PERCY the SMALL ENGINE (RWS vs T&F) (Spot the Differences)

The Railway Series #11
Thomas & Friends: Percy and the Signal ~ Duck Takes Charge ~ Percy and Harold ~ Percy's Promise
Music by Mavis M, Tidmouth Melodies, S.A Music and Headmaster Hastings (based on work composed by Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell)

[@trainboy43forever36]

Rest in piece, Michael Angelis.😢You were a legend from our childhood.

[@percyhenryenginefan99]

Couldn’t said it better myself

[@Theogkitsu]

Agreed

[@moonersa]

Here here

[@bearthehymekdiesel2000]

Also George Carlin. He was the best too.

[@GreenRRBoi13]

Waaaaaaaaaaa😭😭😭😭

[@Bunbiichuffn]

That was some dark humor with Clarabel lol

[@storiesfromdifferenteras]

And yet killing rolling stock on screen is ok. Have some consistency please.

[@TheBoComanofficial]

LOL

[@adamtheblueberry]

And yet nobody even heard clarabel screaming

[@ash10ashofficial63]

Her not him

[@adamtheblueberry]

@@ash10ashofficial63 bruh do,I seem that I would added that?

[@ernestodorado4615]

I never would've known that Thomas calling Percy a "green caterpillar on wheels" in the series was actually low-key the author quarreling with the illustrator. Also, I love watching these videos. I've been a fan of Thomas & Friends since I was 3, and I'm fascinated to learn more about the franchise as a whole as I get older. I didn't know very much about the Railway Series books as a kid, as I was a lot more invested in the TV series, but I did read some of the books, and found them interesting.

[@ericfasold805]

Another difference you forgot to point out, is that in the final illlustration the weather has cleared up, whereas in the episode it is still raining.

[@evanclarke5561]

And he forgot to mention in the episode 'Percy and the Signal' two of Percy's trucks have disappeared from the Railway Series version

[@darkknight5541]

Here's some interesting trivia about the television adaptation of Percy's Promise: 1. It, along with Time for Trouble, were originally planned for the second season. 2. In the original script, the floorboards came from Clarabel as in the original story. Presumably when they finally got a chance to adapt in Season 3, David or Britt realized that was too dark, hence the brakevan.

[@t.t.a6932]

Percy's Promise was initially planned for season 2. However, the production team could not figure out how to move Percy through the water without damage.

[@LDFE2002]

So, it was replaced by The Runaway.

[@t.t.a6932]

@@LDFE2002 Yep. Or one of the other stories adapted from 'More about Thomas the Tank Engine'.

[@ReeceWilliams-vu8sn]

But they got him in water in ''Percy Takes The Plunge''.

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

Think the driver's surprise back in Percy & Harold was of how well Percy was doing in the race as he proceeds to cheer him on afterwards.

[@retroflashbackdude]

In the US dub of Percy and the Signal, the narration says that after Percy was reprimanded for his pranks, his encounter with Gordon and James about “backing signals” happens the following day as the narrator says “but the very next day, Percy was still being cheeky”.

[@samuelfarris1949]

For the record, the purpose of a 'backing' signal actually means 'line clear ahead at next signal'. Interestingly I did not base this conclusion on studying railway logistics, but using the expression of how one backs someone up in a case to support them. In this case a 'backing signal' basically performs the same function. Also I believe the screaming audio clip comes from Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'. Regards, Samuel Farris.

[@christianjacinto7042]

Alli can find is that it's merely an upper quadrant semaphore rather than a lower quadrant semaphore like literally every other signal but this one on Sodor

[@johnsplayworld2402]

So thats where percy got his nickname the green catterpillar with red stripes named after his design by the artist c reginald dalby what the awdry thinks of percys look in the illustrations

[@Goji73]

It's a shame that Dalby left due to creative differences (though I can understand why from both sides...) Personally I liked Dalby's art the most of the original Railway series' books

[@jimsmith8360]

Me too I like it’s simplicity

[@ash10ashofficial63]

"We beat the helicopter on OUR OLD BRANCH LINE" That means percy has a branch line

[@skarloey2653]

The narration says that the last line is Percy's favorite because the workmen are saying that Thomas' branch line is actually Percy's instead.

