The final 'DAY OUT with THOMAS' at the Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway - 09/09/2018

For many years the Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway has held 'DAY OUT with THOMAS' events in May, July and September using two of its locomotives - SBCR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 Nos.1001 "The Monarch" and 1002 "The Empress" as Gordon the Big Engine and Henry the Green Engine respectively as well as changing the cover on ELR 0-6-0DH No.92 "Florence" to one of Thomas the Tank Engine himself.
However, the event on September 8th and 9th 2018 was to be the ELSR's last as the licence that permitted them to run the locomotives in this way is no longer going to be renewed. In view of this, the railway decided to put on a big show for all the passengers who came to ride the trains.
In addition to "The Monarch" and "The Empress", the two larger SBCR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 Nos.2005 "Silver Jubilee" and 2006 "Edward VIII" were in action both assisting Thomas's train and acting as spare/relief engine respectively.
Shots of locomotives appear in the following order...
- Thomas+Silver Jubilee
- Henry (includes Henry's Broken Whistle)
- Gordon
- Edward VIII
- Thomas+Henry+Gordon (finale)
Filmed on Sunday 9th September 2018.

[@Gothenburg32]

Thomas has both a whistle and a horn!

[@frankieboitv619]

You realise Thomas is a diesel called Florence

[@strasburgrailfan90]

No steam

[@thecaledonian4]

Nope, diesel!

[@thebigthomasandfriendsfan4213]

Oh yeah I did see Gordon

[@J0nnyGT]

The Rev. would be most sad to see his characters being swallowed up by the corporate giants which own the licence today.

[@Watermillfilms]

Jonny Stevenson too true.

[@strasburgrailfan90]

I think he would be disappointed in this day out with Thomas event

[@FastCaterham]

Its nice to see that all the coaches were full! This shows that even though Thomas is dying, the spirit of the show still lives on.

[@SsourLemon]

Long love that blue train

[@thebigthomasandfriendsfan4213]

I saw Henry

[@jisanchan]

It’s Just Thomas, Henry, & Gordon No Percy, James, Edward, Emily, Or Toby

[@sebastianstudios7609]

Well at least it's something

[@thebigthomasandfriendsfan4213]

Did I see Gordon?

[@kevp9601]

Awesome

[@trainlover16]

No doubt the license not being renewed was due to the BWBA rebrand and Henry no longer being a regular character in the show, stupid Mattel.

[@spiritofsteam]

That Henry has seen some things...

[@thedarkblue419]

ngl the gordon model looks amazing

[@Trip-the-Sungazer]

If you had your own backyard railway, could you potentially host your own unofficial Day Out with Thomas event?

[@wisatahatijateng2921]

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[@chazzywaz]

If you had or painted over engines to look like characters, sure! The only problem would be keeping the event under mattel’s radar.

[@Trip-the-Sungazer]

​@chazzywaz I am going to have invitations to my neighbors to the private event, and the event will be themed like the Railway Series and the classic seasons of the original TV series.

[@Trip-the-Sungazer]

Not All Engines Go! or BWBA!.

[@zacharyspinks6207]

Nice Video.😃👍

[@sambee8982]

Why did they end the Day Out With Thomas event?

[@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254]

Sam Bee They’re not ending the event yet until the other two engines break down

[@frankieboitv619]

No they got their license for day out with Thomas taken away

[@strasburgrailfan90]

I think it was that this one is so small that it didn’t make as much money

[@lazerjet899overshoots8]

There is a youtuber called laser jet he live’s Eastleigh

[@lesleyhobbs2527]

I sad

[@samringham6957]

Day Out With Thomas Henry and Gordon Train 🚂 Railway 🚃

[@katanyuchuratthecreepycatt807]

Wait henry the whistle or horn??

[@andrewharveyofficial]

did the eastleigh lakeside railway quit doing day out with thomas?

[@SatNavDan]

No, Mattel wouldn't renew the licence for them to continue.

[@davidng2336]

Did they at least keep Thomas?

[@harryfoley2294]

The Thomas used here is actually a diesel locomotive called Florence, they used to convert “Florence” to portray Thomas

[@davidng2336]

@@harryfoley2294 Oh wow I would have never guessed that. Thanks for the info.

[@tommybakes5972]

Rip

[@SunshineArsenal]

Why was Thomas pushed instead of going out on his own?

[@SatNavDan]

SCST Productions He was broken.

[@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254]

SatNavDan Then, why don’t they just fix Thomas so he can go out and give the kids the ride of their lives on his own?

[@justang8490]

@@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254 I'm sure the volunteers and workers on this railway put in a lot of effort to make this a magical day for the children who come to the event. If they were able to fix Thomas, I'm sure they would have. It probably would have taken a lot of time which wasn't available before the event

[@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254]

Just, let the other engines break down and just revert them back to what they were before or just scrap them that way Thomas will be the only engine on the railway

[@justang8490]

@@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254 what on earth?

[@Seanthekid-ll4fn]

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