Narrow Gauge Rails in Sodor - The Awdry Christmas Lecture 2021 with Tim Dunn

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2021
  • For the first time since 1972 - experience the Rev Wilbert Awdry's Narrow Gauge Rails in Sodor lecture, read by the one and only Tim Dunn!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 106

  • @MrTimDunn
    @MrTimDunn 2 роки тому +230

    Did we do OK? I really do hope you like it, because it was a privilege to read it for you. Please excuse the little bit of dust that I seem to have in my eye.

    • @kumataJDG
      @kumataJDG 2 роки тому +15

      I think you are quickly building fan support as a new narrator for the RWS :D

    • @alanbowers6554
      @alanbowers6554 2 роки тому +5

      Better than OK. This is perfect

    • @sparkshot
      @sparkshot 2 роки тому +8

      Great lecture n love your diction n charactization in the story narration. Funny in places too.
      I think as others have said narrating them all would be brilliant with your flair. Could function as a potential money spinner for the Tallylln too if considered.
      Y' got a great nack for breathing life into them. 😉

    • @seffentine5679
      @seffentine5679 2 роки тому +2

      Ye did A, man

    • @asurvivrc
      @asurvivrc 2 роки тому +2

      this is amazing! thanks!!

  • @peterrraklliproductions2020
    @peterrraklliproductions2020 Рік тому +5

    2:08-3:43: This is what introduced me to the Typewriter. I’m sure it was unintentional, but thank you either way, Tim.

  • @JagoHazzard
    @JagoHazzard 2 роки тому +47

    Fascinating stuff. I always loved the narrow gauge stories when I was a kid, especially the ones about Duke. Now I'm an even bigger train geek, it's fun to see how much detail the good Reverend went into about those railways that we never saw.

  • @skarloeyexpress4353
    @skarloeyexpress4353 2 роки тому +21

    even if the special effects are a little poor, that just made everything so much funnier.

  • @petecolton8206
    @petecolton8206 2 роки тому +14

    Oh My, Oh My a real tribute to the unforgetable Rev Awdry. So important to remember the real history of the incredible railway stories. Brought back wonderful memories of Wilbert and his brother George attending model railway exhibitions and their wicked sense of humour. Thank you so much for this.

  • @markusdude1
    @markusdude1 2 роки тому +6

    Not only did I watch the whole thing for the incredibly fascinating lore, but also because I find Dunn's voice very soothing

  • @kumataJDG
    @kumataJDG 2 роки тому +37

    Big thank-you to everyone involved in putting this together! A wonderful Christmas treat made purely out of love for the RWS and its fans.
    Here's to the next one!

  • @dysr
    @dysr 2 роки тому +12

    Ferro-equinologist, iron horse specialist! That’s absolutely hilarious.

    • @timwhite4301
      @timwhite4301 2 роки тому +1

      I'm definitely going to use that !

  • @torchwoodoperative
    @torchwoodoperative 2 роки тому +29

    Thank you so much for this video! I lost my father just over 2 weeks ago after caring for him for a number of years and things have been bleak lately. Christmas Eve was feeling very empty but this video has lifted me up, bringing back so many happy memories of childhood and visits to the Talyllyn over the years. It also taught me so many new things about the world of those little books I loved so much when young, and indeed still love now. Thanks again, wishing you all the best this season.

    • @MrTimDunn
      @MrTimDunn 2 роки тому +4

      GW; our thoughts are with you. That we have brought some light in the dark is the true reason that we do what we do. Keep looking forward, for one will always find brighter days ahead.

  • @AlcoLoco251
    @AlcoLoco251 2 роки тому +17

    The parts about the S&M are interesting. It was written in both Wilbur and Christopher's books that the railroad was bad with record keeping and that the fate of their engines was unknown. But this tells of two of them and that the line was dual guage. Thank you for sharing this with all of us. I look forward to seeing the next lecture you bring to us.

  • @matese1912
    @matese1912 2 роки тому +6

    This made me feel like sodor is in fact a real place

  • @tophatgeo
    @tophatgeo 2 роки тому +10

    i absolutely adore this videos and the passion for them is crazy cool. I loved the little bit of Luke and Tim at the start, it was super charming. Awdry was so detailed in his work!
    Massive props to the Talyllyn Railway, Tim Dunn and Luke Ryan. Tim's narration of Gallant Old Engine was magical

  • @6allmotivepowers363
    @6allmotivepowers363 2 роки тому +7

    Very fascinating; please do more lectures!
    17:10 - emphasis on "died".

