BoCo having the same name and number as that one person? Well that can add to whole revenant theory of non faceless vehicles or it could be just a coincidence. I do like how this ties into some events of Stories of Sodor.

Ladies and Gentlemen, a legend is back.

12:42-12:44 “Yeah, Bobby Cooper” I can’t believe BoCo would’ve reacted to the SCP so calmly.

Y'all thinking Toby died cuz Edward says "a pity I can't ask Toby" It's because his memory of the incident got erased, Toby's still alive.

That Bobby Cooper, D5702. What you did, making him BoCo, short for Bobby Cooper, and being a failure. That is absolutely genius, can't wait for the rest of the series. Great work Victor 👍

Bobby Cooper.... Bo Co.... That's fucking clever

Who would’ve thought an episode set entirely in daylight could deliver such chills … And well … the thought that our idolized diesel underdog earning his stripes who was once the one suffering throughout the saga of T&F is actually a rebirth … that feels uneasy, a certain sense of precariousness of what enigma will be revealed to us next in this maelstrom of a series. I can’t wait for more!

My mouth dropped when Boco said what his real name was, does this mean the reverent theory is true

Holy moly, this just got very interesting. Can't wait to see what Dominic has in store

Whoa... This an unsettling but rather interesting first episode of the whole miniseries. And Cobra Commander once said "science requires sacrifice". 😱 Ah, the Revenant Theory seems to be gaining substance.

