I just realized it was big coincidence this happened to be going up on Father’s Day. And so as such, I’d like to wish a happy Father’s Day to all living and deceased Fathers, especially those with good hearts who raised every precious child into young adults with promising futures, and making them, those who worked on railroads, whose children became railroaders, and who introduced their children to Thomas The Tank Engine as toddlers. I was among those toddlers who got to see it growing up, and it was thanks to people like that why I have since been hooked with trains and railroads and why aspire to working for a railroad the rest of my working life!
@bradleyrock7481I’m more disappointed of it recently being fitted with the centered headlight, and that Strasburg didn’t use the accident as an opportunity to revert it to the old high headlight look.
There is a E2 locomotive trust here in England who is trying to get enough money together to build a replica of a E2 tank engine who thomas is based on
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 Agreed, even if they were to rebuild an E2, they'd have to make one that didn't include ALL of the problems that the original E2s had, and that would have to take a lot of working around things, if not changing the wheel base or shortening the locomotive boiler.
I went to strausberg one day as an adult or just a regular ride. I saw Thomas in the barn with his face off either getting repaired or just regular maintenance
Same. I like that face better anyway since I grew up with the older seasons with static faces. I only witnessed a bit of the cgi saga before I outgrew the show and moved on to more realistic trains and locomotives
It is my understanding that they are no more due to a heat issue with the Smoke Box being too hot. They melted. The new animated faces have been adjusted to deal with the heat.
Strasburg Railroad replica is a steam locomotive known as Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal #15. Its a saddletank which Strasburg altered to resemble Thomas with a few minor differences. He explains it very well how Strasburg got their operational Thomas for their Day Out With Thomas. The #15 was altered to look like Thomas. The Strasburg EDT #15 Incident occured when the eyes melted due to the firebox heat. BEDT #15 is steaming as Thomas. BEDT #15 also switches occasionally.
I remember my first time visiting Strasburg Railroad at age 3 or 4 (probably in 1999 or 2000), and the sheer joy I had at seeing Thomas pulling a train Somewhere in my parents’ house is an old video tape of that life changing encounter
I for one think it went hand and hand, Thomas being the icon he is/was, helped alot of people get into the train scene I think, plus this modification actually made 15 "a really useful engine" again
Here's something you missed in the video: during the replica's first test run, it couldn't run under it's own power, the face wasn't finalized and was made of a flammable material, and it's been said that the smokebox's heat caused the eyeballs behind the face to melt, it was never seen by the public eye and was quickly fixed, then the replica was completed and was ready for its first day in operation for the first American version of Day Out With Thomas shortly after its completion as shown in the opening day, which is seen on the 10 Years of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends VHS tape as thomasdotd stated in his video.
I wouldn’t necessarily say forgot, I just never came across that bit of info. My research(I.E the topic) was more focused on how Strasburg got a working Thomas in the first place, where it came from, and the controversy of this decision.
Is the tank still being used by the WK&S? I'm pretty sure #65 hasn't been operated for some time and I'd think they would still have the tank lying around, and when the time comes when Thomas wanes in popularity they could probably convert the engine back into it's previous form, albeit with some modifications.
With the way you made this video, I'd like to see videos on the other BEDT engines, probably combining them all into one video. I live near BEDT 12 and grew up with it, so I'd like to see the engine get some more love.
It true about the dummy units I went to strasburg for my birthday 3 months ago and I went on a tour of the workshop and learned that the Strasburg railroad was responsible for the all dummy unit Thomas’s for the other heritage railroads in America can you believe it
I can. Infact I’ve even seen one of the dummy units in person, specially the one in Nashville in 2009 when I was 6. I had completely outgrown the show within a few months after so it was one heck an experience for me. I even discuss it in a completely short to my E2 video
This makes a lot of sense actually - in its original form the locomotive was really unusable for them, to make use of it they would have to modify it in some way. They probably could have done so without highly altering the appearance, perhaps adding more tanks below the boiler, but no matter what it wouldn't be original. So might as well turn it into a cash cow. Sort of the same mindset behind hot-rodding Duke of Gloucester - "We've already had to modify it to restore it, then fixed the original construction flaws. It's not original anymore, so might as well see what we can do to make it more powerful!" Though as an adult railway enthusiast, hot-rodding sounds way more fun than attaching a face from the depths of the uncanny valley.
