The B.T.S. Thomas Images You Weren't Supposed To See: Gatekeeping The Tank Engine

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[@najibosman6497]

The worst part about finding out about these images is that a lot of the human figures were all presumably destroyed, why destroy tv media for no reason especially considering the photos themselves look like it was from 7-8 years ago

[@dogemaster-hm2ce]

R.I.P Jeremiah 😢😢😢

[@najibosman6497]

@@dogemaster-hm2ce rip indeed, no lie as well it’s such a shame that all these figures could have been potentially been restored I cannot fathom the logic in destroying at that point 30+ year old props for no reason

[@dogemaster-hm2ce]

@@najibosman6497 The user @FlyingPringle (the guy who now owns the Pilot Fat Hat model and two drivers) recently announced Jeremiah's funeral. Jokes aside, it will always be a shame that this happened, and might continue to happen with some props in the hands of a certain "Trust"...

[@najibosman6497]

@@dogemaster-hm2ce oh the tug blokes, never trusted them especially the fact how the props actually worsened in their care which is sad to say

[@bennnoboyo5238]

@@najibosman6497 I’m all for someone being able to leak those longer Tugs episodes they have, or anything they got.

[@NorthWestern1919]

Seeing all of these images just reminds me of the sheer passion that went into this show. You can tell that the people involved weren't just trying to make a quick buck by making a dumb, marketable show for toddlers. These people clearly loved Thomas and trains, and they certainly put their heart into this show.

[@Steves00gauge]

This right here 100%

[@valritz1489]

It really was lightning in a bottle. In a weird way I suspect we have Jim Henson to thank for demonstrating that not only can children's television be art, but it can be enjoyable for all ages as art. Course, execs chasing ad money won out in the end, but the late 80s prestige kids TV scene was good while it lasted.

[@Ethan-ey4jx]

It was the best in the first seven seasons! Plus Magic Railroad!

[@tobywilliams9210]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@thethingfromthelivestreamchat]

The maps section legit made me emotional. Never, ever in a million years would I have thought that there was an official TVS map that the crew used before seeing these images. We need people like you and the leakers in the fandom Trainboy. Glad to have you.

[@MartinAsleep]

It would be amazing to find a high quality file for it

[@YimYum911]

Btw tut analysed the map!

[@CG20585]

7:36 "You have a leather bootlace there I see sir," said the guard to a smartly dressed man, "please give it to me." "Fuck you, I've been in a box for decades," said the man.

[@AndreiTupolev]

The care and attention to detail that went into the models and the sets really fills you with respect for the people who made the original model series

[@allisonkrueger8330]

Especially noticing at 7:02 they had picture of Sir Haydn’s cab for a comparison

[@sunkythe9953]

Goodbye 69 Likes!

[@CG20585]

Wow. Among a load of backstage photos from the filming of Thomas and Friends, I did NOT expect to see Tom Hanks in there! Also, it was awe-inspiring seeing the concept art for so many season five episodes such as Something in The Air and Double Teething Troubles in there. But I couldn't suss what the one featuring Gordon was. 🤔

[@trainstorm1225]

Seeing these dozens of images for the first time really opens up a whole new world of Thomas, doesn’t it? These being held for a price is terrible, though to see them all now with everyone enjoying them is honestly pretty incredible. With now confirmed four accounts with these photos, there’s no telling how much more we can learn about this show’s incredible history!

[@daniel-san-augh]

All this stuff should have been open to the public in my opinion. $200, what a joke.

[@Tombola1993]

These are interesting. Loved the Chinese Dragon concept art. I know a CGI lecturer from my university used to work on Season 4 of Thomas the Tank Engine. Gareth Hutchinson, his name is. He made background props, character close up models and worked on the shot where Peter Sam had his nasty accident with the trucks.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Could you ask him if filming that smash could have been more difficult? It's the shot where the trucks first smash into him?

