The TRUE Story Of Percy's Predicament

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  • A small breakdown of the events that inspired the classic Thomas & Friends story, "Percy's Predicament."
    Any other episodes I should check out? Let me know in the comments!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 328

  • @wyld_wolfwin
    @wyld_wolfwin 3 роки тому +199

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

    • @owendinostudios1200
      @owendinostudios1200 3 роки тому +14

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

  • @TeaksWoodworks
    @TeaksWoodworks 3 роки тому +85

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

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 3 роки тому

      He did do a video on Oliver Owns Up
      ua-cam.com/video/-LCmh7vzE90/v-deo.html

  • @leoespinosa1570
    @leoespinosa1570 3 роки тому +133

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

    • @notaslav
      @notaslav 3 роки тому +13

      That would be interesting!

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому +54

      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
      @karana2833 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @lifeishardagain8594
      @lifeishardagain8594 3 роки тому +6

      Percy fucking dies

    • @JDT-Loadsamoney
      @JDT-Loadsamoney 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @annamulli3533
    @annamulli3533 3 роки тому +36

    " 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*

  • @mr_red685
    @mr_red685 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @Caledon91
    @Caledon91 3 роки тому +54

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

  • @DaFazGuy
    @DaFazGuy 3 роки тому +8

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

  • @astrealkoh4759
    @astrealkoh4759 3 роки тому +15

    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
      @evanclarke5561 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @PlowBenderStudios
    @PlowBenderStudios 3 роки тому +9

    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
    @guadalupepina1117 3 роки тому +38

    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
      @fishpop 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @guadalupepina1117
      @guadalupepina1117 3 роки тому +3

      @@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
      @LBSCtrain 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @Trackmaster_Thomas1
      @Trackmaster_Thomas1 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @nathenmekuria4636
      @nathenmekuria4636 3 роки тому +2

      @@Trackmaster_Thomas1 His new channel is called Neo Auto

  • @SaulsSodor
    @SaulsSodor 3 роки тому +9

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

  • @puma2334
    @puma2334 3 роки тому +18

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

    • @ChaotixFan95
      @ChaotixFan95 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for dispensing wisdom

  • @dalek4463
    @dalek4463 3 роки тому +13

    Percy takes the plunge is based off an actual event

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 3 роки тому +1

      @@evanclarke5561 A bridge, not a jetty

  • @tmwarthunder1016
    @tmwarthunder1016 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @generaltophat5877
    @generaltophat5877 3 роки тому +27

    You haves filled the GWR sized hole in my heart

  • @supercamo3642
    @supercamo3642 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @StormTh_atIsApproaching
    @StormTh_atIsApproaching 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @TracksideManiac
    @TracksideManiac 3 роки тому +18

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

    • @adamchmielewski6162
      @adamchmielewski6162 3 роки тому

      Yeah, what happened there?

    • @Skyway_Octane
      @Skyway_Octane 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @reddin-on8mm
      @reddin-on8mm 3 роки тому

      Driver forgets to apply the brakes

    • @Percy5581
      @Percy5581 3 роки тому

      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
      @Skyway_Octane 3 роки тому

      @@Percy5581 yea I know Percy takes the Plunge

  • @MrGreatWestern57
    @MrGreatWestern57 3 роки тому +26

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

    • @eirinoshrinestudio8098
      @eirinoshrinestudio8098 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @awesometrain77
      @awesometrain77 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @MrGreatWestern57
      @MrGreatWestern57 3 роки тому

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

  • @Train_PlaneFan123
    @Train_PlaneFan123 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @Danominator
    @Danominator 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому +1

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

    • @Danominator
      @Danominator 3 роки тому

      @@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
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому +1

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

    • @lizzyobrien2376
      @lizzyobrien2376 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @Danominator
      @Danominator 3 роки тому

      @@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!

  • @wolfthegreat87
    @wolfthegreat87 3 роки тому +24

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

  • @kennycartoons
    @kennycartoons 3 роки тому +4

    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

  • @MrNoUsername
    @MrNoUsername 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @RoxyBloodMoon
    @RoxyBloodMoon 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @TakamatsuBlueSurge
    @TakamatsuBlueSurge 3 роки тому +23

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

    • @West_Coast_Mainline
      @West_Coast_Mainline 3 роки тому +6

      Rip godred
      1895-1900

    • @TakamatsuBlueSurge
      @TakamatsuBlueSurge 3 роки тому +9

      @@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
      @shirokumaotaku 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @TakamatsuBlueSurge
      @TakamatsuBlueSurge 3 роки тому +2

      @@shirokumaotaku Right u are

    • @rustyduncan3664
      @rustyduncan3664 3 роки тому +4

      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

  • @AbeTheBabe6233
    @AbeTheBabe6233 3 роки тому +2

    If you say the f word with the suffix ing at the end of it, it isn't swearing cuz it's a name of a town. It's been myself here. To hell with Mattel!

