The TRUE Story Of Percy's Predicament

A small breakdown of the events that inspired the classic Thomas & Friends story, "Percy's Predicament."
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[@wyld_wolfwin]

Railways employees: *fuck up* The Reverend: It's free real estate

[@owendinostudios1200]

You forgot to censor that fuck word with a Percy whistle lol

[@annamulli3533]

" and that is how you make a flatbed on the island of f*cking sodor" XD dude I love your videos for the information in the history behind them but I don't know why this is easily the funniest video you have done so far BTW I am really looking forward to see more armor models like hiro *wink wink*

[@TeaksWoodworks]

What about the true story of when Oliver fell into the turntable. The Pictures are almost Exact, even more exact then this

[@MrNoUsername]

He did do a video on Oliver Owns Up kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y32mnpttq994b5I

[@PlowBenderStudios]

Binge watch Trainboy's videos and every time he swears or you hear a whistle, take a drink. There is no better way to pass the time. SUBBED!

[@guadalupepina1117]

Ever since GWR Studio stopped posting, ive been trying to find someone who would do similar content. I will say, that i find this more impressive. Great video👍🏻

[@fishpop]

Why DID GWR stop doing videos? He wasn't even done with Season 2.

[@guadalupepina1117]

@@fishpop i wish i knew, i was fond of the new series he was working on, thomas and friend in real life. But im liking this channel since its similar and gives more history on accidents from the show.

[@LBSCtrain]

R.I.P GWR studios. To lazy to check-2018

[@Trackmaster_Thomas1]

GWR Studios became some Car Channel, forgot what it was called

[@nathenmekuria4636]

@@Trackmaster_Thomas1 His new channel is called Neo Auto

[@MrNoUsername]

I think this video is my favorite in the true story series, probably because of how close the adaptation is to the actual event

[@Caledon91]

Percy's Predicament: An adaptation of "Phyllis' Folly."

[@evanclarke5561]

Or Phyllis' problem

[@zachtheveryluckyengineprod3417]

You would’ve been funnier if you called it “Phyllis’ Pholly”

[@tmwarthunder1016]

Been wanting to recommend this, but I forgot this episode name. But then again, thanks for this!

[@generaltophat5877]

You haves filled the GWR sized hole in my heart

[@wilsonmichael655]

I love these true story videos,they interest me a lot and makes me even more interested in classic Thomas

[@astrealkoh4759]

How to make a flat car Step 1: Align trucks for Percy Step 2:Make Percy go 100+ mph and make him crash into a brakevan while also levitate him onto the chasis Step 3: Flatcar produced

[@evanclarke5561]

But Percy wasn't perched on the remains of the van/caboose. Instead he'd landed on some flatbeds behind the brake van

[@Danominator]

Dang, you're on a roll! I'm sorry, that joke was uncalled for. Love your use of Mario music by the way.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

No worries my man! Thank you so much for the support! :)

[@Danominator]

@@ItsTrainBoy Have you ever played The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks by any chance? I feel like that'd be a fun video connecting to railroading.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

@@Danominator I need to my man! I wanted to but never got the chance! Do you recommend it?

[@lizzyobrien2376]

@@ItsTrainBoy If he doesn’t, I sure do. Aside from the railroading aspects, it has easily the best Link/Zelda relationship/chemistry ever.

[@Danominator]

@@ItsTrainBoy I do! It's a simpler Zelda in some ways but more enjoyable in others. There's the train traveling (which could be a bit faster in my opinion) and the touch controls which work fine in my book. It's very much a DS era game, but I think it uses the console's abilities as strengths more than gimmicks. Definitely work a playthrough!

[@leoespinosa1570]

Hey TrainBoy, heard of the true events of Old Iron?

[@notaslav]

That would be interesting!

[@ItsTrainBoy]

I have and have tried to find them! However the events/basis itself has been hard to come across in my own research! I would love to do an episode on it however

[@karana2833]

@@ItsTrainBoy have you already done the true events for when Donald xrashed into the signalbox TrainBoy?

[@lifeishardagain8594]

Percy fucking dies

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

@@ItsTrainBoy maybe the ghost crash from Duncan gets spooked, that seems intruiging

[@NigelGresley_OG]

Watching this mans channel explode is amazing. Very well deserved with such good content coming out.

