What Are THESE Called?!?! | Thomas Hot Takes

[@Legomastr365]

Splashers is the actual name. Whether you call it a wheel arch, wheel guard, or sexy sexy shoulders, the name used by engineers and crews is splashers.

[@coolman653]

Actually it’s called tanks that is what makes Thomas a tank engine

[@Legomastr365]

@UCbsDgtbIV9VHkeEKmf7bYaw no????? The tanks are the boxes that hold the water. That's what the difference between a tank and tender engine is. It's where the water is stored. And tender engines definitely have splashers (see Gordon, Henry, James, Edward, etc)

[@wishbonefan]

@@coolman653 cap

[@ModelTrainMvrco]

@@coolman653 i cant tell if you’re joking or not

[@PRR_T1]

@@coolman653 the tanks are on each side of his boiler, you goober

[@InkblotHyena]

I work on a museum railway. We call them splashers. I believe the term came from the fact they keep any liquids on the track from _splashing_ up onto the engine, or onto the crew, thus _splashers_

[@st4r658]

Oh shit, a qualified person!

[@USRA_Fanatic]

Peter Sam in the Blue Mountain Mystery actually says: "Fenders and Fireboxes, Blondon Bridge isn't safe!" Still unsure as to if he's saying it in reference to the over bit of the locomotive wheel, but it's a line I've heard no the less.

[@SodorTimesToday]

skarloey says it too! right after Thomas stops him from puffing into rocky!

[@Matthew-oi6kz]

The Railway Series version of Edward's Exploit, where one of Edward's crank pins break, causing the siderod to smash upwards and damage him. The line is: "...battered his frame and splashers out of shape..." As that is the official source, words from Wilbert Awdry himself, I am confident in that being correct.

[@furonguy42]

I've just been calling them "Those things", as in "Why does Thomas have those things considering they don't seem to be on _any_ of the photos of actual E2 classes I can find?" That being said, I've never once heard the term "fender" for the ones on cars. Maybe its a regional thing, but when it comes to road-vehicles, I've only ever heard "wheel arches"...

[@edcola6671]

The weird thing is, the real E2s Thomas was based on didn’t have the splashers!

[@GordonSnowMachine]

The illustrator probably put splashers on Thomas to match Edward, Henry and Gordon, since they all had splashers.

[@smashkiller64]

Wheel Splashers, they work the exact same way that the ones on a bicycle does. Where if riding over something wet or muddy instead of slinging it upwards onto the person or vehicle of choice, it stops it and/or collects it to keep it from continuing.

[@kevsterhoungueh1975]

You know I heard Thomas say something like that. I was thinking hard on where I might've hear him or his friends say something like that when it hit me. I remember in one of the thomas and friends movies when he said "Fenders and Funnels how can I stop?" that was from Hero of the rails, when Thomas's brakes have failed and he said that line when he sped through the woods Hiro was in. I hope this helped you.

[@TheSudrianStoryteller]

"Fenders and Funnels! How can I stop?!" - Thomas, Hero of the Rails 2009.

[@heathertiplady]

To my knowledge, a fender (bumper in the UK) refers to the front and back parts of a car, which help form the front and rear crupmle zone to help prevent injuries in acciedents. On the lomotives which have them, the semi- circular/ semi- cylindrical objects over their wheels are called splashers. As for why Thomas has them, it's possible that during his first rebuild in 1920, he was given larger driving wheels, which meant that he needed splashers to help cover them and prevent him from becoming too dirty whilst working.

[@Squid1562]

People have already said this but the correct term is splashers. As trains wheels got bigger, engineers made holes in the footplate to accommodate the wheels. This kept the trains within loading gauge, but now the wheels aren’t protected by the running board. They also flung water and mud up onto the locomotive when running. So thus the splasher was introduced. Not only acting as a “mud flap” but also protects the exposed part of the wheel from falling debris and other hazards

[@TAP_Productions]

In Hero of the Rails, Thomas says fenders and funnels during his runaway scene

[@jamesredengine8047]

“Fenders and funnels how can I stop!” Thomas in hero of the rails

[@BIG_RED_PRODUCTIONS_official]

Correction there is actually a time where character said fenders and fireboxes it was Peter Sam during the opening scene of Blue Mountain mystery

[@SSR_YT-lil]

In the railway series and TVS they are named splashers. An example is “with a shrieking crack! Something broke, and battered Edwards splashers up and out of shape.”