    • @dud_spud
      @dud_spud 3 роки тому +1

      not anymore, they changed the name to Fugging

  • @maxnash8450
    @maxnash8450 3 роки тому +3

    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
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому

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

    • @maxnash8450
      @maxnash8450 3 роки тому

      Thank you

  • @wilsonmichael655
    @wilsonmichael655 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @castiel1094
    @castiel1094 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @stevenjobswell
    @stevenjobswell 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @jonistan9268
    @jonistan9268 3 роки тому +7

    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
      @evanclarke5561 3 роки тому +2

      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

  • @ttteshorts8860
    @ttteshorts8860 3 роки тому +1

    🥳 Congratulations on 10K man!!!! 🥳

  • @thomaspanditfan2435
    @thomaspanditfan2435 3 роки тому +3

    dont dare say first

  • @berneiyutu2574
    @berneiyutu2574 3 роки тому +1

    Wow your channel has grow to big, you think you can manage to get 1000 subscribers by the end of the week??

  • @rado1993
    @rado1993 3 роки тому +4

    This man loves his Mario music!

  • @leonardosanchez3155
    @leonardosanchez3155 3 роки тому +7

    James in a mess ,, Thomas comes to breakfast , and aA close shave for duck

  • @RatPackOG
    @RatPackOG 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @PixProductions2
    @PixProductions2 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @sudriangirl
    @sudriangirl 3 роки тому +1

    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! :)

  • @percythelittlegreenengine1507
    @percythelittlegreenengine1507 3 роки тому +1

    I made a flat car how about that

  • @robertbalazslorincz8218
    @robertbalazslorincz8218 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @dq1558
    @dq1558 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @LocoMotorinStudios
    @LocoMotorinStudios 3 роки тому +1

    Bro, this dude really uploading in 11:00 pm

  • @aidanw5660
    @aidanw5660 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @CerberiRedWolf
    @CerberiRedWolf 3 роки тому +1

    Content with Percy?
    The best Engine?
    Yes please!

  • @lt.bagelbites6969
    @lt.bagelbites6969 3 роки тому +10

    Do “Brake Van” or “a close shave”

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 3 роки тому

      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

  • @jerseyrailbuff4147
    @jerseyrailbuff4147 3 роки тому +1

    EEEP PEEEP LOOK OUTTTT!

  • @SonicJrandSarah
    @SonicJrandSarah 2 роки тому

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

  • @notaslav
    @notaslav 3 роки тому +2

    1 minute gang

  • @someaustralianguy4807
    @someaustralianguy4807 3 роки тому +2

    Is there a true story of Edwards exploit? If so can you cover it?

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому +1

      I’ve heard that there is! However I’ve been unable to find much information on what exactly happened, if I’m ever able to find any that episode is a MUST

    • @someaustralianguy4807
      @someaustralianguy4807 3 роки тому

      @@ItsTrainBoy ok thanks

  • @florjanbrudar692
    @florjanbrudar692 3 роки тому +1

    2:57 You're American and you say goods trucks?

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому +1

      Enough Thomas & Friends gets you a dialect I suppose! 🤣

  • @edwardsvideoplazaogwelcome9376
    @edwardsvideoplazaogwelcome9376 3 роки тому

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

  • @StneCldKilla
    @StneCldKilla 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @mattevans4377
    @mattevans4377 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @Im_here170
    @Im_here170 3 роки тому +1

    Cool 😎

  • @mez2824
    @mez2824 3 роки тому

    Oliver owns up
    Break van
    Domeless engines
    The deputation
    Bowled out
    Steam roller
    Bulldog

  • @Wreckedftfoxy
    @Wreckedftfoxy 3 роки тому

    how did a TRAIN get on top of a 2 trucks without smashing them its a 1000 LB LOCO (yes im american)

  • @riche2050
    @riche2050 3 роки тому +1

    Can you do one on Toby’s tight rope

  • @Cassertte
    @Cassertte 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @chloe-stephlis6281
    @chloe-stephlis6281 3 місяці тому

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

  • @Univer3eTwist3ers
    @Univer3eTwist3ers 3 роки тому

    bruh why are you censoring it if most of your audience is prob adults or people who know what "fuck" is

  • @alanramos6362
    @alanramos6362 3 роки тому

    Personally I think the trucks performance fell a little FLAT 😏

  • @holdenmitchell7696
    @holdenmitchell7696 3 роки тому +2

    Favorite channel on UA-cam

  • @kimberleykultala1396
    @kimberleykultala1396 3 роки тому +2

    Hey could I ask if you slow down your talking a bit? I having some trouble understanding. If not, I understand. Great video though!

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  3 роки тому

      I apologize my man, I’ve been trying to recently but sometimes it happens out of habit! I’ll do my best to do better with slowing it down!

    • @kimberleykultala1396
      @kimberleykultala1396 3 роки тому

      TrainBoy It’s alright, I understand!

  • @douglasthe103
    @douglasthe103 3 роки тому

    I’m making Percy’s Predicament crash for my next video

  • @prettypillpro
    @prettypillpro 3 роки тому +1

    That is actually incorrect Percy destroyed The brake van and ended up on top I the first freight car

  • @albratgaming2348
    @albratgaming2348 3 роки тому

    You mention Mattel alot... But the Railway Series was produced by Clearwater Entertainment and released by Britt Allcroft... first two seasons and then they absorbed Clearwater into Britt Allcroft.. Until 2000. Hit entertainment then took over as the Thomas T Tank Engine... Mattel never actually produced TV episodes. Just models of questionable quality.