[@ash10ashofficial63]

Did you not hear OUR

[@drawingpower1]

Percy was relocated to man goods work on Thomas' branch line, so technically it his branch line as well. The same way BoCo would call his branch line Edward's branch line even though he also runs it. The driver is just saying our because he drove Percy and therfore works on that branch line.

[@stepneybulstrodemusic1761]

Ooh yes you’re back! The episodes from Percy the Small Engine were pretty faithful to the book, but when I saw 0:42 I still find it insane how different Percy’s TVS model is from his basis

[@evanclarke5561]

But in the story 'Percy and the Signal', as much as Percy pulled 5 trucks and a brake wagon, in the adaptation he's pulling a brake van and just 3 trucks!

[@NorthWestern1919]

I can see the similarities between Percy and Trojan. I cannot, however, see the similarities between Henry and a Black 5.

[@stepneybulstrodemusic1761]

@@NorthWestern1919 Henry def looks different from his basis, but I still think he looks more similar to a Black 5 than Percy does to a Trojan. The shape of Percy’s smokebox, dome, boiler, and cab (at least his TVS model) is way different from his basis

[@NorthWestern1919]

@@stepneybulstrodemusic1761 Yeah, I see your point. Besides, Henry not looking completely like a Black 5 makes sense, as opposed to Percy not looking completely like Trojan, considering Henry was built as a failed hybrid of an A1 and a C1. Besides, both Henry and Percy look more faithful to their real-life counterparts in the RWS. Except for poor C. Reginald Dalby, who, as we all know, portrayed Percy as a little green caterpillar.

[@stepneybulstrodemusic1761]

Oh, Heck. Oh yes, I love how Awdry wrote about his “green caterpillar” insult 16 years after Dalby left. Percy slowly transitioned from his TVS appearance to his real-life basis’ appearance in the RWS. And yeah, the Henry thing makes sense

[@caboose.20]

"Things went wrong. The coaches and trucks behaved badly," _Percy divides by zero_ "By the end of the afternoon, he felt tired and unhappy."

[@Combes_]

KABOOM

[@Danthe25Man]

I clicked on this as soon as I saw it and I wasn’t disappointed! I’m really looking forward to seeing Branch Line Engines Spot the Differences!

[@vincentmorris8431]

He's already did #16 a couple years ago

[@Danthe25Man]

@@vincentmorris8431 that’s the thing: I don’t see it in his video uploads section. It would be nice to get an updated version of book 16.

[@Gondarth]

I can safely say I watched more than enough Postman Pat as a kid to know where that rain clip is from...

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

Hi Gondarth! ‘That rain clip’? What do you mean? Edit - Oh yes! That one at 11:52! Well spotted! 👍

[@heathertiplady]

I always assumed that Percy's driver was surprised at just how fast Percy could go without being thrown off the footplate or bounced around.

[@WarmBreezeStudios]

I find it's a shame that C. Reginald Dalby and Awdry didn't have a good relationship, and Percy The Small Engine was Dalby's last Railway Series book to illustrate. But I think Dalby was the best illustrator because if you look at his Railway Series illustrations, they look almost like photographs because they're painted realistically.

[@RBenjo21]

A missed opportunity was to have Clarabel (and not the guard) agree to give up her floorboards for Percy’s fire. Would have been a nice character moment for her.

[@vincentmorris8431]

The muddy streak seems to indicate that's how high the water rose, though with how high it is over his firebox, I doubt it.

[@bedrockjazz4726]

Return of the king!

[@engineeringsentry6625]

the finest batch of[ insert your drink of choice here]

[@GreenWasTaken1110]

The finest batch of pee

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

The Fine-est batch of Scrumpy! TF2 Demoman: Ho-ho hahahahaaaaa!!

[@SparklingJam]

The finest batch of lead (James)

[@johnsplayworld2402]

Since david mitton decided to add a brakevan behind annie and clarabel i would imagine clarabel's brakes are to old and not strong enough so a brakevan was added to make things more save for the children in perc's train

[@Jade2781]

By that logic Thomas needs a Brakevan all of the time for all of his push-pulls.

