I love that Gordon single handedly supported the existence of several locations with one line of dialog.

The CGI Duke theory was easily the best part of this video!

I love the freak out realization about Duke still being buried in the shed, you really had me.

21:53 I personally like to think that in the Brenner era, Misty Island is a popular urban legend in Sudrian culture. Post-Series 16, we never see the island or its inhabitants, and I personally don't consider Thomas mentioning it once as 100% proof of its existence.

The Brenner era did not always the best with every character but at least they did always a good job with Sodorˋs lore.

I love the subway map style aesthetic. Again, great job piecing all of this together. The Brenner Era was definitely more consistent with geography than even the model series, and even closer to _The Railway Series._ Just another reason why it's so great.

1 like = 1 prayer for duke

I actually think an underwater railway tunnel works WAY better than a walking bridge. When you really think about it, underwater tunnels have existed since the 19th century with the Thames Tunnel in the U.K. being the oldest underwater railway tunnel.

Hackenbeck actually does exist in CGI, at the beginning of Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure, Hackenbeck is written on the street sign in the shot of the Thin Clergyman on his bike.

Elephant Park should’ve gotten a mention because of Emily Saves the World when Duncan mentions the events of The Runaway Elephant.

A few points i'd like to make: 1. The shunting yard cant be behind knaford, Because in helping hiro, thomas and hiro go along the country side to get to knaford, as thomas said he was going, to far of a distance for the map 2. We actually do see the east junction for the Ulfsted cassle branch line in "Bill or ben" Where bill and been see connor comming from the cassle 3. The tunnle and hiro's hideout have to be MUCH closser to the junction, as in HOTR, we see thomas going along the abandoned track much sooner. 4. I like to believe thier's a loop at callen castle 5. Their HAS to be a ballast mine around arlesdale, as that's the main puroue of the railway

30:44 Am i the only one who thinks ( even though it's not confirmed ) that the unknown bridge crossing the river from Ulfstead Castle to the BMQ might actually be the Old Iron Bridge?. Think about it, the only narrow gauge location on this map to cross over water towards a quarry?... it makes total sense!!!. Plus it opens up the whole possibility that the events of the ghost engine's death could've happened in the CGI timeline to.

CGI had some fantastic sets.

Does anyone ever wonder what would've happened if the Brenner Era never ended? And BWBA never happened? Man, I feel like the Brennessaince would've just gotten better and better. They were probably planning on bringing the Culdee-Fell engines back, either in a flashback or just in general, as well as our sleeping beauty Duke, WHO IS STILL STUCK IN THAT SHED BTW- All in all, I think we can all agree that the Brenner Era of Thomas was low-key one of the best things to happen after Sharon Miller basically killed off the show... It's a shame that Mattel had to destroy a whole franchise

Technically you could just say somebody going to Misty island is just a sudrian term-ish for like… going insane

Clarabel actually did mention she had been to Norramby in Season 24

I enjoy your dedication to making everything mentioned canon, no matter how little they deserve to be canon

6:19 My best possible reasoning for adding rails to this road bridge (Adding a bit of AU to fill in some story.) is it's a new line that goes directly into Wellsworth town center. At 6:28, using the curve of the main line as a starting off point, at some point off-screen, a single track line loops onto the bridge & then enters the town center on a tramway. There's a small depot for a automobile dealership, a bay platform for the hospital, and a main station not far from the town square. So a new character (Introduced in Season 21 alongside Rebecca) named McGregor (Based on a Highland Railway P Class 4-4-0 tank engine, nicknamed 'Yankee Tank'. ) was brought on to help running the new line, staying with Edward at the sheds at Wellsworth.

I loved the part were you curse at Thomas for making you talk about Misty Island! lol

One of my favorite videos from you from 2022. So glad to see it return.