According to Wikipedia for "Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15", Strasburg Rail Road purchased the BEDT-15 from Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway in 1998 as a working locomotive on their yard. As if by fate, they were approached as a film location for a future Thomas film by the producer and the idea to build an actual Thomas the Tank Engine was conceived. Since 1999, the refurbished engine has sparked interest in steam locomotives for future generations. The eyes of my children were opened with excitement watching Thomas steam down the track into the station. They equally were excited riding on the coach being pulled by Thomas with the soundtrack playing on the speakers. We enjoyed the trip to Lancaster, PA for three straight years for the Day Out with Thomas events.
I've seen one of the sister locomotives at the age of steam roundhouse over here in pennsylvania, it was a sight to see, sadly it was one of the only ones i forgot to get a picture of
Also the engine infront of it in the picture is a mine engine which uses compression rather than coal burning, thought it was a nice little detail to add in
I've heard from Hyce (content creator and employee at the Colorado Rail Road Museum) that for them at least (something along the lines of): "Day out with Thomas keeps the lights on, Polar Express keeps the trains running" its not quite what he said as i cant remember it exactly but its something like that i think.
I volunteered at that same museum over 10 years ago (I believe before Hyce was there, I don't remember meeting him) but recall the same thing. The volunteers there seemed to not think all that highly of it, felt cheesy to them and the Thomas not a real locomotive (just a cart basically) but it was the main funding for the museum. Polar Express I recall them thinking more fondly of, as the museum volunteers got to do a lot more fun stuff like decorating and acting, felt more like their own thing rather than an outside entity coming in and running things. Plus using their own real steam locomotives.
This was informative. I've known about the controversy about the BEDT 15 rebuild. But I didn't know in its original state it couldn't run the full length of Starsburg Railroad!
So what your saying is that number 15 is the Strasburg Thomas? I just thought it was like a shell that they put onto the engine at first. Also I’d like to ask, does the Thomas still operate even outside of DOWT events?
I shouldn't worry too much about tampering with the authenticity of heritage railways by bastardised Thomases. That little American freight loco also serves a very worthwhile purpose as Thomas. Thomases are commonly seen on British heritage lines as well, and are very profitable events indeed, making lots of money for the true heritage side of the operations - rebuilding, renovating and restoring old engines and coach stock, the stations, track and infrastructure. And besides, the kids really love these events - and some of them may well end loving old railway engines and carriages so much, they end up doing voluntary work for heritage lines.
i think they know that while modifying it would go against everything they are known for not doing it wouldnt draw near the attendance as it does hey kids lets go see a old shunter tank engine that ran the docks! or hey wanna go see and ride behind thomas the train it serves a good purpose and likely would have been mothballed like the amtrak toaster never to run a train again
I have heard of their plans to expand their shop complex in size so hopefully it’ll give them more room to put their surplus equipment, especially LIRR 35 and CP 972
7:38 The Illinois Central Railway Museum was where I saw the working replica of Thomas that actually made steam. I wanted to ride with him along with my family, but we didn't because it was jam packed with a lot of people. I finally got my chance in 2006, just two years after we moved to Round Rock, Texas. The Thomas I rode on was one of the dummy Thomases, but I liked that, because it looked exactly like the model from the show, except for the fact that it had the knuckle coupler instead of the screw link hook and coupler, but I was okay with that because it had to hook up to American passenger cars. I also saw the working Thomas replica in the 10 Years Of Thomas VHS tape. But what I didn't know was that it was originally a Porter locomotive on the verge of retirement, which was something I learned.
Uk locos sometimes had inside cylinders. I never knew how they drove them with internal cylinders, sometimes up to 3 or 4, but I guess it is similar to the crankshaft of a car?
The Disneyland Rail Road has destroyed so much historic equipment. #15 is the tip of the iceberg. They’ve completely altered some of the last pieces of rolling stock of a railroad. Why destroy 15 when 13 was more in Thomas side tank for across the street is something i always wondered? Also BEDT 16 is a larger heavy duty class by Porter. She was the largest locomotive on the BEDT.