Item #: SCP-071-S Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of the SCP, the area in which it is located is to be cordoned off in a multi-kilometer radius, with patrols preventing any unauthorized personnel from entering the area. Any unauthorized personnel that make it past the initial perimeter are to be captured, questioned and released with proper amnestics administered to them. Description: SCP-071-S appears to be the entrance to an old mine in the Culdee Fell region of the island of Sodor in the British Isles, with Ancient Sudrian writing on the top cross beam, which has been translated (See Addendum ). When a human or other life form enters the SCP's entrance, the effects of the anomaly are made known. A loud noise, described as an 'inhuman wailing' is easily audible and immediately after, an entity (Henceforth known as an instance of SCP-071-S-1) rushes out of the SCP and into the open skies above, disappearing shortly after. The SCP was first discovered by the Foundation after an emergency call was placed to the local law enforcement by a local hiker, reporting that their friend had entered the anomaly and did not come out, and instead, a wispy entity appeared to exit after a distinct noise was heard. Agents imbedded in local law enforcement agencies contacted the Foundation immediately and agents rushed to the area, cordoning off the anomaly in its current containment area. In order to fully understand the anomaly and its properties, testing with D-Class as per standard procedure. A radar system was also set up to attempt to see the anomalies on radar. Test Log 071-S (Testing approved to understand the effects or actions of the anomaly in question): Test 1: D-7426 was ordered to enter the SCP's entrance, despite initial protests, the D-Class complied. Approximately 3 seconds after crossing the threshold of the entrance, a noise, described as a 'wailing' was heard by all on-site personnel. Immediately after, an instance of SCP-071-S-1 flew out of the anomaly and into the skies above. Results: The radar failed to register the presence of SCP-071-S-1, with no malfunctions present. The entity however, was later found to have manifested into a physical form. In a nearby railway yard, a non-faceless GER Class C53/LNER J70 Tram Engine named Toby encountered the entity, who he identified as the former stationmaster of Elsbridge, Alexander Jeffries, despite him being dead for over a decade. The entity entered an argument with Toby until it suffered a heart attack and died shortly thereafter. The engine and his crew called the authorities and Foundation agents in the area were notified. All witnesses as well as the Tram Engine and his crew were all given Class-B Amnestics. A later autopsy revealed the resurrected Jeffries' body had no abnormalities in his blood, bones, organs and other tissues aside from his heart, which had failed leading to the Heart attack. Notes: The results of this experiment lead to the discovery of the true effects of the anomaly and the identity of the anomaly was subsequently identified by Dr Hadley (See addendum ). The discovery of the effects of SCP-071-S lead to further testing of the anomaly and other potential information regarding the anomalous effects. Test 2: D-5702 was approached by Dr Hadley before the test and asked a few questions before the commander-in-chief of the operation, Dr Pierce ordered D-5702 to follow the same instructions as D-7426. D-5702 complied, but stopped for a moment and told Dr Hadley his name, Bobby Cooper, before entering the entrance to SCP-071-S. As expected, the same sequence of sounds and an instance of SCP-071-S-1 flew in the same direction. Results: The radar adjustments did not pick up any trace of the entity, which was not found after. (Results of experiment changed, see Addendum ) Test 3: D-2847 was ordered to enter SCP-071-S similarly to other D-Class, but refused at the last second and tried to run, but was gunned down. Results: N/A Test 4: D-9273 was ordered to enter SCP-071-S similarly to other D-Class and complied, entering and triggering effects of SCP-071-S. Results: Adjustments failed to pick up entity as before, Entity not found. Addendum 071-S 1: Testing in this method continues for 4 years as the 05 council begins to believe that all options with the anomaly were exhausted and operations regarding SCP-071-S should cease, with Foundation Personnel to move on to other potential anomalies on Sodor. Dr Hadley however, noticed something that caught her attention before going to SCP-071-S's containment area. Specifically with the recently acquired non-faceless Metropolitan Vickers Type 2, also known as a British Rail Class 28, meant to run on the main line on Sodor. She saw the number D5702 printed on the side of the non-faceless vehicle and a subsequent questioning of the non-faceless vehicle named BoCo was initiated. (See Transcript below) Interview transcript between BR Class 28, named BoCo, Dr Pierce, Dr Hadley and Agent Potter, head of security of Foundation Sodor operations. BoCo: Can I help you? Dr Pierce: We have a few questions we would like to ask you, D5702. BoCo: Okay, but only if you use my name. Dr Hadley: It's BoCo, right? Is that short for something? BoCo: Yeah, Bobby Cooper. (Dr Hadley, Dr Pierce and Agent Potter all look at each other in varying degrees of surprise and shock.) BoCo: What? Dr Pierce: Can you remember anything before your first firing? BoCo: How could I remember something that happened before I was alive? Dr Pierce: Was that a yes, or a no? BoCo: No. Dr Pierce: Have you ever been to prison? BoCo: No, I've stayed out of Railgate. Dr Pierce: I didn't say Railgate. I said prison. BoCo: Where else do they send problem engines? (Dr Pierce sighs) Dr Pierce: Do you feel like you've been here before? BoCo: You mean Sodor? Dr Pierce: D57-! (Dr Pierce clears his throat) I mean, BoCo, answer my questions without asking your own. And yes, do you feel like you've been on Sodor before? BoCo: No. Dr Pierce: Have you ever worked for any organizations other than British Railways? BoCo: No. Dr Pierce: Do *we* look familiar to you at all? BoCo: No. Dr Pierce: Are you absolutely sure? BoCo: Yes, I'm sure! Why are you asking me all these-! Wait, hang on! What's the time? Agent Potter: 9:15. BoCo: Oh no! I'm late to pick up the Express! I got to go! (BoCo's engine starts up, spluttering and banging as expected of a BR Class 28) Dr Hadley: You might want to have someone take a look at your engine first. It doesn't sound too good. BoCo: That's because it doesn't work. Like the rest of me. I'm a failure... (BoCo rolls away to pick up the Express as he said.) End of recording. This is a rare case which proves the Revenant Theory, the explanation for non-faceless vehicles which says that all of them are the reincarnations of deceased humans. Addendum 071-S 2: The text above the entrance to SCP-071-S was successfully translated by Dr Hadley to the following: "If life enters before it's time, the dead will return." Thanks in part to a comment made by Agent Potter, referring to the resurrected Jefferies 'returning'. This also lead Dr Hadley to realize that the SCP in question was the same supernatural item referred to as "The Path of the Dead." Mentioned only in the legend of King Godred. It is believed to have been built by shamans who wanted to explore the afterlife. This offended the spirits, which cursed the path. Whether this is true or not, remains a mystery to this day...

I can't believe this was layed out so well! I'm not sure whether you get some of the ideas from the wiki, or make these completely yourself. But might I say, You got a very creative initiative for this series! Favourite part has to be when Toby causes dear Jeffrey another heart attack. Keep up the good work!

