Which Railway Series Characters Still Exist in Real Life?

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
  • It's no secret that pretty much every engine in the Rev Awdry's Railway Series was based on a real-life vehicle, but which ones still exist today? Which ones were scrapped? Time to find out!

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  • @giantfightingroboto
    @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому +63

    I accidentally put Pug's status as survived, despite saying in the voice over that he was scrapped. My voice is the right version, not what you see on screen, lol.

  • @Donir100
    @Donir100 Рік тому +53

    If thomas came out around the same time the E2s were build, i think ppl wouldve preserved them, since the thomas series unironically helped some engines get preserved.

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg Рік тому +13

      The E2s were still around when the first Thomas books were published.

    • @Sudriantank743
      @Sudriantank743 Рік тому +5

      I wish that one of the E2s was preserved

    • @jaidencracknell2326
      @jaidencracknell2326 5 місяців тому +3

      I mean, the first Thomas book was published 20 years before all the E2's were withdrawn and scrapped. And there's the question of what it would even do in preservation since there's plenty of other locomotives that do everything the E2 can offer and more

    • @emagenevanhorn1543
      @emagenevanhorn1543 4 місяці тому

      Can we get a petition to build a new e2 class tank engine

    • @kalebj16003
      @kalebj16003 3 місяці тому +2

      @@jaidencracknell2326it would probably sit in a museum if we’re being honest

  • @weloveteddy
    @weloveteddy 11 місяців тому +8

    5:47 you said “non survive today” status: survived?

  • @stewartoutandabout
    @stewartoutandabout Рік тому +9

    "Frank" is based on "Perkins" I think Rev Awdry had a fun bit of word play here, Frank Perkins was a manufacturer of diesel engines.

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg Рік тому +4

      Yes, Awdry worked in a few puns like that - Sir Handel is based on Sir Haydn on the Talyllyn Railway, Handel and Haydn both being composers.
      Similarly Stanley being a Baldwin is a joke about Stanley Baldwin, who was British Prime Minister before WW2. (Incidentally, Stanley is not named in the book in which he appears and is only named in "The Island of Sodor: Its People History and Railways" and on Awdry's "Mid Sodor" layout).

    • @stewartoutandabout
      @stewartoutandabout Рік тому +1

      @@RJSRdg fantastic answer, thank you.

  • @kwproductions6737
    @kwproductions6737 Рік тому +8

    Next up Thomas OC
    Also there's an error here 5:51 all of them were scrapped yet status said survived

  • @cactusparty258
    @cactusparty258 Рік тому +13

    I actually made a video similar to this one, albeit with almost every character (shameless plug?)
    I noticed a few characters were missing from here. Niel, Alice and Mirabel were the ones I noticed immediately.
    Regardless this is a great video (and series) and I think you did a very good job. Also Total Drama music FTW!!

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg Рік тому

      Neil is mentioned.

    • @cactusparty258
      @cactusparty258 Рік тому

      @@RJSRdg you didn’t hear that from me

  • @kingkoopa64
    @kingkoopa64 Рік тому +4

    For soon to be rebuild instead of scrap, you should put up "soon to be rebuilt" with a extra life sound

  • @West_Coast_Mainline
    @West_Coast_Mainline Рік тому +7

    D5701 was scrapped

    • @phattrel6023
      @phattrel6023 Рік тому

      Yea but D5705 still survives

    • @Planes_man
      @Planes_man 3 місяці тому

      But isn’t d5701 boco?

    • @Crisped_Plate
      @Crisped_Plate 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Planes_manBoco is D5702

    • @Planes_man
      @Planes_man 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Crisped_Plate oh, thanks for correcting me

  • @danthebluetank6636
    @danthebluetank6636 Рік тому +2

    Fundamentally enough the whole Jinty and Pug thing makes this interesting
    Cause in my headcanon at some point Jinty would be bought as the 100th Knapford station pilot (cause how many engines have started from knapford shunter to running a branch line??), because Percy knew him and Pug, that’s why TFC bought Jinty since he had some experience on Sodor by now…however it was too late for Pug…Leading Jinty down a depression for many years as he wished Pug could’ve been saved

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 Рік тому +6

    2:33 R.I.P Awdry

  • @OfficialRHPLAYZ
    @OfficialRHPLAYZ Рік тому +4

    They survived in our hearts

  • @ColtonRMagby
    @ColtonRMagby Рік тому +2

    More of these survived than I thought. Then again, I'm an American who could give more details about American steam engines than any in the U.K.

  • @vehicleandanimalcrossovers
    @vehicleandanimalcrossovers Рік тому +11

    The Cuddle Fell Railway has a habit of scrapping its long serving members. No wonder there weren't any more stories about them.

