5:37 Illustrator John T Kenney's last ever illustration for the RWS, he resigned due to his eyesight failing and wasn't able to capture the fine details he used, Look carefully at the illustrations in this book you can see this. John died in 1972 from prolonged illness aged 61 RIP John, was my favourite illustrator of the series & RIP narrator Willie Rushton
I've always enjoyed how closely Awdry linked the Skarloey Railway's history to that of the Talyllyn. I just finished reading Tom Rolt's Railway Adventure; the story of Gallant Old Engine is a retelling of what happened to Dolgoch just before Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas arrived on the railway in the early '50s, with almost no deviation from the actual events as retold by Rolt.
@@bernarda1247 Wow I’m glad people still remember that and that it was me who did it. NewController and I were working together to get all the Morris and Rushton on here and I’d always had in my head how PATT might have sounded in Morris’s delivery so I suggested it to NC and he said yeah let’s give it a try.
Just like skarloey did in old faithful, in 1951/1952, before his 9-year overhaul, Rheneas kept the trains runnings to keep the line running in service and for the sake of passengers
The Skarloey Railway is only little and would probably depend almost entirely on passengers, like most U.K. railways. Especially considering the Slate quarry closed in The Railway Series, essentially meaning the only goods work on the line would be the trains to and from the MOD complex built on the site of the old quarry.
0:29 “Passengers are just nuisances, they’re always complaining” Yeah I think if I was an engine pulling coaches l’d get annoyed easily from dealing with annoying passengers a lot after a while
0:35-0:49 Is so, and THEY ARE NOT!!!!!! COAL and WATER is your coal and water!!!! DON'T MIX IT UP!!!!!!!! And it's NOT JUST passengers that are carried on a railway. It's trucks too, you KNOW THAT!!! Besides, even if they can be nuisances, THEY are MORE important than passengers mostly, let me tell you (though it can be the opposite SOMETIMES). Duncan IS RIGHT, though, passengers ARE always (at least almost always) complaining, and it's almost always for unnecessary reasons. So DON'T remind us about such rubbish!
Passengers are the railway's "coal and water," not just in the sense that the money they pay for their train rides goes directly back into the railway (maintenance costs, not shareholder dividends), but also because small railways rely heavily on word of mouth from customers. If they've had a good experience, then they'll tell others and that may influence them to go for a ride; but they won't want to go if someone they know has had a bad experience. Railway passengers: actual "influencers."
Loved the facial expressions Kenney gave the engines. One of the best artists of this series
5:37 Illustrator John T Kenney's last ever illustration for the RWS, he resigned due to his eyesight failing and wasn't able to capture the fine details he used, Look carefully at the illustrations in this book you can see this. John died in 1972 from prolonged illness aged 61 RIP John, was my favourite illustrator of the series & RIP narrator Willie Rushton
eh whatever
I love of how he based the illustrations of the conditions of the real Railway when it was struggling to stay open in the 1950s.
Am I the only one who notices that his illustrations, especially early on, had a strangely 50s Americana Feel to it?
@@richardthefox3412 I sort of thought that particularly cover picture on the Eight famous engines.
I've always enjoyed how closely Awdry linked the Skarloey Railway's history to that of the Talyllyn. I just finished reading Tom Rolt's Railway Adventure; the story of Gallant Old Engine is a retelling of what happened to Dolgoch just before Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas arrived on the railway in the early '50s, with almost no deviation from the actual events as retold by Rolt.
And nicely read..
I love the way they show some fraternity between the Fat and Thin Controller's Railways at the end.
Aye it’s the guy who narrated Percy and the trousers
@@bernarda1247 Wow I’m glad people still remember that and that it was me who did it. NewController and I were working together to get all the Morris and Rushton on here and I’d always had in my head how PATT might have sounded in Morris’s delivery so I suggested it to NC and he said yeah let’s give it a try.
rheanes: come along OHH I GOT A CRAMP!!
Relatable for old and fat people xd
@@edward002gamingyour grandparents aren’t going to talk to you again if they see you comment that 😳
Sounds like an old man
I don't think Skarloey would've liked Duke's Picnic train. That stopped wherever.
Of course he would like it. At least it wouldn't do it at places he felt were unnecessary.
Imagine skarloey doing duke's picnic train but his version always stops at the right place not everywhere
Well depending on your head cannon there were haults so there were certain places to stop so maybe he would have liked it
Just like skarloey did in old faithful, in 1951/1952, before his 9-year overhaul, Rheneas kept the trains runnings to keep the line running in service and for the sake of passengers
2:23 But they DO. They learn sense, and to NEVER talk such rubbish about places like them, AND not to do it again afterward, EVER.
I don't really think Skarloey should be calling Mr. Peter Sam "the thin controller" in that story since he wasn't controller at the time.
That man can really roll his "oo"'s.
I wish Willie Rushton narrated Thomas and the Royal engine.
It would be a bit hard for him to do that since he's been dead for over 20 years
i think i can, i think i can, i know i can, i know i can i did it .whew oops wrong story , but same spirit.
allan egleston lol
RHENEAS RETURNS
Rheneas's story toke place in 1951
What Skarloey said isn't totally true. Without passengers surely a railway would need to rely on freight
The Skarloey Railway is only little and would probably depend almost entirely on passengers, like most U.K. railways. Especially considering the Slate quarry closed in The Railway Series, essentially meaning the only goods work on the line would be the trains to and from the MOD complex built on the site of the old quarry.
If only they’d reopened old mines and use cargo trains again
They did open a new slate quarry after the old one closed.
Come alooooooohhhhh !!! ive got cramp haha that's so funny
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0:29 “Passengers are just nuisances, they’re always complaining”
Yeah I think if I was an engine pulling coaches l’d get annoyed easily from dealing with annoying passengers a lot after a while
Retell of Dolgoch saving the talyllyn line from closure, should she be known as the gallant old lady
this story shows the titfreld speirt I like how ranase was saluted by he fellow steam engines large and small
What's a "ranase"?
Gallant Old Engine Season 4 Episode 14
Exactly what does "Gallant" mean
Google it
Brave and useful I think,we don't use it much here in america
Brave and heroic
@@THETHOMAS4 no
In general, Gallent means to act knightly. To be gallant means to be driven, respectful, and to act with integrity.
0:35 That's no way to talk!
How to keep a business running
@Bluemango123 impossible
@Bluemango123 ringo only narrates 1-2 michel angelis narrates 3 onwards
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0:35-0:49 Is so, and THEY ARE NOT!!!!!! COAL and WATER is your coal and water!!!! DON'T MIX IT UP!!!!!!!! And it's NOT JUST passengers that are carried on a railway. It's trucks too, you KNOW THAT!!! Besides, even if they can be nuisances, THEY are MORE important than passengers mostly, let me tell you (though it can be the opposite SOMETIMES). Duncan IS RIGHT, though, passengers ARE always (at least almost always) complaining, and it's almost always for unnecessary reasons. So DON'T remind us about such rubbish!
UK railways rely on passengers more unlike the US who rely on freight so passengers are important than freight
Or they’re sorta even anywhere
I always thought that was meant to be a play on ‘bread and butter’
Passengers are the railway's "coal and water," not just in the sense that the money they pay for their train rides goes directly back into the railway (maintenance costs, not shareholder dividends), but also because small railways rely heavily on word of mouth from customers. If they've had a good experience, then they'll tell others and that may influence them to go for a ride; but they won't want to go if someone they know has had a bad experience.
Railway passengers: actual "influencers."