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In the process of making Percy, I looked up some real Saddle Tank locomotives to base the realistic design off of. First one was Trojan no. 1340
Based off of this picture www.flickr.com/photos/rogerwasley/51159528298
Lovely view of one of Thomas's friends on the Thomas the Tank Engine weekend rides at Buckfastleigh in South Devon May Bank Holiday 2014.
Newly refurbished Sainsbury's at Craigleith is a calling point for Services 38 and 42 and this is the first appearance of Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 64 (SK52 OKH) in Lothian's Classic livery - another addition to the Dart fleet in the modern and glorious madder and white.
It's the 10th of April and for the first time in months the rain poured down. I was joined here by my friend and fellow enthusiast Ian Dunnet who pointed out that it was rare to see Mr. Monty out doing bus work on such a day! Indeed this is true and I never usually take photos with rain tumbling down like we see in this picture - so I guess I'm showing Edinburgh does have its rainy days too and blue skies are not always looking down on us!
I'm remembering the great railway stories of the 1960's by Reverend Wilbert Awdry when Henry the Green Engine had a new coat of paint, but on his first day out it rained and he went into a tunnel, stopped and wouldn't come out again. The Fat Controller reprimanded Henry but without success. He ordered the tunnel to be bricked up and Henry remained in there for days, his new coat of paint ruined.
A happy ending ensues and Henry is sorry. He got another fresh livery but it was much the talk of the railway when James and Gordon got to hear about the tale!
Former Southern Railway Class U 31625 is pictured in 'Thomas the Tank Engine' guise as Number 5, on Ropley Shed, on the Mid-Hants Railway, on April 5th 2002.
A very cold, crisp and clear morning at the East Anglian Railway Museum on 11th December 2022 meant that "Thomas" was putting up a very fine exhaust.
No 1 Thomas a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T No 1800 of the British Sugar beet factory, Peterborough.
Seen here departing Wansford Station with the shuttle service for Yarwell.
This train was topped and tailed by Thomas and D9520.
At the Nene Valley Railway 40th Anniversary weekend
4 June 2017
When my nephew visits, he can't wait to hit the train room. One visit, I pulled out the blue tub and went to work.
After ordering some medium blue wheels from Big Bens Bricks, I just had to go all out and vinyl him up. Making the face was a pain (digitally cut, but painfully created line by line in the software and then painstakingly applied by hand...) but I think he looks great.
Still haven't worked out what to do with his rods, as I think they're a little wide, but I'll works something out. Wouldn't mind dropping the wheels under the body a bit more too, but that will require substantial modification of the kinda rare red 80's train baseplate, which I'd prefer not to do.
Thomas the Tank Engine sits in a siding in Peninsula, Ohio, on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, but soon will return to Boston Mill station where the passengers aboard this train had boarded. Thomas was making his annual May visit to the CVSR.
DAY 30: Thomas the Tank Engine
You may have wondered when Thomas the Tank Engine entered the long dark tunnel at the start of this 30 Day Challenge, why I didn’t provide more information about little Thomas at that time. Well, now that the challenge is coming to an end and Thomas is leaving the tunnel, we can tell you a little more about this bright blue busy little engine.
Thomas the Tank Engine first appeared sixty one years ago in 1946 when stories about this little engine were published in The Railway Series by the Reverend W. V Awdry. The books were based on stories Reverend Awdry told to entertain his son Christopher during his recovery from measles. Many of the stories are based on events from Reverend Awdry's personal experience.
When Thomas first appeared, he was a station pilot, which meant that he would shunt coaches and trucks for the bigger engines. But Thomas the Tank Engine really longed for the time when he would be able to undertake more important jobs. He wanted to be like Gordon, who pulled the express. It was difficult for little Thomas to understand that he was far too experienced to undertake such an important job. Thomas would have to be content striving to be a really useful engine in the role that the Fat Controller (or the Fat Director as he was known at first) wanted Thomas to fulfill.