#16 is still in New York, but it's missing multiple drivetrain parts, so it's unlikely it will ever run again. As for #13, I believe the museum was adamant to allow them to convert an engine from their own collection, despite deeming it surplus and selling it to the Age Of Steam Roundhouse in 2011.
Perhaps 15 was in better shape, or they simply just chose 15 since it was there first, perhaps 13 wasn’t even in Strasburg by the time the rebuild began. One of those 3 I suspect.
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 13 was still in Strasburg during the rebuild, 15 was in better mechanical condition than 13, which had last ran in 1968 I believe.
@@TheRealStikShady Just what I suspected. Going in locomotives in better shape for restoration/saving has been a running trend in steam locomotive preservation and in the restoration field since the end of steam in America
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 most BEDT engines are probably going to remain static displays, except for 13 ironically. It is on a list of possible restorations at the Age Of Steam Roundhouse. 12 is in Florida, where it's restoration isn't much of a priority to the Florida Railroad Museum. 14 is still somewhat stored in Arkeville New York, so it won't really be the point of much attention. And 16, like I mentioned before, is missing many critical drivetrain parts, so it may never run again.
I’ve heard otherwise, from a critical standpoint of view. There is a video out there discussing how it derailed the franchise but I haven’t got the chance to watch it yet
@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 The movie costed a lot of money and it didn't return profit, witch led to Britt All croft selling the franchise to Hit entertainment and then Hit era happend before it got saved by Mattel. Witch turned out to be just a "Lets make thomas great again only to make it WAY worse then it was ever before" so that's what happend.
It derailed the franchise. The thing that made Thomas so special, being realistic, was thrown out the window by that movie. The Rotten Tomatoes score is terrible too. As to what Britt Allcroft was thinking, I have no idea. I’d rather see her make a film about the NWR’s beginnings and how Thomas came there, in a realistic fashion
It does have the advantage of being an inside cylinder locomotive and being closer in size to Thomas than 15. 15 meanwhile has the advantage in having a more accurate smoke box.
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One thing i just don't get: why hasn't anyone basicly scratchbuild the variation of an e2 just for being thomas? Even if it's just to haul his two friends annie and clarabel..
Simple answer, it's difficult to get a manufacturer to build a new functioning steam locomotive or form a steam locomotive trust in the present day. But I do see the possibility of converting one of the dummies into a functioning locomotive without altering their appearance, given enough money and hard work.
It's really hard finding the right guy on google enough, I found out a bit too late but about a week ago it had tricked me into thinking it was the right guy
I remember the first time doing out with Thomas came to Utica, New York where I live and just seeing him made me happy even though later on, I discovered that he was just a dummy engine because the train that he would push, and pull was being told by a diesel locomotive so that pissed me off, but it’s good to know that they finally made Thomas into a real steam locomotive
The fact that The thomas replica was built off of a pre existing locomotive is pretty insane. Also, how do the animatronic components not melt from the heat?
This past weekend i did the Shop tour at Strasburg. Saw thomas up close as they were preparing for the upcoming DOWT. Talked to one of the mechanics. If Mattel would ever revoke the rights for Strasburg to use the Thomas brand, it wouldn't take much effort at all to convert the locomotive back into #15.
Atleast once, as recently as 2013, though Strasburg has one of if not the best equipped shops for steam locomotives so I imagine in a quick time period between annual Day Out With Thomas seasons.