I’m glad Thomas found you man…. You are my hero 💪👌

I think you should’ve added bulgy’s bridge and the elephant park on the map as the events of “Bulgy” and “Duncan & the Runaway Elephant” are mentioned in CGI

I love how he put the subway map for thomas and friends cgi map

21:43-22:06 Shame on you Thomas for bringing up the topic that Tug didn’t want to talk about! 😂😂😂😂

21:49 i feel the same way about Misty island

Thankfully, there is concept art of Kevin the Steamie that does feature Duke, so that iteration of the episode would've happened after a lot of the CGI episodes

Its wild to think that Thomas started to get good again right around the same time I started high school

37:45 I hate that Thomas doesn’t have any red stripes on his bunker

8:51 I feel like they most likely didn’t put it there was because they probably didn’t want Gordon to say the word “kill” in Killdane in the episode.

21:42 "Congratulations, you played yourself." 🤣🤣🤣

I think the peel godred line was the line to callan castle And the smelters yard is at the end of the branch The smelters yard was mention on HOTR once

15:25 Wait Knapfort Beach actually exist?! And it showed up in CGI?!

33:38-34:48 welp. Duke is now sleeping forever.

I prefer headcanoning that the adapted cgi versions of the stories of the Arlesdale engines all somewhat take place in the past. As for the reason that Duke isn't in the CGI series, i like to think he's away on a very lengthy overhaul.

Something you misunderstood about the "race" scene in the Hero of The Rails is that it's not a race at all. When Spencer challenges Thomas he says "We'll each pull a heavy load and see who can pull it for longer" it's a stamina competition so they likely took different tracks just because. There's likely little-to-no difference the different routes would make, in fact on paper Thomas should have the advantage since Spencer had to go over Gordon's Hill which is arguably steeper and taller than the hill that made Thomas lose control.

The original upload of this video had an end-piece that was a debate about the presence of Duke's character in the overall picture of things. My answer to why they did not take advantage of him was that they quite simply weren't sure of what to do with him without making him seem out-of-character, considering that so little was done with him (even though what little there was was still great). In fact as part of my overall project related to Thomas & Friends, Duke is a major part of my plans as is the Mid Sodor Railway. It forms the foundation stone of a mini-series called the 'Mid Sodor Chronicles', which gives a full coverage of the characters that worked on the old line, framed by the recently-rescued Duke recounting events to His Grace/The Earl who is actively trying to fill loose ends of information. Through this we learn the full story of Duke's presence as a fatherly figure to his underling engines. I am very proud of my effort, which has reached its finalised pitch stage as we speak. More to be revealed. Regards, Samuel Farris.

19:47 The Flying Kipper is mentioned, and Henry's tender is missing it's coal.

Always wanted to know the CGI series map

20:36 I thought you couldn’t think of a single track in CGI

6:19 - 6:31 I've got an idea for that bridge, maybe that bridge is another entrance to Edward's BranchLine. I got the idea from a guy on deviantart who did a revised version of your cgi map by changing and adding a few things, he said that maybe the bridge is another way of entering Edwards Branchline, so it gave me the idea that that bridge is the main entrance to Edwards Branchline usually used by small engines (but it's strong enough for big engines) and after Wellsworth and Gordon's Hill there is a junction like the one on David Milton's map that (atleast I think) is a bit of a shortcut to Brendam Dock's for Mainline engines that goes over a bridge ( possibly not the three bridges since we never see them in cgi nor are they mentioned, especially since it doesn't have a actual name) and connects onto Edwards line at Lower Suddery like in the model series, this obviously isn't perfect, but hey it's the best I could come up with and atleast it's better than nothing. Keep up the great work, can't wait until all your videos back.

For the question at the end of the video. I’d say that the walking bridge would be worse than an 18th century styled underwater railroad tunnel. I say this because from my research the first underwater railroad tunnels were bored and constructed in March 25th 1843. But seriously Sharon miller, if you wanted to make Misty Island rescue the movie and the island of misty island, give it a far better reason to exist like what Nick tried to do here. *sigh* How and why did I like Misty island rescue the movie. Oh well. I will see to making my own version that is far better than how she made it anyway. Good video! I really love the map by the way!!! 👍❤️ DANG IT! I wish Duke was in cgi, that would’ve made this era so much better.

