The History Of Rosie & Her Models: The History Of TTTE

[@Poltergeist-vm8wq]

I think the fact that Rosie really likes Thomas and wants to work along side him a lot is actually a nod to the history of her class. Like you said, the S100 USA tank engines worked along side the E2 tank engines, so they had Rosie like Thomas a lot because of the history of her and Thomas' basis and how they worked together.

[@joeleboeuf]

You know, the way I see it, Thomas and Rosie have a bit of a brother/sister relationship. That's why she tried to copy him, she looks up to him, and after she ran away from Hector and Thomas stood up to him, that definitely proves my point.

[@thesecondbestengine828]

@@joeleboeuf Yeah, Thomas is like a older brother to her, which makes the episode "Rosie is Red" even weirder.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

@@thesecondbestengine828 Unless you're one of the fans who are into shipping characters. There's a lot who are like Rosie + Thomas or something lol. I don't see Rosie and Thomas as brother and sister, but really close friends.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

@Michael Butler I know right?

[@CassandraPantaristi]

@Michael Butler I wish she was in Tidmouth Sheds.

[@paytonburrows2325]

Rosie is definitely an interesting character conceptually, an American loco sent to Sodor during wartime. I’m curious to see how she would’ve acted while wearing her USATC Black livery.

[@Juggernogger64]

Rosie is basically the only other ww2 era loco besides Neville

[@CassandraPantaristi]

I could imagine her being black with gold bands.

[@noinfo4789]

I wonder, is she named after rosie the riveter?

[@samuelfarris1949]

I have a confession to make: I was partly responsible for the introduction of Rosie in Thomas & Friends way back when. I was barely twelve then, and something of an introvert kid who, even then, wanted to be involved in Thomas & Friends, in some way. I sent out a whole summary of half-baked character bio suggestions to Hit Entertainment, that ended up forming a base-of-sorts for the characters introduced in Series 10, including Rosie. In those days, I did not fully appreciate the difference in tone from how Hit Entertainment handled the franchise against Britt Allcroft's time, simply because as a young un, I wasn't naturally exposed to underlying business tactics like that. All I appreciated at the time then was getting a letter of acknowledgment back for my suggestions. Since then, over a tedious but rewarding amount of time, I have steadily plodded forward but that same spark of wanting to work on Thomas & Friends has never quite strayed away from my mind. I do have a plan tied to wanting to clear the whole plight of the franchise under Mattel in the works, and it will definitely be a prime focal point of my plans for next year, so stay tuned. Regards, Samuel Farris.

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

One of the best HIT era characters ever.

[@TTA_761]

SIIIIIMP

[@randomclown5288]

To be fair she doesn’t have much competition

[@apexprimeproductions3291]

Agreed

[@inevitableanarchy4203]

So happy she got brought back in the CGI and fleshed-out abit more since her HIT debut.

[@VoltageWatts]

Bruh she's just a little cousin who wants to copy you

[@urthvox]

Can we appreciate how good Rosie looks in red

[@jockdouglass3824]

Yes especially the lamp

[@jockdouglass3824]

@Slimkilla Studios yea but she looked more like a toy through I pink

[@joeleboeuf]

@Slimkilla Studios I agree.

[@AutZentus]

@@jockdouglass3824 The head lamp brings her more closer to her real life basis

[@CassandraPantaristi]

Her lavender/lilac paint job looks better in my opinion. Rosie's original paint job is one of the unique paint jobs.

[@tamitate2009]

Sharon miller may not know how to write a good Thomas episode but she somehow knows how to make a fan favorite character!

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

I wonder if at one point Thomas hated Rosie for replacing his class and at another point both of them hated Salty for replacing both of they’re classes.

[@samster4044]

that would make for an interesting story

[@GothRailfan]

​@@samster4044 I agree.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@samster4044I think NWR1991 did make an episode about that in his own take on how Rosie was like when she first came to Sodor.

