree to somethings Stanley was ranting about, especially with his feelings of being ignored when it came to concerns. On the other hand, he seems way too negative, always putting down others around him. Pretty hard to listen to someone who sees only problems and not solutions. - What happened as the whole area he was in caved in, I feel like either vengeful ghosts or natural occurences are valid explanations. On the one hand, Stanley neglected to pump out the ice cold water from the mines so the workers can work and get out safely. Of course, any water still there would weaken the ground. But on the other hand, the spirits of those workers who didn't make it knew who was at fault and would teach him a lesson one way or another. Whichever theory you take, you can be dead certain this was all his own fault. Stanley would have to learn the hard way why this railway would worry about a "few spills". - I don't know if anyone else caught it. But near the end there is this very dark picture depicting the aftermath of the landslide. I don't know about you. But this fate seems to be a lot worse than Dukes while also paralleling it. Duke at least was kept safe in his shed while it was buried in all that soil and foliage, making it more likely for him to be restored and put back into service. Stanley, on the other hand, isn't so lucky. He went down with the shed, buried in a whole pile of wood, brick, soil and metal with no way to get out and can do nothing but call for help. He was possibly killed and what workmen have been hearing this whole time was his spirit still trying to find some way to escape, yet even in death, his salvation is beyond him. I Have No Wheels And I Must Run.

[@zerosen1972]

"I Have No Wheels And I Must Run" I freaking love how you phrased this. Excellent Reference.

[@NessWithABeard]

@@zerosen1972 Thank you.

[@fanofeverything30465]

It's far more than just a few spills

[@amitysluzara2022]

Stanley's demise was absolutely chilling. Superb storytelling

[@sdmedia1323]

Something tells me that the sinkholes everywhere else are the workers… looking for him. They’re mere spirits now, they might not remember exactly where he was. They had to look around, and drag down whatever they thought might be him until they got what they were looking for. Im surprised Stanley didn’t feel hands on what’s left of his chassis, pulling him down.

[@TankEngine97]

Well, this was a good one. In the original stories of both Stanley and Smudger we are made to hate them because of their attitudes. But here, we actually feel sorry for them. Not everyone is born or built horrid and just want to work and live just like anyone else, only to have events change them.

[@moonlightrider24]

Absolutely terrifying. Another excellent story! This is definitely a concept I’ve thought about before so it’s awesome to see someone bring it life and boy was it excellent and well done! Also, love how you had Smudger and Stanley in the same universe, brilliant!

[@22Tesla]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@J.Tstudioproduction6375]

Dang, that story was very dark on what had happened to The First MSR number 2 Stanley. Smudger was at least lucky to be turn into a generator than being a pumping engine. Regardless, this was a very spooky dark story on what happened to Stanley and the true closer of the mid Sodor railway. Especially the voice narration and roles that the voice actor helped out, it was worth the wait on listening to this audio story.

[@thatweirdmeowstic2008studi8]

This was fantastic! and going to be honest being buried alive has got to be one of the few concepts I find disturbing, and the end has got to be one of the most disturbing things I heard so far and hearing Stanley screams as he sinks into the ground is just chilling to hear.....

[@LUCADOLLAR]

Wow! Another brilliant story! Hard to believe that the Mid Sodor Railway closed down because of Stanley’s actions which lead to his own downfall.

[@SaddleTankTheNWR64Engine]

Hello Luca. How’s Your Day Going?

[@davinsmith7543]

How ironic.

[@DarkBlueEngineProductions2024]

you know the old saying if a bad engine does something terrible, Karma will bite him in the bunker

[@DarkBlueEngineProductions2024]

@zidanesautasticworld283 good one

[@thesudriana016]

Duke did say that Stanley managed to bring the whole railway down once in Mid-Sodor Engines from the Extended Railway Series.

[@JamesDaffyBenderDonald]

My word. This is perhaps one of your best stories. The idea of Smudger and Stanley coexisting is nifty, as for his death, well I guess the miners got him after all.