[@ThomasAndRandomRobloxGames]

When I picture the phrase "Fenders and Fireboxes!" I think of Peter Sam. Maybe he said it in like Blue Mountain Mystery or Don't Bother Victor from Series 16 or smth idk

[@Peytoniscool758]

Season 14 “Being Percy” has James saying “flatten my fender”

[@sodor_dan-da-man]

Called splashers. All the locomotive books I have read name them as wheel splashers, even on a design drawing I saw they labelled them as wheel splashers

[@sodor_dan-da-man]

Plus on all the locomotive restorations I've worked on they always referred to as splashers

[@Diedraft]

I’m the episode: “Steady Eddie” when Edward has to brake harshly at the signal, he says: “Flaten my fender”. At least in the US dub

[@RSB_Kai]

I mean, in the episode "Steamy Sodor" When Henry Sneezed, Thomas Said "Fenders And Footplates", And Also In "Tickled Pink" When James' Hiding Place Gets Revealed By Diesel, Since He Hides Behind Them, He Soon Said "Fizzling Fenders" Both Episodes Are In Season 13

[@AtlasIsFamous]

In Hero Of The Rails, when Thomas is a runaway and rushing through the bushes and trees he says “Fenders and funnels!” No time stamp lol

[@comicfan1324]

I call them WHEEL ARCHES to mess with people. This is the hill I die on. Ps, I’ve met some people who work with trains, so I’ll see if they know next time I see them.

[@mario_master1]

You are correct they are called wheel-arches. At least in the UK as I have asked someone who worked on a steam railway/heritage line and he was a mechanic so he fixed the steam locomotives. So he knows what he is talking about.

[@comicfan1324]

@@mario_master1 Cool

[@Scott_3F]

Ok ok, yeah they’re splashers, but my question is, WHY ARE THEY SO TALL! Like sure on Gordon and Henry they’re pretty low, but like Thomas??? His wheels are lower than the running board, same goes with James and Edward!?

[@InventorZahran]

Splashers, fenders, wheel arches... these terms are all equally correct in my opinion. As long as people understand what you're referring to, it doesn't really matter which word you use.

[@springpl1879]

Dude, there is a house next-door on fire and here I am eating a sandwich and watching thomas. This is fine

[@iceeblueburst03]

I’ve used to call them wheel arches ever since Michael Brandon pointed it out during a guessing the engine learning segment. I also heard the splashers term from Sam’sTrains when he points out the details on the British steam locomotives.

[@1manz_1]

I swear I heard Thomas say "Flatten My Fender" when watching Blue Mountain Mystery and/or Hero Of The Rails? IDK maybe search for it. But I swear to god I do remember Thomas saying "Flatten My Fender" before.

[@SodorTrain1225]

Splashers, wheel arches, I call them whatever. I've actually seen someone turn them into toolboxes on his running board somewhere.

[@crackingtoast7045]

Isn't it on like a concept art for the adventures of thomas?

[@SodorTrain1225]

@@crackingtoast7045 I think so.

[@TOAD69500]

I've seen someone call them sandboxes

[@SodorTrain1225]

@@TOAD69500 That, too.

[@alroyfreeman3927]

@@TOAD69500 they aren't, sandboxes are there own part of an engine

[@markoturbo]

I FOUND IT. in thomas hero of the rails when thomas's brakes broke he said (fender and funnels how can i stop) but i still prefer to call them splashers

[@AJ-ip5hl]

Im pretty sure Thomas said "Fenders and Funnels" in hero of the rails when he was about to crash into a thick wall of bushes

[@NitroIndigo]

I think Skarloey says "fenders and fireboxes" in Blue Mountain Mystery after Thomas saves him from Rocky.

[@UltraSonicEdits1993]

In the CGI series, The episode where James is painted pink, he says “Bust my fender” and “fizziling fenders”

[@Britt0nline123]

Peter Sam says “fenders and fireboxes” when the bridge is falling down in the beginning of Blue Mountain Mystery. I don’t know why that has stuck in my mind.

[@legospaceman_]

I love wheel arches!

[@Zombiehunter2_0]

I know I heard Thomas say "Flatten my Fenders" somewhere in the Miller era Edit: Edward said "Flatten my Fender" in the episode "Steady Eddie" in Season 12

[@TobyOliverHenryFan]

They're called splashers. It ain't that deep. But wheel arches...they remind me of another part of an engine...the side rod. SIDE Rod. If you don't like wheel arches, you shouldn't like Side Rods. Luckily for you, another name for them is Connecting Rods, or Conrods for short.

[@ToastTheThe]

In blue mountain mystery both Skarloey and Peter Sam say "fenders and fireboxes" at some point. I think it was more of a early cgi era thing because I remember a few miller era episodes using the phrase but I don't remember the episode names

[@RedB4Productions]

I call them Spashers, but just out of curiosity, why is it wrong to call them wheelarches?