I am model fan, but was still curious to see the CGI setup

I love how you explain the whole map for the CGI series of Thomas the Tank Engine from Season 13 to 24. From watching the video their is a lot of stations and towns that is used in the CGI series so I am going to see what railway lines are used in the series and what stations they go to. 1) The Main Line calls at Tidmouth, Knapford, Crosby, Wellsworth, Maron, Cronk, Kellsthorpe Road, Crovan's Gate, Vicarstown and Barrow. 2) The Little Western Line calls at Tidmouth, Bluff's Cove, Arlesburgh West, Arlesburgh Harbour and Harwick. It is run by Duck and Oliver. The other engines that work on the line are Ryan and Daisy. 3) Thomas' Branch Line calls at Knapford Beach, Dryaw, Elsbridge, Maithwaite, Trotter Farm, McColl Farm, Ffarquhar and Arlesdale End. At the end of the line their is a quarry and a walking bridge. The line is run by Thomas. The engines that work on the line are Toby, Percy, Mavis, Arry and Bert. 4) Edward's Branch Line calls at Boxford Halt, Suddery, Sodor Animal Park Halt and Brendam. Within Edward's Line their is Reg's Scrapyard and Whiff's Waste Dump. At the end of the line their is Brendam Dock and the China Clay works. The line is run by Edward. The other engines that work on the line are Marion, Timothy, Bill, Ben, Porter, Salty and Phillip. 5) The Search & Rescue Branch Line calls at Wellsworth and Sodor Search & Rescue Centre. The line is run by Belle, Flynn, Rocky and Pat. It also links with Misty Island. 6) The Ulfstead Branch Line calls at Wellsworth and Ulfstead Castle Estate. The line is run by Connor and Catlin. The other engines that work on the line are Millie, Stephen, Glynn and Luke. At the end of the line their is a dinosaur park and a slate quarry. 7) The Callan Castle Branch Line calls at Maron, Kirk Machan and Callan Castle. Within Callan's Line their is an old quarry where Hiro was left. Their is also the Blue Mountain Quarry. The line is managed by Donald and Douglas. 8) Mr Percival handles the Cludee Fell line which starts at Kirk Machan and only goes to Cludee Fell. 9) The Skarloey Railway calls at Crovan's Gate, the Engine Depot, Cros-ny-Cuirn, Glennock, Rheneas, Daisy Halt and Skarloey. At the end of the line their is the Blue Mountain Quarry. It also connects with Ulfstead Castle. 10) The Arlesdale Railway calls at Arlesburgh West and Arlesdale. That is all the railway lines and stations that are used in the CGI series. It is a shame that lot of the railway lines from the books weren't used in the CGI series and I wonder why Great Waterton wasn't used in the series too.

9:05 Kirk Ronan Branch exist just without mention,you can clearly see the junction track for the branch.

Thomas buddy stop taking heavy trains down the hills. This is the third time you have done this. You can't handle it man..... I may have laughed harder in my head that is medically recomended..... Edit: just a misspell

42:17 is that the hills' new name or nickname: The 2 Road Hill that isn't Gordon's Hill?

Actually Knapford Harbour does exist in CGI. In "Meet the Steam Team: Percy" Thomas says that Percy's Mail Train begins at Knapford Harbour.

I got the chills during the duke section

Oh god I forgot there's still the debunked videos to upload

8:20 I found this weird (and probably wrong) cuz I re-watched the Philip to the Rescue episode and here what I found to be "weird" and "probably wrong": James' load started pushing him on the way DOWN Gordon's Hill, turns right almost immediately after, then comes the overhead track above the tunnel where James crashed. When James was turning right we can still see Gordon's Hill behind. If Gordon's Hill is before Maron, and the overhead track should be after Maron. But James crashed seconds after Gordon's Hill, before Maron, to a track above the tunnel that's should be way after Gordon's Hill and Maron. Isn't that incorrect ?