  • @Thunder0010
    @Thunder0010 2 роки тому +18

    Merry Christmas to you all at the Talyllyn Railway, hope all the staff and engines have a nice day and new year and for many more in the future :)

  • @TalyllynRailway1865
    @TalyllynRailway1865  2 роки тому +5

    Enjoyed the video? Then our Awdry DVD is probably an essential purchase! bit.ly/AwdryDVD

  • @terencewilliammckenna6121
    @terencewilliammckenna6121 2 роки тому +1

    Happy 110th birthday, Wilbert Vere Awdry!

  • @theevildalek5425
    @theevildalek5425 2 роки тому +9

    This was a fantastic, in depth reading! It’s so awesome that all this information is being given to us now!
    Is there any way to see the previous lecture in the Summer of this year, where they talked about Bloomer?

  • @SuperTrainStationH
    @SuperTrainStationH 2 роки тому

    I'm pleased to have been given the opportunity to slap the 800th like on this gallant old video.

  • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
    @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 Рік тому

    Replacement Rail Replacement Bus is perhaps the most Sudrian service I have ever heard of.

  • @alanbowers6554
    @alanbowers6554 2 роки тому +1

    This is amazing. Thank you!

  • @bendiboi499
    @bendiboi499 2 роки тому +2

    loved every second

  • @tomcarlos7929
    @tomcarlos7929 2 роки тому +4

    That was fantastic. Thanks very much for making this video.

  • @zrhplanespotting
    @zrhplanespotting 2 роки тому

    This is a wonderful Christmas present. Thank you very much.

  • @UA-51
    @UA-51 Рік тому +1

    17:11 Mic drop right there! 😂

  • @saltleywsc
    @saltleywsc 2 роки тому +2

    One word ...Superb ! thanks so much for doing this .

  • @RailwayManiaNet
    @RailwayManiaNet 2 роки тому +2

    Marvellous stuff Tim and the TR team! Loved every second.

  • @jaymesmith7361
    @jaymesmith7361 2 роки тому +4

    So relaxing, thank you!!! Merry Christmas!!! So nice to hear my childhood again!

  • @Empireofignorance7817
    @Empireofignorance7817 2 роки тому +5

    I'd love to have a conversation with Awdry to learn his thoughts on where Thomas and friends are today and other things Thomas related and non-Thomas related

    • @TheGreyTurtleEntertainment
      @TheGreyTurtleEntertainment 2 роки тому +2

      Based on late in life interviews it seems while awdry was disatisfied with what the TVS was doing, he was fine as long as the RWS books and stories endured.
      So I'm pretty sure his response would be something along the lines of the full clip the "no" meme is from, where he's asked if he thinks the TVS has any influence on the RWS.
      Probably bemoan Thomas still being front and center, but otherwise he'd probably spend more time generally speaking about the state of railroads today than anything else.

  • @Mason58654
    @Mason58654 2 роки тому +4

    Great lecture! Can’t get enough of the Talyllyn Railway and its Sudrian counterpart! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

  • @sparkshot
    @sparkshot 2 роки тому +8

    Really enjoyed this. Great vid, well prepared n presented. 😎

  • @skarloeyfan01adventures
    @skarloeyfan01adventures 2 роки тому

    Amazing 😃

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 2 роки тому +1

    Merry Christmas Skarloey

  • @Olivertowedtoad
    @Olivertowedtoad 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks

  • @terencewilliammckenna6121
    @terencewilliammckenna6121 2 роки тому

    Merry Christmas

  • @stephenbarker5162
    @stephenbarker5162 2 роки тому

    I still have my copy from at least 55 years ago.

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda 2 роки тому

    Talyllyn! How ae things?. total interesting sharing~take care-

  • @terencewilliammckenna6121
    @terencewilliammckenna6121 2 роки тому +2

    Tell us more about the Skarloey line when in the 1950s, and then the 1960s

    • @sirwelcome
      @sirwelcome 2 роки тому

      That’s already been told about in the Railway Series

  • @tritanicwolf518
    @tritanicwolf518 2 роки тому +1

    Where did they get the phone used in the beginning?

  • @robertward2443
    @robertward2443 2 роки тому

    Will the lectures be published at some point? Excellent video.