[@christopherhowells1954]

At the beginning of Percy takes the Plunge he was telling Bill and Ben about him in Percy’s Promise from the next series.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Re: Percy and Harold. The maximum speed of a Sikorsky S55 was about 100 mph. I'd really love to see a Peckett saddletank (which I've always taken Percy to be) beating that, particularly as Harold could surely have flown straight as the crow flies rather than having to follow this twists and turns of the railway.

[@williamwaldrip9987]

Good video bro 🙂 Percy & Harold is my favorite story from the book and the episode

[@LolLol-xy4rh]

It’s not his video

[@theburpman8006]

We missed Michael Angelis because he was the legend of our childhood

[@spenceworkse2remakeproduct143]

8:30. Percy Bumps into a box beside the tracks!

[@primrosevale1995]

“Sir Topham Hatt tries to cheer up Percy by asking him if he’d like to work at Sodor’s new harbor with Thomas and Percy...” What?

[@TheFinestCocoa]

lol got to make at least one stupid mistake per video.

[@ryanmcquade6157]

that should be thomas and toby

[@deadchannel8262]

@@TheFinestCocoa could u make little old Engine next cuz u did rws book no 12 and 13 on ur Jeffrey kitsch channel

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

@@ryanmcquade6157, correct. ✅

[@fnafandthomasfan22]

he cut it to fix it

[@evanclarke5561]

Furthermore, in 'Percy and the Signal', the Railway Series version of the story had him pulling five trucks/wagons and a guard's van. In the adaptation he's pulling just 3 trucks and a brake wagon.

[@zack6283]

Your channel is awesome and keep up the good work and I very enjoy your videos

[@spitfire_25]

Hooray! A new spot the difference!

[@TheBamaPrinceable]

I was just thinking about when this would premiere and BOOM! Right on time!

[@pk_arcfire]

Poor Clarabel can't believe they chopped off her floor boards D:

[@evanclarke5561]

But the writers of the railway series are fine with killing off engines and trucks. Makes perfect sense - not!

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

@@evanclarke5561, yep, I agree with both of you! This is dark! 😨

[@adamtheblueberry]

darker than the spiteful breakvan being killed

[@forrestdupre87]

The caterpillar remark was later used in Awdrys final book Tramway Engines

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

Well, another fantastic episode! Now for the John T Kenney illustrated books! (He is the second illustrator of the books, excluding Wilbert Awdry himself for the first book, William Middleton for the first public release of the first book, and Reginald Payne for the second book) Edit: I would like to see a reupload that fixes some of the issues in this episode, most notably at 5:30-5:32, because it should say Thomas and Toby, along with the music cutting from one to the other. Sorry I had to point that out.

[@AndreiTupolev]

I like the cameo appearance by a certain postman 😋

[@StedEd202]

Rip clarabels floorboards

[@Noogelman]

That axe scene scares the he’ll out of me

[@killdozer7792]

"Although we get no further details on what they ordered the Great Western Engine to do" Well, evidently one of those orders was to shave his eyebrows. XD

[@SrMechaGojira93]

1. The Little Old Engine 2. Gallant Old Engine 3. Stepney the Bluebell Engine 4. Small Railway Engines

[@mariobabbo3497]

Fact: Percy’s Promise WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE A PART OF THE SECOND SERIES along with the other stories BUT WAS PUSHED TO THE THIRD.

[@henrygreenengine3183]

Great job this really is the finest cocoa

[@guilhermerossi807]

You came back with a new video!

[@Rusty-the-datsun]

3:09 man when i was little i always had nightmares about this scene because of james's poor face plate placement

[@joelcartagena953]

This was the last book to be narrated by Johnny Morris, but instead in this video it's Willie Rushton.

[@BiggCityB0i5]

This is the finest cocoa.

[@jamesleopard8518]

This sounds like Rev. Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry talking the voices of Thomas and Friends according to the video

[@SuperTrainStationH]

2:00 interesting still shot there, that old teak bodied coach never appeared in any episodes, it looks almost uncannily "realistic".

[@hobbestiger123thetankengin7]

I like you using clips from the missing coach

[@Zacman1123]

Which clips?