[@StormTh_atIsApproaching]

Pog, i was just watching this episode on yt lmao and you released this

[@dalek4463]

Percy takes the plunge is based off an actual event

[@evanclarke5561]

Yes. A contractor's train fell of a jetty or something

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@evanclarke5561 A bridge, not a jetty

[@CerberiRedWolf]

Content with Percy? The best Engine? Yes please!

[@castiel1094]

I am really enjoying this series so far, keep up the good work!

[@mr_red685]

1:32 SO THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY!?!?! No wonder why I see so many flatbeds

[@lukechristmas3951]

Percy's Predicament really stuck out to me as a kid, mostly because of the crash which I thoroughly enjoyed as a kid. Thank you for definitely making this episode because up until I watched this, I would have guessed that any accident where a train was rear-ended could have inspired this but I was clearly wrong. Seeing how Percy and Phyllis were both light weight engines, it's sort of no surprise that just enough force would push them up and onto some freight cars.

[@dq1558]

Hey Trainboy, it’s always nice to find a true fan Channel, keep up the good work!

[@puma2334]

Actually Percy didn't land on top of the brake van, but the flat bed after it.

[@ChaotixFan95]

Thank you for dispensing wisdom

[@DaFazGuy]

Hey, this is a kinda dumb suggestion but true events of Thomas and Gordon?

[@RoxyBloodMoon]

Makes me wonder if every crash was inspired by real event? So many crashes have happened

[@ttteshorts8860]

🥳 Congratulations on 10K man!!!! 🥳

[@frankieknight4899]

This episode is very nostalgic to me because I had this episode on the Best of Percy dvd and remember the crash.

[@wolfthegreat87]

Moral of the story: don't be a brake van for the NWR, you will likely be destroyed by an engine at some point.

[@plainsbiomeproductions5741]

Brake vans must be like goldfish on sodor, you get them knowing it will die one day

[@mattevans4377]

What about Toad?

[@wolfthegreat87]

Toad is the exception as opposed to the rule. He's nearly been destroyed a couple of times I believe.

[@evanclarke5561]

@@wolfthegreat87 And what about Bradford?

[@sterlingbrummer2413]

yes

[@PixProductions2]

Yo I love your daily uploads, great job and keep it up!

[@supercamo3642]

Could you please do the true story of Thomas and the Breakdown Train next?

[@TracksideManiac]

Now I’m questioning “Percy Takes the Plunge”...?

[@adamchmielewski6162]

Yeah, what happened there?

[@Skyway_Octane]

Same

[@reddin-on8mm]

Driver forgets to apply the brakes

[@Percy5581]

No, In Percy takes the plunge Percy wants to go past the board and makes the trucks push him but their like "Woah. Ok." And push him to the water and yes it is based off real events.

[@Skyway_Octane]

@@Percy5581 yea I know Percy takes the Plunge

[@dbluepickle40]

One of the best on screen crashes in the series. I'm sure many loved recreating this with their Thomas toys when they were younger (I know I did). Funnily enough, while not the inspiration, 2 similar accidents happened in the US. There was a book about train wrecks I used to read when I was younger, and 2 of the pictures showed 2 different accidents very similar to this one. The first picture shows a Pennsylvania railroad 4-4-0 #443 on a gondola, while the tender hangs off. The second shows a Chicago and Alton 4-4-0 #205 this time both engine and tender climbed aboard a gondola loaded with coal. Both results from rear end collisions. I had the episode when I was a kid, and just seeing the real life pictures of similar accidents was just really cool to me (this was before I knew there were real life inspirations). Book for those interested: "Train Wrecks" by Robert C. Reed. Accidents featured on pages 70 and 76 respectively. Edit 12/9/20: Changed the line "happened here in the US" to "happened in the US".

[@evanclarke5561]

Dylan, I don't know why you said here in the US. Is TrainBoy American? Sometimes I struggle to tell the difference between an American and a Canadian accent, and I'm Aussie [I still live in and was born in Australia].

[@dbluepickle40]

@@evanclarke5561 Neat! I was born and live in the US. That's kinda what I meant by that. Weird phrasing. I don't know if TrainBoy is American or Canadian. Sorry for any confusion. I edited the comment to try and avoid confusion in the future. I hope you found the comment interesting.