[@Tomthetankengine91]

Also agreed

[@whoknows1990]

A bit of an off topic discussion but I been wondering this head cannon for awhile: How would Thomas (E2 Class) and Rosie (SR USA Class) react about Salty (BR class 07) arriving on Sodor since his basis replaced the majority of him. I know Thomas had met Salty before and seemed to enjoy him at Brendam Docks in a few episode, but how will Rosie react to him?

[@sdmedia1323]

So: Thomas was replaced by Rosie And Salty replaced Rosie We never see an encounter with Rosie and Salty in the model series where scrapping was a thing. In the CGI series, yeah scrap isn’t a thing.

[@awesometrain77]

@@sdmedia1323 are you sure is BWBA a scrap engine appears not to mention Oliver escaped from scrap as mentioned in season 18 , in Journey beyond Sodor scrap is mentioned several times , at the diesel works there are several scrap engines such as a Charlie cab and even the marklin engine .

[@formulafish1536]

What you have to remember though is that Sodor generally has no clue if the goings-on with their siblings. Hence, there isn’t, and will never be, any animosity between the 3. Thomas didn’t know he was replaced by Rosie, because he wasn’t on the mainland at the time, as for Rosie being replaced, we don’t know about her past as Salty came to Sodor before her. It’s like how, generally, in the Railway Series there isn’t massive competition between the Steam and Diesel engines, and even later on when the Electric engines come along, there is no animosity. As this isn’t BR, and they don’t replace engines with more modern ones, simply shift the workload around, the engines don’t have animosity about being replaced. If they were to do it on the mainland, and every engine arrived on Sodor after seeing their siblings being scrapped and replaced, in similar fashion to Oliver, then most engines wouldn’t get on as, for example, Emily was replaced by Edward for express duties, who was then replaced by Gordon. (Extreme simplification). So Emily would hate Edward for causing her siblings to be put out of service, whilst Edward would feel the same towards Gordon. And the only thing every steam engine could agree on is the hatred of diesels for them taking over.

[@SodorTrain1225]

A great synopsis of Rosie's models! Perhaps you could do Harold, Madge, or Big Mickey? That last one has got a lot of history to it.

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

I’d say Harold would win by a landslide.

[@junimoony]

@@DuckandMikeyfan49 Personally I’d love to see Big Mickey get some love!

[@coralfenny5436]

I’m glad Rosie didn’t get faced to the doom of the Hit Era graveyard when CGI happened, she really had one of the best characters of that era and I loved how she matured as the seasons went on, like a background character arc

[@thesecondbestengine828]

Me too. Im glad her Whiff, Stanley, and Rocky survived. Although I wish Molly, Hector, Neville, and Dennis would come back too. To bad they scapped them and just made more un-needed characters

[@TankEngine97]

I remember years ago it was rumoured that Little Owl AKA the Goods Engine's model from TUGS was used for Rosie. But of course (and obviously) this turned out to be false.

[@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

“It’s the Goods Train!”

[@ianschwartz08]

"OH SHIT! ITS THE GOODS TRAIN!"

[@Gothenburg32]

I love Rosie so much! She’s my favourite female character in T&F. ❤️

[@trainguy2007]

Mine too

[@trainguy2007]

@Michael Butler have you seen this before: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hom1aIV4bLCAbac

[@Gothenburg32]

@Michael Butler I just have so many fond nostalgic memories of her, let alone a huge crush on her.

[@Gothenburg32]

@Michael Butler Yes, but despite that, she still had plenty of potential and that’s all that matters (to me at least).

[@GothRailfan]

Mine too!

[@thesecondbestengine828]

Imo, Rosie is the best HiT era character next to Hector and Rocky. Rosie has gotten the most care and development. She always been a favorite of mine.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

Rosie is my favorite too.

[@engineboy53productions15]

Outstanding history. Rosie is such an amazing and more interesting hit era character. She really deserves more screen time!

[@DeletedExpiration]

Always glad to see these posted, quite enjoyable to watch. keep up the good work, and keep up the series!

