Two BR Class 08 diesels, in yellow-lined blue and green liveries, with Thomas the tank engine style faces.
I also did their TV series liveries, as class 08 diesels. #ttte #stmy (2/2).
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Two BR Class 09 diesels in BR Green with Thomas the tank engine style faces.
Two BR Class 09 diesels in BR Blue with Thomas the tank engine style faces.
Two BR Class 09 diesels in a white-and-orange lined blue livery with Thomas the tank engine style faces.
Two BR Class 09 diesels. One is in a yellow-and-blue livery, the other in a green-and-yellow. Both have Thomas the tank engine style faces.
Here's a closer look at my Sidney and Paxton models, with faces by @therealtrampy.bsky.social. After BR was privatised, they went into industrial service for a bit, before being bought by the North-West Railway. #ttte #stmy (1/2)
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A green-and-yellow Class 09 diesel departs a yard with some trucks. To the right, another Class 09 with a blue-and-yellow livery shunts trucks.
A 'turn' is a short train that leaves a yard, delivers trucks, picks up others and returns to the yard it departed from.
In this photo taken at Barrow-in-Furness, we see NWR S4, Paxton, leaving with a turn for Crovans' Gate while NWR S3, Sidney, shunts the yard. #TTTE #STMY
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A LNER K2 locomotive in blue livery is pulling a train of green-and-cream LMS coaches.
Janet taking a passenger train along the NWR mainline. #STMY #TTTE
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Two LNER K2 steam locomotives with Thomas style faces are sitting on sidings. One is in GNR green, the other in LNER lined black.
Two LNER K2 steam locomotives with Thomas style faces are sitting on sidings. Both are in LNER lined black.
Two LNER K2 steam locomotives with Thomas style faces are sitting on sidings. Both are in British Rail black.
Two LNER K2 steam locomotives with Thomas style faces are sitting on sidings. Both are in a blue-and-red livery.
Janet is completed. I'll be doing a series of videos about how I made her, most likely after season 3 of #STMY. #TTTE
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Further information. Janet is a LNER K2, one from the Scottish region, with an extra window cab. When her class were being withdrawn, her crew hid her in a barn. Decades later, when British Rail was disbanded, they contacted the Fat Controller about restoring her. #STMY #TTTE
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A 3D render of a LNER K2 class 2-6-0 steam locomotive. It is a work in progress and missing details along the chassis.
This is Janet, a new character who'll be introduced in #STMY. She's based at Barrow along with Neville and Caden, and is the NWR's current no. 11.
I'm using Bandicam to record my modelling of her, and will be doing a multi-part video series showing my techniques for modelmaking.
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#STMY Season 3 was originally going to be 9 episodes long. It'll now be 13. I may need to do another casting call for the extra 4 episodes. (Including a reworked 'Harbour Engines')
As for why an odd number, it's because season 2 finished on an odd number and this will get it back to even. #ttte
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Here it is, the 15th anniversary special for Sodor the Early Years.
Following a trip to a heritage railway, Duck finds himself sad and bothered. Meanwhile Bert is having his own problems on the Arlesdale Railway. #TTTE #STMY
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Here's the trailer for the upcoming #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag'. #STMY #TTTE
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Duck the Great Western Engine is pulling a goods train, looking sad.
Oliver the Little Western Engine and Douglas the Scottish Twin are looking at each other, worried.
Bert the miniature engine is steaming past the Arlesdale Railway sheds. Rex and Mike are inside, looking surprised. Bert is pulling a tender that isn't his, but is painted yellow.
Bert is helping Sigrid the diesel and her passenger train into Arlesburgh station. In the background, Duck the Great Western engine is watching.
Filming for the #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag', has finished. Here are the final four screenshots. #STMY #TTTE
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Boco the diesel engine is pulling flatcars of old rails next to miniature railway tracks.
A Hymek diesel is pulling a goods train on a coastal railway line, next to a lighthouse.
A miniature blue engine is in a shed, with a yellow tender next to him.
Shot over the boiler of a miniature blue steam engine, looking at hymek diesel locomotive.
Here are the next four shots from the #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag'. #STMY #TTTE
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Minor update to Rosie's backstory. Now, she was withdrawn from industrial service in 1972, and bought by the SCC in 1973. (instead of 73 & 74). (9/8) #STMY #TTTE
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A USATC S100 locomotive in red livery with yellow boiler bands is standing on a turntable.
One last update on Rosie. After posting that thread about her backstory, I realised the red livery should have yellow boiler bands. So here's a minor update. #STMY #TTTE
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Rosie in her red livery is shunting at a harbour. In the background, Duck the Great Western engine looks annoyed.
Rosie in her red livery is talking to a miniature engine, Jock.
After a few teething troubles, Rosie settled into her new role. She quickly got the hang of working the yard & harbour, and still works there to this day. (8/8) #STMY #TTTE
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Rosie in a green livery is in a workshop, talking to a blonde woman in a suit.
Rosie in a red livery with the number 18 is waiting at a signal to leave the workshop.
In 2012, it became clear an engine was needed to shunt the yard and harbour at Arlesburgh. Edward got wind of this and suggested Rosie. For the first time in her life, she was given a choice of livery. She chose NWR red, which she’d seen on James and liked. (7/8) #STMY #TTTE
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Rosie in a green livery with a 'Rosie' rose logo on her tanks pulls BR Mk 1 coaches on a heritage railway.
Rosie in a green livery with a green livery waits with BR Mk 1 coaches at a station on her heritage railway.
Rosie enjoyed working on the heritage railway, but missed doing real work in industry or on a branch line. They looked after her well. In 1993, she was given a new livery, based off the green she’d previously worn under British Rail. (6/8) #STMY #TTTE
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Edward, Boco, Bill and Ben from Thomas & Friends look sadly at Rosie, who is in yellow livery.
In 1979, the existing seams of kaolin in the china clay quarry ran out. As such, the quarry briefly shut down while new seams were found. Rosie was no longer needed, and was sold to a heritage railway. Funds from this sale kept the quarry going and new seams were found in 1980. (5/8) #STMY #TTTE
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A S100 class locomotive in yellow paint sits on a siding between two identically painted saddle tank engines.
A S100 locomotive in yellow livery is on a siding next to another train.
After spending one year in the scrapyard, Rosie was purchased by the Sodor China Clay Co. and repaired. She mostly shunted Brendam Harbour, and took supplies to the quarry. She got on well with the engines, including James, who came down the branchline a couple of times. (4/8) #STMY #TTTE
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A S100 class locomotive in a plain red livery shunts trucks on a dock.
A rusty S100 locomotive sits on a siding in a scrapyard.
In 1967, Rosie was withdrawn from BR service. She was bought by a small harbour in Southern England and acted as the pilot there until 1973. That year, the harbour bought a withdrawn BR Class 08 diesel to replace her. So she was sent to a scrapyard. (3/8) #STMY #TTTE
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A S100 class locomotive with Southern Railway black is shunting trucks.
A S100 locomotive in BR Black with the early logo is waiting for a signal.
A S100 locomotive with the late BR logo is shunting box vans into a goods shed.
A S100 locomotive in BR green is pulling a train over a bridge.
After the war, Rosie was bought by the Southern Railway in England and rebuilt with an extended bunker. In 1948, she was absorbed into British Rail. In 1956 she was repainted with the BR ‘ferret and dartboard’ logo. In 1960, she was repainted green with the same logo. (2/8) #STMY #TTTE
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