[@Late_Jurassic]

Thomas says "Fenders and funnels" in Hero of the Rails, towards the end of his runaway scene at the beginning.

[@thewillofabeast9079]

This really could be wrong, it's just a personal though but, I watched Unlucky Tug's video on making Duck and he mentioned that the square boxy shapes on his footplate, he called them sand boxes . . . I'm not sure if they are, in fact, sand boxes or it's actually just a simple wheel arch or wheel protector or as people like to call "sexy, sexy shoulders"

[@Dieselworks123]

In HOTR , just before thomas finds Hiro he crashes into the overgrown tracks and shouts "fenders and funnels how can I stop" so is that comfirming anything for you?

[@PrideOfTheFleet688]

I think I remember hearing them be called wheel arches on some DVD games.

[@KareemEmotion]

Same here. I can’t remember which DVD it was, but I think the game was putting the correct parts on the characters and then the characters will explain what that piece is if the player chooses correctly.

[@PaulLynch182]

I actually thought that they were sandboxes, Also Thomas did say “Fenders and Fireboxes “ In Hero Of The Rails Hope that helps

[@abulhasnatmmhaque4574]

Imagine if the Thomas and Friends creators and HiT Entertainment brings back all of the models and makes new episodes for a new season

[@ericjr.4310]

"flatten my fender" JonJon shit me a locomotive didn't say it a fu##ing dump truck said it

[@panzerjagertigerporsche]

Those quote unquote wheel arches are actually called splashers and if you look up what a splasher is it is essentially the train variant of a mudguard. My source for this is this article from Wikipedia which is about the footplate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footplate

[@mikeavila1054]

"Fenders and funnels how can I stop " from Hiro of the rails

[@wishbonefan]

Thomas says "Fenders and funnels!" in HOTR.

[@thomasj219]

For years I thought it was Wheel LARGE 😂

[@MarcusWhitelam]

In blue mountain mystery Peter Sam says 'fenders and fireboxes' when he sees blonden bridge collapse if that helps?

[@MoleculeMind7]

Thomas content is getting someone finish the sentence

[@TheNamelessFoxXD]

i think theyre actually called fenders, in steamy sodor thomas says that so i guess it is

[@BagelsGuy]

1:58 Peter Sam: *and I took that personally*

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

To be honest, I don't know what else those arches would be other than splashers. The running boards are low enough for the top of the wheels to cut into them, so it would make sense for hollow half circles to cover the holes where the wheels cut into into the running boards. Also, I myself use the term splashers, but that's just me

[@johanproductions_2708]

Look, I call them well arches but because as far as I know, that's how they say it in a British accent. (since I speak Spanish, that's why I wouldn't know which is better) but, I think they are called splashers because... because... because yes. 🤣

[@-LLAMA-]

So, I call them Splashers. And when ever I hear someone calling them Wheel Arches, I pull out a rusty Iron Railroad Spike, and the rest is better untold. My best advice is to look at locomotive diagrams and find anything that is labeled is ‘Fender’. Edit: P.S, the railroad spike has my name etched into it.

[@WompWomptothewompest]

In the Sharon’s miller era in James the pink engine when diesel shunts some trucks he say falleten my fenders!

[@MarshedWS]

Literally watched Hero of the Rails the other day, Thomas says 'Fenders and Fireboxes' in it. It's during the end of the beginning runaway scene if that helps.

[@TankEngineFan5]

A footplate provides the structure on which a locomotive driver and fireman stand in the cab to operate a British or continental European steam locomotive. It comprises a large metal plate that rests on top of the locomotive frame, usually it is covered with wooden floorboards. It takes up the full width of the locomotive cab, and in depth it extends from the front of the cab to the coal bunker on the tender. The cab and other superstructure elements are in turn mounted on it. On some locomotives, the footplate is extended beyond the front of the cab to form a walkway around the boiler - usually referred to as the "running board" or "foot board" - to facilitate inspection and maintenance. This information is all in Wikipedia.

[@britishrail7160]

In Hiro of the rails Spencer exclaims "Fumbling Fenders" after his race with Gordon. From other commenters it seems 'Fenders' are only used in the Miller Era

[@FishHarbor]

Actually Thomas Said Fenders and fireboxes In The movie Hero of the rails (Mainly The part where Thomas was a runaway at the forest)

[@mario_master1]

2 or 3 things. 1 the fender is the bit at the front of the car. so you where incorrect at the beginning. 2 the thing is actually both names. it is a wheel-arch in the UK and it is a splashers in the USA so both are correct but it depends where that person originates from. BUT as you are talking about Thomas who is a British/UK character from the UK it is a wheel-arch. Sorry.

[@TracksideManiac]

I just call them… toolboxes.