[@Fanofmurdoch9702]

Yes

[@inserthandlehere648]

Yes

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Yes

[@Fanofmurdoch9702]

The yes cult

[@urthvox]

@@ItsTrainBoy yes

[@Gameboy_1992]

Yes

[@PennsyPappas]

I never warmed up to the pink livery, I've always preferred the red livery. To me that was a far better choice for her. I do wish that they would've come out with the S160 class of steam engine that would've been friends with Rosie (given that they're both USA built) and maybe they could've had some wartime stories to tell. Though I do think that would've only worked with KZbinr fan made stories.

[@connerhills5665]

Hank should've been an S160....

[@PennsyPappas]

@@connerhills5665 Yeah that would've made more sense, and it would've been around the same time period. That isn't to say I didn't like Kank as a K4 (I like modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad)

[@PennsyPappas]

@Michael Butler because I have the HO scale Red Rosie model. I remember when she first came out and was like him not going to spend my money on the pink model even though I liked the engine itself. So when Red Rosie made the TV screen I waited for the Red Rosie model patiently and got what I wanted. It has become one of my go to Thomas engines to use t the Model Railroad train shows.

[@cainscraftingcorner2252]

Sick dude and thank for liking my drawing .… I forgot forgot to tell you I’m HenryProductions

[@nwrxj9264]

Amazing video as always, Trainboy! And I really appreciate you seeing and showing my artwork of Isabella!

[@margogoralski6294]

Great video as always. I've always loved Rosie, and it's such a shame that she rarely got episodes focused on her. Plus, I'm so sad to see one of the models get treated like it has. Let's save those models. And of course, let's pray that we can find the other one and that Rosie doesn't appear in... you know what...

[@Jokerfan45]

Personally, I preferred her first livery as it stands out compared to her red one. While I understand different colors aren't all that realistic, I prefer them so characters can be identified more easily.

[@Tombola1993]

Rosie was a perfect addition to the female engine roster and definitely an iconic little engine too. Red matches her name.

[@SolventBirb]

I love how much more “grown up” Rosie is now, and I feel the red, shows this a bit more because pink is more associated with younger girls and energy.

[@TheNamelessFoxXD]

One of my favorite engines

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

Rosie in her red livery is by far the most beautiful CGI model ever.

[@Valarieeexx]

can we just appreciate that rosie is a gem of some of the bad characters we got from the hit era?

[@charlieflockhart2203]

Love your videos, glad I can support you even if it's only with likes and views keep up the good work

[@adamtm8255]

Rosie is one of my favourite HIT era character. I like that brother-sister connection between Thomas.

[@inevitableanarchy4203]

I Love Rosie. She is such an enjoyable character and felt so unique, despite being less fleshed-out then the others. Glad she got some TLC in the CGI, aswell as focus in many fan-made projects. Amazing episode btw, love the bit of history about her real-world basis prior to the TTTE history. Definitely an enjoyable addition to the "History Of" format:)

[@razgrizraven]

Just sitting here thinking about how EXTRA Topham Hat was acting during the "Rosie is Red" episode.

[@MylesDaGamer]

The thumbnail is hilarious.

[@cnwproductions]

Nice job man, love that pink S100

[@puripatakacricketdaily1983]

you should do the history of Molly. her model is also on display at drayton manor lol

[@marcust5327]

i like rosie in war time black with red letttering and cgi details as well

[@MrDuckAndZatara]

Rosie deserves more love!

[@mcbombernuggets]

I Counted drayton manor

[@JakeStaffin]

I liked Rosie as a character when she first showed up in the model series but the only thing I didn’t really like was her pink livery, as it just felt like too bright of a color compared to all other characters’ liveries. I wish she had the dark red livery in the model series, it’s so classy and I feel like it suits her better (like how green suits Henry better than blue).

[@Uptownloki47]

The USATC locomotives are interesting. My favorite has to be the S160 consolidations.