As bad as some of the CGI era is, it has some really cool sets!

Locations you missed and where you should put them: - Knapford Harbor (Near Knapford Beach) - Dexter’s Yard (Near Harwick) - An unseen goods line (Place the Wellsworth bridge on the and add a goods heading to the main branch line) - The Smelters (Mark Peel Godred on the Callan Castle branch, and place the smelters there) - The Wellsworth Hospital construction site (After Wellsworth)

They need to continue the show and have an episode called Finding Duke or something😂

Hackenbeck was mentioned on sign

Tug really does hate Thomas and I love it!😂 Edit: I also love how Gordon says Cronk in " Gordon runs dry"!

Also Tug to answer your question, the walking bridge is worse. I mean Misty Island Rescue was a disaster of a movie, but a tunnel underneath water is a thing in the real world.

I'd imagine this will be super helpful for fanfiction-As my Sodor map is a cgi/model series (though mainly cgi,as I grew up with that more then the model series and it's something I'm more used to.) hybrid.Sp glad I stumbled upon this video.

Routes you didn’t mention: King of the Railway: Thomas, Percy and James leave Brendam Docks, goes through Edward’s Branch Line offscreen, then head up Gordon’s Hill. They go down the hill, switch to the Ulfstead Branch and reach for the top to the Castle. Journey Beyond Sodor: Thomas and James leave the Steelworks and go through Barrow offscreen. They then go over the Vicarstown Bridge, through the station and pass the Steamworks. They then continue down the mainline into Tidmouth Sheds. The Missing Christmas Decorations: Diesel 10 leaves Tidmouth Sheds and Percy chases after him. He goes through Wellsworth, passes Maron and alongside the Steam Team follows him into the Dieselworks. The Great Race: Thomas leaves the Steamworks, goes through Vicarstown station and jumps over the bridge into mainland territory. Misty Island Rescue: Thomas and the Logging Locos head through the tunnel but get stuck inside. Whiff and Percy go the other way and free the engines. They then turn around, couple up to Thomas and Logging Locos, and head to the Sodor Search and Rescue Center. Seeing is Believing: Merlin goes over the Vicarstown Bridge and goes through the eastern half of the Main Line offscreen. Then he turns to the Brendam Branch and arrives at Brendam Docks.

Crying shame they didn't get to make an episode on Duke

Loved the subway map format, Unlucky Tug. I DO AGREE THAT I HATE MISTY ISLAND TOO.

With what I learned recently about the Logging Loco’s basis’, it’d technically make more sense for Misty Island to be closer to North America So yeah, add that to the list of why Misty Island doesn’t make sense

I wish he had also talked about the whistling forest; How big it is, how close it is to the Boxfords' summer home or whether it is suitable for a new renovation.

I love the map it looks great, but was just looking at it, is there a Peter Griffin on top of Culdee Fell ?, lol been looking at all the map videos and love all the Maps u have done I know it's hard now and again trying to follow all the location on the island because of how much it changes and where to put everything, but I think U have done a great job , anyway keep up the great work

We need a Thomas CGI revival where they find and rescue duke.

10:08 Posters of Great Waterton are often seen Knapford, Maron and Maithwaite in the CGI Seasons

The time and dedication, I salute you

On an unrelated note, Feel The Magic totally suits the CGI series very nicely.

Only changes I'd make is remove the walking bridge and just put in the rickety old bridge and remove Misty Island.

Okay I have one question why is the Duke and Duchess summer house was not close to hero hideout ? 18:53 here is the summer house on Edwards branch line 26:52 and there hero hideout on the Caledon castle branch ? How did this work ?