I don't know why but was laughing when Jefferies came back to life only to have a REAL heart attack

That howling that came just before the title card freaked me out!! Gives me chills every time it happens!

That was an excellent first installment for this series! It seems that the Revenant Theory is all but confirmed now - non-faceless vehicles are indeed the reincarnations of the recently departed. I can't wait to find out the full story of the Lucky Lamp next week!

Okay, this series has gotten of to an amazingly scary Bang. Also, it did fill in some gaps from the episodes, "Mountain" and "Secrets. Great Job Victor

The king is back and on amazing form. I always assumed you'd abandoned the idea of having Jeffries return and oh lord, as soon as I saw Douglas after that man entered I knew it would be Dominic. Chills man!

Glad to see SoS return. Wasn't a fan of what the shorts became. But I can get behind The SCPs of Sodor. Really enjoyed this first entry, while Bryan hinted at it, this confirmed it. Looking forward to the rest!

Well THAT was a bang and a half to start with! Imagine if the foundation had continued testing. With the rules applying to living vehicles, Colin, Lily, Adam, Alfred, Arthur, any of them could have come back!

That wail and scream in the opening scared the hell out of me, and it was worse since I maxed out my phone's volume. Good job on the scare

Who would’ve thought that SCP and Thomas would work so well. This is just too good to be limited to the stilted animation and limited items of trainz, this deserves to be properly animated!

It was chilling when that scream came out of the cave. When Douglas showed up I knew Dominic would appear. I guess that cave is the reason why Jack Bailey or King Godrid if that's who he really is has been around for so long. And when spirits are risen from the dead they are reborn as non-faceless vehicles and rolling stock?

it almost feels like the ending was left open for a sequel episode and honestly i would be fully up to that, because since there were quite a few years between 1958 and 2015 the foundation could very well have the tech capable of tracking them, and i know they have like three or five MTF's which might be able to help with both the cave and tracking the entities

When the world needed him most he came back, I can already tell that I’m going to enjoy this series

This gave chills and has me all excited for what is to come.

Amazing Work Victor! Now I think that these are plain canon due to in another episode boco says that a group of people asked him about the same things the foundation did! Also this story is great because there is so much we are told but so much we aren’t told which helps with suspense a ton!

Very well done Victor! I for one can't wait to see what else you have in store for this series. And to have it started in October was sheer genius at that. Here's to seeing more episodes that will be just as great!

Whoa! Now that was intense and haunting to say at the least. The more I think about it, I'm starting to think that maybe the rumours of those dead souls being resurrected incarnations could indeed be true! And even if it is, then all I could say is this: "Oh... my... god..!"

The first series of the Stories of Sodor that I'll be able to stick along for the journey for! Can't wait to see what comes next!

It’s kind of ironic that this series came out when I’m studying Anthropology, definitely something about things working out the way they are. With the episode is concerned, that chat with Bob reminded me the story of when Emily was introduced in the main series. Full of surprises for me I suppose.

I was a bit thrown by the Futhark runic alphabet, as I was by (minor spoiler) the different writing system in the next episode, but it did get me thinking. From ~1000 BC to 1000 AD, most residents of the British Isles were Celts (although this changed toward the end of this period), but foreign sailors would make port there too: Phoenician and (later) Punic traders, or at least people who traded with them, got tin from mines in Cornwall. Then came the Romans, and then the various Germanic tribes. Given the position of Sodor and its productive mines, it would make perfect sense that traders would visit, and where goods are traded, so are practices and ideas. With that in mind, it makes sense that different scripts could be used in different periods. If we're talking the latter half of the first millennium BC, it'd be too early for Runic; writing would probably be based on the Punic alphabet or one of the ancient Iberian scripts (the alphabets and hybrid-alphabet/abugidas used by various ancient cultures in what's now Spain and Portugal). If we're talking after the Roman invasion until the 400s AD or so, it'd likely be the Latin script - but it'd look all weird, full of lines and about as easy to read as cursive Cyrillic (which is a godawful pain!). Finally, if it's 400-900 AD, then yes it could be Runes, but it could also be Ogham, a dot-and-line script used primarily for early Irish. Of course, the ancient Sudrians could have created their own writing system, but that wouldn't be as practical as using or adapting a pre-existing script.

