For those wondering how Sir Topham Hatt knew it was Douglas, in real life it's said that each individual locomotive has their own personality (in their sounds, feel, and operation on the footplate.) Even locomotives of the same type, built consecutively by the same works, are said to be slightly different. It's a testament to STH thoroughly knowing his job as a railroader.
@caboose.202 жыл бұрын
But Douglas was idle, thus making very little noise.
@whispofwords25902 жыл бұрын
@@caboose.20 steam locomotives make plenty of noise when idle.
@matthwe346811 ай бұрын
That's one reason why I love Sir Topham Hatt. The Reverend didn't make him an idiot.
@ciarangleeson28809 ай бұрын
Mind. Blown!🤯
@Charmaster042 ай бұрын
@@matthwe3468 I mean, he does have 80 years of life experience (assuming this book is set in 1960, when it was published), and yet he lives on for decades and decades without the years ever touching his mental faculties until he was well over a century old, so you'd expect him to be in possession of an uncommonly sharp mind.
@MrNoUsername3 жыл бұрын
“Douglas!” He rapped, “Why are you masquerading with Donald’s tender?” That line is one of the reasons why this one of my favorite stories
@noname-iw3tj2 ай бұрын
Controller was spitting bars best rapper 10/10
@josephmarrison46066 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite RWS stories.
@inaciosthirdstudio4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Gordon referenced Tugboat Annie. The 1933 MGM film. Back when Ted Healy and his Stooges worked there before 1934 when Moe, Larry and Curly left Healy and signed with Columbia Pictures and became "The Three Stooges".
@McDumDum2 жыл бұрын
I would like to see more stories expand upon the special coach. I always thought it was interesting and wondered what its personality was.
@lettuce9843 жыл бұрын
Britt:”Imma just ignore this”
@samuelfarris19493 жыл бұрын
It has been said that this story was difficult to grasp going towards the end for Britt Allcroft, hence why after being halfway filmed as an episode for the TV series it was canned and switched. I can see why; it would seem unlikely that they would switch tenders so close to being potentially seen by the Fat Controller even with him being distracted by the passengers. I would more likely have taken advantage of how Awdry established in the first story that the coaches were taken out again as another train almost as soon as they came in; Henry or James could have unwittingly taken Thomas's coach with his next train, and gone someway down the line before they had to be stopped while the Fat Controller left the big station to sort out the mix-up; the twins and their crews could have taken advantage of that to do the switcheroo. The outcome would more or less still have been the same. Regards, Samuel Farris.
@jaylenware3632 жыл бұрын
This is what I like to think was going on: The passengers saw No 10 (Douglas) shunt them into the siding. After they leave the coach and complain to STH, only No 9 (Douglas pretending to be Donald) is in the yard. No 10 (Donald pretending to be Douglas) just left with a goods train, so he couldn't have shunted the coach. He was in charge of shunting in the yards, true, but he just left with a goods train, so how could he have shunted Gordon/ Thomas' coaches and his goods? Furthermore, No 9 _couldn't possibly_ have shunted the coach, cuz his tender was acting faulty. All of this tho, is assuming the twins were trying to trick the passengers and make them look foolish in front of STH
@epicdude8742 Жыл бұрын
Best explanation I've seen, hadn't totally gotten it till this point - it's kinda hard to picture the logistics of Donald getting Douglas' tender while having his own placed out of the way, but it's possible. I think the big gap between Awdry's writing it and reader comprehension is accounting for how long it takes for an engine to leave with a goods train - and how that would make it look impossible for either to have shunted the coach. Still, wish this got adapted if for no other reason than how they crunched this great book down to 2 eps of the show.
@jaylenware363 Жыл бұрын
@@epicdude8742 Thanks, I'm glad I was able to make sense of it! I had to reenact the story with my own Take N' Play Donald and Douglas to grasp the concept lol. Douglas knows where he messed up, so him pretending to be his twin allows for "Donald" to make a perfect cover story regarding his tender. It definitely would've been an interesting, maybe even funny episode. Since Duck was showing them around the yard, I imagine they were indirectly (maybe unintentionally) blaming the missing coach on him. Which wouldn't be the first time Duck's been through that. Crazy story
@epicdude8742 Жыл бұрын
@@jaylenware363 I'm sure they didn't have any ill will towards Duck there, but definitely the show wouls have helped people visually grasp what is happening too. Maybe if the episode went through, people wouldn't think this story is so confusing.
@MarkCabaniss11 жыл бұрын
It would've been cool if Nitrogen Studios (the animation company who did the CGI Thomas series from Seasons 13-16) got to take a stab at an adaptation of this story.
@johnsplayworld24023 жыл бұрын
And guese what donald and douglas already apeared in full cgi on the sodors legend of the lost treasure
@gregkiteos1936 Жыл бұрын
The Nitrogen era was not a good one. The Brenner era would have been the best opportunity, but they would have had to have reworked the plot entirely or re-adapt the book's last two stories.
@dragonzilla64829 жыл бұрын
Did you know that this story was originally going to be made into the TV series?
@73carlap9 жыл бұрын
But who was too lazy
@dragonzilla64829 жыл бұрын
I think it was cancelled to avoid confusing children.