[@evanclarke5561]

@@dbluepickle40 Yes. It's interesting to know what caused Wilbert and Christopher Awdry to write their stories. Still, I wonder what caused the accident in Bulstrode. And the children's book is Disneyfied because both the trucks and Bulstrode stay alive. I wonder why Chris Awdry got plank trucks to crash into the irritable barge instead of steel hoppers? Would've made the incident more interesting too 'cause Bulstrode might've sunk

[@dbluepickle40]

@@evanclarke5561 I think Chris did have a real life inspiration for Bulstode's accident. I think Bulstrode was sinking, but was rescued before he sank fully? I remember him yelling something like "help I'm drowning". In the book Bulstrode survived the trucks did not. I know in the book, it's implied the trucks were scrapped after the accident, as it mentions something about the trucks being sad at loosing some of their friends. Something I thought was odd was in the TV adaption Percy pushes the cars, but in the book they break away and hurtle off the key. I think the book makes a lot more sense. Again while not the inspiration I know of a similar US accident. It occurred on September 11, 1839 on the Camden & Amboy railroad. It was at a boat dock/terminal were passangers going to New York got off and got into a steam ship. Anyway, they were letting 8 passenger cars (the locomotive was detached) roll down an inclined plane ,as they always did,. to met a steamship. Unfortunately, the hand brakes failed (this is before better brake systems came along and the cars careened down the incline and crashed into the steamship. Luckily, the boat didn't sink, and only a dozen passengers were injured. No one was killed.

[@evanclarke5561]

@@dbluepickle40 Still, Chris could've written the story where the trucks who crashed into Bulstrode were steel gondolas, yet for some reason he didn't

[@SaulsSodor]

This vid should be called How they make f****** flat beds

[@MrGreatWestern57]

Wonder if Gordon takes a tumble was an actual thing that happened in real life?

[@eirinoshrinestudio8098]

I dont really think so but its some what referencing thomas crashing into the the building in "bye george"

[@awesometrain77]

No from seasons 6-16 most crashes were mostly not based on real crashes as they did not have a railway consoltent

[@MrGreatWestern57]

@@awesometrain77 Imagine if it did happen irl ._.

[@joshuaferguson698]

No one: Percy: “f*ck yeah i’ll take your trucks”

[@inevitableanarchy4203]

Dang I love this series. Its got we now wondering how many of the story's in Thomas actually happened in real life.

[@Cassertte]

At 1:26 when trainboy explains what happened at the crash i was laughing at what he said next

[@StneCldKilla]

Oh cool, grew up watching this nice to know and see it again

[@Just_SmallWolf]

I remember watching that since it was included in the mini train figure so I watch that episode during my free time back in my early childhood days

[@LocoMotorinStudios]

Bro, this dude really uploading in 11:00 pm

[@wheatleytheweasel1392]

These classic episodes used to be on every morning when I was a little kid.

[@sudriangirl]

Great video Trainboy! Maybe the events of Oliver Owns Up would interest you? Or maybe the events of Percy's Promise! Love your content and hope you keep going! :)

[@rado1993]

This man loves his Mario music!

[@Leonardo-cw1dd]

aye he does and so do i

[@aidanw5660]

I never thought the crash from Percy’s Predicament happened in real life!

[@kennycartoons]

You said “fucking” five times before the halfway mark, I don’t if that’s sad or hilarious. Regardless, this was another great video dude

[@holdenmitchell7696]

Favorite channel on KZbin

[@gabriellevalentine2057]

Those classic days will never be behind you if you have someone to share its legacy with.

[@Windsor_Intl_Airlines.]

But a diesel did the same thing Casey Jones didn't fly over the cars

[@florjanbrudar692]

What?

[@NoahClevinger]

I would love to see you cover the episode "Thomas & Bertie." It's my favorite episode in the entire series!

[@matthewhurrell3164]

Awesome video! Have a look at the Lawrence Hill train collision as it is a modern version of both of these stories

[@the101stdalmatian8]

This actually also happened here in the United States. Most famously one that occurred on the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad. It involved two trains, one a potato train, and the other a work train. The work train was arranged with a number of flatcars being shoved by the locomotive. The potato train had right and priority, but was running as an extra. While the Work Train was an extra as well. The work train took a siding for a scheduled train. Due to a misunderstanding of their train orders they then rolled out onto the main after the scheduled train cleared, the locomotive shoving the flatcars. This was when the potato train struck it. The impact rode the locomotive of the potato train up onto at least one of the flatcars and ramped her over the locomotive of the work train. There are several other cases and photos can be found of this and other mishaps around the turn of the last century.

[@scootergrant8683]

Love the flat car bits!!!

[@TakamatsuBlueSurge]

Hey Trainboy do you know the true story of Godred's accident from the Culdee Fell Railway?