[@Tombola1993]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral Well, he filmed the coupling breaking, which was spring loaded. Plus when he filmed the slate trucks smashing into Peter Sam, he tested the scene in slow motion. David Mitton liked the scene in slow motion, but kept it as is anyway.

[@ethanwinters7576]

I'd be curious what the studio would have to say about people gatekeeping these images, considering the images themselves (or presumably most of them) are likely, or could be considered, studio property

[@thomasj219]

Exactly. Thomas fans don’t get copyright.

[@inkywright]

The first five seasons of Thomas is my go-to example of how to make a show with passion, purpose, and attention to detail beyond any barriers of reason. I'll never stop loving this show.

[@rmarsh9387]

Honestly the idea of charging loads for behind the scenes images of old shows it real crap. Just share it out there or just keep em for yourself. It's really upsetting people are falling for this and losing a good bit of money. Thank you for touching on this, hope this helps the gate keeping problem 🙏

[@Slushiebop]

"I'll even mow your lawn for free if you agree to touch the grass" MY GEZZ DUDE YOU JUST ABLUTARATED THEM

[@thelittlerailway]

6:41 “Ah yes, my favorite engine, step.”

[@st4r658]

Nah fam pney is where it’s at

[@wartrain_29]

Nah cause that isn't the real model it is a REPLICA

[@TheIonoZone]

Ngl step is an underrated thomas character

[@allisonkrueger8330]

7:02 the fact that there’s an image of Talyllyn’s (Skarloey’s real life basis) cab just shows how much detail went into this show

[@allisonkrueger8330]

@Splendid Studios sorry, the pic was tiny and I assumed

[@alfa1134]

Wait, hold on, Tom Hanks?! When did he have any part play with the series?!

[@najibosman6497]

Tom Hanks visited the set of Thomas during filming on ‘The Da Vinci Code’ around 2005 or 2006

[@finn_4761]

Tom was actually a fan of the series! It only makes sense for him to stop by on filming! I’m sure we all would. :)

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@najibosman6497 Such a shame he didnt get a chance during the golden years. Hanks could have been blown away seeing David Mitton direct!

[@MiguelTheMan]

I have to agree that charging a shit ton of money to someone so they're able to see something they've always wanted to see is not cool. But hey, us being able to see a ton of bts Thomas images is so amazing :)

[@gavinomeara]

While it was amazing to see my favorite actor, Tom Hanks, on the set of my childhood, it’s sad it was in this way.

[@ryandyer3466]

Where’s Tom Hanks?

[@gavinomeara]

@@ryandyer3466 last photo in the video

[@noah_farmer]

It saddens me seeing how some of these were kept in such bad condition after the model show ended :/

[@2acidic4u]

Early ttte (S3&4) bts images have this weird aura around them the sets are so good

[@Ollimus]

These production photographs and artwork pieces are a joy to see, but shouldn't be behind large a paywall.

[@LeScarletSinger2]

I knew from people saying that Tom Hanks enjoyed Thomas, but never did I think I'd see a picture of him with the STH Model.

[@stupidproductions69]

What’s STH

[@WatchVidsMakeLists]

@@stupidproductions69 Sir Topham Hatt

[@stupidproductions69]

Ok

[@allisonkrueger8330]

@@stupidproductions69 it’s at 8:59

[@altermike3197]

Imagine gatekeeping production photos of a kid's show

[@justachonkyspider]

Thank you so much for helping the "normal fans" get an opportunity to see the behind the scenes of our beloved childhood show. 🙂 this was appreciated

[@thecpmr6276]

200 DOLLARS? Jesus Christ, as if being into trains wasn't expensive enough. I mean, look. I don't have a problem with someone making a buck, right? Jeez though, that's a steep price. I'm sure there's an "IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM" joke somewhere in here, but I'm too pissed to think of it. Whatever, I guess it's not worth getting this worked up over. Thank you for helping spread this stuff. It's a kindness to the whole fandom.

[@dariusreynolds7538]

I’m betting you there is many more pictures and footage out there being hidden. But it was cool to see so many pictures and some footage!.