He’s also hinting that this is how Brian came back with the text on the cave. The last word is Return, the name of the episode that Brian came back in not to mention he says he was in the afterlife with Colin, Lily, and Adam. There’s no doubt, these are 100% canon!

NOTE: My thoughts here will contain some spoilers so if you haven't watch the whole episode, please make sure that you do before commenting. And it begins. I've been wondering what that cave was for a long while now, since the episode Mountain. I questioned what could be the thing that was "better to be left alone" and now knowing the answer, I wasn't expecting that. Let's start things off with the main characters of Dr. Gwen Hatley, Dr. Pierce, Dr. Angus Murphy and Agent Gavin Potter. I really love the characters you’ve come up with, I like how Gwen and Angus have a good mutual relationship with them agreeing their morals towards the D Class, compared to Dr. Pearce and Agent Potter who don't have that same mortality. Gwen is also quite the character herself, she has a wonderful personality with love for the history of Sodor that makes her fitting for the foundation. Dr. Pearce isn’t friendly but is reasonable, he reminds me of Mr. Star quite a bit and Agent Potter and Dr. Pierce are great too, I like their contrasting personalities. So the main event being the cave. The Path of The Dead, “If life enters before its time, the dead will return”. That is interesting, certainly interesting and seeing it played out gave a really good mysterious aspect to it all. It was surprising to see Stationmaster Jeffries return before passing away from another heart attack again but the big surprise that BoCo was originally human and instead of another someone returning from the dead, he was reincarnated into an engine instead. That gave me a shock, that was certainly intriguing, even more intriguing that it connects to the convo that he was talking to Henry about in Secrets. Very interesting, indeed! The ending was quite a shock too. This was great! And it makes me interested in seeing the others in the next few weeks! Only thing I can say for feedback would be the close up of the people, I know it’s limited since they don’t have much expression but it’s really hard to understand what they’re thinking or what expression they're supposed to have unless you look at the visual and hear what they’re saying very closely. It’s a bit awkward too. Pacing is okay at some parts, some of it is a little bit too fast at some points but nothing major. Overall, it’s an excellent start! Very interesting! Looking forward to seeing the others when they’re released.

This is amazing! Seeing characters I thought I’d never see again! The mysterious vibes I got were insane! Great job!!!!

Holy cow! Off to a strong start with this. Love how well it ties in to the actual Stories of Sodor, especially with Boco.

There’s definetly a lot to unpack here and a lot of mysteries left to be solved. A great start to the series if I do say so myself.

Wait, when boco was rescued by henry which led to him meeting emily, boco said he had people ask him ‘real strange questions’ and listed some of the questions they said here.

Alright I'm not the only one freaking out over the D-class at 10:56, right?

Douglas: DOMINIC!!! YOUR ALIVE!!!! Dominic: Hello Douglas, we meet again.

That was awesome. Definitely fitting for Halloween, these stories from this mini-series will be chilling.

This is going to be quite a spooky mini-series of Sodor.

Knocked it out of the park once again Victor! I am so looking forward to the rest of this series, especially the episodes about the Nartwin and Johnny Cuba. Nice reference to the Lord of the Rings in the title as well.

Won’t deny that this sent some chills down my spine.

Oh my God. It's Dominic! I wonder what the story of sodor will look like when we get it and the character interactions when Dominic is back.

This has been teased for a while. It’s great to see that it’s finally happening!

Oh my god to be honest that was a bit scary but I was surprised to see stationmaster Jeffreys and Dominic back what is going on the island of Sodor

I hope we get to see Sodor Engines fight the SCP for they were doing.

Today is my birthday and I am really happy this came out. Thanks Victor

This is a masterpiece. Wow. It explains a lot of stuff from back then and I’m always impressed how you tie connections way later on

That ending is shock and awe! Fantastic work Victor! I cant wait to see what next week has in store!

