Which Railway Series Characters Still Exist in Real Life?

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  • čas přidán 27. 11. 2023
  • 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  Před 6 měsíci +55

    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 Před 6 měsíci +40

    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 Před 6 měsíci +8

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

    • @Canadiansteamengine43
      @Canadiansteamengine43 Před 6 měsíci +3

      I wish that one of the E2s was preserved

  • @weloveteddy
    @weloveteddy Před 5 měsíci +3

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

  • @cactusparty258
    @cactusparty258 Před 6 měsíci +11

    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 Před 6 měsíci

      Neil is mentioned.

    • @cactusparty258
      @cactusparty258 Před 6 měsíci

      @@RJSRdg you didn’t hear that from me

  • @West_Coast_Gang
    @West_Coast_Gang Před 6 měsíci +3

    D5701 was scrapped

  • @TheGingerEngine
    @TheGingerEngine Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @TonsOfTrackmasters
    @TonsOfTrackmasters Před 4 měsíci

    Really nicely made vid! Enjoyed it a lot

  • @vehicleandanimalcrossovers
    @vehicleandanimalcrossovers Před 6 měsíci +5

    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 Před 6 měsíci +2

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

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg Před 6 měsíci

      @@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 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Cuddle Fell Railway. Cute.

    • @loggior.speedweed4345
      @loggior.speedweed4345 Před 6 měsíci

      *The Snowdon Mountain Railway

  • @stewartoutandabout
    @stewartoutandabout Před 6 měsíci +5

    "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 Před 6 měsíci +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 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@RJSRdg fantastic answer, thank you.

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 Před 6 měsíci +4

    2:33 R.I.P Awdry

    • @tim89660
      @tim89660 Před 2 měsíci

      Awdry dies and himself as a train

  • @RHPLAYzz
    @RHPLAYzz Před 6 měsíci +3

    They survived in our hearts

  • @kingkoopa64
    @kingkoopa64 Před 6 měsíci +2

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

  • @Kieron_Andrew_24
    @Kieron_Andrew_24 Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @PCMan8922
    @PCMan8922 Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @railfan475productions3

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

  • @yourlocalidiot23432
    @yourlocalidiot23432 Před 6 měsíci +2

    in rl wilbert is sitting in a siding without his boiler

  • @ColtonRMagby
    @ColtonRMagby Před 6 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @Mr.Conductor13
    @Mr.Conductor13 Před 5 měsíci +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.)

  • @Puffy_The_Greatest_pvz_plant

    For people thought that one engine from the mountain railway it was not scrap and i forgot the name the engine fell off the cliff and it was put in the back of the shed he was used for other pieces

  • @danthebluetank6636
    @danthebluetank6636 Před 6 měsíci +1

    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

  • @davidmalchaski9383
    @davidmalchaski9383 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @Thingtreemabob
    @Thingtreemabob Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @dumbsaddletank
    @dumbsaddletank Před 13 dny

    AT LEAST BRO DIDN'T FORGET AWDRY🫡

  • @oh_non11111
    @oh_non11111 Před 5 měsíci

    4:01 NO WAY TDI MUSICICICICICX

  • @carlthegamerx1186
    @carlthegamerx1186 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @MATT2productions
    @MATT2productions Před 6 měsíci +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  Před 6 měsíci +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

  • @natedaboi1608
    @natedaboi1608 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Do every magazine character

  • @ReviCat
    @ReviCat Před měsícem

    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.

  • @klipsfilmsmelbourne
    @klipsfilmsmelbourne Před 6 měsíci +1

    4:11 WHAT!?

  • @joshslater2426
    @joshslater2426 Před 5 měsíci

    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.

  • @RJSRdg
    @RJSRdg Před 6 měsíci +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  Před 6 měsíci

      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 Před 6 měsíci

      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 Před 6 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @freddyfax
    @freddyfax Před 6 měsíci +1

    IS THAT THE TOTAL DRAMA MUSIC AT 4:03?

  • @johnathonmcjohn3
    @johnathonmcjohn3 Před 4 měsíci

    Maybe do a video on the magazine characters

  • @evanclarke5561
    @evanclarke5561 Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @bobyqwert1og815
    @bobyqwert1og815 Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @True_NOON
    @True_NOON Před 6 měsíci

    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

  • @maribeltenorio7588
    @maribeltenorio7588 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @ordovicianinnova
    @ordovicianinnova Před 6 měsíci +1

    I thought D199 was a class 55 Deltic for most of my life

  • @andrew63playz29
    @andrew63playz29 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @kwproductions6737
    @kwproductions6737 Před 6 měsíci +5

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

  • @LNERJ15
    @LNERJ15 Před 6 měsíci

    Hey look it's me 1:06

  • @Christophertheengine
    @Christophertheengine Před 4 měsíci

    0:24 I see shadow figure

  • @mmx3374
    @mmx3374 Před 6 měsíci +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  Před 6 měsíci +2

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

  • @TobyOliverHenryFan
    @TobyOliverHenryFan Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @Duckthechad
    @Duckthechad Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @ThatThomasContentCreator
    @ThatThomasContentCreator Před 4 měsíci

    you forgot minor characters like 98462 and the red engine

  • @bandannaanimations
    @bandannaanimations Před 4 měsíci

    I think you forgot to do bulstrode

  • @nitrothemountainengine66
    @nitrothemountainengine66 Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @mcollier4566
      @mcollier4566 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @clayv5422
    @clayv5422 Před 6 měsíci +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  Před 6 měsíci +1

      ....I guess I could. Maybe.

    • @clayv5422
      @clayv5422 Před 6 měsíci +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

  • @GeneralLeeStudios
    @GeneralLeeStudios Před 2 měsíci

    shame on the @SnowdonMountainRailway for scrapping Catherine's basis

  • @marceloazzirabelo
    @marceloazzirabelo Před 6 měsíci +1

    CZcams Kids In Which Real Life Thomas and Friends Vehicles SURVIVED? Please

  • @SomethingJay
    @SomethingJay Před 6 měsíci

    4:02 totaldrama!!!!!!!

  • @Joey15811
    @Joey15811 Před 6 měsíci

    Alaric and Eric were scapped
    Ernest survives

  • @JoseLopez-tk1qt
    @JoseLopez-tk1qt Před 6 měsíci

    Ttte railway series characters

  • @michellepoulain2933
    @michellepoulain2933 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @johnathonmcjohn3
    @johnathonmcjohn3 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @Lukisquez
    @Lukisquez Před 6 měsíci +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  Před 6 měsíci

      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 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @spongebobcoolduke1537
    @spongebobcoolduke1537 Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Před 6 měsíci +1

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

    • @spongebobcoolduke1537
      @spongebobcoolduke1537 Před 6 měsíci

      @@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  Před 6 měsíci +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 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @Jetthehawk1994
    @Jetthehawk1994 Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Před 6 měsíci

      Which ones? I was going off the Wiki

    • @Jetthehawk1994
      @Jetthehawk1994 Před 6 měsíci

      @@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  Před 6 měsíci

      @@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 Před 6 měsíci

      @@giantfightingroboto Yes. Sorry for any offense.

    • @giantfightingroboto
      @giantfightingroboto  Před 6 měsíci

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