[@JoeyMBrooklyn]

Peter Sam said "Fenders and Fireboxes!" at the beginning of Blue Mountain Mystery

[@Rob1_5]

Wheel splashers is what I've always called them.

[@SudrianShunter]

I've heard fenders and fireboxes before, I think it was in one of the Sharron Miller era episodes or movies not sure though but I know I've heard it

[@austerity_again]

Ngl i call em "dem semi weel things on the flat bord runing thing"

[@levimccallum7722]

unless I'm talking to myself, I call them wheel arches to avoid confusion. but beyond that, fenders, definately.

[@greenengine03]

Bro they are literally called wheel arches. They cover the wheels that protrude through the runningboard, it's not that deep.

[@famous12studios50]

I am going to be honset, I used to call it WHEElARCHES But now I call it Splashers

[@penandinkproductions571]

Weal splashers that’s what there called that they cover the weals so they can stay clean from things like splashed mad or something

[@lucassdawson8208]

In the cancelled ww2 Thomas movie on some concept art the splasher were ment to be tool boxes

[@flyingtardisOfficial]

before i found out their technical term was "splashers" i did used to call them wheel arches because i was a dumb youngen however, the logical reason for calling them "splashers" is 1 of 2 reasons, reason one they stop splashback coming through the runningboard when its wet and help protect the working parts, or they stop the splashing of rain getting to the wheels on rainy days to stop the wheels getting as wet as they could without any covering to increase traction, either way both share a theme of being a protective shield to stop something getting moisture all over it, to stop getting splashed if you will, quite how accurate this is i have no idea but considering the amount of engines that do use them when needed (so when the wheels protrude through the running board in the open air) it seems like the only logical reason yaknow?

[@noahcarlosthenumber12engin38]

I mean I personally refer to them as splashers. My question is, what’s the point of them though

[@thihoaithuongvoducthien5573]

To cover up the wheels being exposed

[@SheffieldNo14Productions]

I call them splashers personally :) I hear wheel arches a lot though.

[@ebkjosh8240]

They're called Splashers.

[@kidswonderstories4144]

I call them Splashers (wheel arches)

[@christinahartley209]

Fenders and fireboxes was said in blue mountain mystery when skarloey almost had his cab decapitated

[@JojoCat2008]

Those are Splashers. Basically Fenders but they're for a Locomotive.

[@QE22008]

I've been told that they're called splashers in the UK and fenders in the US, just like trucks in the UK and cars in the US

[@Corderoy98]

I think it was peter sam who said "fenders and fireboxes!" Also I call them splashers btw

[@calebc.2290]

I call them splashers. Now funnels on the other hand 😏 that’s another story. there’s more than one name for them. we call the funnels, because wilbert gave them that name in the books. but what about smoke stacks or chimneys? are those considered the funnel still, i’ve played a couple of games and watched a couple of shows. they refer to a funnel as a one of those two and never a funnel.

[@mary.of.mares.1470]

Only thing I called is Splashers or Wheel Archers

[@Disspam777]

Thomas did say that in that one moment in Hiro of thes Rails

[@LondonTransport466]

Peter Sam says "Fenders and Fireboxes!" in Blue Mountain Mystery. Edit:So does Skarloey.

[@diesel10rules23]

I heard something along the lines of fenders and flatbeds

[@Mike_Wahousekey]

I call those Arche Wheels

[@TheSudrianTerrier653]

in my AU thomas' splashers are actually sandboxes since the driving wheels are too small to require splashers

[@TIKYdc2]

"WHAT ARE THOSEEEE!" theyre just shoulders wheel arches

[@flyinggordonproductions4875]

Genius Thomas splashers = Race car fenders

[@stingky3689]

Steady eddie, "flat my fenders!" *w h e e l. A r c h e s.*

[@JohnnyJohnstonÖ]

I’ve always called them wheel arches because everyone I know has called them that

[@CalebTheBusyEngine59]

*THEY ARE THE TRAIN WHEEL ARCHS!1!1* /j I Call Em Splashers

[@Axllovestrainz14]

I remember what the things that go over the wheels are They're called Wheel well

[@camoshun1]

I always thought that they were sandboxes

[@TheHornyWhiteWolf]

At first I didn't know what they were but I noticed that the wheels were right under them

[@hakudoshi99]

Splashers!!!

[@LMS5935]

Train shoulders

[@datguymiller]

I remember in one dvd extra Thomas calls them wheel arcs. Not arches. Ars.

[@sudriangirl]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYPNinibgpito8U 24:36, Skarloey says "Fenders and Fireboxes" I just call 'em splashers lol, but i did wonder where the fenders were on an engine

[@islesofforeignrails7917]

So did Peter Sam in the beginning