    • @Iggyslime8910
      @Iggyslime8910 Рік тому +2

      I'd imagine the culdee fell engines themselves would survive(obviously excluding godred) as they are close to crovans gate

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg Рік тому

      @@Iggyslime8910 Yes, Godred was the only one not to survive - although Culdee made up a story about another loco ("King Harry"?) gradually being dismantled for parts until there was nothing left.

    • @day-mee-awn
      @day-mee-awn Рік тому +1

      Cuddle Fell Railway. Cute.

    • @loggior.speedweed4345
      @loggior.speedweed4345 Рік тому

      *The Snowdon Mountain Railway

  • @TonsOfTrackmasters
    @TonsOfTrackmasters 10 місяців тому

    Really nicely made vid! Enjoyed it a lot

  • @yourlocalidiot23432
    @yourlocalidiot23432 Рік тому +2

    in rl wilbert is sitting in a siding without his boiler

  • @Matts_Creations
    @Matts_Creations Рік тому +1

    Well you are right about basis, but D5701 was scrapped and so was old stuck up. Because their numbers are real make sure to look at the numbers

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому +1

      I did consider that but by that point I'd already finished the video so I didn't worry too much about it. That's a different rabbit hole lol

  • @Mexic-boy-animations.1925
    @Mexic-boy-animations.1925 3 місяці тому +3

    2:21 this looks cursed

  • @thatonesigmer_guy
    @thatonesigmer_guy 11 місяців тому +1

    If the GSWR 403 still exists, Then Awdry would've survived (the human not the engine)

  • @TheGingerEngine
    @TheGingerEngine Рік тому

    Really enjoying these videos my friend, very well done ☺️🚂🚃

  • @maribeltenorio7588
    @maribeltenorio7588 Рік тому +2

    2:28 WHO THE HECK IS THAT ENGINE 😂😂😂

  • @PCMan8922
    @PCMan8922 11 місяців тому +1

    7:14 You've Done The CGI Characters Too? When? Please Tell. I Can't Find The Video. (Nevermind, I Found It.)

  • @LukeOfSodor22
    @LukeOfSodor22 5 місяців тому

    Correction: Tom rolt was built in 1949 for Bord Na Mona in Ireland and was sold to the and it was rebuilt into Tom rolt in 1991

  • @natedaboi1608
    @natedaboi1608 Рік тому +1

    Do every magazine character

  • @Mr.Conductor13
    @Mr.Conductor13 Рік тому +1

    Would you consider doing a list based on the magazine exclusive characters? (there is a shocking amount of characters that only appear in the magazines. A lot of them are one-off builds according to the wiki, but some of them have actual bases.)

  • @ReviCat
    @ReviCat 7 місяців тому

    The fact awdry is dead for some reason and his ocs are this character and wilbert and for some reason the engine awdry is scrapped irl. 2:27
    For some reason I would find it funny that culdee fell engines and alled greedy, 98642, 87546, 1020, bear, and the green engine from a shed for edward had been in this video same with the second red engine and flying thistle
    4:05 Famous rip godred in the stories an real life, isabel was supposed to be in the model series as Oliver's coach but then they removed her so they decided to keep toad
    6:03 fun fact neil is scrapped in real life and the railway series stories as being over 150 years old he met skarloey but then died after meeting him so skarloey is the oldest surviving engine.

  • @freddyfax
    @freddyfax Рік тому +1

    IS THAT THE TOTAL DRAMA MUSIC AT 4:03?

  • @chalwa07
    @chalwa07 2 місяці тому

    4:09 Poor Culdee and Catherine...

  • @GamerKiing-tb2sw
    @GamerKiing-tb2sw 5 місяців тому

    1020 name was named Dane and he was a ghost in a movie

  • @RJSRdg
    @RJSRdg Рік тому +1

    Interesting video - just a couple of comments:
    1) It would have been helpful to have arranged the locos in the order they appear in the books, and to have put up a caption saying which book they were in - there were several at the beginning I didn't recognise.
    2) The music really doesn't add anything to the video.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      Thanks for the feedback.
      Having a bit more info about which book they were in would definitely be handy.
      I add music because I hate having silence behind my voice

    • @cactusparty258
      @cactusparty258 Рік тому

      What? I completely disagree with your second point. Music and soundtracks give more life to the video. It also drowns out some unwanted background noise that may be present when doing a voice over. Yeah they don’t add anything in terms of facts and information (like this almost every other video on the internet) but it’s nice to listen to and could potentially keep viewers engaged. Sorry for the little tangent there 😅. That particular statement was a little strange to me imo. But I actually agree with your first statement of arranging the characters in order of appearances.

