The Unlucky Tug

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The COMPLETE Railway Series Timeline (2024) - Every Major Event from 1806 to Today

Video Overview & Insights

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So happy to have helped out with this mate, the final video has turned out amazing!

Thank you everyone for watching, and any questions please just ask!

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A big question I have. If Luke Ryan of the Talyllyn Railway was able to help provide info, does this mean he has info on actual set dates based on notes from Wilbert Awdry? If he has notes on exact years Wilbert Awdry set them, did he tell you? This is something I'd really like to know because I'm in hopes of making a RWS parody series mixing book & show elements but focused first on Wilbert Awdry's source material & I aim to set every single story the years that these notes say happened to keep true faith to the books minus any known errors, such as illustration errors.

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25:38 502 is the small engine idk is he not come back to sodor or he is back to USA?

— @hemosfavourites4894

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watched already

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The best SPOILER-FREE way I can describe it is "it wasn't what I was expecting, but in the best possible way"

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I like to think that after Britt Allcroft’s passing a month after this video was posted, Thomas, Percy, and Duck went to one of the harbours and at sunset, had pictures taken that recreate the last two shots from the TTTE&F Season 3 episode “All At Sea” to honor her, as those shots were 2 of her favourites from the series.

— @LiteralTable756

VIDEO CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro

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Wow. Richard is really getting the "son of a boomer" treatment, ain't he? He's going to have grandkids of his own by the time he gets to be controller.

— @RedShocktrooperRST

2:25 Chapter 1: Pioneering (1806-1866)

9:15 Chapter 2: The Railways Emerge (1867-1913)

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W-what….

— @SignedGraph499

21:52 Chapter 3: World War I & the Formation of the North Western Railway (1914-1923)

30:30 Chapter 4: The North Western Expands (1923-1939)

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17:14 Now we know he exists in current day!

— @WellsPlaysRoblox

39:33 Chapter 5: World War II & Nationalisation (1939-1952)

50:38 Chapter 6: Reconstruction & Modernisation (1953-1959)

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“The Lore”

— @AntonioCardozo-r3k

56:27 Chapter 7: Dieselisation & The End of Steam (1960-1969)

1:06:50 Chapter 8: Following the End of Steam (1970-1999)

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Farquar station is 100 years old

— @MaxHughes-i4k

1:16:24 Chapter 9: Modern Day (2000-Today)

1:19:20 Tug's Pick of the Week + Patreon Shoutouts

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27:08 Henry is not a pacific, he's a 4-6-0 not a 4-6-2.

— @Karagianis

All music is licensed from Epidemic Sound.

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16:05 does this make Godred an organ donor upon death?

— @lanceokami3567

More User Perspectives

22:52 Ik that bridge it’s abandoned now somewhere I belive in America or canada update it’s in smith falls ontario

@Parkered89

Can you put railway series cgi series and railway series together in one video

@chrisfain3612

58:29 is it me or does that blue car have a face?

@AdamPrather-m8t

1:18:56 what book is this?

@Sebik7531

If I had a nickel for every time I watched this while at a McDonalds I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice

@iMAXsProductions

I never thought a video about a train series would leave me in tears, but here I am.

@jeremiahharris3950

16:11 but I thought in the story, Godred was just a scary story to get Duncan and Sir Handal to wise up...im always confused about this, especially since we never got any more Mountain Railway stories

@AlekWheeler

23:03

@stopitnow-m4s

All this history really makes Sodor seem like a real place... before I'm wacked at the back by reality. Oh well, it can be real in my heart.

@SirArdhanPixel

bro topham hat and his family tree is all about they paper 😂. they all went into business marriages. you don’t get 2 billion standing around.

@yungskii7651

cannot wait for Rin Penrose to one day react to this

@SMPandanic

Never forget the Vicarstown & barrow steam packet company (1842 - 1906) 5:46

@LEFFACA

36:26 Why?

@coledakers6127

I’m sorry sorry for your loss, Tug. I’ll stay strong for you, and I want you to stay strong for me as your grandfather is in your heart always with you on your side. I love your vids too and I hope you have a wonderful day❤

@ThePurpleTankEngine013

I love the complicated character that Car presented

@wyattloomis2899

Sodor.

@Heinkelenjoyer

I've been a Thomas fan since I was 4, but i was today years old finding out that Sodor is set right next to the coast of the county/town I was born in (Cumbria/Whitehaven), crazy! Thank you for the video

@martinfromupnorth

Out of interest, when you quote "The Railways of Sodor" is that a book as I'm not able to find it? I was able to find The Island of Sodor its people history and railways

@RailEnthusiast

21:47 don't be too hard on them, it wasn't their fault they were built like that.

@PercyRules

41:28 - The Second World War in Europe ends on May 8.
when you do an updated version, make sure to double check the Real events. Quite a bit of other real historic events are missing and not just how the Pacific/Asia theater of WWII somehow aren't counted in.

@Row_wel

Aw man now its outdated. Aubrey and the coffee pot rosters names arent mentioned which is fair but im not expecting an updated one

@dittapermata4354

So Sodor was just a dumping ground for Engines nobody wanted? Percy has been on Sodor for 100 Years!

@Person-wz6iy

I WISH RWS CAME BACK KINDA LIKE HOW PHINEAS AND FERB CAME BACK FOR 2 MORE SEASONS RWS SHOULD COME BACK FOR 6 MORE BOOKS

@jack_animates12

9:52 just curious if this part of the s&m had been built what kind of bridge would gone over that bit of water?

@LiTheHedgehog

1:14:44 are you sure about that

@theSBC1409

1:18:20 for those confused as to how this was possible, a new build engine of the sane class as Sir Haydn was taken to Talyllyn to give the illusion of there being two engines

@ThomasT.TankEngineIII

I just want to say thank you to you Tug, because this timeline is going to help me majorly when I start to make videos on The History of Sodor, so thank you greatly. Also with the re-scans of Wilbert's original 26 this will make imagery of stories way more clear. Please keep being an amazing fellow and live a successful and happy life.

@billybobthe2nd-v5i

22:01

@MrThomasthetankengine1

I'm glad Peter Griffin got his train operators license.

@SuperTrainStationH

Missed *all ship shape and Swindon fashion" moment

@RyanSimioni

Lo podrías aser espan9l

@IvanRomán-p8n

23:30 Is were I think I can see james

@ceceliasamwata4173

My favourite part when he said wilbert awdry as the man wh9 wrote him in

@syahirkarim

15:48 SWITZERLAND MENTIONED 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

@Tenroh714

Fat Director and in the us no Fat Director

@valentinadl2679

1:01:03 Ummmm, By the 60's the dangers of lead were well known...

@jesusramirezromo2037

What’s today?

@Jamestheredengineguy