[@vincentmorris8431]

@@Zacman1123 The 'faces of fear' at Tidmouth Sheds

[@SodorTrain1225]

Clarabel: Eeeeek!!!!

[@johnsplayworld2402]

So thats why a breakvan is coupled behind annie and clarabel because in the railway series there is no breakvan and whats so creepy that the tore up clarabel's floorboards instead of boxes and crates that would be to scary and creepy for children as lile clarabel is being destroyed and ripped up so a breakvan is added so that theyll get floorboard from that instead of clarabel abd clarabel is glad that didnt happen on screen all thanks to david mitton

[@adamtheblueberry]

Yeah he did a good choice

[@BagelsGuy]

4:29 *Percy Teaching us 12 in seconds*

[@niyaziaktn1596]

3:08 the james is me when my face fells off for no reason

[@Lm-gj1wx]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Michael angelis is alive

[@dfstv6643]

HES BACK BOIS

[@Nicolas-zw5ex]

Aww, the error has been fixed

[@joelcartagena953]

Another error that was not adapted in the T.V. series episodes was that the engines weren't given the correct lamp headcodes.

[@rrrboys7552]

6:12 I Thought It Was Knapford Harbour

[@SuperDavidBrothers]

A) Between 3:07 and 3:11, much like Thomas' face in Down the Mine, James' face in Percy and the Signal looks like it's about to come off and looks really strange dangling from the front of his body like that. B) Between 5:22 and 5:32, I'm surprised you said Thomas' name but not Toby's name like Sir Topham Hatt says in the episode (he probably says it in the book too I just don't remember). C) Between 6:12 and 6:32, I'm surprised that you didn't say that Henry is all alone with both Duck and Percy instead of both Gordon and James being at his side as well teasing Duck as they're passing by (like in the episode). D) Why would the guard want to kill Clarabel?? That just makes no sense whatsoever. Just because he had an axe in his hand does not necessarily mean he wants to kill someone, he probably just also has it for safe keepings such as tearing down trees or becoming a lumberjack or something like that.

[@DC-qt8cb]

0:43 40 years!? Do you mean 30 years? If that actually stayed, you're gonna confuse people whether the book was published in 1946 or that Season 2 first aired in 1996.

[@TheBoComanofficial]

YAY

[@TheBoComanofficial]

Thanks

[@connorflaherty175]

It should be noted that duck is incorrectly depicted as 6400 class in dalby’s illustrations instead of a 5700 class like he should be.

[@gregkiteos1936]

10:24 Percy's train has gained an extra truck. Also, and I think this was pointed out when you made the *Eight Famous Engines* video, that Percy's Promise in the TV series took place after Percy Takes The Plunge. PTTP takes place immediately after Percy's Promise, when he's talking to the tank engines about how he helped Thomas. One more thing: if Thomas was too busy to take the children home, what was he doing at Elsbridge station?

[@evanclarke5561]

I don't know. Shunting trucks?

[@vincentmorris8431]

Plus Percy chatting with Toby at the quarry breaks the RWS continuity of him never having been there in Percy's Predicament

[@gregkiteos1936]

@@evanclarke5561 He's pulling coaches.

[@gregkiteos1936]

@@vincentmorris8431 Yes, absolute goof by the series producers. They should really have re-read the scripts and adapted them accordingly.

[@susman6364]

i think Rev W. awdry predicted the diesels.

[@harrisonallen651]

7:41 nice of you to add screenshots from the cancelled missing coach episode

[@NoroesteStudio]

Nice job

[@jimmymccartney2049]

Series 2(1986) and 3(1991-92)

[@jimmymccartney2049]

Narrated by: George Carlin

[@mrwizzardknight]

When are you coming back The Finest Coco matey?! 😃

[@jamesleopard8518]

11:15 What? Huh?! Harold The Helicopter's propeller is bent!!!! This is only from the episode The Thomas Way

[@Biggyfresh]

Cant tell if this is a joke

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

7:32 well that was anti-climatic

[@yemmel9761]

Very nice!

[@joshproductions07]

Jeffery. Can I ask you a question?