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg Рік тому

      @@giantfightingroboto TBH it wasn't so much the presence of the music, as that perhaps it wasn't the right music in that distracted from rather than complemented what was being said.

  • @Kieron_Andrew_24
    @Kieron_Andrew_24 Рік тому +1

    What is the name of the soundtrack in the background that starts playing at 0:59?

  • @True_NOON
    @True_NOON Рік тому

    Pip and emma will die due to being flqttened by a petrochemical train hauled by a secondhand SD70ACE having all of the tonnage behind it on Corredor interoceano
    3:42 correction : boco survived not D5701

  • @carlthegamerx1186
    @carlthegamerx1186 11 місяців тому

    For pug you said none survived but I came up on the screen that he did survive

  • @davidmalchaski9383
    @davidmalchaski9383 Рік тому

    4:04 oh my God total drama theme song omg man.

  • @bobyqwert1og815
    @bobyqwert1og815 Рік тому +1

    4:05. total drama fan i see? honestly slay

  • @evanclarke5561
    @evanclarke5561 10 місяців тому

    What about the Mid Sodor Railway's Tim, Jim, Jennings, John, Alfred, Atlas and Albert?

  • @Duckthechad08
    @Duckthechad08 Рік тому +1

    5:51 wait you said “none survived today” but it says that pug survived 🤨

  • @joshslater2426
    @joshslater2426 11 місяців тому

    I forget if you covered the CGI series for your last video? It’d be interesting to see if any of the characters there were preserved or not.

  • @Pikashockdragon
    @Pikashockdragon 2 місяці тому

    What about the International Characters from the TV series?

  • @railfan475productions3
    @railfan475productions3 6 місяців тому

    fun fact: one of Edward's siblings is preserved in a Dutch railway museum

  • @clayv5422
    @clayv5422 Рік тому +1

    I mean I guess if you wanted to you could do allllllllllll enginesssss goooo characterssssss I don't blame you If you don't want to

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому +1

      ....I guess I could. Maybe.

    • @clayv5422
      @clayv5422 Рік тому +1

      I don't blame you I guess if you wanted to there's chuggington I mean those engines are somewhat based off real engines

  • @andrew63playz29
    @andrew63playz29 9 місяців тому

    Hey I noticed something at 0:26 Skarloey Has Percy's face

  • @johnathonmcjohn3
    @johnathonmcjohn3 10 місяців тому

    Maybe do a video on the magazine characters

  • @TobyOliverHenryFan
    @TobyOliverHenryFan Рік тому +1

    5:48 You said that none of Pug's class survived, but yet he survived. What's going on here?

  • @loveundimmed
    @loveundimmed 19 днів тому

    2.22 award the mewing engine

  • @mmx3374
    @mmx3374 Рік тому +4

    I’m surprised you didn’t use a picture of the real Wilbert when talking about Wilbert & Sixteen.
    Like Stepney, Wilbert is a real life Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0 from the Dean Forest Railway named after Awdry who was president of the railway.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому +2

      In retrospect, maybe I should have. I have many brain farts when it comes to these videos in particular.

  • @klipsfilmsmelbourne
    @klipsfilmsmelbourne Рік тому +1

    4:11 WHAT!?

  • @nitrothemountainengine66
    @nitrothemountainengine66 Рік тому

    Primrose was actually decommissioned and dismantled by the bluebell the p class that's on the bluebell today is a different engine

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      Huh that's good to know. Wasn't aware of that

    • @mcollier4566
      @mcollier4566 Рік тому

      The original Primrose, SECR 27, is currently under overhaul by the Fenchurch Fund on the Bluebell Railway and will steam again.

  • @Nothing-n2t
    @Nothing-n2t 6 місяців тому

    AT LEAST BRO DIDN'T FORGET AWDRY🫡

  • @GeneralLeeStudiosBrian
    @GeneralLeeStudiosBrian 8 місяців тому

    shame on the @SnowdonMountainRailway for scrapping Catherine's basis

  • @TheGravyEngine
    @TheGravyEngine 10 місяців тому

    you forgot minor characters like 98462 and the red engine

  • @Joey15811
    @Joey15811 Рік тому

    Alaric and Eric were scapped
    Ernest survives

  • @Molten_Mike
    @Molten_Mike 5 місяців тому

    You said none of pugs class were alive today but you still put pug his status was alive even though his status should be not alive

  • @LNERJ15
    @LNERJ15 Рік тому

    Hey look it's me 1:06

  • @ThatYouTuberThatAnimates
    @ThatYouTuberThatAnimates 10 місяців тому

    I think you forgot to do bulstrode

  • @JupiterthetankengineYT
    @JupiterthetankengineYT 5 місяців тому

    5:50 mistake! You put survived instead of scrapped because you said " None survived today"

  • @AJTfan
    @AJTfan 3 місяці тому

    It can’t be right there’s mallard and Duchess of Hamilton and green arou and the rocket and Ian dguk

  • @zacharyzwi2954
    @zacharyzwi2954 2 місяці тому

    Chuggington survival series?