[@thesudriana016]

Now that is a tragic story! Some elements sorta reminded me of NWR1991's episode 'Lost & Found', except Stanley was being swallowed to his doom by a sinkhole for killing a few of the miners before the MSR closed down for good.

[@mikestudioz216]

The Devil was due a soul. And the spirits dragged him down as vengeance

[@Matts_Creations]

@TheSudrianA0 I agree, it feels NWR1991's episode and someone else's video.

[@NolanTheTugboat]

13:30 I recorded and turned up the brightness on the animation in that scene. All I can say is… it elevates this story to making Shed 17 look like All Engines Go.

[@Nightmare_52]

I can't see anything and I don't know if I want to

[@tad7441]

What did you see?

[@NolanTheTugboat]

@@tad7441 I saw Stanley’s face slowly deteriorate from a normal face. To a normal face with black holes where his eyes should be. Then finally, his face dissolving into a bloody corpse of a face.

[@nathanthesaddletankengine]

I took a look for myself, it ain't pretty

[@andrewboyd8073]

I can't see anything. Can you share it with us?

[@J4CK50N.]

I love Stanley’s accent! It brings out the true American from within him.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

My theory is the heavy rain and underground flooding caused the ground above and the supports to weaken which in tern lead to the ground collapsing and several sink holes to be formed.

[@22Tesla]

Well that is the official statement for how it happened. And maybe it is. Was it the ghosts of the dead miners come to drag Stanley down to hell? Or was it just a normal cave in and Stanley was imagining it? I leave you to draw your own conclusions

[@Bulbasaur617]

This story sounds good and sad at the same time. I see that Smedger and Mid Sodor Stanley existed in this universe like some of Shunter Productions old videos and also my head canon universe. From Stanley's attitude here, he got what he deserve. Perhaps if he's found in this universe, he'll learn to be a more sensible engine.

[@oliverhood1732]

Well for me I don’t think he deserved it but I understand what you say

[@flashstudiosguy]

If this happened in Victor Tanziq's Sodor, it's more than likely Stanley would have been found guilty of Mass Murder and sentenced to death..

[@darkknight5541]

Luckily, Stanley is a much more pleasant engine in that universe.

[@flashstudiosguy]

@@darkknight5541 Aye

[@oliverhood1732]

You can see Stanley that is dead with his eyes open until rotting away for ever and I think he was found years later but was nothing but rust so I believe that his remains were taken to the scrapyard

[@Bulbasaur617]

I haven't noticed that until I rewatch it several times. It's terrifying seeing him rotting away underground. I guess in a way this might be karma and maybe the Spirits of the miners he caused their deaths getting back at him for leaving them to die. Now he gets to experience this. With his spirit now trap underground and within his rotting scrap corpse. Until like you said his rust self may be found and taken for scrap.

[@oliverhood1732]

@@Bulbasaur617 Yeah because Stanley’s dead body might be found some years later

[@darkknight5541]

And i thought Caledonian Twins was the darkest Thomas fan story out there.

[@ericjr.4310]

Imagine being in a old mine,house,etc and then all around you the ground opens up and swallows buildings whole as you soon become the last thing to sink into the ground and become buried alive

[@mikestudioz216]

Tesla made his story very similar to wat NWR1991 did. The Devil was due a soul. But unlike 1991, the spirits *literally* dragged Stanley down as vengeance. And now he rests in a dirt grave of his own making.

[@matthewspencer7948]

Another thing I should mention about it is that while the bit of the ending was told I could only see the shadowy face of Stanley but I couldn’t tell if he was wide eyed or suffering with pain

[@natevalleystudios1086]

I brightened up the image in kinemaster The picture shows stanely doesn't even have eyes anymore, just empty sockets

[@sdmedia1323]

What I can see is this. There are three frames, the first of which is Stanley’s smokebox and face. He looks as if he’s rather dizzy, even though he’s clearly anything else. He might even still be alive. The second is the same, except Stanley’s eyeholes are black and the face is a yellowish-brown tone. By now, he’s definitely dead. The third is the smokebox, almost faceless. Rusty. However, it’s not completely empty, I can still see Stanley’s eyeholes, even if the space around them have been rusted, making the eyeholes look stretched. If he’d always looked like, that, his eyes would be ENORMOUS. *And yet, people can still hear him…*

[@captaindemobeard9560]

How do you people think of these ideas. First a ghost of a coach that makes an engine vanish, a wandering spirit of three engines crying out for help, and now ghosts that create sinkholes to consume their victims. What else have you cooked up? I'm impressed.

