Thank you for letting me join your very special branch of the railway family.

Tim Dunn - Our Earl of Sodor

2:10 that traveling sequence is a pure beauty XD

45:13 *raises hand immediately* It was Wilbert, and all of the Awdry family, who brought these stories to life, and documented the history of Sodor and it’s various fleets of railways, roads, and other forms of transportation that has shaped my childhood, and inspired me to make my own stories, and document the history of my home area in Western Australia in the form of a book I’m writing. Cheers to you guys up there in crovan’s gate/towyn, especially to Tim for bringing us this lecture and… I hope that skarloey didn’t clog up his boiler tubes from eating Luke’s laptop 😂

"A. W. Dry and Company" I see what you did there, Wilbert!

Eating a laptop sounds more like something Duncan would do than Skarloey

when the tickets for the Awdry Extravaganza come out 😃

Me: not understanding a 12 minute math video Also me: watches a 40+ minute video of TTTE lore Also skarloey eating a computer is very hilarious

This is going to be very exciting to see, for sure.

The true railways of sodor was the friends we made a long the way

I always believed that the 1 and 2 tacked onto the end of Henry’s was not necessarily proof of a replacement engine but a rebuilt and redesigned locomotive similar to the RAF and Royal Army system of denoting a design change or rebuild to a plane or tank.

Was this the one performed at the awdry extravaganza last year?

The dread getting to Henry is real, you just know his history is like ↖️↗️↘️↙️

Uploaded a day before my birthday! Thank you, Tim. This is a lovely gift!

Thoroughly enjoyed this delightful tale. So much more to add to my visits to Talyllyn. Timeless

Skarloey eating Luke Ryan’s laptop = cannon I don’t care you say

Very nice

Just awesome, so much detail and character. Great presentation from Mr Dunn and amazing complexity and consideration from the Reverend himself. Truly a timeless creator.

0:50 - 0:52, "Skarloey ate my laptop!"🤣😂

Thanks for the lecture mate, I am always happy to watch something involving Sudrian history, especially if it is done by Tim Dunn.

Thank you, Tim Dunn.

45:13 *raises hands* my thanks to the Awdry family for being the resion we have thomas and his friends to enjoy

30:50 wow. Never would've thought he was a hush hush project to the extent to where he didn't have a gnr number

Amazing

This history is fantastic, I've always loved the deeper lore of Sodor and while fan fleshing outs of the ideas presented in the books are fun, it's nice to know what the (and I use this word carefully) canon of the matter is. Speaking of canon, it's been my head canon that the mainland railways sort of knew Thomas was a troublemaker and lost him on purpose, and were glad to be rid of him when Toppem bought him. With the Fat Controller being the one who later straightened the cheeky little engine out, as it were.

Our True Lord Of Sodor

I won’t be able to watch this live, as it’s at 4:30 AM for me, but will this still be up afterwards?

It was great to see this live at Awdry Ex 2 in the summer. Are there more documents to be discovered for Awdry Ex 3....?

3:53 THAT WAS THE BEST PART OF THAT TRAVEL SEQUENCE 😂😂😂

While it's probably to early to ask. But will this video stay up after the premiere like the Narrow Gauge Railways of Sodor lecture?

42:35 It would be incredible for a George England locomotive to be able to work on the Talyllyn's 2ft 3in gauge! Hopefully the Ffestiniog will build a replica of their No.6 Little Giant one day; perhaps if they do, they can enable for interchangeability between the two gauges - just a thought. Also, love the travel sequence at the beginning - the scene at 3:51 of Tim jogging in front of a Google Maps backdrop had me in stitches!

I wish you a swift recovery Tim Dunn. You have done a great job but, sounds and looks suffering from a bad winter cold.

Tim is bloody funny 😂

Þat travel sequence was hilarious lmaooooo

this is so well made XDD

I love to think that Henry 1 and Henry 2 are the same by reusing the boiler of Henry 1 on Henry 2

Skarloey eating computer, awesome

I have one question about sodor, did Wilbert ever do into detail how he came to be on the island of sodor, I apologies if this question has already been answered but I would still like to know

28:39 Wait who was destroyed in a fire? Henry 1 or Edward?