15:58 I refuse to believe that *3:10* is the time

Cgi Duke: they’ll come find me any second now

22:34. I always thought Misty Island was the Isle of Man in the Thomas universe

Waoh keep uploading buddy, hope your old channel gets back up!!!

5:46 Thomas did the same with the Local. Because in the Great Race, when he made his return journey to Knapford, he came in via the front. Thus didnt take the loop

how the hell does the misty island tunnel have a hole where you can puff steam out of. ITS UNDER FRICKING WATER THATS NOT HOW PHYSICS AND LIVE WORKS. i think hit entertainment was high when writing this

One thing that sticks out, how can Hiro’s hideout be near the Boxford’s Summer house if they’re on different branchlines? Hiro’s hideout in on the Callan Branch, while Boxford Halt is on the Brendam Branch. Just an observation.

Hey tug I have a question in the episode toads bright idea toad says “these are the track that go to the gravel pits” to gator where are the gravel pits then?

How can Thomas be doing corkscrews in America when duke is still in the shed

21:49 Lmao

That part with Misty Island makes sense.

I think I can understand why they made Thomas' Branchline two tracks because there are 4 engines working on the line so imagine if Thomas and Percy were on the same track and Thomas is heading to Ffarquhar and Percy was heading to knapford and both of them would be blocking the way also I think a walking bridge is worst because I was looking up underwater train tunnels on Google and saw that there were some so it kinda makes sense

It’s funny cause I was actually thinking of this clip leading up to 21:43 and then tug actually played it.

Is the Old iron bridge in CGI?

21:50 lol

I think the lack of single-track sets in CGI is because of staging. It's easier to have two engines talk to each other if they're on parallel tracks.

I love how he doesnt put a location said in the acutaly CGI series, but takes a barley-known location that is never mentioned except in that ONE learned segmant and put it on the map And he just made up skarley and reheneas cuz yeah.

11:10 This mention/episode make me mad because the actual Barrow soccer team is blue, not red as in the show. If the colors of Sodor and Barrow were simply swapped it would make sense.

Also, is there a loop Line at vicarstown we’re Gordon loops around to head down the other direction to take the mainline loop Also, did you forgot that the smelters yard has been mentioned I mean I know it’s only in nitrogen episodes but it’s clearly mentioned so I believe it exists

Nice to see the maps return! Did Thomas have to mention Misty Island to explain Ferdinand's small cameo in Signals Crossed?

3:09 The Main Line 11:20 The Little Western 14:41 Thomas’ Branch Line 18:01 Edward’s Branch Line 20:20 Search And Rescue Center And Misty Island 23:36 Ulfstead Branch Line 26:12 Callan Castle Branch Line 28:24 The Skarloey Railway 31:23 Arlesdale Railway And The Mid Sodor

The episode that mad me a fan of this chanel ty I hope that u are alright after ur chanel reset

Fun fact: the watermill is a one track line seen in 3 steam engines gruff

First one that liked!!! 😃

1:37 to 1:47 I guess maybe he took the Rescue Centre line as a detour, but when Thomas, Diesel, Den & Dart were coming out the tunnel, the points were set for them and Gordon had to make a stop

I love it freak out about duke 😭😭

21:51 he knows what he did

There are no steam trains in the mainland so diesels in the mainland are going to the diesel works but the steam locomotives are going to the steam works in Sodor island.

My head cannon for the walking bridge is over the month they built a more stable bridge and eventually completed a full normal bridge and used the metal from the old bridge and SCRAPPED it. (I agree it's still dumb with the walking bullshit)

Because of this i sort of learned how to make a good railroad in transport fever 2 lol

Imagine combining the maps of sodor from the books and both the model and cgi series. That would be a deadly roller coaster. It would also make poor unlucky tug have a severe mental breakdown. Especially with misty island in it. (Why do people hate that movie so much? (along with magic railroad) I’ll never understand because I never saw the movie. Unless someone replies to me with explanations)