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James crashing into the poster of edward where he looks like he has edwards body, it eerily looks identical to that goof in the classic series where edward is wearing James' sad face

The fact that 2026 Thomas can't even pull an empty mail car but cgi Thomas can pull a lot of trucks is just weird ngl

And here I am back with an appreciation post, but this time about a specific area of the island, the Ffarquhar tramroad: a charming and important, yet criminally underused and forgotten part of Ffarquhar—and possibly Sodor as a whole.  

If I remember correctly, Awdry created the Tramway partly to justify Toby’s existence on Sodor after being inspired by his own experience with J70 tram engines. I love that he enjoyed the experience so much that he built an entire story around it.

Thomas gets stopped by a snippy policeman for running along the road without cowcatchers and sideplates. Topham decides to fit them, but Thomas objects because he doesn’t want to look like a tram. That gives Topham the idea to bring Toby to Sodor, and the rest is history. Eventually, we get Mavis too.

The Railway Series gave us glimpses of the Tramway, but we never really got a proper look at it or Ffarquhar Village. I do love that we got the steep dippy lane where Mavis famously got stuck on, but still, it would have been better if we got a full glimpse at the whole Tramroad. The TV series did even less, with Season 3 being the main showcase before it practically disappeared. To the show’s credit, it at least remembered the Tramway through narration:

>“There is a line to a quarry at the end of Thomas's branch. It goes for some distance along the road.” 

>“Toby's Line crosses the main road behind the station and for a short way follows a farm lane.” 

It’s a shame because imagine being a villager opening your door and seeing Toby rolling right past your house! That would be so awesome. I really hope the Tramway and Ffarquhar Village get some love again someday.

And yes, Dovetail, I’m looking at you.

"EDWARD IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE"

"JAMES WHAT THE FU-"

Like i am genuine, you can look these up for yourselves

Seriously i have to know who and why lol??

Oh yeah this is the original video dvd that it came from, Very obscure apparently

Like judy Jerome why u separate uh rusty hello nice of you to join the standard guage discord call oh nice of you to come out of the shadow realm hugo uh who even are you behind rusty Charlie just leave percy is distracted by a butterfly also glyn and Steven who invited yall?

Correct me if I'm wrong

So I was just looking around tumbler and as this..I realized that diesel looks weird in the new TTTE series and laughed so hard about it..

I real want to draw this later-

This is a really good express coach model, I’ll definitely be getting the composite coach and break coach next time I get paid, it scales decently with my models (still need a new face for Gordon)