  • @terencewilliammckenna6121
    @terencewilliammckenna6121 2 роки тому +1

    Lots of arrangements to these plots

  • @eliotreader8220
    @eliotreader8220 2 роки тому +1

    hearing this story makes me wonder if Awdry may have heard about the mishap from Rolt himself

  • @Lamo679.
    @Lamo679. 2 роки тому

    I love how the green screen on the train they realise that it wasn’t working so they just took the Mickey out of it

  • @gregwetzel2580
    @gregwetzel2580 2 роки тому +1

    I thought Oliver only had Dulcie and Isabel. If I heard correctly, is that first trailer coach's name Duchie? If not, what is the name that is the name that was said before Dulcie? Thanks, and a huge thank you for making this video.

  • @TheSudrianTerrier653
    @TheSudrianTerrier653 Рік тому

    I see he went through stoke bank on his way to sodor because of the mallard 126mpj sign

  • @chaosdustandsteam1781
    @chaosdustandsteam1781 2 роки тому +4

    Question, will this stay up after the premiere?
    Because I am currently ill and I really cannot watch it now.

    • @TalyllynRailway1865
      @TalyllynRailway1865  2 роки тому +10

      This will be available for as long as UA-cam is!

    • @SimJackson
      @SimJackson 2 роки тому +1

      Good to know as we've got to put the little one to bed!

  • @ewgtvhuil3789
    @ewgtvhuil3789 2 роки тому +2

    Greattings with Poland

  • @musclecat1005
    @musclecat1005 2 роки тому

    1:52 Where was that photo taken, because that's not Pendre.

    • @OmniscientCameo
      @OmniscientCameo 2 роки тому

      It is Pendre, they just photoshopped in a second rail to resemble the Skarloey Railway sheds - just like they photoshopped Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas into their Sir Handel and Peter Sam liveries from the '80s and '90s

  • @funbus7678
    @funbus7678 2 роки тому +5

    I can't believe Harvey is RWS canon

  • @MrNoUsername
    @MrNoUsername 2 роки тому

    Who else was also reading their copy of Gallant Old Engine at the end?

  • @spiffwhiff6293
    @spiffwhiff6293 2 роки тому +2

    It seems steam outlined Frank is canon now and that there was yet another diesel on the Arlesdale Railway (I looked into it with the engine's description and it's most likely based on Ravenglass and Eskdale's number 6 diesel 'Royal Anchor')

    • @sirwelcome
      @sirwelcome 2 роки тому +1

      Sigrid of Arlesdale was originally planned to be based on Royal Anchor, but that idea got scrapped in favour of having her be based on Shelagh of Eskdale

    • @spiffwhiff6293
      @spiffwhiff6293 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@sirwelcome Where does it state that? There's no connection to Sigrid in the lecture so it's got to be a seperate character

  • @supertheorys1176
    @supertheorys1176 2 роки тому

    So the last s&m loko died. Omg

  • @vehicleandanimalcrossovers
    @vehicleandanimalcrossovers 2 роки тому

    31:10 farm of a dog 45:00

  • @nashpeleuses
    @nashpeleuses 2 роки тому

    If you are a person from the Awdry family reading this, can you make Sodor a place in real life?

    • @sirwelcome
      @sirwelcome Рік тому

      Not sure how one single person could make an entire 80 mile wide island

    • @nashpeleuses
      @nashpeleuses Рік тому

      @@sirwelcome just get a construction crew, I guess.

    • @sirwelcome
      @sirwelcome Рік тому

      @@nashpeleuses how would they be able to afford it or make it?

    • @nashpeleuses
      @nashpeleuses Рік тому

      @@sirwelcome Flip, I didn't think of that.

    • @sirwelcome
      @sirwelcome Рік тому

      @@nashpeleuses yeah because you’re 2

  • @natashadickey6294
    @natashadickey6294 Рік тому

    Are you actually the real railway

  • @samsaranguero5765
    @samsaranguero5765 2 роки тому

    NASCAR XFINITY Series

  • @primrosevale1995
    @primrosevale1995 2 роки тому +5

    34:14 and 41:53 Duke is referred to with both male and female pronouns. This suggests, like Skarloey, he might be genderfluid.

    • @at5297
      @at5297 Рік тому

      Keep your freaky homo ideology out of a children's book series. Please.

    • @primrosevale1995
      @primrosevale1995 Рік тому

      @@at5297 The lecture doesn’t lie. Also nice job showing you have no idea what you’re talking about.

  • @samsaranguero5765
    @samsaranguero5765 2 роки тому

    World Of Tanks Blitz