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

Rip godred 1895-1900

[@TakamatsuBlueSurge]

@@West_Coast_Mainline He died of ignorance and wasn't paying attention to where he's going on the hill, he fell to his doom 2 Fun Facts: 1: The Culdee Fell Railway is actually named "The Snowdon Mountain Railway" and is also a real railway 2: In the story Bad Look Out (The episode of Godred's death) was actually a fake tale told by Culdee to the Narrow Gauge engines, the crash itself did happen in real life though

[@shirokumaotaku]

Ah yes I believe the real life Godred was named L.A.D.A.S.

[@TakamatsuBlueSurge]

@@shirokumaotaku Right u are

[@rustyduncan3664]

It was on the opening day of the snowdon mountain railway where LADAS No.1 was carrying two coaches and lost control on the rack which helps the engines climb the mountain while on the return journey from the summit of the mountain the engine was coupled to the coaches and took them down the mountain when it derailed and fell there was only one death due to blood loss from jumping from the coach

[@Lil_Western811]

Enterprising Engines? Bowled Out? Steam Roller? Those is like to see

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

What are they based on?

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

I've searched this up on Google, one report said there was a single fatality

[@kalvinchester4068]

There were more wrecks like this, but sadder. In america, there were a few other end on collisions, where one engine would smash into cars that are bring pushed, and climb up to rest on the other locomotive. So, one locomotive on top of another. Sadly, the engineer and fireman did die in one of these accidents but it does look similar to what happened here

[@ww08]

Ngl Trainboy sounds quite like GWR Studios except more sweary [definitely a new word *sweary*] and does a bit of a different thing! I love these true story videos well done mate!

[@MetroStudios]

I love how this video starts with a vicious PEEP PEEP!!!

[@MarvinsSignalBox]

One of my favorite episodes

[@the2ndblunder]

I love this series

[@Aberyyyy]

I love the usage of mario music through in these videos.

[@_just_comic]

I heard thomas and the special letter (specifically the RWS story) had inspiration from a real life crash

[@jonistan9268]

They don't make flatcars like this: if you look closely, you can see that the brake van is completely wrecked and the flatcar was the next truck in line.

[@evanclarke5561]

In regards to the flatbeds Percy landed on, they were built from the underframes of a LMS van and a tar tanker (which James destroyed in Dirty Objects) both from Season 1. I don't know why the LMS box van got turned into a flat wagon

[@adamchmielewski6162]

Engineers: *get fired* Reverend: w o r d s g o b r r r r

[@Railman1225]

actually, I think the parralels are even stronger, as I don't think Percy ends up on top of the brake van's chassis, but instead on top of the car in front of it!

[@runitsacow]

Glad I found this channel

[@darealliam4421]

I remember this on my Percy takes the plunge dvd. Speaking of that, do it’s well! Please!

[@chloe-stephlis6281]

Great video. Although Thomas technically was in the episode. Lol

[@alexstill7769]

what about the episode where a boulder chases rusty then blows up the shed. or another narrow gauge stories. those are wonderful

[@stevenjobswell]

Why is a DMU shunting? I've never got that.

[@evanclarke5561]

I wonder how Phyllis got punished. Did the LCDR take away her nameplates? We don't know, but there was a train on the Snowdon Mountain Railway called Sir Harmwood which got renamed Padarn in around 1928. I wonder why

[@amitysluzara2022]

Never expected this to have happened irl

[@nityking1]

1:08 ACHTUALLY they collectively agree to "pay Percy out"

[@nityking1]

I suppose it depends on the narrator, I just checked it out. I grew up watching the UK tapes for some reason even though I lived in the US.

[@Cooloom]

I’ve asked once, I’ll ask again: an apisode on Toby and the flood

[@florjanbrudar692]

There has never been a time when a steam engine really fell down a waterfall

[@Ken-zk8hb]

I make fanclub on this because I never want this episode to end 🔚🔚🔚🔚🔚

[@Plonky99]

I always love this crash

[@ryanspotato3117]

Since we are looking at some of the best Thomas Crashes in Existence, why not take a look at James in A Mess and Thomas Comes To Breakfast?

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

I know what Thomas Comes To Breakfast is based on but what is Dirt Objects based on?