  • @marceloazzirabelo
    @marceloazzirabelo Рік тому +1

    UA-cam Kids In Which Real Life Thomas and Friends Vehicles SURVIVED? Please

  • @Jetthehawk1994
    @Jetthehawk1994 Рік тому +1

    Some of the numbered engines mentioned in the video actually did not survive and it was confirmed that Neil survived.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      Which ones? I was going off the Wiki

    • @Jetthehawk1994
      @Jetthehawk1994 Рік тому

      @@giantfightingroboto D5501, D282, D31120, and possibly Percy's friends, the Class 52, Jinty and Stanley. Also 10751 was the headcode number for the BR 127 and 1020 and D199's numbers are fictional.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      @@Jetthehawk1994 are you on about the characters themselves not surviving? Because that's not what this video is about. It's about the real life engines.

    • @Jetthehawk1994
      @Jetthehawk1994 Рік тому

      @@giantfightingroboto Yes. Sorry for any offense.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      ​@@Jetthehawk1994none taken! Just a misunderstanding. You had me worrying that most of the ones I put were wrong 😅

  • @WorcoEntertainment
    @WorcoEntertainment 3 місяці тому

    Need one on cgi version

  • @LovelyCoffeePot-bj6mt
    @LovelyCoffeePot-bj6mt 5 місяців тому

    Which obvious that God would got scrap

  • @dilistars
    @dilistars Місяць тому

    Excuse me were on earth is culdee

  • @dilistars
    @dilistars Місяць тому

    Oki 😊

  • @johnathonmcjohn3
    @johnathonmcjohn3 Рік тому

    2:17 idk bout you but i dont think fr class j1's were built in 1991

  • @michellepoulain2933
    @michellepoulain2933 Рік тому

    you forgot Ernest (smr no.2) Shane dooieny (smr no.5) Alaric (smr no.8) and Eric (smr no.8)

  • @SomethingJay
    @SomethingJay Рік тому

    4:02 totaldrama!!!!!!!

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      Yep. One of my favourite shows

    • @Marker_fan.lol2433
      @Marker_fan.lol2433 5 місяців тому

      ​@@giantfightingroboto same I made paper figures of them
      Almost done on season 1
      All of season 2 and season 3 complete
      Working on Season 4
      Working on Tdpi
      Working on reboot
      None of total drama Rindoncolus race
      None of dramarama

  • @JoseLopez-tk1qt
    @JoseLopez-tk1qt Рік тому

    Ttte railway series characters

  • @Lukisquez
    @Lukisquez Рік тому +1

    soooo just for next time, could you please regulate the audio of the gameboy sound effect, its really disorienting and loud compared to your voice :(

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому

      Really sorry about that. It sounded fine through the speakers to me, maybe I should work with my headphones in so I can gauge the difference better. 🙏

    • @Lukisquez
      @Lukisquez Рік тому

      ​@@giantfightingroboto try watching on your phone, maybe that'll help you find the issue I'm talking about

  • @slashcrazyfo0xx481
    @slashcrazyfo0xx481 15 днів тому

    huh??? 5:46

  • @GamerKiing-tb2sw
    @GamerKiing-tb2sw 5 місяців тому

    On UA-cam

  • @spongebobcoolduke1537
    @spongebobcoolduke1537 Рік тому

    snowdown no 4 was built in 1896 not 1996 you silly.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому +1

      I said 1896. It just sounds a bit like 1996 because the way I talk lol

    • @spongebobcoolduke1537
      @spongebobcoolduke1537 Рік тому

      @@giantfightingroboto Oh I see and that's ok if you spoke a little too fast or have a speech impediment, just talk a bit slower next time ok.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Рік тому +1

      @@spongebobcoolduke1537 I don't have a speech impediment, I just talk that way. I'm already having to slow down because my natural voice is too fast 😀

    • @spongebobcoolduke1537
      @spongebobcoolduke1537 Рік тому

      @@giantfightingroboto Oh sorry my mistake. Oh I see and you speak too fast at times like me. That's relatable.

  • @jamesthomas5109
    @jamesthomas5109 19 днів тому +1

    5:48 ​@giantfightingroboto