[@22Tesla]

HEhehe it's a gift. Well we got three more stories coming, you'll see what I have in store

[@captaindemobeard9560]

@@22Tesla Looking forward to it.

[@jamesthomas5109]

Since its Halloween in a few days, i do hope Stanley and Smudger return from their graves. I know it might sound strange but I can't help but miss them both, same with Godred, etc.

[@thekaibacorpexpress4043]

This seems to be more tragic than scary

[@SaddleTankTheNWR64Engine]

Hey The KaibaCorp Express. How You Doing?

[@christopherparker3057]

Hi 22Tesla absolutely fantastic I think that smudger when he was made had a disability similar to cerebral palsy that's why he kept falling off the rails and was pushed over for maintenance by the company that owned him that's why he was turned into a pumping Engine . As for Stanley he should have been listen to. See things in a war can cause alot of trauma 🎶

[@christopherparker3057]

Hi 22 Tesla your video is awesome and of all you do the best storys as you make people feel scared and you make them think at the same time fantastic and brilliant keep up with the fantastic videos and we'll done

[@22Tesla]

@@christopherparker3057 Thank you vry much for those kind words. I'm glad my creations can entertain and scare ya :)

[@christopherparker3057]

@@22Tesla thank you so much for your compliment. As I said your storys are fantastic so keep going with them as your storys inspire me into writing my own stories

[@MSwolfdog158]

I like your audio drama. this animation of reminds be of Balto 2: Wolf a quest Thomas and friends: All Engines Go.

[@TheropodHunter]

Wow, this episode was intense!

[@J4CK50N.]

“Listen bud! Over in the States, we don’t give a dime about a few spills!”

[@maxwellfrazier2743]

I guess mother nature didn’t want Stanley be on the island

[@22Tesla]

Not on the island, but in the island instead

[@Vlad-v1f]

I feel so bad for Stanley,he just wanted to be realy usefull

[@onetrackmind3558]

Surprised no one said anything about the small railway working at the mines.

[@22Tesla]

Maybe they don't come to this mine, feeling it's too dangerous to set foot on with all the sink holes.

[@GWR_and_PRR_Productions_2008]

10:22 what is that sound effect? I can't find it anywhere

[@spicypeppers7773]

(MINOR SPOILERS FOR THIS STORY) *Multiple miners die from a flood in the mine after Stanely fails to work* Stanley: LOL deserved

[@BlueflameKing1]

This one was amazing!

[@stuartbarclay7940]

Really clever idea on having Stanley and Smudger both exist in the same universe! Funny enough they both exist in my universe too!😁 Also, shame about Stanley sinking into the ground....😔

[@Your_Casual_Fan]

I dunno why but i feel as if this version of Thomas and Friends/the railway series treats smokebox engines as the living dead. Cool Although i really do love the realisms of the original version of the smokebox door Engines, still alive and well. More so after this.

[@elirosen1391]

Great story! As for the incident in the mine at the end, was it all just a natural mine collapse, or something supernatural, as if fate had come to collect?

[@22Tesla]

Hmmmm it could be either one. Officially it was just a collapse, but unofficially, it could have been partly supernatural.

[@jalenjackson740]

That was scary in a fun way like these stories so far but will we get one like the wandering coach that one is really scary i still can't sleep after i listen to it at night

[@Planefan1000]

In order, the three variations of Stanley buried in the ground: At 13:18 ("Parts of buildings were gone.") -- Stanley's eyes are looking upwards. -- At 13:59 ("Cas-ny-Hawin Lead Mines quickly ceased to be...") -- Stanley's eyes are pitch-black and there is some grime on his face. -- At 14:26 ("...and rumours of the old mine being haunted.") -- Stanley's face has a layer of rust, and there are large pitch-black holes where his eyes should be.

