Why Doesn't Edward Look Like He Used To?

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Steaming Along

24 күн бұрын

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@SteamingAlong 22 күн бұрын

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@soymaster6919 18 күн бұрын

It really makes you wonder how the Railway Series would’ve progressed had the original designs for the characters been the standard going forward.

@SparklingJam 13 күн бұрын

I wonder how Thomas and Henry would of been since they were entirely different

@joshslater2426 20 күн бұрын

If Edward was intended to be a Furness Railway K2, he has a surprising number of differences. He is sort of a generalised depiction of a Victorian/Edwardian 4-4-0, with vague elements of North Eastern and Midland designs. Ultimately I prefer the idea of Edward being a K2 as it helped more people recognise the great locos of the Furness Railway, and helps suggest Sodor is located not far off the Isle of Man.

@KBY30 20 күн бұрын

I believe Awdry mentioned that Edward had extensive rebuilds on Sodor in the Island of Sodor book, so that probably explains why he doesn’t look much like a K2.

@Brickticks 15 күн бұрын

And now I shall have nightmares about sentient locomotives. Thanks.

@Gmcenvoy2002 21 күн бұрын

I’m glad I’m not the only that sees Edward lost height

@KBY30 20 күн бұрын

I wonder if they made him shorter in the CGI series to make him look more like a K2, which were built relatively low on their chassis compared to Edward’s original prop.

@Gmcenvoy2002 20 күн бұрын

@@KBY30 nah prob cause he was probably almost tall as Henry

@Gmcenvoy2002 20 күн бұрын

And he was slightly bigger than James in the model series.

@danielsellers8707 12 күн бұрын

I think the Hornby model of Midland Railway / LMS Compound 4-4-0 No. 1000 looks a lot Edward. There's an illustration of this locomotive on the footbridge at Matlock railway station. I think this would be my Edward!

@kennethjoseph9309 20 күн бұрын

Awdry created Edward to be a Furness K2 Larger Seagulls in 1896.

@KBY30 20 күн бұрын

Well not really. He was created to be an older, smaller engine than the boastful, newer, larger and stronger Gordon. He later claimed Edward was a K2 because it resembled his appearance in the first book’s original illustrations, and that the real-life engines worked nearby where the Island of Sodor is said to be located off the coast of Cumbria.

@Gmcenvoy2002 21 күн бұрын

Don’t forget a curved cab roof

@Dominic_812 20 күн бұрын

His footplate looks so THICCC

@westernregion104 20 күн бұрын

Part of me thinks what engine Awdry wanted Edward to be, after all Awdry mostly didn’t have a say on the specific design of locomotives.

@englishtwister 20 күн бұрын

0:04 Is it just me or does that engine reversing look like it has big eyes?

@Dominic_812 20 күн бұрын

IT DOES

@CakeKingYT 19 күн бұрын

This is such a good vid! I’m subbing! So underrated!

@Scorp-tw8xd 22 күн бұрын

Noted..

@thihoaithuongvoducthien5573 19 күн бұрын

Idk if it’s me but I think the guy narrating is the guy that is on the Kaikki TikTok account

@user-fk8ub5qs5y 15 күн бұрын

The railway seires was created in 1945 not 1995

@pkfire6763 22 күн бұрын

Do you happen to have any other socials? Like Twitter, Insta, etc?

@goreion8470 20 күн бұрын

This is something I see funny now I’m well aware Edward is male, but when I was little watching the model series, I thought Edward and Henry were girls because the narrator when doing their voice, it sounded a bit high-pitched and their face to me. You look like a girl when they brought in Emily. I was like confused because it already had two girls in the time I started listening to audiobooks. The railway series when I heard the narrator, describe it Edward and Henry as him

@KBY30 20 күн бұрын

Funny you mention that, because when Britt Allcroft was developing the original television series for the United States, there were plans to change Edward into a female character named Alice- there’s even scripts for the first episode of Shining Time Station that feature this name. They decided against it because Britt felt that would be straying too far from the Rev. W. Awdry’s vision for the character.

@goreion8470 20 күн бұрын

@@KBY30 that’s interesting so I wasn’t just weird for thinking they were girls, during my childhood but cool thanks

@Grenko 19 күн бұрын

isnt this an evolution video?

@donald9douglas10production8 20 күн бұрын

Simple Answer: C. Reginald Dalby can't illustrate for shit and horribly butchered Edward's appearance when it came down to the James book.

@BrentSudric 19 күн бұрын

Even funnier when you realise Dalby basically traced over Payne's original illustrations for Thomas the Tank Engine

@Dat-Mudkip 6 күн бұрын

In his defense, that entire book was borked. Awdry said it was his least favorite book, as it had been written merely to meet a deadline. The illustrations suggest that these too were also rushed, judging by some of the strange proportions seen throughout in not just Edward, but practically everything in the book.

@donald9douglas10production8 3 күн бұрын

@Dat-Mudkip Simple terms, Dalby was a horrible artist for when it came down to drawing locos and made a terribly bold cliam how the Railway Series was gonna die out. How wrong the foolish old man was.