[@frogmouth2]

I can’t believe people paid 2 hundred bucks for photos of billy lmao

[@ItsTrainBoy]

THATS WHAT IM SCREAMING 😭💀

[@armorpro573]

@@ItsTrainBoy All these artifacts and props should be left in a museum. We need to preserve the last known remains of the classic model series

[@Paradoxriom]

Seeing all these leaked photos makes me really appreciate The Love,craft,Time and Huge effort Put into the model era Of Thomas and friends Truely a one of a kind Show that I'm glad I got to grow up with.

[@BdsmTwerkmaster69]

Never taken more screen shots in 10 minutes than I have now

[@najibosman6497]

@@jeremyplaytime2269 the goat

[@Diesel10Studios]

This video was so nostalgic for me and brought back so much memories from my childhood. . . Thanks Trainboy.

[@danielmovieproductions316]

My guy Trainboy at it again, making awesome and detailed content

[@henryintheshed4119]

I have never been happier to see Thomas behind the scenes models and who let this out are amazing and train boy keep it up

[@slurjkblohm]

Thank you so much, TrainBoy. This was such a wonderful treat.

[@Purliii]

Been waiting for this. Now I won't be outta the loop anymore :D

[@safeguardprime5914]

I honestly love looking at this, the illustrations are beautiful and I love them why would people hold them back they are amazing!

[@PennCentral5700]

8:04 I didn’t know they were adapting Avatar into Thomas the Tank Engine

[@samgineer9857]

First Nick Starwind and now TrainBoy, releasing information and images that were thought lost to time because of some stuck-up assholes in their mansions hoarding it for no good reason... It's not Gold, it's a children's TV show for fuck's sake! Thank you for releasing these images in spite of people like these! It is a MASSIVE service to a community that, for the most part, honestly doesn't deserve it.

[@DKQuagmire]

Don't forget The Unlucky Tug! I also loved how Nick Starwind was the one to get the stills for the missing coach episode!

[@MadMax-sc1su]

Woah! Tom Hanks?!? Awesome Vid

[@otakurailfan]

Glad you are bringing this to light trainboy, gatekeeping and putting stuff like this behind a paywall is disgusting. Seeing the concept art and BTS photos is fantastic, shows the studio team they had passion in creating this show.

[@eirianwenstudios2379]

I never knew there'd be drama in the Thomas The Tank Engine community of all fandoms

[@ItsTrainBoy]

You’d be surprised and I fucking hate it 😭💀 Like we model trains with faces where is there room for that

[@WillCWilson]

​@@ItsTrainBoy Yeah, even if it doesn't involve me, sometimes seeing people fight or constant bad things happening [like pedos being found out] can put someone in a bad mood or even make them consider leaving the fandom, but then stuff like this happens and it makes you remember why you chose to be in the fandom in the first place.

[@ComedianCarsaurus]

@@ItsTrainBoy ong, the fandoms so peaceful over on youtube but lord forbid you go over to twitter

[@nwrfilms2008]

We all need to thank these people that got us this (salute to you)

[@flyinggordonproductions4875]

the fact that we aren’t supposed to see them is the best

[@DKQuagmire]

I remember a year ago when KZbin channel "Nick Starwind" got into hot water, over leaking "Stills" of the "Missing coach" episode. with many people saying he had no right to share the stills, whereas most of the Thomas fandom stood by his side saying that the stills must be made public knowledge! The guy even made like a 3 part series on the whole subject, and how the whole ordeal effected him as a whole.

[@TrevortheTrainFan]

This is disgusting! How could anyone damage or throw away these precious models and figures! They should all be restored and preserved in a museum! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

True

[@Steamsoapdish]

#FUCKSIFANDTUGSTRUST

[@Alzaar_The_Gunzel]

It was nice seeing more pic of Dukes close up model which was sadly destroyed by Mattel presumably.