I just wanna know how Skarloey ate Luke’s laptop. Did he eat it the same way they “eat” coal or did he do it with his mouth 🤔

Wow

The isle of man has great public transport

Here are some things I noticed as well as some questions: -Tim pronounced “Harwick” as “Harrick”. This reminds me of a theory I’ve had recently. British town names like Norwich and Greenwich are pronounced as “Norrich” and “Grenich” respectively with a silent W. And Harwick is very much spelt with a W in the middle. Does this mean we’re pronouncing Harwick wrong and have been doing it for years? -Do the notes say what happened to Neil after the NWR was formed? Was he preserved? Was he scrapped? WHAT HAPPENED?! -What is the Tidmouth Kipper Smoking Process? -Why did the notes (And for that matter, the IOS book) never mention the Cronk and Harwick Rly or the Ballaswein Tramway? Did Wilbert forget about those? It certainly is unusual to forget something that appeared when he first constructed the lore. I’m not making that up. The Tramway has been a thing since the 1950s. Look up Awdry’s 1950s Sodor Map. It’s there. -Where is any mention of Bloomer? Was he is these notes? If so, how did we find out about him?

The island is really a fictional island but however fantasy can be good because of the wide variety of negativity that is heard WAY too often on the news such as greed which is what our major corporations adore and the great big around of shootings that is going on. Although that I don't ever remember a theater being on the island in any of the Thomas seasons, but when a couple of the castles were reopened, one of them held concerts. So I think there may have been a theater inside one of those castles.

Nuclear Powered Thomas 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Choo Choo, Thomas the Tank engine coming into Tidmouth with the Nuclear Train. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Henry was supposed to be a GNR C1 Large Boiler, not a Robinson Atlantic

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Thank u Tim & Talyllyn Railway 4 letting us in2 Ur v v Special Railway World of the saintly Rev Awdry together with d Tim Dunn Christmas Railroad tartan check pyjama striptease (or rather Eurovision) reveal - !!! - I have a dear fellow Railfan that will b joining me 4 our annual excursion 2 the Brisbane Model Railway Show @ The Ekka Brisbane Qld Australia 🇦🇺 & my trains buddy is of the Royal Loyal Order of Rail Enthusiast Official Thomas "Haters" ... So Dear Tim, Luke & Talyllyn ... Thank u just so v v much 4 Ur wonderful series of tongue - in - cheek Thomas & Awdry Extravaganza Videos, Lectures & Tours vidz on Utube with which 2 totally 107% torment my Thomas "hater" Rail Enthusiast friend ... Together with at least 20-30 x videos of Thomas encased or Thomas blue impersonating (QR DD17 / E2 "Blue Baby") Heritage Railway Locos incl'g Puffing Billy's of Belgrave, Vic's "Thomas #1" Peckett #1711 (aka "Sir John Grice") - Thank u once again 4 the Awdry Lectures (incl d repeat performance) by Sir Lord Dunn Esq via Sodor & It's Superior Tasteful Railway Architecture - !!! - Don (Wingco) Paterson of Dicky Beach via Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, QLD Australia 🇦🇺

Hold on. How can Gordon remember going to London if he was never put into traffic before he was bought by the North Western?

the green screen and editing tho 🤣

1237th

I'm curious about what happened in WW2? Did the nazis ever bomb Sodor?

Didn't he mean burnt not ate

Looking forward to the new book - ‘Thomas and the Yellow Coal’ which is sure to keep all the save the planet econutters happy 😎

I'm questioning why this is edited like a Caddicarus video.

14:55 WAIT! NO! HE is NOT a girl!

I used to love Thomas the Tank Engine stories as a kid, but more recently it has become hideously pc and is now a huge turn off! It’s a disgrace now and Wilbert Awdry would be outraged!