[@kittygarverick4256]

*sips tea*

[@jamesleopard8518]

12:48 We could really see the gap on Percy

[@Deadchannel2012-u7g]

Rev. W. Awdry

[@niz0302]

9:57 a henry gaffe

[@vincentmorris8431]

The closeup signal in the episode is not the type to raise up like it did.

[@12Snowpeach]

yes!

[@matthewfranks2198]

Epic 👍

[@tristanwinter9225]

Could someone tell me what a "ding, dong, dang" is?

[@thomassimpson95]

13:49 In the episode version of ''Percy's Promise'', Thomas is shown pulling red branch line coaches. Why didn't Percy take the red branch line coaches and Thomas take Annie and Clarabel as they are his personal coaches as Thomas and Percy were both pulling passenger trains anyway?

[@supermariof0521]

Well Thomas said he was busy that evening and allowed Percy to handle his coaches. I guess Thomas managed to finish whatever he was busy with sooner than expected and took red branchline coaches since Percy already had Annie and Clarabel. Besides in "Duck Takes Charge", Thomas was also seen with red coaches.

[@trainguy2007]

7:32 Silence ;) well done wilbert awdry

[@aguyontube3805]

Is this a reupload?

[@TheFinestCocoa]

It's new.

[@ethanrocket430]

@@TheFinestCocoa you got monitzeation?

[@aguyontube3805]

@@TheFinestCocoa OH! Nice

[@mechaitheracer2563]

@@ethanrocket430 no he made a mistake saying Thomas and Percy instead of saying Thomas and Toby

[@ethanrocket430]

@@mechaitheracer2563 ok

[@joelharris1335]

I cannot believe Dalby would upset Awdry by making so many illustrations in the books! Wasn't Percy mean't based of a GWR tank engine called Trojon?

[@jimmymccartney2049]

1956

[@jimmymccartney2049]

1949-55

[@godred996]

13:13 lol

[@superalsters3484]

Cen someone explain to me the beef between Awdry and Dolby?

[@TheCyberman1966]

Oh look at 2:22 it’s #themissingcoach

[@That1Redhead28]

Mountain Engines and Very Old Engines spot the difference when?????

[@12Snowpeach]

not happening because they don't have TV series counterparts.

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

@@12Snowpeach, yes, but I’m sure that Small Railway Engines will have an episode, because 3 stories were adapted in Season 20.

[@12Snowpeach]

@@danielfotheringhamproducti7368 well we know they will.

[@Rovids112]

The voice sounds like jeffrey kitsch

[@adamtheblueberry]

Because it is Jeffrey kitsch but on another channel

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

@@adamtheblueberry, that’s fine with me! 🙂

[@Station_Master_13]

Wait why is this unlisted?

[@TheFinestCocoa]

I've set it to unlisted while I edit out a mistake I failed to notice.

[@Station_Master_13]

@@TheFinestCocoa oh ok the rest of it is fantastic so far

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

@@TheFinestCocoa, I found the mistake at 5:31, but I’m sure that can be fixed. You’re still fantastic. 😁👍

[@pwsthetankengine3259]

What does that comment mean

[@evanclarke5561]

Percy is a hypocrite. He shouldn't complain about bullying in 'Duck Takes Charge' when in the episode before, 'Percy and the Signal', he treated Gordon and James pretty pettily.

[@josephmarrison4606]

He wasn’t bullying them, he was just playing practical jokes on them. The Big Engines were being mean to him out of spite, what Percy did before was done out of fun and not spite.

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@josephmarrison4606 James getting scolded for being tricked was certainly done out of fun.

[@josephmarrison4606]

@@rayvenkman2087 Percy didn’t know that that would happen when he pulled the prank.

[@supermariof0521]

​@@josephmarrison4606 True. Though I personally still wish it was just Percy who got scolded, since James had no idea the Fat Controller was outta town. But that's just me.

[@lucasm22]

13:13 13:21

[@mechaitheracer2563]

Thomas and..... Percy? 5:31

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

No, Toby. He should fix that.

[@danielmtheone4031]

GOOF 3:08

[@selololololo]

dont turn into gwr studios plz