@SkyMelon-wc1fx8 жыл бұрын
+Dragon Zilla You are right
@bigallan71818 жыл бұрын
+Dragon Zilla where can i find that episode
@fuynnywhaka1018 жыл бұрын
+Big Allan it was never made
@sudriantrainspotting5654 жыл бұрын
thank you i am going to use these in my remakes
@reedbradwahnnatahvera38835 ай бұрын
Another one of my favorite railway series stories
@marioandsonicplush64564 жыл бұрын
WHERE'S MY COACH
@AndrewHager023 жыл бұрын
Cooch? What cooch?
@thomasgarfield61083 жыл бұрын
My special coach that Gordon brings for me it’s gone I must find it!
@lukespillman1313Ай бұрын
Thomas: Take the children to the carnival? Why? What have children ever done for me?
@bluebellsfan87043 жыл бұрын
This stories are great
@brandonus4 жыл бұрын
Why did they not make this in the TV series
@randomreviewsrebooted51564 жыл бұрын
BrandonMK Britt Allcroft said it was too confusing. Although, I completely understand what's happening and I'm pretty young.
@RingoandCarlin3 жыл бұрын
@@randomreviewsrebooted5156 I agree, I mean if I would have watched it at 3 I would have understood it too.
@ToonReel0013 жыл бұрын
@@DevoidBear The Fat Controller I can buy into the idea he was just too smart to fool that way, like a parent who knows their twins individually. I admit I never got the tender part either though, except to make a clearer punchline in the end that the Fat Controller didn't buy it. Also wouldn't switching tenders be a pretty long and elaborate process compared to just switching the engines and Donald making some excuse up? Tenders from what I know aren't just decorated coal trucks chained to the engine. They have drawbars and water pipings connecting them.
@Nic_27513 ай бұрын
To be fair, Thomas special coach is a dumb idea
@spenceworkse2remakeproduct1433 жыл бұрын
“Where My Special Coooooooooaaaaaaaaccccccchhhhhhh????!!!!!!!!!!”
@UndeadSlayer53 жыл бұрын
How did sir topham find out they switched
@MaminakaMrpaperbag3 жыл бұрын
Probably because every locomotives have a personality
@gregkiteos1936 Жыл бұрын
Because he is not stupid.
@michaelanguiano5528 Жыл бұрын
So this is why britt allcroft canceled the episode
@RicardoGaming0925 күн бұрын
Because of Douglas' crew being there instead of Donald's
@Soundwave359114 жыл бұрын
@1RichardHunt if you listen, Duck was busy assembling a goods train at the time, so Douglas offered to shunt the coaches away for him. Thomas had no way of knowing that.
@dawn40735 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I have this on vhs the real episode for some reason
@TheGlooSniffer4 жыл бұрын
No you don’t
@randomreviewsrebooted51564 жыл бұрын
DAWN yeah right, lie all you want
@trainboy003 жыл бұрын
I might use this for a future video
@brianfalzon6739 Жыл бұрын
Gordon just mention Tugboat Annie!
@Ms-Vlogs.3 жыл бұрын
5:02 what on Earth did Willie say?
@Jade27812 жыл бұрын
“You can draw your conclusions”
@SocieteRoyale3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand this story at all, no wonder it was never adapted!
@alexpaumen39379 жыл бұрын
those "deep tone" whistles might be american
@joshuav8758 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with American whistles?
@alexpaumen39376 жыл бұрын
Absolutely nothing at all. I didn't mean that in an offensive way.
@thebasicgeek6 жыл бұрын
I find it ironic tho, how Henry is making fun of the twins for having deep tone whistles, when black 5's (which is what Henry is) have deep toned whistles as well
@FellowManofAggieland5 жыл бұрын
Alex Paumen I know you weren’t being offensive. Their whistles do sound like the Steam Locomotives from here in the USA.
@OlanKenny4 жыл бұрын
Caledonian whistles were quite deep
@ChipmunkRaccoon315 жыл бұрын
find out in "Brake van"
@rorymoore89822 жыл бұрын
How did Sir topham hatt know it was Douglas with Donald’s tender?
@andrewbatchelder98294 жыл бұрын
Make a part 3 and 4
@Oscar-xj1nd4 жыл бұрын
Give him time
@annagolaszewska96223 жыл бұрын
ITS A SHAME THE STORY WASNT EVENTUALLY ADAPTED TO TV IM 11 YEARS BIY JUST USING MY MOMS LAPTOP AND I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHIN IN THIS STORY IT ISNT COMPLICATED
@Soundwave359114 жыл бұрын
@1RichardHunt I'm not sure how that would work. Thomas would have had no idea who would have shunted the coach, as he was on his branch line the whole time. Duck, on the other hand, was the one who was supposed to shunt the coaches, Thomas would have known that, so if anyone, Thomas should accuse him. And why would Thomas think so badly of Donald and Douglas so suddenly? He barely knew them, they'd only been on Sodor a few days.
@SudrianRepublic Жыл бұрын
5:28 What's that sound?
@Dat-Mudkip9 жыл бұрын
Call me deaf, but what was said about the tender and what did/does it mean when the Fat Controller said "some defect no doubt"?
@Dat-Mudkip9 жыл бұрын
Ah. Thanks.
@gtw491815 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the fat controller will do now that douglas has donald's tender!
@newseriesfan6 жыл бұрын
he let's us stay on the island fiind out in breakvan and/or the deputation
@encantosashathomasamity95483 жыл бұрын
At 0:03. It almost sounds like Percy’s whistle from season three