Came over from Unlucky Tugs' video about more real engines in Thomas, and this was one hecking good dive in to narrowing down just what number Diesel wore IRL.

wow, the story of the real diesel is really interesting! it's ironic that he ended up shunting at the bluebell railway.

This series is amazing and it only has two episodes. It's great to hear Diesels alive. Almost makes up for the disappointment of Jinty dying. But keep up the amazing work. Your a real RWS Detective.

I love how it just happened to work out that the real locomotive most likely to be the actual Diesel just so happened to end up visiting the Bluebell for a while. It feels like the sort of thing that would be a plot contrivance for a fan story.

I'm so glad diesel isn't dead even if he was the one who said lies about the engines he tried the change by the 80s someone needs to make a backstory that matches this

I believe "Thomas and the Evil Diesel" was intended to take place following "Branch Line Engines," which would explain Percy's absence. Keep in mind, the story was intended to fit somewhere in the continuity of the stories adapted for Series 2.

Diesel’s number 13236 seems perfect for him. Diesel is meant to be plain, not unique, unremarkable, and utilitarian. 13236 is a random number of the thousand class 08’s and has no significant meaning to him, so I think it’s perfect. Good job narrowing it down.

Class 08s are popular as hell and you got 1 out of all those

My jaw is on the floor. That is amazing. Very in-depth and well explained, and well presented. So exploring your channel now.

Diesel did help Thomas onto the flatbed of the Lorry when Thomas was going to the national railway museum in York this is my head Cannon as in Thomas and the great railway show in the second story not a ticket there was a class O8 diesel shunter painted black so in my head Canon that diesel engine who helped Thomas on to the flatbed of the Lorry was diesel

Amazing how much effort you put into such a minor character (In the RWS at least). Love this video!

Wow, I just got done watching your video on Jinty and now this, excellent research and breakdown. Imagine Diesel and Stepney getting on with each other during his time at the Bluebell Railway. I'd figure much like how Gordon was pompous when he was new and later grew from his mistakes, Diesel likely would have grown as well from his early years. Being one of the 3 remaining 08s left in service, getting moved around, fearing he'd be scrapped himself, I think would have built character on him. Pairing him up with Stepney as a character would also make for an interesting story. Stepney is a famous steam engine, he's a bigshot and people flock to the Bluebell railway to visit him. He's good friends with Duck who Diesel slandered when he arrived to Sodor, and he and Duck both had their experience with D261 before.

Knowing all of this completes Diesel’s arc from a manipulative bastard to a changed man.

You were mentioned in Unlucky Tug’s video - congrats!

This video is absolutely underrated, I mean no fans had done something mind blowing

Great to see this continue its cool to see how u narrowed everything down also cool that he survives to this day and even went to the blue bell railway

I have absolutely no reason to love this video as much as I do, but you put the work in and it paid off.

Hey dude, I love this, as a fellow RWS purist, I’m happy people are doing clever & creative things with the series, I have a request for this series, Duck, in the IOS Book it’s heavily implied that the number he wears on Sodor wasn’t his real number, I would love to see an episode where you try to figure out whether he is the real 5741, Anyways I hope this series continues, bye

This is so good, there must be so much reserch put into it. Geneus!

Ok, but thinking of the interactions between Diesel and Stepney would be really interesting to see due to his previous experience with 'Bowler'