[@trainz123m]

Thank you

[@NOLJAK]

Seeing this stuff, will probably ruin the childhood for some veteran Thomas & friends fans from what I’m hearing from this video! But a lot of it is still neat to look at in my opinion!. 😊

[@amitysluzara2022]

I will never understand why anyone would think its ok to gatekeep such things if I ever got BTS stuff you bet I'd share them as soon as I could. Thank you to those who shared all this and thank you for making this video to bring awareness of this going on

[@kingfisher1487]

Thanks for the share of them. We'll done

[@mindlessky545]

Oh the memories of watching the vhs tapes at my grandmas as a 3 year old in 2009 during the winter all bundled up in bed Makes me wanna shed a tear 😭

[@lastationproductions]

This just makes want to make my own thomas model layout

[@Leo_G_Cady]

For me the release of these images was a great surprise this Monday, as that day, I had actually been to Drayton Manor😅 What a great thing to come home to🤟

[@bdavis24fan]

That's so cool that Tom Hanks visited the set of the series. I'm guessing that was when Polar Express was in production or something like that.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

Gatekeeping is not an inherently bad thing, provided the reasoning behind it is sound - things like trying to stop outsiders from just coming in and taking over your community despite having no attachment to it, or else trying to ensure a certain standard of quality among a community. Hence why the term is gatekeeping; you keep the gates of your city to protect a city. Where it becomes bad is when the reasoning is bad, and it goes too far, becoming tyrannical. As seen here. There's no good reason for these things to have been hidden away. It would make sense if the behind-the-scenes crew were the ones to sell them, but not randos on a forum.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Agreed my man; I think there’s situations where doing something like that is appropriate or perhaps comes down more to a person. For example with people who own props and such; it’s completely up to them when or if they want that to become public knowledge and I can’t blame them for such. Just like you said though when it comes to selling literal pictures they got for free for $200; not allowing distribution, and all of the other stuff; it’s hard to call it anything BUT tyrannical

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

@@ItsTrainBoy Hell, I'd actually question if it's even LEGAL in the first place. If they got them for free then they'd damn well better have a paper trail proving that they were given the copyright of the BTS stuff they're selling, otherwise they've opened themselves up to a lot of legal trouble!

[@LoneDewott]

I agree with this, gatekeeping can be good to protect a fanbase from people that have the potential to corrupt it or things like that-but charging 200 dollars for these pictures is much too far

[@TheGreyTurtleEntertainment]

** Laughs in Star Wars fan.** Gatekeep really depends on who's doing the gate keeping. If they are genuinely good people trying to keep naredowells out, then maybe it's good. More often then not it's aweful people trying to maintain power within a small group and will do so by horrible means including defaming perfectly good people. I won't mention his name here, but there was someone in the TTE community who did similar, who I unfortunately share a word in my username with. Beyond the guys who were charging like $200 bucks to see a few photos and maybe a model in decent shape. In general my take on gatekeeping is that more often then not it's used to keep our the people that just wanna help, and keep in the people that corrupt folks want to keep control over. I will admit There are like five reasons gatekeeping could be ok imo, but most of them deal with stuff like- keeping nuclear material safe, keeping pathogens secure in laboratories, making sure pilots are certified to fly planes, and to keep the general public away from dangerous machinery like massive trains, etc. But that's more practical safety than community based. And I will admit I'm 100% biased. Like I said "laughs in Star Wars fan", the tte fandom is a mess, but SW is worse. I'll still love Tte and Star Wars though, and anyone is free to love those things regardless of how much of a mess the communities are. Cause if I dictated who could and couldn't enjoy a thing, then I'd be gatekeeping.

[@NorthWesternRailwayProductions]

god damn what an amazing tuesday

[@gaardus8682]

Thanks man, this is really awesome of ya. And quite disgraceful of that person, selling things that should not cost a dime to own; almost like a Nitwitty Freakin Turnout, an NFT if you will… Wait a minute?