[@mrrick7207]

They have rosie at drayton manor and u can ride on her along with thomas diesel and i think percy. I got the pleasure of riding on thomas and rosie about 10 years ago and although i dont have the best memory, i can remember all 4 engines being amazing

[@bladeobrian2144]

Anyone else remember that rumor that went around claiming that Rosie’s model was the Good Engine from TUGS repainted? Pepperidge Farms remembers!

[@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

I remember reading that online when I was in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the mid to late 2000's.

[@tamitate2009]

I honestly don’t see the point in giving Rosie a British accent and a red coat. She’s more cuter with pink and her us season 13-16 voice is really adorable. I hope Rosie comes back in all engines go

[@mattevans4377]

Rosie would have been a far better female to add to the steam team than Nia and Rebecca combined, and I sometimes wonder whether that was the original plan.

[@florjanbrudar692]

Matt Evans Not that I know of, but likely it wasn't

[@lpclassic60]

Finally! I've been waiting for you to cover our sweet little best girl for ages!

[@noinfo4789]

When i was little i was bullied because i said rosie was my favorite train but that was because the other kids thought i made her up because none of them had seen her (she hadn't really shown up in any of the episodes at the time and i only knew her from a reairing of Thomas and the birthday mail that noone else seemed to catch(honestly it still bugs me))

[@asteroidrules]

Interesting that Rosie's original build was fully custom. I recently picked up a Bachmann Rosie and noticed that the rods and valve gear aren't accurate to the real life USATC S100 or any of its derivatives, but are 100% accurate to both the CGI and model series Thomas, I'd been trying to figure out just where that change originated.

[@blagosvirakolo]

I love the Nintendo soundtracks you put into these videos lol

[@florjanbrudar692]

You mean Super Mario?

[@blagosvirakolo]

@@florjanbrudar692 yeah I heard some from super Mario land at the end lol

[@yourlocalidiot23432]

my sister was just talking about rosie right before you uploaded this video

[@officialmediamike]

THIS might Be your best one yet! "Go Rosie!" said the fellow Thomas fan!

[@TheProfessional15]

Great video, I like Rosie.

[@Im_here170]

Literally my favorite female character out of all of them ☺️☺️

[@jalenjackson8848]

I'm honestly love Rosie in red it's more rws accurate

[@mistermadmachine6311]

It’s funny I was still a kid when they added Rosie but I only ever saw her in a book detailing what happened in Thomas and the birthday mail and I also thought she was a female counterpart to Thomas himself

[@gabrielm1420]

I love red Rosie! I took her model and used it as inspiration for my oc Ruby :)

[@saltbombcreations8336]

Rosie was also the inspiration for my oc Justin, designed by me, built by me (I didn’t actually make a model or custom of him), and you best be careful that you don’t tick him off

[@Sodor156]

I like Rosie's pink livery more because 1) nostalgia and 2) it made her stand out for the rest since there weren't that many (or any) pink engines on the island.

[@AndrewGamer-tz6cc]

WAIT... TRAINBOY... You're telling me... that Salty's Siblings replaced not just Rosie's, but also THOMAS'S Siblings? ... *Salty should probably start running...*

[@LegoMiester14]

i like Rosie, but i try to avoid series 13 and up. My favorite livery is her pink one. Great video though!

[@Halo_inc]

The weird thing is how do the engine differentiate their genders? Is it like their name or color or is it the cursed partially organic versions where they have their..."parts". This is why Thomas the Tank Engine leaves more questions than answered.

[@I-LOG]

Rosie has war PTSD confirmed

[@benwetzel8449]

Rose Red is a way better choice. Matches the name Rosie better

[@ryanstephenkristoferkearns1319]

I think Rosie is adorable that she is.