[@JoeyMBrooklyn]

Wow. I think this might be your best work since Undead Shed

[@22Tesla]

Oh really? hehe thanks!

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

@@22Tesla That video was like Shed 17 but twice as dark. Smudger doesn't exist in this story does he?

[@22Tesla]

@@jeremiahsisaias8677 he does, Stanley gets angry when he's called Number 2, ignoring his name

[@oliverhood1732]

And I bet he’s angry about people calling Smudger No. 2 as well

[@22Tesla]

@@oliverhood1732 He certainly is. He likes a name, he got tired of being called a number in the war, made it sound like he wasn't cared about/important enough to deserve something of individuality

[@stevenatorbensonica4653]

WOW this rivals narrow gauge! Creepy af

[@Kanefan701]

nice story and creative as ever. If you ever like to I'll be happy to voice for you one day since I've been making a slow return to voicing again.

[@saulgodinez3667]

Fantastic video

[@ScrapyardStudios]

beautifully morbid, my man

[@22Tesla]

Thank you kindly!

[@adamcat1882]

hey man idk if were able to do this but are we aloud to recreate these in like trainz and stuff?

[@22Tesla]

Sure you are! So long as you give credit to the original creator. That being me. It says so right at the end of the credits

[@brysonbuckner8104]

What happened if Stanley was saved along with the mid sodor engines themselves

[@22Tesla]

Who knows? Maybe he'd be rebuilt, fixed, and become an engine on another railway... or a museum piece

[@oliverhood1732]

Well that can’t be possible because he’s dead and his body was left to rot at MSR minds

[@22Tesla]

@@oliverhood1732 Different cannons. My personal head cannon, he gets a better fate. This is kind of a dark au maybe

[@oliverhood1732]

@@22Tesla Yeah almost compared to Smudger but I believe he also has a new life somewhere far off from England

[@oliverhood1732]

@@22Tesla Also, I do feel bad for Stanley because I don’t think he deserves to die like that and I’m also pleased that he feels for Smudger and I don’t blame both of them because they wanted to be really useful engines just like the members at the Mid Sodor Railway and both the numbers 2s had been given bad sympathy and one No. 2 named Stanley died and the 2nd No. 2 named Smudger has found a new railway in Japan

[@PajamaManFan]

Are you going to do Chinese Dragon Load, Halloween Caboose, Halloween Express Coaches, Christmas Express Coaches and Christmas Caboose sometimes? Recycling Cars and Recycling Loads would be awesome!

[@J4CK50N.]

10:20 “What the hell is-“ -Stanley the American engine

[@Somerandompokemon]

A fate worse then death..

[@jordandorsett3106]

Stanley the D-10-12 Baldwin 10 Wheeler locomotive 🚂 is very tricky and kind of annoying since he can't be calm

[@bengray8637]

1:13 - 1:18 Toilet humour.

[@richieosborn2639]

Please be about MSR Stanley… Edit: This was before the premiere.

[@oliverhood1732]

It is about Stanley

[@Serial__DesginationN]

Do you believe Stanley is still alive after all he was protected by a building

[@oliverhood1732]

I’m afraid to tell you this but….he’s dead

[@Serial__DesginationN]

@@oliverhood1732 aww :( what about Smudger then?

[@oliverhood1732]

@@Serial__DesginationN He’s at a new railway in Japan

[@Serial__DesginationN]

@@oliverhood1732 In Japan?! How he settling in life there

[@oliverhood1732]

@@Serial__DesginationN Real peaceful

[@jeffdriskill8816]

Someone should adapt this story into a animated version , by using Trainz.

[@HarryTheMediaDude24]

The Mid-Sodor Railway truely died after the cave in at the Lead Mine.

[@Trainboy11]

holy crud amazing

[@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort]

What happened to Stanley the White Engine?

[@KgrEternals]

I like the title

[@Jayhsia1215]

This is so sad 😞 nice

[@NexusWorks924]

Is it possible that Stanley is still alive Down there

[@darkknight5541]

Not if the picture at the end is any indication. If you don't know what I'm talking about, turn the brightness on your computer all the way up.