[@jctubezzz]

7:22 Bro I remember that French Revolution episode scared me as a kid, but now as a history guy the episode just makes me laugh.

[@JXDanimates]

When you're showing the concept art I heard a song that I heard from another youtuber's outro/intro SMG4

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

Glad hit did SOMETHING to pay respect to the model crew for all their work, with that poster (Using a promotional image of Thomas and Spencer) of everyone’s name on it

[@ethandouro4334]

You can rename this video to "showing off my Thomas B.T.S NFT collection, feel free to screenshot it" and it would still be the same thing lmao

[@TidmouthThunderbolt]

Hey that's me :)

[@hawkfan2300]

still finding it really funny how me and my friend bones got a death threat over some leaking we did back a summer or two ago good times

[@TheVicarstownSentinel]

This is getting wild. Now there are 4 of them.

[@brenlc1412]

When I woke up and saw all these new behind the scenes pics, I audibly yelled “HOLY S*IT!”

[@adamhickey396]

I absolutely despise gatekeeping of any kind, but particularly in fandoms. Those people who tried to keep these images for themselves are not true fans and never will be true fans. Same goes for those collectors in the Dr Who fandom who knowingly are in possession of missing episodes and refuse to hand them in for the rest of the fans to enjoy. Pure selfishness for what? The "prestige" that a COUPLE OF PEOPLE know that you have rare items? What a sad and pathetic way to spend one's life...

[@jackpijjin4088]

And what happens when those 'fans' inevitably croak, and family that has no clue what they're looking at has to go through their 'junk'? History goes into the dumpster.

[@WillCWilson]

​@@jackpijjin4088 Sad but true :,(

[@adamhickey396]

@@jackpijjin4088 And I have known of incidents where that had happened, or almost happened. There was recently here in the UK a fire in a building (can't remember exact details. Might have been an insurance scam) and a lot of television eps the guy had were destroyed in it. No idea if there was any lost media there, but it is certainly lost now. These people basically act like 2 year olds who snatch the blocks from the other children and won't share or let them play. In the end, they end up lonely losers.

[@charlesharwick9853]

I need to know where giant Duke is now

[@thomastheterrific3051]

So interesting

[@LoneDewott]

I'm glad that people in the fanbase don't tolerate people gatekeeping these images and selling them for money. A lot of similar things I've seen in other fanbases are just brushed aside. Though I do have a question for those that ssee this comment, what would you think of someone hoarding a rare fanmade translation they don't own to a series they don't own and only sharing it to their group of friends and refusing to share it online? I saw that and I'm not sure how to feel on it so any intervention is appreciated

[@TheGreyTurtleEntertainment]

My thoughts on gatekeeping are simple. Yes there are a few positives, mostly in real world applications where people actually need to be kept safe, i.e. securing nuclear material, making sure only trained pilots fly planes, keeping children from playing on the tracks. But for the most part gatekeeping in the modern age has just become a way that corrupt people in positions of power not only maintain their power, but ensure challenges to their power by decent people are squashed (usually via defamation and slander) and that they maintain control over the people withing the community they have gated off. And let's just say while I haven't really gotten involved with tte twitter, I have been on the recieving end of gate keepers who were also bullies who didn't want to be called out for their behavior.... And let's just say I recognized that behavior over on tte twitter and noped out pretty quickly..... But not before noticing that y'all on Twitter kicked out a certain gate keepers who's username shared a word with mine. Maybe there is hope for the tte fandom after all.

[@luxelush7519]

Nice!

[@superpeytendo64]

One sec everyone, going outside to touch my grass so TrainBoy can mow my lawn ( jokes on him, it's already mowed lol )

[@Jokerfan45]

So Tom Hanks DID visit the set. That is just nuts! I heard somewhere on the wiki that he visited the studio while he was filming something.