Terrible rush job on my part, coupled with outdated Wikipedia articles. Then again I detest swapping out the Martin Sheman recordings for his AEG VA since AEG is so terrible
LB&SCR E2 Class 0-6-0T steam locomotives, 10 made in early 1900s intended for shunting and short distance freight trains last 6 units - 1961-1963 scrapped. 10 built all gone. it wasnt a very useful engine and it certainly wasnt a very lucky one either. the uk sadly suffered a double hit with the Beeching report in the early 1960s closing loads and loads of railways in the uk and ripping up the tracks mercilessly against huge protests and then the 1955 modernisation plan seeing to the destruction of just over 18000 steam trains over a 10 year period against protests. I get sad about the scrapping of 180 odd HST units, but the story of the steamers is just too bad to even imagine but then britians most popular 1970s HST train prototype didnt get off scot free either, 1 carriage and the 2nd powercar was scrapped in 1997 the 1985 withdrawn APT-P (3 built) only half of that train exists today and it will never run ever again ruclips.net/video/t5Yxk2paXSA/видео.html might be of interest
Although this is a one of a type railroad and knowing how real it is but knowing the engine through problems like THE EYES MELTING FROM THE HEAT still its great and it continues the legacy of engine 15
They brought this real steam powered Thomas Replica to the Illinois Railway Museum in 2000 or 2001. I remember seeing it there operating alongside Frisco 1630. I remember the crew joking about cooking eggs on the outside cylinders.
I just realized it was big coincidence this happened to be going up on Father’s Day. And so as such, I’d like to wish a happy Father’s Day to all living and deceased Fathers, especially those with good hearts who raised every precious child into young adults with promising futures, and making them, those who worked on railroads, whose children became railroaders, and who introduced their children to Thomas The Tank Engine as toddlers. I was among those toddlers who got to see it growing up, and it was thanks to people like that why I have since been hooked with trains and railroads and why aspire to working for a railroad the rest of my working life!
Happy Father's Day to you too Andrew!
@bradleyrock7481I’m more disappointed of it recently being fitted with the centered headlight, and that Strasburg didn’t use the accident as an opportunity to revert it to the old high headlight look.
There is a E2 locomotive trust here in England who is trying to get enough money together to build a replica of a E2 tank engine who thomas is based on
@@harryjohnson9215 Xdoubt
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 Agreed, even if they were to rebuild an E2, they'd have to make one that didn't include ALL of the problems that the original E2s had, and that would have to take a lot of working around things, if not changing the wheel base or shortening the locomotive boiler.
I went to strausberg one day as an adult or just a regular ride. I saw Thomas in the barn with his face off either getting repaired or just regular maintenance
Fact: I think the Old face of thomas is still stored away at Strasburg. I wish they brought them back one day.
Same. I like that face better anyway since I grew up with the older seasons with static faces. I only witnessed a bit of the cgi saga before I outgrew the show and moved on to more realistic trains and locomotives
So is that a fact, or do you THINK it's a fact? There's quite a big difference...
@@PowerTrain611 yes, it's a fact. The faces are still up there
@@PowerTrain611 It is a fact
It is my understanding that they are no more due to a heat issue with the Smoke Box being too hot. They melted. The new animated faces have been adjusted to deal with the heat.
Strasburg Railroad replica is a steam locomotive known as Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal #15. Its a saddletank which Strasburg altered to resemble Thomas with a few minor differences. He explains it very well how Strasburg got their operational Thomas for their Day Out With Thomas. The #15 was altered to look like Thomas. The Strasburg EDT #15 Incident occured when the eyes melted due to the firebox heat. BEDT #15 is steaming as Thomas. BEDT #15 also switches occasionally.
I remember my first time visiting Strasburg Railroad at age 3 or 4 (probably in 1999 or 2000), and the sheer joy I had at seeing Thomas pulling a train
Somewhere in my parents’ house is an old video tape of that life changing encounter
1999 is the year production of Thomas and the magic railroad was being planned
I for one think it went hand and hand, Thomas being the icon he is/was, helped alot of people get into the train scene I think, plus this modification actually made 15 "a really useful engine" again
Very interesting video, well done!
I also noticed Thomas' theme from instrument maniac in there too!
I love his music aswell!
You answered a question I didn't know I wanted to ask. Well done!
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Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
“Drop the fire DROP THE FIRE THE EYES ARE MELTING DROP THE FIRE
He's in Illinois, at the Illinois Railway Museum. The 15th,16th 22nd and 23rd. 8:18
Here's something you missed in the video: during the replica's first test run, it couldn't run under it's own power, the face wasn't finalized and was made of a flammable material, and it's been said that the smokebox's heat caused the eyeballs behind the face to melt, it was never seen by the public eye and was quickly fixed, then the replica was completed and was ready for its first day in operation for the first American version of Day Out With Thomas shortly after its completion as shown in the opening day, which is seen on the 10 Years of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends VHS tape as thomasdotd stated in his video.
