Everyone thinks they know a lot about trains (specifically steam) until they start to work on them. Then they realize how much of the story they've missed.

There should be a part 2 and it should be called the 10 levels of Thomas the tank engine

I'd say a soft 10, maybe 9.5 on this scale, though I generally try to be the quiet sage over the raging insufferable nerd. Most seem to be all right with that, many just wander over and ask me questions about trains at random.

2:18 Apparently i'm at least a level 6 because that's a reading 6 chime, not 5. Edit: it appears i am nearly level 8. I can definitely tell apart some similar classes of locomotives, but i'm not necessarily proficient at it.

Id say I’m about a level 6 Also that Awdry joke got the first chuckle of today, so congrats

What about the guy who builds a full fledged model railway with an actual purpose (delivering different candies to my desk from under my bed or my main layout

When it comes to the D&RGW K-classes, I'm a level 7. When it comes to railroading, I'm a 5 and 6

I’m basically somewhere between 6 to 8 because I have a strong knowledge of their history, sounds and certain looks. Thank goodness there isn’t a level 11 which is “Replicating every train history by heart as if it is like a recreation of a documentary”

I'm on level 7 because I can tell by shapes and some small details (if its steam), good thing I'm not a bad nerd and my teachers likes my knowledge, my sketch arts and some historical things I made

I don’t know too much about whistles but I guess I’m in between 6 or 7

I feel like I'm either tier 7 or 8 on this

I'm like between lives 6-7 I got most of my knowledge from Thomas and Friends

level 4 in general, level 5 for US+British steam and early BR diesels love me a good Metropolitan-Vickers Diesel Electric Type II

thanks for clarifying the difference between a Nerd & a Teacher.

Well, what does it mean when you start pretending to be a train like thinking you’re a BNSF SD40-2 going from this side of a place to this other side of a place

I reached level 4 pretty early on in life, like age 6 or 7. Now I'm probably somewhere around level 8.

I'd put myself at like a level 9 but EXCLUSIVELY for diesel locomotives and railroads in the Pacific Northwest. Anything outside of that category I have absolutely 0 knowledge of.

I'd say about 5 and a half. I can't identify types of horns and whistles off the top of my head, without Googling them. Though, I do know what a Nathan K5HL is, since it's used on GEVOs. Other than that, I don’t really know much else. And I'm fully and utterly content with that. I don’t know EVERYTHING, but it's nice to have just a small understanding of trains.

realistically i try and stay quiet about trains outside of discord, but...i'm an unfortunate 9 in terms of steam, idk much about diesel or electrics to an existent.

Great video! I'm probably between level 7 and 8.

I'd say generally a 6 or 7, and 8 or above if it's Soviet subway trains (E series, Ema-502, 81-717, and such). I know most of the electrical systems on the 717.

I have been obsessed with trains since before I can remember. I'm 28 now. My earliest memory involving trains is when I was three. Get on my level.

I’m around a 7. I can identify locomotives by class and (if it’s steam) profile.

Level 5, 8, and 10. Rail worker with a passion for trains, however I don't judge others for their mistakes, as I also was at this point once.

2:44 imma out myself as a higherlevel dipshit but the -2 was for upgraded electronics from the origional batch , with the -3 being another tech upgrade (that was also bundled with that cab style) For example an SD 45 is longer and more fanned than a 40/40-2 but short than a stancab 50 or 60 Aswell as manufacturerers often having styles lke EMD trapazoid roof shapes , with alco usually being a rounded roof , baldwin often using steamerlike ways to solve stuff or how emd switchers are usually called MP[__]DC while alco used a numbering of SW[__]00 , and distinguishing between GE and EMD is most prevelant at the front with the nose of an EMD being closer to older roofs with the windows on the sides having an extra triangilar cutout aligning with the noseshape whole Ge' Gevos have a pyramidal nosecone with a central fold and rectangularised windows aswell as the Dynamic energy burnoff fans being more shifted out on EMD's(nuts) , however the biggest diffrence is that EMD use a 2 stroke engines while GE uses a 4 stroke engine So yes i am a capitol F derogatory _Foamer_

3:27 THE WORST PART ABOUT THIS IS THE KID DOESN'T EVEN SAY THE CORRECT BUILDER 😭

I sit straight at the middle at 5 and I'm having an interview at cn next week

Nicely put down in a nut shell.I'm a 9.5 I guess. Level 11 would be the stage where you can identify technical things like valve gear and how if functions and different types of bogies. Level 12 probably when you know all the systems in a diesel and electric and even know how use fire as steam engine efficiently.

Level 5 with a sprinkle of Level 7 :)

I would put myself at a level 5 and a little bit to level 6. I can't tell really small details especially with modern diesel locomotives today, but I know a general summary of most of the classes.