[@davidaviles1754]

Red rosie was My Favorite Since 2017

[@vienrafaelani9075]

Nice timing i was thinking about commenting on doing rosie

[@Melody_Ninjago_Lover]

I loved the pink livery because like you said nostalgia

[@Leo_G_Cady]

Awesome video as always TrainBoy :)👍 I’m actually planning on going to Drayton Manor on December 3rd. So when I head to Thomas Land, and the model exhibition, I’ll see how the Rosie model currently looks :) P.S. I think Rosie’s red livery is my favourite of her’s :)

[@frostboy1263]

Yes, yes finally, looked forward to this

[@andrewshearsby8125]

Ah Rosie, Thomas's fan girl.

[@danielsrailwayakarailroad259]

TrainBoy thanks for doing a video about Rosie, I wanted to know the history about her and of course her TV model. I also wish that the producers at Mattel could have had Rosie to be one of the lead Main characters of the scene team as well. Because they didn't do that, or maybe originally they were going to do that before. I still say that Rosie should be part of the steam team anyways. Emily became one of my favorite main characters from the steam team, however I did like Rosie at the same time. And I wish she could have been part of the steam team, and I believe she should be part of the steam team anyway. Because Rosie is one of my favorites, I'm sure she is another favorite for some of the little girls out there. And some of the Thomas fans that are young women as well, I'm sure some of those hardcore women Thomas fans Love Rosie as well. So with all of this in mind, thank you very much for doing a video about Rosie

[@edwardthomasno4]

It's intresting that Rosie's class was replaced with Salty's class

[@EngineShedStudios]

I request that Harold be next. He was always a favorite of mine as a young boy.

[@ScottishEngineStudios]

I personally prefer pink, it’s the one I grew up with and just love it so much more!

[@Inactivechannel_54]

Next could you do the history of Neville and his models

[@nychbillingsley9088]

You should probably talk about Fearless Freddie and Might Mac

[@alexis_ian]

I kind of like her CGI livery with the No. 37. I do find her a personality a missed opportunity she could have been one of the Hit era top 5 characters after Luke, Hiro and Victor.

[@saltbombcreations8336]

I made an OC character named Justin and is Rosie’s twin brother and I made up a story for them, after serving in WW2, Justin, Rosie, and their siblings, Ed, Shelly, Wanda, John, Kim, Tiff, Barney, and Jimmy went back to the States where they worked on the PRR and NYC, they wanted to stay together, but with the larger PRR S1, S2, T1s, Q1, Q2s, and NYC Hudsons, Mohawks, and Niagaras, they were separated from each other, The class 1 railroads of the US saw this and they started building a railroad for them. In October of 1948, construction commenced, and in April of 1949, the California-Nevada Railroad opened. In 1970, Justin went to serve in Vietnam, the railroad acquired a GE 70 ton switcher, named Ricky. BTW the engines’ classes are S100s andS160s, Jimmy, Justin, Ed, Shelly, and Tiff are S100s, while, John, Wanda, Barney, and Kim are S160s, ya’ll know what Rosie is. Justin returned to the railroad, but in 2006, after Rosie left, the railroad shut down, the engines were sold to larger railroads, Justin and Ricky were sold to Union Pacific, where Justin befriended many engines, along with 2 employees, Scott and Heather Smith. In 2013, Justin was purchased by the NWR and reunited with Rosie. Justin had many adventures on the NWR. After saving a runaway Hank, Justin was sent to Crewe for a rebuild, into an S100/160 hybrid, using his sister Wanda’s tender. Wanda was involved in an accident, but survived, and rebuilt into an S100 with a 2-8-0 arrangement. Justin became a tender-tank engine with a 2-8-0T+T. Fun Fact: the CNR was originally gonna be a class 3 railroad, but changed to class 2, and originally gonna be named the USATC Railroad. The railroad had a mainline, a branch line, and a quarry. And finally, the line was restored by Union Pacific. Hope you guys liked the story

[@FlyingAce427]

Personally, I like both.

[@IslandofSodorflimssndchannel]

My favourite livery is her Red livery. I wasn't really a fan of her Pink livery.