I wouldn’t necessarily say forgot, I just never came across that bit of info. My research(I.E the topic) was more focused on how Strasburg got a working Thomas in the first place, where it came from, and the controversy of this decision.
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 I should also mention that the Strasburg Thomas occasionally stops by the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.
That just me brought back fond memories of that VHS tape. Totally forgot about it but used to watch it a lot as a kid
@@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod4023 The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village are the exact same thing
I rode this Thomas when I was 4 years old and looking back I really appericate it and all my parents did.
we just not gonna talk about how the old face melted off the smoke box that one time?
The need to bring back #31. It went in for its 1472 in 2009 and never got rebuilt.
Thomas & Friends is my childhood
The saddle tank of #15 is at the WK&S railroad it’s used as a spare for #65 which is very similar in its design
Is the tank still being used by the WK&S? I'm pretty sure #65 hasn't been operated for some time and I'd think they would still have the tank lying around, and when the time comes when Thomas wanes in popularity they could probably convert the engine back into it's previous form, albeit with some modifications.
Thanks for sharing the info!
Fun fact it the “main Strasburg Thomas” also visited the North Carolina transportation museum in 2012 or sometime around that era.
seeing that 15 is litterally porter it's kinda creepy to think about
With the way you made this video, I'd like to see videos on the other BEDT engines, probably combining them all into one video. I live near BEDT 12 and grew up with it, so I'd like to see the engine get some more love.
It true about the dummy units I went to strasburg for my birthday 3 months ago and I went on a tour of the workshop and learned that the Strasburg railroad was responsible for the all dummy unit Thomas’s for the other heritage railroads in America can you believe it
I can. Infact I’ve even seen one of the dummy units in person, specially the one in Nashville in 2009 when I was 6. I had completely outgrown the show within a few months after so it was one heck an experience for me. I even discuss it in a completely short to my E2 video
This makes a lot of sense actually - in its original form the locomotive was really unusable for them, to make use of it they would have to modify it in some way. They probably could have done so without highly altering the appearance, perhaps adding more tanks below the boiler, but no matter what it wouldn't be original. So might as well turn it into a cash cow. Sort of the same mindset behind hot-rodding Duke of Gloucester - "We've already had to modify it to restore it, then fixed the original construction flaws. It's not original anymore, so might as well see what we can do to make it more powerful!" Though as an adult railway enthusiast, hot-rodding sounds way more fun than attaching a face from the depths of the uncanny valley.
Can't say I disagree. The Duke's story is one of my favorites in BR history, and that I've learned from History In The Dark.
According to Wikipedia for "Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15", Strasburg Rail Road purchased the BEDT-15 from Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway in 1998 as a working locomotive on their yard. As if by fate, they were approached as a film location for a future Thomas film by the producer and the idea to build an actual Thomas the Tank Engine was conceived. Since 1999, the refurbished engine has sparked interest in steam locomotives for future generations. The eyes of my children were opened with excitement watching Thomas steam down the track into the station. They equally were excited riding on the coach being pulled by Thomas with the soundtrack playing on the speakers. We enjoyed the trip to Lancaster, PA for three straight years for the Day Out with Thomas events.
I've seen one of the sister locomotives at the age of steam roundhouse over here in pennsylvania, it was a sight to see, sadly it was one of the only ones i forgot to get a picture of
Also the engine infront of it in the picture is a mine engine which uses compression rather than coal burning, thought it was a nice little detail to add in
That's not a sister of 15, it's the only surviving sister of 12
I've heard from Hyce (content creator and employee at the Colorado Rail Road Museum) that for them at least (something along the lines of): "Day out with Thomas keeps the lights on, Polar Express keeps the trains running" its not quite what he said as i cant remember it exactly but its something like that i think.
