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!

@harrisonofcolorado8886

Жыл бұрын

Happy Father's Day to you too Andrew!

@A_Lazy_dude

Жыл бұрын

As my father took me too in strasburg to the Thomas And Friends date event all the time and i even got to see real engines such as Canadian National 89(my 2nd favorite Canadian National steam engine) Norfolk and Western 475(I still hate and speechless why it got hit) and 15 which is dressed up as Thomas is why this video was made

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

@@A_Lazy_dudeI’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.

@harryjohnson9215

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@harryjohnson9215 Xdoubt

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.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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

@PowerTrain611

Жыл бұрын

So is that a fact, or do you THINK it's a fact? There's quite a big difference...

@NealMouse9140

Жыл бұрын

@@PowerTrain611 yes, it's a fact. The faces are still up there

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

@@PowerTrain611 It is a fact

@Einsteindks27

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

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.

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 rode this Thomas when I was 4 years old and looking back I really appericate it and all my parents did.

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

@sergefeuze9249

Ай бұрын

1999 is the year production of Thomas and the magic railroad was being planned

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

seeing that 15 is litterally porter it's kinda creepy to think about

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.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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.

@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod4023

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 I should also mention that the Strasburg Thomas occasionally stops by the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.

@_kommandant_3055

Жыл бұрын

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

@MatthewTheRBXMan

Жыл бұрын

@@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod4023 The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village are the exact same thing

we just not gonna talk about how the old face melted off the smoke box that one time?

You answered a question I didn't know I wanted to ask. Well done!

@therealsantwerp3751

Жыл бұрын

Hello Victor Tanzig!

@DemolitionDerbyChaosShorts

Жыл бұрын

Hi Victor

@MatthewTheRBXMan

Жыл бұрын

Love your stuff

Fun fact it the “main Strasburg Thomas” also visited the North Carolina transportation museum in 2012 or sometime around that era.

While the fact that they completely changed no.15 bothers me a little, I really do love Thomas. The good thing is that Railfans like me and kids and their families get to have an awesome time seeing Thomas in Real life.

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!

Very interesting video, well done! I also noticed Thomas' theme from instrument maniac in there too! I love his music aswell!

“Drop the fire DROP THE FIRE THE EYES ARE MELTING DROP THE FIRE

The need to bring back #31. It went in for its 1472 in 2009 and never got rebuilt.

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.

@quillmaurer6563

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

He's in Illinois, at the Illinois Railway Museum. The 15th,16th 22nd and 23rd. 8:18

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

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

I've saw this Locomotive run at the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield village, was pretty cool

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

@Despacito-vy1hc

Жыл бұрын

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

@TheRealStikShady

Ай бұрын

That's not a sister of 15, it's the only surviving sister of 12

Thanks for sharing the info!

Thomas & Friends is my childhood

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

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.

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

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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

I learned that Strasburg Railroad have the only Real Steam Locomotive Thomas in the US. 🚂

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Even Wikipedia mentions such a thing, atleast when I was doing research for the video, given Wikipedia articles get changed all the time

I actually saw this on a trip to Greenville village back when I was a kid. Good times. 🙂

Interesting, a question i never knew i had, answered by a person i've never watched before. Thanks youtube.

Wonderful vid

I wish that Strasburg Thomas was a train completely (well, still with his face but as an actual door).

Can you do a video on N&W 578? It's one of the most forgotten steam excursion stars from the N&W!

wow i did not know that 15 was day out with thomas.

I was lucky enough to see the Strasburg Thomas at greenfield village

i mean strasburg did leave there camel back out for like 12 years before 1187 was saved by sugar creek and restored for display

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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

I went when i was a kid and always wondered where he originated from.

Honestly it doesn't bother me that they did this to #15.

day out with Thomas is so cool in Strasberg railway with the real Thomas relpeca

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.

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

@FishKepr

Жыл бұрын

Is there video of this? I didn’t see anything to that effect on VRF.

I've always wondered this since i first saw it

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.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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.

Me as a kid: I like thomas here! Me now: now I got to learn how they got this thomas!

Good video 👍

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?

History still remains

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

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Atleast they have the porter etchings on them.

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?