[@danielbibbey7272]

Just watched a video by Mr. Ryan listing some of the basis for stories and episodes. What's the Basis for Stories & Episodes // Thomas & Friends by Mr. Ryan Break Van Domeless Engines Deputation Steam Roller Bowled Out Mountain Engines (Railway Series Book) Continuation of the one above Godred's story. Enterprising Engines (Railway Series) Oliver Owns Up Bulldog

[@mattevans4377]

As much as I love the crashes, are there any stories based on real life, that aren't crashes?

[@FunAngelo2005]

Probably

[@maxnash8450]

I just want to ask I think in one video you randomly mentioned you work working on a Percy project but the parts were delayed, what are you doing for that project?

[@ItsTrainBoy]

WW2 Percy! The parts SHOULD be in tomorrow or the day after so hopefully I’ll have him posted within the coming days! :)

[@maxnash8450]

Thank you

[@SonicJrandSarah]

I find it funny how you used Percy's whistle to censor words.

[@lt.bagelbites6969]

Do “Brake Van” or “a close shave”

[@florjanbrudar692]

In Break Van, only the part of the signal box is true. A Close Shave does not have a real life inspiration, unlike Thomas Comes to Breakfast

[@mariselojeda0810]

On the way to 10k

[@stevennorthrup5790]

When I saw the episode as I got older, I felt very ashamed. This whole situation was Daisy’s fault, not Percy’s. One, Daisy refused to work, like she was supposed to, like pulling a milk tanker, for example. She was also very rude to everyone when she came to Sodor, like Annie, Clarabel, and Henrietta, calling them rubbish. She did try to move a bull, who goes by the name of Champion, off the rails one time, but with only to no success. Champion sniffed her, thus making that the reason why she was afraid of bulls and cows. Because of all that, Toby and Percy were left to do her work as well as their own, with Percy not taking the situation very well. After his accident, I say that the blame goes to Daisy, even tho she did made up for her laziness and stuff.

[@Dieselworks123]

There's a picture of a tree that has slid onto the tracks and might have been the real story of james and the trouble with trees.

[@florjanbrudar692]

Yes it was

[@VinnyMartello]

Classic Thomas is a "classic" because so much effort was put into the making of the show. It's all hand built and it's all visually appealing. It's not some cheap toy selling commercial.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Classic Thomas was one of those things you could enjoy without knowing what the plot was. It was just fun to watch trains on a real set running and having accidents.

[@johnshoepack]

PLEASE DO ONE ON A BAD DAY FOR SIR HANDEL?!

[@farmboy64]

Anyone else love these irl crashes videos

[@wairangi.]

this was uploaded on my birthday

[@808pdb]

It’s also the birthday of Dana Terrace, creator of The Owl House.

[@sandvicheatfresh]

Me sees classic series :D Hears American dub Me: Hisses "Stay back you foul beast!

[@ARG0T]

george carlin was a better narrator than ringo starr. plus the only foul beast there is, is season 25

[@sandvicheatfresh]

@@ARG0T He may do an all right job however there was no need to have the whole show which was already in English be redubbed. Thats the problem with American Tv from what I can see. No country is allowed to exist in their shows except America unless X episode takes place in Y country. The only part I can understand redubbing is Donald and Douglass because they were supposed to have heavy Scottish accents which could be hard to understand what they are saying

[@ARG0T]

@@sandvicheatfresh good point, to each their own. i grew up on carlin's dub though and love his standup so i have a bias

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@ARG0T I disagree since I'm not American, but opinions are opinions

[@tylervielie5767]

Maybe there will be an episode based on the events of the Sunset Limited wreck in Big Bayou Canot.

[@edmundchambers1413]

The yell

[@godmc_hk8965]

I love the mario music

[@evanclarke5561]

Furthermore, I wonder what the story Bulstrode was based on? And that flatbed behind Toby had 8 wheels while the brake van Percy crushed had only 4. I'm just saying.

[@warrior3456_]

can't believe the wood held the weight of an engine

[@adamchmielewski6162]

They could have made the crash look like the engine in the picture

[@edwardsvideoplazaogwelcome9376]

The engine should've been edward instead of percy, heck, MAKE IT HIS FIRST EVER CRASH

[@bluebirbjayy]

Real Story about Oliver's Owns Up? Or Percy's Plunge?

[@trainsontape6531]

You should do a top 10 classic episodes.

[@joshvirsandhu9359]

Hey, can you do Donald's crash from Brake van? Also, when is that WW2 Percy going to be done? I've been DYING to see it!

[@jerseyrailbuff4147]

EEEP PEEEP LOOK OUTTTT!