[@AbrahamBenno]

My favourite HiT Era character

[@vincentmorris8431]

I've seen people consider if Thomas would be jealous of Rosie as her class beat out his. Though I'm a little unsure - as Thomas was shipped to Sodor the same year he was built (1915), he might not be that connected to his siblings. He never really referenced is past life and heritage in any stories like Gordon and Duck. Perhaps a byproduct of Awdry not envisioning Thomas as an E2. If he were a J50, he'd be cousins with Gordon and Spencer; I imagine that could be some interesting story potential for an AU.

[@theshadhtaxes]

I would want to see either Dennis or neville

[@Strasburg_Railfaner611]

E2’S are all scrapped it’s sad but at least rosies class still exists along with E1’S

[@savagegardenfan9680]

I really wish Rosie was a Main character instead of Nia or Rebbecca. Furthermore why wasn't there an Episode of Rosie being repainted Red or an Explaination why?

[@thomaswalsh8726]

Perhaps you should do a history of Molly's model.

[@liquidjoshi]

The scripts for these episodes keep getting better, it has to be said.

[@K_The_creator]

I guess you can say the hit era of Thomas HIT differently when it came to characters

[@cax_art7095]

Great video! Imo I think her cgi model is pretty accurate to the original, I also prefer her original pink color because of nostalgia lol (but the redesign looks awesome)

[@steelworksryan3285]

Awesome job! I really wanna see the giant coal truck that scared Rosie next.😎

[@elitemarineusmc0181]

You mean Hector the horrid?

[@trainprime1676]

My favorite livery that she wore was red. hell I even considered repainting my Trackmaster Rosie to red. or just buying the new play real one.

[@RalphLauren1093]

Wow rosie is my sister's favorite engine and it's on her birthday!

[@vegelius3431]

She is a big thomas fan girl & she stalcks thomas every day!

[@yeoldeseawitch]

literally just the amy and sonic dynamic

[@Hutch-916]

I’m pretty sure that Rosie has got a replacement motor now because I went to Drayton manor this year and when I saw the model exhibition rosie was running round the circuit

[@chanel_xoxo]

Can you do "The History of Lady and Her Models"? I'm curious because I know a couple of things about her.

[@langkawiaviation]

You should do Bertie the bus,one of the long last automotive in Thomas and friends.

[@BoxtankEngine]

I like red because Someone sent me a picture of her and thats what got me into Thomas again.

[@calebc.2290]

i’m waiting for the fan art of Isabel and Isabel ( the auto coach) to either have a chat or an argument, hoping for an argument.

[@lukechristmas3951]

Rosie really isn't a bad character. It's more of her basis' history that makes me like her but I must say when they reintroduced her in cherry red and with a number, then I was pretty much satisfied!! If course, the pink is quite nostalgic. The large, blank white areas are the only thing left that bothers me about her but I can overlook that.

[@lmm6602]

I think rosie shojld be treated as thomas's best ftiend two! Not that i'm leaving percy out but i just think the three of them could realy get along well!

[@Greyson.Kyler429]

I knew Rosie existed but I was never a huge fan of her but it's not okay that one of Rosie's models are in dranton manor or any of them at all. I'm still gonna keep asking for Sir Topham Hatt's car until an episode is done on it.

[@wreckbuoy5989]

Everytime I look at Rosie I kept thinking of Little owl's model

[@Trainfan2001]

I would go for the pink Because like you said earlier for nostalgic reasons But I enjoy her red Livery to

[@harrisonallen651]

How clever of them to base the relationship between the two engines working together in real life.

[@amitysluzara2022]

Rosies such a wonderful model shame about her models fate

[@xxxmcnuggwtsxxx9859]

What happened to Rosies model?

[@amitysluzara2022]

@@xxxmcnuggwtsxxx9859 gone to hell- erm I mean Drayton Manor

[@xxxmcnuggwtsxxx9859]

@@amitysluzara2022 Drayton Manor must be a shitty place to store Thomas models if they don't know how to maintain and handle the models properly.

[@amitysluzara2022]

@@xxxmcnuggwtsxxx9859 it definitely is

[@amitysluzara2022]

@Michael Butler definitely