  • @The_Kasual
    @The_Kasual 3 роки тому +1

    Was there a real basis on the Break Van episode?

  • @Walschaerts90
    @Walschaerts90 3 роки тому

    Time to find the Gamecube and dust off Super Mario Sunshine...

  • @bluebirbjayy
    @bluebirbjayy 3 роки тому

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

  • @Dieselworks123
    @Dieselworks123 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @CJHuncho
    @CJHuncho 3 роки тому

    PLZ REAd THIS and think about it, I feel like Thomas and friends are about to go out of business and I feel like it’s a slight possibility now it may not be like right now maybe this runoff will last a couple years but I also feel like this new Thomas is probably now projected to a audience of babies like months old babies but what I’m saying as a 17 year old that if Thomas and friends go out of business I’m selling every Thomas thing I have for like 1,000$ or more

  • @SebastianMarcialVideo
    @SebastianMarcialVideo 3 роки тому +3

    Ah yes

  • @Prof.pocket
    @Prof.pocket 3 роки тому

    hey weird train guy ft. wife its me.. ya b oi
    idea: make a video on the scary episodes(basically season 5) and get peoples opinions and reasons on why they were scary and if it left them intrigued or traumatized, a sort of documentation of the episodes/misc. facts? or maybe just include any dark or scary things in the series' history(i recommend the story behind the elderly thomas)
    and PLEASE mention the motherfucking owl from that stupid song, i need to know if anyone else was traumatized by that feathered fuck demon gumball son of a bitch

  • @tjprptchable
    @tjprptchable 3 роки тому

    If I here one more Percy whistle I'm going to jump off a bridge.

  • @inevitableanarchy4203
    @inevitableanarchy4203 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @musicalaebsrailways5615
    @musicalaebsrailways5615 3 роки тому

    Not sure if ya know cause of your wording, but all of Wilbert’s stories are based on real life events and I believe most of not all of Christopher’s are based on real events as well. Just a recurring thing with ur vids, but overall this is p good, gg gov.

  • @danielboone3770
    @danielboone3770 3 роки тому

    I do not like this episode and there is bad continuity here. Percy had never been to the quarry before? Wrong. Percy had no idea how to careful with the cars? Wrong! Percy HAD been to the quarry before because that's where he started to race Harold the helicopter.

  • @Railman1225
    @Railman1225 2 роки тому

    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!

  • @ashrafmohammed3460
    @ashrafmohammed3460 3 роки тому

    Have you heard of the Gettysburg explosion?

  • @Ciguato
    @Ciguato 3 роки тому

    does Something in the Air have real world inspiration?

  • @adamchmielewski6162
    @adamchmielewski6162 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @Cooloom
    @Cooloom 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 3 роки тому

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

  • @terencewilliammckenna6121
    @terencewilliammckenna6121 3 роки тому

    Will ya please stop using the f-word?

  • @scodeknight3178
    @scodeknight3178 3 роки тому

    What about the crash from something in the air was that based on any true events

  • @MrTankThatStopped
    @MrTankThatStopped 3 роки тому

    So do they just use old unused characters to make flatcars or what?

  • @trains6479
    @trains6479 3 роки тому

    evry tomis crash has real life rutes so check them out (also sum trains and people) also the info you are missing is that the brake van was in use 2 people died and 4 wer injerd in the real insident

  • @LBSCtrain
    @LBSCtrain 3 роки тому

    Do the true story of Percy's promise or Oliver owns up

  • @fastoutnotforkids7192
    @fastoutnotforkids7192 3 роки тому

    Why are you censoring out your cuss words? Its funnier without the beep or whistle i should say.

  • @Hauptmanotto
    @Hauptmanotto 3 роки тому

    do the story of dirty objects its based on the Accident ferroviaire de Houilles i think

  • @centralpacificrailroadfan5679
    @centralpacificrailroadfan5679 3 роки тому

    can you do a video of the real story of thomas coms to break fast ?

  • @AdrianHernandez-mu8cm
    @AdrianHernandez-mu8cm 3 роки тому

    Trainboy can you do the true aid Oliver owns up?

  • @Jtmissile
    @Jtmissile 3 роки тому

    Why did The Fat Controller scold Percy?

  • @jg8774
    @jg8774 3 роки тому

    Can you do thomas comes to breakfast next please?

  • @rmsbritannicfan9338
    @rmsbritannicfan9338 3 роки тому

    Did you no there is movie mistakes in this show watch GWR studios

  • @CeladonClarke
    @CeladonClarke 3 роки тому +1

    Try researching The story behind Thomas and the special letter that would be pretty interesting

  • @hksproductions8507
    @hksproductions8507 3 роки тому

    How about the crash for Oliver owns up

  • @elianoachilli1567
    @elianoachilli1567 3 роки тому

    Why not do Toby and the stout gentleman or Thomas in trouble

  • @JJADVENTURES2011
    @JJADVENTURES2011 3 роки тому

    You are saying to many not good words 😒