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is the Strasburg Thomas

Dang i guess Thomas did go on a big world adventure kinda😭

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Ай бұрын

A better one than what the film did

@AgreenCaterpillar

Ай бұрын

@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 fr

Damn... I am gonna tell this to a little kid

I can’t believe Thomas would eat porter like that

I paused it on 1. I’m scared to continue lol

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 went to day with thomas when i was younger

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

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?

I love Thomas and friends win I was 10 years old

We saw both of them last time I went to Strasburg

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Who? Thomas and Percy?

You do know that the children stories aka Railway Series came before the TV Show. With the first story released in 1945.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

I always knew that

3:37 omg the tank engine is so real

Has this locomotive ever had a 1,472 day inspection?

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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.

8:42 t h r e e

Andrew, what is "mainatance" at the end of your video ???

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Maintenance. Turns out this software can't correct typos just like moviemaker

BETD #15 was bought specifically to be made into Thomas.

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

5:58 that’s actually John Hasler

Wait... Are actually Contreras now is Strasburg Thomas' voice as well or it is still using Sherman's voice?-

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

The former.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

5 ай бұрын

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

Wow.

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.

@southsidediy

Жыл бұрын

Also, I think there are 2 Percy replicas running around, as I saw a picture of both of them at Strasburg floating around.

@sergefeuze9249

Ай бұрын

Fun fact in 2001 stasburg built their first Thomas dummy unit

I love Thomas the Tank Engine and I love Robot Chickens get on Thomas

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.

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

#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.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

Because he’s a E2 class

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..

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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.

her name is Britt ALL-Croft not Al-Croft

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

5 ай бұрын

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

7:54 Sure…

strasburg was like one of you will die but its a sacrifice im willing to make

Uhh Thomas and the Magic Railroad wasn’t ill fated at all. Other than that, fantastic video! 😂

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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

@nielsleenknegt5839

Жыл бұрын

​@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.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

5 ай бұрын

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

I go to the steadies burg railway

unpopular opinion: midhants thomas replica is better then strasburgs replica other then that, cool vid!

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

Well, they might have a closer model to the E2 to work off of, thereby having a closer look to the E2

@doofusfelix

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRealStikShady true

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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.

Fun fact btw, the btd boiler test is actually fake.

@doofusfelix

Жыл бұрын

oh.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

What? Dang the internet can really trick you sometimes

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

​@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014they misspelled the acronym for the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, spelling it as EDT instead of BEDT.

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

​@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014also, the boiler test did happen, but the video online is a fake recreation of it.

@shanestrains548

3 ай бұрын

The incident did happen but the video that it was featured in is fake

To bad Thomas never found Astro train deceptcon LoL

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Uh, how about we hope that never happens, for real because, no!

Why can't they get a Jinty

@TheRealStikShady

Жыл бұрын

Probably too expensive

Im a kid and i did wach

Wait Porter is supposed to be number 15? Really?

Why they build Thomas.

1:44

Replica is a bit strong.

I think I'm the first person to watch this video. I think

Yeah, who made the big blue dumpsters? 😂

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

Get ready, because it'll make sense in the end.

@A_Lazy_dude

Жыл бұрын

Me as a kid: I like seeing Thomas here! Me now: I guess I need to find out how they got this Thomas here even though I grew up with Thomas!

I have the Hardback DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of TRAIN. Discover the story of railways - from the days of steam to the high - speed, sophisticated trains of today. In association with THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM.

The other dummy replicas of Thomas are narrow gauge versions

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

5 ай бұрын

Well, the one that has been to Tweetsie is, but the rest actually are standard gauge.

one of the better looking Thomas rip offs ive seen

6:02 that’s john hastler? the british va…not criticising but it just doesn’t make sense…sorry, hate to be an ass.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

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

@toadbrunoandbelleproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 oh… atleast that’s the only thing that was incorrect and it’s still partially correct

les go I'm the 499 like

you forgot to leave this in the description so I will do this in the comment section 🔵 Thomas' Theme -- • Thomas & Friends ... 🎵 Cover by Luke Pickman -- / instrumentmaniac

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

Жыл бұрын

I listed it in the credits, incase you skipped them

@jiggyjohn6949

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014 That's a Big L on my side then 💀