[@J4CK50N.]

Poor Stanley

[@connormclernon26]

TLDW: Stanley was right on quite a few points, but took revenge too far.

[@cachicaldoanimated]

NO NOT STANLEY 😢

[@cachicaldoanimated]

I DON’T WANT THE GROUND TO COLLAPSE

[@oliverhood1732]

It just happened

[@uhuhmwell]

Can someone like... Brighten the footage at the end and upload it? I would, but my devices do not have the ability to do that, soo...

[@markpatton370]

Being buried alive, a fate worse than death

[@fernandoortega9932]

Wow

[@PopCorn-pv8qq]

23 hours and 42 mins till this is 24 hours or 1 day old

[@evanclarke5561]

Stanley got worse than he deserved. He is no worse than Diesel who spread lies about Duck in Dirty Work to the trucks.

[@jimmymccartney2049]

Series 4(1994-95)

[@jimmymccartney2049]

Narrated by: George Carlin

[@jimmymccartney2049]

1947

[@SaddleTankTheNWR64Engine]

Hey 22Tesla. I Have A Question For You. Would You Like To Voice Act For Thomas’Railway Adventure’s My Crossover Series?

[@22Tesla]

Hmmm.... thank you for the offer, but I'm going to have to decline.

[@SaddleTankTheNWR64Engine]

Okay.

[@matthewspencer7948]

Or like smudger, he would tell everyone his story about how he was a rough rider like what Smudger did in “Left behind!” And if he did, then he and Smudger would both have their own fates

[@DarkBlueEngineProductions2024]

the title looks gobbledygook

[@22Tesla]

gobbledygook for now. It'll become clear after premier day

[@i_forgor_whar]

@@22Tesla keep it as is tbhhhhhh

[@22Tesla]

@@i_forgor_whar Hehehe nah, gonna make it so folks can actually see it properly

[@DarkBlueEngineProductions2024]

@@22Tesla here's my head-canon for Stanley (MSR #2) he was built in 1918 in the USA during WW1 he arrived on the MSR in 1920 and he was arrogant, careless and refused to listen and he always derailed because he wasn't regauged eventually in 1924, after he lost the MSR an important load, he got turned into a pumping engine so Smudger (the new number 2) came to the railway in 1925, but because he was built during WW1, his construction was rushed and he'd derail too but he got turned into a generator in 1928, so Stanley was moved to the lead mines in 1933 but when he broke down in December 1946, he was scrapped later that month but some say that every night, Stanley's ghost is seen haunting the lead mines

[@Twinmill69227]

I guess stanley would be the death of them

[@whyiamafs]

What kind of accent does Stanley have in this? 🤔

[@mvrailthesaddletank]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I was late

[@oliverhood1732]

Have you heard of Andreas before?

[@22Tesla]

I have. Yellow tank engine who's the essential express engine for the MSR, who had a few endings depending on your source

[@oliverhood1732]

@@22Tesla Yeah and was he apart of the MSR and replaced Stanley too?

[@22Tesla]

@@oliverhood1732 In some stories, he was. In my stories... not sure. I'll think about it

[@oliverhood1732]

@@22Tesla Okay

[@wildadventurer10]

Hey Tesla how would you like to have a voice role on my channel? I plan on making Thomas content in the future

[@22Tesla]

Hmmmm maybe, I'll have roles open for new stories next year in July

[@wildadventurer10]

@@22Tesla thanks that means a lot for both our channels

[@JustCallMeHeavy]

Zombies?

[@cachicaldoanimated]

NO😮

[@mwaheed5611]

hi

[@Beatle1912]

What happened to the title

[@multifan75]

It’s in gibberish right now, but the real title will be revealed after the story has premiered.

[@Beatle1912]

Oh it's pumping engine

[@JojoCat2008]

Is that Brandon?

[@SonicsBizarreWorld]

Stanley I'll delete the comment if I'm wrong

[@sabertooth3studioshq838]

your correct