[@lukeslocomotives]

5:06 Thomas the Streamlined Great Western loco

[@samuelfarris1949]

I've always had this philosophy; no matter whatever peaked my attention, I would never - never - hastily put myself into a new unpredictable situation without being sure I would get something solid back in return for my effort. I figured that out gradually when I started sending out creative ideas to official corporations, only to find over time things weren't quite as simple as hoping they take heed of my long-distance indications. Family priorities also got in the way of focusing on my own creative work, hence why it has taken me this long to develop a full-out Thomas & Friends proposal which I'm hoping to present to Mattel via public media in the hopes of correcting things in time for the 80th Year of the franchise. It's a firm incentive, but I wasn't going to let it get in the way of finding a longer-term benefit out of my ideas. Regard, Samuel Farris.

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Awesomeness 🚂❤️😎👍

[@ecstasysfallimento7223]

Crazy that at 4:01 they originally had Thomas end up in a muddy river, I wish they kept that in for Bye George

[@charliesand573]

I really want to see those maps put together

[@Mason58654]

I’ve always wondered why BTS photos of the beloved model series are (were) so rare.

[@lbscre2216]

Would've been cool to see the concept version of the Bye George! crash in the show

[@Alzaar_The_Gunzel]

R.I.P Jeremiah Jobling 1984-2015 You will be missed

[@SonicJrandSarah]

Those were all very impressive images.

[@MainlineThruTheRockies]

Unlucky Tug is gonna go insane with those maps

[@eliasjackson2007]

$200 For thomas and friends pics!?!? I better get one of the models for that price.

[@RMSAquitaniafan55]

"It's enough to make a grown make cry"

[@peytonsherman3282]

I hope these end up on the Fandom wiki.

[@MonopodMan]

Victor Tanzig should do a Sodor Short based on this "leakage" and "gatekeeping"

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

What this does is show that the human figures were a lot bigger than I expected. I know that had a standard size and a mini size depending on the shot but looking at them being held like that, the standard figures look even larger!

[@Pandagun.]

8:46 that’s a map from tugs. If you look above it you can see tugs on it. Plus the layout of the map is similar to the show.

[@j88productions]

The fact that I found this on the day before my birthday makes me lose hope in the fandom

[@drawingpower1]

As much as I can agree that the people who kept these images to themselves and sold them off for 200 dollars are scum of the Earth, I still can't get who anyone would pay that much for a BTS picture of a train show. I guess love and passion for something can make someone make illogical decisions.

[@JordanLibra134]

7:30 I’m going to take a guess and say that human face would’ve been Henry’s driver in whistles and sneezes after the boys threw stones. In the railway series I think the stones hit the driver and fireman too.

[@Durgon-Man]

Here's my two cents on this collection of BTS content: To quote a line from _The Last Crusade,_ "It belongs in a museum."

[@geep271]

So let me get this straight, somebody in the Thomas community was hoarding never before seen behind the scene photos where he/she/they decided to start charging a lot of money to view said photos in which somebody leaked them. All I got to say is LMAO.

[@bobross4449]

The people who leaked are chads

[@TheDemocrab]

It's real common in the music bootleg world too. There's a live DVD from Metallica called 'Live Shit: Binge & Purge" which has two shows on the DVD and a third on CD...The third show was proshot and the footage does exist but iirc someone was doing the exact same thing so only a few songs are on the internet.

[@ezrawoolery2572]

"Ill even mow your lawn for free if you agree to touch the grass" - T.B. the Chad

[@danthebluetank6636]

Idk about you guys but I love when BTS stuff about ttte is released, it’s just interesting and the more material, the better, especially if you wanna use useful reference photos for something or heck even face a face pack for trainz or Roblox

[@GABRIEL-du4uy]

"Ahhh yes, my favorite engine. Pney"

[@CosmoTheStar]

i miss the old Thomas it was so much better then the CGI one

[@LostEngineProductions]

official TVS maps lets gooooooo

[@Johanna_chow1979]

For some reason a part of me feels like I seen some of the photos before, I don't know why

[@nickeinmal8924]

7:24 Looks like a serial killer's trophy case.😳