Then one day Thomas helped to rescue James after the troublesome trucks caused James to come off the line, ending up stranded in a field full of cows. Following this incident the Fat Controller decided that Thomas was indeed a very useful little engine and gave him his own branch line, which he has been looking after ever since with the help of his coaches Annie and Clarabel.
There are many engines on the Island of Sodor, the location where Thomas and his friends work together. These engines include Gordon, Henry, James, Edward, Duck, Percy and Toby. More recently modern diesels have been added including Salty, Devious Diesel and Mavis. Television programmes started being transmitted here in the UK during 1984 and proved a massive success, leading to many series over the years. Over in the United States Thomas made his debut with Shine Time Station in 1989.
Our little boy absolutely loves Thomas the Tank Engine. He has a lot of track, trains, trucks, coaches, tunnels, stations and even a Fat Controller figure. He gets the whole set out most days and reenacts some Thomas programme he has seen on the television. At the end of each Thomas programme he loves singing the Thomas song and all the family sings the song along with him. He also has a Thomas the Tank Engine duvet cover and pillow case, a Thomas calendar and lots of small Thomas books.
Final Note: hopefully you have enjoyed viewing the images in this Things That Children Play With 30 Day Challenge. I have really enjoyed producing these images along with researching and writing the text to accompany them. Doing this challenge really helped me to understand what a professional photographer faces, getting up every day and having to produce high quality, creative images. I’m going to leave this gallery here on Flickr so that visitors can come and view the images in the future.
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Thomas goes for a ride through the dense forest of my back yard. This ride-on toy was made in 1990. Me and Robby each have one.
Someone has lost their Thomas shoe!!! Behind is the advertising board at the tourist stop on the outskirts of town!!
The Sunday Challenge: Advertising
Tobey was painted to look like Thomas the Tank Engine at daycare the other day. The paint was a bit of a pain to get off that night in the bath, but he sure was cute!
Thomas the Tank Engine dwarfs the crowd at the Burnley Balloon Festival.
Submitted to The Guardian's In Pictures competition for the theme Size.
DAY 1: Thomas the Tank Engine - loved by children the world over.
Our very first image features Thomas the Tank Engine who is about to enter a long, dark tunnel, but don't worry he's not afraid because he has been through this particular tunnel many times before. Look out for another image featuring Thomas in the coming weeks which will explain a lot more about this famous little blue engine.
Note: I wanted the rim of the tunnel to frame Thomas, while the track leads the eye towards Thomas. This image was taken by putting the front of the lens into the tunnel, with the flash outside the tunnel. Thus when the flash fired Thomas, the white background and the track are lit but the inside of the tunnel remains in darkness. To ensure that the Thomas toy doesn't roll forward the track is on a slope and a small piece of lego stands behind Thomas stopping him from rolling backwards. Most Thomas toys were too small for the tunnel entrance, so I used a larger clockwork Thomas The Tank Engine.
This image is part of the The Things Children Play With 30 day challenge gallery.
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The blue Thomas the Tank Engine looks to his right with jealousy feeling left out in the sidings!
It turned out to be one of the busiest days for the 2012 season with all car parks full to bursting , including the overspill public spaces. No.7 Austerity Bagnall Saddle heads a double header with D49 Morayshire in behind.
From stories by The Reverend Wilburt Awdry started telling his son stories in 1943 wrote his first bookin 1945 he wrote 26 in all then his son carried on and wrote 40 more. Loved by children of all ages
All rains mentioned in the books can be found on the Mid Hants Railway (The Watercress Line)
Thomas thhe Tank Engine Days are held in August every year
How cool would it be to go to school every day in this bus?
www.mymapofjapan.com/blog/thomas-the-tank-engine-school-bus/
Thomas the Tank Engine Tummy Ticklers Drinks at Walmart with Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube. Thomas the Tank Engine Licensed Drink!