Interesting story. You certainly got the feel of the SCP right. As well as accurate I might add. Given the timeline, this feels like a younger, less experienced, and a bit cockier Foundation, that “played god” even though there were consequences to their actions. Before the formation of the Ethics Committee, or MTF Mu-13 “Ghostbusters” (Yes the Foundation has their own Ghostbusters) hence the lack of concern or compassion to D-class or concern of letting ghosts out after they realized what it’s capable of, as well as the lack of equipment to track ghosts

Holy mother... Those screams are blood curdling...

Love the Bone Chilling Groaning and screaming Sounds along with the Music having Oppressive Gloom by Kevin McLeod is Amazing and seeing Geoffrey basically Re-Live his own Death this is shaping up to be an interesting series if continued

This was brilliant, so many connections, I didn’t even realize Bob’s number until the insert if BoCo’s number

OH NO, DOMINIC IS BACK, I was hoping for Lily or perhaps Colin or Adam

Now we know how Colin, Lily and Adam came back for the Shorts.

Every time I think this series has hit it's peak in terms of brilliant twists, turns, revelations and REturns, there's always a new surprise around the corner. Well done old boy, well done.

Fantastic job as always Victor, joining together so many references and details from previous seasons and making such excellent content from them. My question is does the dead that return stay or do they just appear only to relive their death again at the same location and with the same person/engine that was around them? Cause I would love to see Mr Star, the wellsworth & suddery engines and Andreas again.

Wow, totally bone chilling with those screams right there, and nice job Victor!! That's insane that both Jeffries and Dominic both came back from the dead

I love it how this is linked with BoCo's Story

Didn't think the SCP episodes would have longer names compared to the one word episodes and shorts. Mid episode: Wait, could Brian's return be because of this cave since Jeffrys appeared!? Post episode: Well, that's chilling, especially K c i n i m o d appearing at the end

Oh my god! Two SCPs appeared in previous episodes! I'm still surprised, but I figured that they would show up on the Island of Sodor again. Toby had an encounter with one of the SCPs, Douglas, likewise, with the other SCP.

Wow…… this story was something…. I don’t even know how to describe it….

They say the markings on the Path Of The Dead gate are Sudrian. But I'm very certain it's actually Old Norse.

The scream from the cave easily give me the chills

This was very well done considering the human models in Trainz aren't much more than set dressing.

I’m thinking that BoCo was just a very surprising coincidence but the living bringing back the dead is definitely what’s happening. I’m interested in seeing what the follow up with Dominic will be, if there is one. Will the SCP return? Will Dominic find out he was dead already and die again? Does that affect that his ghost already came back? So many places you can go with this mini-series and I’m so excited to see where you take it!

Loved this! Also love how this aligns with a previous story. When they asked Edward if he “had been here before” fun callbacks

Edward going “I’m just sad I couldn’t ask Toby” with a sad face got me concerned he’s gonna end up kicking the bucket at some point ngl.

Jesus christ! This was amazing. Boco having the same number as the prisoner was likely a coincidence, but the chills I got after every spectre coming out of that were quite real. But this does add to the whole thing of nonfaceless engines, and why very few occured under BR, since the only people to enter the cave would've been from the SCP. And despite the fact that these may not be canon, I'll still count them as such. Just gotta remember to not watch these at night if they're gonna be this scary. But I also kinda wonder something else now. Were Henry and Emily actually a couple that got killed in the past, and their relationship moved on to being nonfaceless engines? Or is that just another coincidence?

16:44 OH GREAT, the biggest prat of break vans is back.

Brilliant Video! I honestly think that's one of the best Victor has done in quite a long while(And that's not an insult to his other videos, it's just that was really good!)

It’s just amazing what he brings to the table. INCREDIBLE. Keep up the amazing work

Great episode I loved how you took the point of the people speaking to boco from a previous episode stellar work

Great start to the series and the climax is a hook. Anyone reading this before watching you are sure to be in for some exciting references.

A solid first episode, this series is gonna be amazing, just such a unique and interesting concept, and with Victors writing prowess, you know he's gonna do it justice, fab to have you back matey! Reaction to this is already up!