I volunteered at that same museum over 10 years ago (I believe before Hyce was there, I don't remember meeting him) but recall the same thing. The volunteers there seemed to not think all that highly of it, felt cheesy to them and the Thomas not a real locomotive (just a cart basically) but it was the main funding for the museum. Polar Express I recall them thinking more fondly of, as the museum volunteers got to do a lot more fun stuff like decorating and acting, felt more like their own thing rather than an outside entity coming in and running things. Plus using their own real steam locomotives.
This was informative. I've known about the controversy about the BEDT 15 rebuild. But I didn't know in its original state it couldn't run the full length of Starsburg Railroad!
Honestly it doesn't bother me that they did this to #15.
Wonderful vid
One of those day out with Thomas events done with one of the extra 5 is done on the whitewater valley railroad railroad in connersville Indiana
So what your saying is that number 15 is the Strasburg Thomas? I just thought it was like a shell that they put onto the engine at first. Also I’d like to ask, does the Thomas still operate even outside of DOWT events?
Yes, it is the Strasburg Thomas
Interesting, a question i never knew i had, answered by a person i've never watched before. Thanks youtube.
I shouldn't worry too much about tampering with the authenticity of heritage railways by bastardised Thomases. That little American freight loco also serves a very worthwhile purpose as Thomas. Thomases are commonly seen on British heritage lines as well, and are very profitable events indeed, making lots of money for the true heritage side of the operations - rebuilding, renovating and restoring old engines and coach stock, the stations, track and infrastructure. And besides, the kids really love these events - and some of them may well end loving old railway engines and carriages so much, they end up doing voluntary work for heritage lines.
History still remains
I learned that Strasburg Railroad have the only Real Steam Locomotive Thomas in the US.
🚂
Exactly. Even Wikipedia mentions such a thing, atleast when I was doing research for the video, given Wikipedia articles get changed all the time
Dang i guess Thomas did go on a big world adventure kinda😭
A better one than what the film did
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i think they know that while modifying it would go against everything they are known for not doing it wouldnt draw near the attendance as it does
hey kids lets go see a old shunter tank engine that ran the docks!
or hey wanna go see and ride behind thomas the train
it serves a good purpose and likely would have been mothballed like the amtrak toaster never to run a train again
the cylinders look bad but it's Thomas and because he's Thomas, kids don't give a crap; btw his face looks like he's seen better days
Atleast they have the porter etchings on them.
i mean strasburg did leave there camel back out for like 12 years before 1187 was saved by sugar creek and restored for display
I have heard of their plans to expand their shop complex in size so hopefully it’ll give them more room to put their surplus equipment, especially LIRR 35 and CP 972
#15 is not actually identical to #14. #15 had a different more unique “flat” smokebox door compared to the other BEDT porters
Good video 👍
7:38 The Illinois Central Railway Museum was where I saw the working replica of Thomas that actually made steam. I wanted to ride with him along with my family, but we didn't because it was jam packed with a lot of people. I finally got my chance in 2006, just two years after we moved to Round Rock, Texas. The Thomas I rode on was one of the dummy Thomases, but I liked that, because it looked exactly like the model from the show, except for the fact that it had the knuckle coupler instead of the screw link hook and coupler, but I was okay with that because it had to hook up to American passenger cars.
I also saw the working Thomas replica in the 10 Years Of Thomas VHS tape. But what I didn't know was that it was originally a Porter locomotive on the verge of retirement, which was something I learned.
Uk locos sometimes had inside cylinders. I never knew how they drove them with internal cylinders, sometimes up to 3 or 4, but I guess it is similar to the crankshaft of a car?
Can you do a video on N&W 578? It's one of the most forgotten steam excursion stars from the N&W!
I think I'm the first person to watch this video. I think
I've saw this Locomotive run at the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield village, was pretty cool
I love Thomas the Tank Engine and I love Robot Chickens get on Thomas
It pulled a revenue freight the other day lol. Also it just got back to Strasburg from visiting some other railroad although I forgot which
Is there video of this? I didn’t see anything to that effect on VRF.
her name is Britt ALL-Croft
not Al-Croft
Thanks for the tip. You’re clearly not an idiot on that part like I was. I also should have watched some unlucky tug videos first
I love Thomas and friends win I was 10 years old
I went when i was a kid and always wondered where he originated from.
