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I mean the U.S and many parts of the world did it. Even Canada with only one locomotive did it why couldn't Britain do it. And before any of you say loading gauge or anything about breaking the couplings I think the LMS Garratt would like to have a word with you. And plus it's not like Britain would be using these engines for mainline passenger work so wouldn't a mallet be beneficial for the Brits on freight duties.

In the show Chloe's Closet, we see that there is no danger in Chloe's worlds and we also rarely see Chloe ever feel anything other than happy. My theory says the reason Chloe's worlds are never dangerous because there was a time were Chloe used to make worlds full of very dangerous creatures and it always scared the other children. As a result, Chloe's parents banned her from making these types of worlds and threatened to punish her for that. That's why Chloe's worlds are always peaceful. The other part of the theory is that Chloe used to get joy from torturing others with her imaginary worlds but after getting banned from imagining dangerous worlds, she tried seeing how it felt to be nice to others and she realized she liked that more than torture. That's why she's almost never seen feeling anything other than joy.

Thomas would have been better if it was owned by Thomas fans after season 7 because after season 7, Hit decided to add some changes that turned Thomas into the boring baby show crap of season 8-16 known as the Hit and Nitrogen eras and even though Mattel did initially have respect for Thomas by hiring Andrew Brenner to write for seasons 17-21, Mattel would then try to turn Thomas into a cartoon and finally create fucking All Engines Go after season 24 which led to Mattel now trying to make an apology for fucking up Thomas and Friends by creating another reboot of Thomas the Tank Engine. If Thomas fans owned Thomas after season 7, we wouldn't have had to deal with the crap we face now because Thomas would be owned by people who care and it would have had a nice conclusion.

I was wondering how things would look like in Britain if the Big 4 remained and British Railways never formed. Would dieselization have happened quicker? how would the Big 4 tried to stay relevant in a world that was becoming addicted to cars? and would a nationalized passenger rail company eventually form in this alternate universe? posting in the U.S by the way.

I was wondering what would have happened if British Railways had never privatized. What would have been different? would steam locos still been banned from mainline service and confined to heritage lines? how would Britain's trains and rail lines look if British Railways never died?

I don't really think Michael Brandon is a bad Thomas narrator, infact I think he's a good narrator and that he doesn't deserve the amount of hate he gets. Here's all the reasons why I think Michael Brandon is a good Thomas narrator.

1. compared to Michael Angelis, during the hit era Michael Brandon sounded more energetic and like he actually wanted to be narrator rather than someone who was looking for a pay check and nothing else.
2. His character voices sound unique. Though not all his voices are good, especially the narrow gauge engines, at least he gave the characters their own distinct voice unlike season 6 Alec Baldwin.
3. His Diesel voice sounds iconic. They way he voices Diesel fits Diesel's character during the hit era well and it was so good he continued to voice Diesel during the first few CGI seasons. Michael Brandon also did a very good attempt at a Scottish accent for Donald and Douglas that was as good as the Scottish accent George Carlin gave the Scottish twins and far better than season 6 Alec Baldwin who didn't even attempt at a Scottish accent at all. Michael Brandon also did a good Gordon voice in my opinion that suits Gordon's hit era character well.

mines is Duke of Gloucster's Story. In 1968, when BR officially ended all its steam traction Duke of Gloucster seemed destined to be scrapped untill a signalman saved him by sending him onto a track that led to the Woodham brothers scrapyard were he layed there for many years till he got saved and he lives on to tell that tale.

I'll start with mine. In my humble opinion the Union Pacific Big Boys are the most American locomotive simply due to the fact they are the literal embodiment of America's love of big everything. Im posting in the U.S by the way

what car would America buy considering its almost her 250th birthday

Were in June and its getting closer to September release. Are any of Y'all excited

Mines: you like annoying pannier tanks who go on and on about "The Great Western Way"

The scrap engine on the left was an SER O class who was withdrawn in 1961. He used to pull freight up until the C class came when he became a mixed traffic engine working on his branchline in Kent. although majority of his brothers were scrapped before WWII, He managed to survive untill Modernization sealed his fate in 1961.

The scrap engine on the right is a NBR A class who worked in Scotland. He pulled goods trains and was proud of his Scottish heritage. Percy met him when they were about to go to the Great Railway show in Euston and they became friends and Percy would often tell him his stories. He was withdrawn and scrapped in 1961.

The engine behind the one on the right is a NER Class E1 who worked as a station pilot in York up untill withdrawl in 1961. He always wanted is own branch line to call home but never got a branchline of his own and was often mocked by the big engines for wanting to see the world.

The last one is the saddest one. The engine on the far right is a GWR 1361 Class. He lived and shunted at the docks and he loved the sea because of it. many engines came and went but he remained happy untill diesels came and told him he was "worthless". He didn't believe this untill his controller said to his face "your worthless". After that he basically given up on life and decided to go to the scrapyards in 1961 to be scrapped because he didn't want to live anymore.

Thomas is a post apocalyptic train world according to some and there's evidence to prove it

Thomas and Friends is based in real life and in real life steam trains got scrapped across the entire world but since Thomas is British, majority of time when scrap is brought up it usually deals with Britain

Percy says in one book "Engines on the other railway arent safe now, their controllers are cruel, they dont like engines anymore, they put them on cold, damp, sidings, than they cut them up" This implies that out side of sodor, steam trains are being killed and when Percy says the "Other Railway" he's refering to British Railways in Britain were in real life over 16,000 steam trains were being scrapped between 1955-1968 during its modernization plan to replace steam with diesel. Putting that in Thomas and it makes it seem as though the British government was committing mass genocide of steam trains

In the books and tv series its never shown that Sir Topham has scrapped any engine but maybe he dose this because he does not want the engines to rebel. maybe he scraps engines when the engines aren't looking and he uses lies to make them think he's not cruel in fact in the book were I got the quote from the foreword says that British Railways controllers arent cruel impling British controllers use lies to get their engines to think that they love them and care for them

of coures this is just a conspiracy theory and none of this is ment to be taken literally

RCR did make a video on cash for clunkers but what do you think is the saddest image or video of a car getting scrapped. i'll start with mine