Geez, despite the fact that you hate us nerds, everything that you've described in this video conveniently fits you, including the fact that you like to put Helltaker characters into your US Railroading videos. (Although personally I may be a 3 or a 5)

I'm a 8 on the scale and proud of it

"an 0-4-0 is an ... idk

I can comfortably say I'm at level 5. I know some railroad history but not nearly enough to say I know everything, forget whistle and horn types. I'm still learning about history and such but like to go back and proofread just Incase I missed something.

I’m like a 5-4-3 mushed together

Ok so where do I fall, like i only know the classification of diesels and a decent bit of history

At least in now proud to say I’m bouncing near the middle of levels 3 and 4 😌

Nerds, candy railroad

I'm a level 5 except for certain locomotives like NKP Berkshires where I'm a level 8 I also like *trying* to identify whistles so that way I know in case I find one I really like and just wanna listen to it on here or something lmao EDIT: I may also be such a bad level 8 that sometimes I can tell what number a certain locomotive is based on super small details, but that is kinda rare

its my tism i get to choose my level of interest damn it

I’m a urban railroad nerd 😂

Im at level 6 with hints of grammar control and lots of the history

I live near an abandoned railroad my grandad used to operate on my grandad had a crash and he survived

2:18 thats actually a reading 6 chime

I'm on levels 2-3 thankfully I'm mostly interested in modern Multiple Unit type trains

Im a level 5 comfortably. I know the odd horn/whittle of sertin locomotive but not enough to be a level 6

I would say lvl 7 for me, but I really can’t tell you which whistles came from which railroad, so lvl 5 lmao

level 5, i know some classes like the the LBSCR E2 class, LMS Black 5, GWR 14xx ect. I know only rule 55 and the history of the arliest steam locomotive up until 1940 eish i personally like how engines look and not their history or the nerdy rules

im level 8 kinda, but im not the annoyying type. If someone on a passanger train is asking me about it, or somthing then i will but i dont just going spewing out random engines

What about those people who are starting to literally just make their own locomotives/trains (getting into the nitty gritty of how stuff works n' stuff)?

I'm somewhere between 5-7, I can tell different types of whistles instantly, ( ex. 5 cime vs. 6 chime) and I know most of D&RGW engines but any other. Engines, I have know idea.

I don’t know MUCH about Trains and the Railroads, either ups and downs. But I do know engines and their machines… (likely most?)😐

Since im in the industry here is a cool bug fact. Shave. Nothing is more uncomfortable for a Engineer when our conductor looks like a Ape.

So I don’t know horns or whistles but I know decent history and classification

This video made me realize that the Rev. W Awdry was basically the nerd emoji of railfans (and yet I'm still devoted to Thomas the Tank Engine to an unhealthy degree. Autism, amirite? :|)

I say I’m a 5, with a bit of 7 mixed in there

I feel like I’m at the halfway mark/tier 5

when it comes to New York Central stuff, im a 10. (i become so annoying with facts) Railroading in gneneral id say an 8.

Erm actually a northern is a 4-8-4

I think I’m like, a 5.

I happen to be a train fan.

7 or 8 but but I live in Britten elwhere I have never heard of a whistle claffisifcation

I honestly rate myself from a 9 to a 9 and a half. Although I can tell apart locomotive whistles/horns. I don't know what they are called.

i am definetly an 8 and i am proud of being a🤓

Level 5-6 for me lmao

Can we please get a video on the big boy

Welp, it's safe to say that I am 1 through 6, i really don't look at the smallesr details, or try to be the worst example of railroad nerds 😅

Level 10 is Sheldon

Hold on, what if I’m a 10 (I’m a five) and I keep it to myself and only answer questions that I was asked.

Level 5 😅

I'm mostly Level 5.

I'm a mix of level 3 4 and 5

I’m a 5 for sure.

I'd say I'm about Level 5

I'm level 7. Oh no.

I’m between a level 5 and level 6

I’m at level 3, 4, and 5

At 1:36, a 4-4-0 is an American, not an 0-4-0. :)

I'd rate myself around A 9.

Level 7-8 Gang rise up

I am kind of like a level four or five

i am somewhere in 8

Yeah imma say i'm at level 5

I’m a new starter so uhh idk what I am at

I would say I’m a level 5 or 7

I’m a level 6-7.

i think im level 8 but i dont yap about trains much

I believe I’m a 7-8, you can thank my little friend for that (AUTISM(not saying it’s a bad thing, I’m glad I have it))

I'm 4 and 5

i think im either 7 or 8

im level 6, level 7 and level 10

I think I’m level 5, but just even more annoying

210 zero decapod

lvl 5 fr

Im prob a teir 2

I am on level 5

I am on a level 4.5 or 5

Im pretty sure Im a 4.5

I am an level 8 i Think😂

I think I'm level 5