The Disneyland Rail Road has destroyed so much historic equipment. #15 is the tip of the iceberg. They’ve completely altered some of the last pieces of rolling stock of a railroad. Why destroy 15 when 13 was more in Thomas side tank for across the street is something i always wondered? Also BEDT 16 is a larger heavy duty class by Porter. She was the largest locomotive on the BEDT.
#16 is still in New York, but it's missing multiple drivetrain parts, so it's unlikely it will ever run again. As for #13, I believe the museum was adamant to allow them to convert an engine from their own collection, despite deeming it surplus and selling it to the Age Of Steam Roundhouse in 2011.
Perhaps 15 was in better shape, or they simply just chose 15 since it was there first, perhaps 13 wasn’t even in Strasburg by the time the rebuild began. One of those 3 I suspect.
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 13 was still in Strasburg during the rebuild, 15 was in better mechanical condition than 13, which had last ran in 1968 I believe.
@@TheRealStikShady Just what I suspected. Going in locomotives in better shape for restoration/saving has been a running trend in steam locomotive preservation and in the restoration field since the end of steam in America
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 most BEDT engines are probably going to remain static displays, except for 13 ironically. It is on a list of possible restorations at the Age Of Steam Roundhouse. 12 is in Florida, where it's restoration isn't much of a priority to the Florida Railroad Museum. 14 is still somewhat stored in Arkeville New York, so it won't really be the point of much attention. And 16, like I mentioned before, is missing many critical drivetrain parts, so it may never run again.
I was lucky enough to see the Strasburg Thomas at greenfield village
one of the better looking Thomas rip offs ive seen
Uhh Thomas and the Magic Railroad wasn’t ill fated at all. Other than that, fantastic video! 😂
I’ve heard otherwise, from a critical standpoint of view. There is a video out there discussing how it derailed the franchise but I haven’t got the chance to watch it yet
@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 The movie costed a lot of money and it didn't return profit, witch led to Britt All croft selling the franchise to Hit entertainment and then Hit era happend before it got saved by Mattel. Witch turned out to be just a "Lets make thomas great again only to make it WAY worse then it was ever before" so that's what happend.
It derailed the franchise. The thing that made Thomas so special, being realistic, was thrown out the window by that movie. The Rotten Tomatoes score is terrible too. As to what Britt Allcroft was thinking, I have no idea. I’d rather see her make a film about the NWR’s beginnings and how Thomas came there, in a realistic fashion
unpopular opinion: midhants thomas replica is better then strasburgs replica
other then that, cool vid!
Well, they might have a closer model to the E2 to work off of, thereby having a closer look to the E2
@@TheRealStikShady true
It does have the advantage of being an inside cylinder locomotive and being closer in size to Thomas than 15. 15 meanwhile has the advantage in having a more accurate smoke box.
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wow i did not know that 15 was day out with thomas.
One thing i just don't get: why hasn't anyone basicly scratchbuild the variation of an e2 just for being thomas? Even if it's just to haul his two friends annie and clarabel..
Simple answer, it's difficult to get a manufacturer to build a new functioning steam locomotive or form a steam locomotive trust in the present day.
But I do see the possibility of converting one of the dummies into a functioning locomotive without altering their appearance, given enough money and hard work.
You do know that the children stories aka Railway Series came before the TV Show. With the first story released in 1945.
I always knew that
6:02 that’s john hastler? the british va…not criticising but it just doesn’t make sense…sorry, hate to be an ass.
It's really hard finding the right guy on google enough, I found out a bit too late but about a week ago it had tricked me into thinking it was the right guy
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 oh… atleast that’s the only thing that was incorrect and it’s still partially correct
Why can't they get a Jinty
Probably too expensive
7:54
Sure…
I remember the first time doing out with Thomas came to Utica, New York where I live and just seeing him made me happy even though later on, I discovered that he was just a dummy engine because the train that he would push, and pull was being told by a diesel locomotive so that pissed me off, but it’s good to know that they finally made Thomas into a real steam locomotive
The fact that The thomas replica was built off of a pre existing locomotive is pretty insane. Also, how do the animatronic components not melt from the heat?