This was a terrific episode Victor! Really looking forward to the rest

what a start to the series, given that this was done mostly with the human models it was astounding, great work victor. Imagine if the old idiotic, self-centered arthur comes back from the cave and meets the current arthur, now that would be insane

This is brilliant! Well written, well paced and ends on quite the cliffhanger.

Holy freaking sh!t... I was definitely excited for this series, but after this episode my hype is through the roof. I know that in canon this is all hypothetical, but it all makes too much sense to me not to be true. Victor you freaking genius you've outdone yourself... 😍

Victor you’ve done it again well done. 👍🏻 This was an outstanding start to this new mini series. I was shocked and surprised with everything that was revealed about The Cave and Boco, alongside the return of Jeffries and Dominic and also the implication that The Revenant Theory is now 100% true. In fact if Bobby Cooper becomes Boco could that mean the man who entered the cave at the beginning who was named Rocky will eventually reincarnate as Rocky the crane at some point or am I just overthinking this? Really excited for the next video or in this case the next SCP entry.😃

This episode was flipping fantastic nice job victor. The stories of sodor and the stories of sodor miniseries always end up being amazing

I love this. I’m a great fan of SCP. And to have them on Sodor makes sense to me. I love the fact that it wasn’t just humans coming back too. As I’ve always felt engines etc have souls to. Well done.

Please continue this SCP of sodor thing i love it.

i love how broken trainz look sometimes, and i alo love when hiking trails float like magic carpets.

so this is what boco meant by those people asked before during the stories of sodor secrets

Victor you done it again! Can't wait to see more

"A pity I can't ask Toby about it!" I don't like the sound of that, nor the look on Edward's face. Brilliant episode by the way. 👌

This was a great episode Victor. Well done. Now for my more spoilery thoughts, so read with caution. So the Revenant theory is confirmed to be true. Was not expecting that. Seeing Jeffries again was surprising, and I think this was a nod to the original season 4 with him appearing as a ghost. If so, nice touch. Dominic returns! This will bring some good drama (If these are canon) BoCo being reincarnated was also shocking. It’s nice to see that this, hopefully, confirms the Revenant Theory. This would also explain the engines having last names, which is still a bit odd to me, but I can let that slide. This one isn’t a spoiler per say, but I thought I should mention it. This is the first episode of SOS where there are almost no engines involved, especially if you don’t count Edwards little part at the end. The story proves that human characters can carry an entire episode. Alright, that’s all I really have to say about the episode. Guess we’ll be finding out the mysterious Lucky Lamp next. Can’t wait for it! Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

This is my childhood growing up and I love this path better then the TV I use to spend hours at

He’s got me hooked again

Great first episode Victor, looking forward to the other episodes of this series

WOW! I have waited months for this series and I must say, this was amazing! The idea about the "Path of the Dead" is a really interesting thought that could open new ways for the storytelling. The human casts are also really good, you can understand their feelings & motives, moreover the facts why the act the way they are. Furthermore, I have a theory about the text: As Dr. Hadley said "if life enters before its time, the dead will return", what if there are different types of returning from the afterlife: - those who where bad or miserable, they will only return for a short period of time (eg.: Jeffries) - those who felt remorse and grief for their crimes, they become engines as a means of "new release on life" However, I don't think that Old Bailey is being on Sodor because of this effect. Maybe a Nartwin (who's life force is stronger or live longer Idk, I just came with this when I'm writing down these words) sacrificed him/herself for the king and thats the reason. Well, these are my theory about the tunnel. Maybe I'm wrong or maybe I just picked the exact thing that will happen (I hope so, that would be funny). What do you think?

This whole series is going to blow my mind I can not wait for more

0:32 Wow so that guy has over 86 million fingers? Now that is an SCP if I’ve ever heard one. XD

Freaky! First time watching, scared the hell out of me! Smashing job, Victor! Keep up the good work!

You are a bloody genius with this one Victor

Yeah, you know what time it is, THE SCPs OF SODOR BABY!!!!

I’m curious if someone will make a detailed SCP wiki page on these, just to mess with people who are looking for a joke SCP but instead find a legitimate research log that’s only a joke because it’s a fictional SCP…..like fictional in terms of SCP canon

Due to me being scared easily I was hesitant of watching this, now that I have I have no regrets