This past weekend i did the Shop tour at Strasburg. Saw thomas up close as they were preparing for the upcoming DOWT. Talked to one of the mechanics. If Mattel would ever revoke the rights for Strasburg to use the Thomas brand, it wouldn't take much effort at all to convert the locomotive back into #15.
I've always wondered this since i first saw it
Damn... I am gonna tell this to a little kid
Has this locomotive ever had a 1,472 day inspection?
Atleast once, as recently as 2013, though Strasburg has one of if not the best equipped shops for steam locomotives so I imagine in a quick time period between annual Day Out With Thomas seasons.
I wish that Strasburg Thomas was a train completely (well, still with his face but as an actual door).
I actually saw this on a trip to Greenville village back when I was a kid. Good times. 🙂
Wait... Are actually Contreras now is Strasburg Thomas' voice as well or it is still using Sherman's voice?-
The former.
Terrible rush job on my part, coupled with outdated Wikipedia articles. Then again I detest swapping out the Martin Sheman recordings for his AEG VA since AEG is so terrible
day out with Thomas is so cool in Strasberg railway with the real Thomas relpeca
I can’t believe Thomas would eat porter like that
8:42 t h r e e
Andrew, what is "mainatance" at the end of your video ???
Maintenance. Turns out this software can't correct typos just like moviemaker
Fun fact btw, the btd boiler test is actually fake.
oh.
What? Dang the internet can really trick you sometimes
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014they misspelled the acronym for the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, spelling it as EDT instead of BEDT.
@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014also, the boiler test did happen, but the video online is a fake recreation of it.
The incident did happen but the video that it was featured in is fake
I go to the steadies burg railway
Im a kid and i did wach
1:44
LB&SCR E2 Class 0-6-0T steam locomotives, 10 made in early 1900s
intended for shunting and short distance freight trains
last 6 units - 1961-1963 scrapped.
10 built all gone. it wasnt a very useful engine and it certainly wasnt a very lucky one either.
the uk sadly suffered a double hit with the Beeching report in the early 1960s closing loads and loads of railways in the uk and ripping up the tracks mercilessly against huge protests and then the 1955 modernisation plan seeing to the destruction of just over 18000 steam trains over a 10 year period against protests.
I get sad about the scrapping of 180 odd HST units, but the story of the steamers is just too bad to even imagine
but then britians most popular 1970s HST train prototype didnt get off scot free either, 1 carriage and the 2nd powercar was scrapped in 1997
the 1985 withdrawn APT-P (3 built) only half of that train exists today and it will never run ever again
ruclips.net/video/t5Yxk2paXSA/видео.html might be of interest
Replica is a bit strong.
5:58 that’s actually John Hasler
Why they build Thomas.
To bad Thomas never found Astro train deceptcon LoL
Uh, how about we hope that never happens, for real because, no!
3:37 omg the tank engine is so real
Because he’s a E2 class
The story’s came first
Although this is a one of a type railroad and knowing how real it is but knowing the engine through problems like THE EYES MELTING FROM THE HEAT still its great and it continues the legacy of engine 15
Maybe we can use AI to make the Thomas move around on its own and talk like it's a person and program the ai to thomas's cheeky personality
The other dummy replicas of Thomas are narrow gauge versions
Well, the one that has been to Tweetsie is, but the rest actually are standard gauge.
the story of how we got a cursed ahh locomotive.
BETD #15 was bought specifically to be made into Thomas.
strasburg was like one of you will die but its a sacrifice im willing to make
Wait Porter is supposed to be number 15? Really?
They brought this real steam powered Thomas Replica to the Illinois Railway Museum in 2000 or 2001. I remember seeing it there operating alongside Frisco 1630. I remember the crew joking about cooking eggs on the outside cylinders.
Also, I think there are 2 Percy replicas running around, as I saw a picture of both of them at Strasburg floating around.
Fun fact in 2001 stasburg built their first Thomas dummy unit
Yeah, who made the big blue dumpsters? 😂
Get ready, because it'll make sense in the end.
i went to day with thomas when i was younger
7:04 utbhvggj
I paused it on 1. I’m scared to continue lol