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WildNorWester
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Creator of YouTube fan series 'Sodor the Early Years' and 'Sodor the Modern Years'.

If someone's saying bad stuff about me, don't bother telling me.

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More shots from 'Manx Island Rescue'. By now, the story has moved into 1945. #ttte #stmy
A Bullied Q1 class is passing a small industrial tank engine. They're looking at each other and smiling, with their Thomas the Tank Engine style faces. Two trains crossing on a viaduct. One is a passenger train heading away from the camera, the other is a goods train loaded with scrap going in the other direction. A tugboat with a Thomas-style face is looking cheesed off. Two tank engines with Thomas the tank engine style faces are looking at each other, worried.
August 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Some more shots from Manx Island Rescue. That first one shows the first time Ten Cents met Gordon. #TTTE #STMY
Ten Cents the tugboat is in a harbour, talking to Gordon the blue engine and a small tender engine named Lucy. They are all painted in wartime black. Ten Cents is pulling a barge away from a dock. In the background, a weathered green tank engine is shunting trucks. Overall view of a harbour. Thomas the Tank Engine is glaring at a small tender engine named Lucy. James the red engine is glaring at a small tender engine named Lucy as she goes past.
August 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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During WW2, when Thomas had to go into the works, Neville looked after the Ffarquhar Branch Line. Thomas didn't mind. After all, he and Neville were cousins. #TTTE
A Bullied Q1 with a Thomas the Tank Engine style face is standing at a station, pulling two coaches. A red bus, also with a face, is on the road next to him. They are smiling and looking at each other.
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Shot of a viaduct, with two trains on it. In the foreground, a Bullied Q1 class locomotive is pulling a goods train. In the background a L&YR Class 28 is pulling passengers.
August 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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During WW2, Armstrong was requisitioned to help with the war effort on the mainland. Following the war, The Fat Controller tracked him down and brought him back to Sodor. He returned to service in 1950, and continues to serve the NWR to this day.

#TTTE #STMY
A 3D render of the Armstrong-Whitworth 1-Co-1 diesel, in a green-and-yellow livery.
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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After his rebuild, Armstrong was put into service on the Norramby Branch. He looked after goods traffic, while Emily handled passengers.

After Norramby Harbour was bombed in 1941, Armstrong ran the line solo. But traffic declined, so the line was closed and he was sent to the mainline.

#TTTE #STMY
3D render of two trains in a small shunting yard. One is a vintage diesel locomotive, the Armstrong-Whitworth 1-Co-1 in a brown livery, the other is a Sterling single in maroon and brass livery.
July 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Armstrong's rebuild took a while, due to the damage to his engine and the unfamiliar at the time technology. So it wasn't until 1935 that he rolled out of the Steamworks under his own power, with a new brown livery.

#TTTE #STMY
Render of the Armstrong-Whitworth 1-Co-1 locomotive, in brown livery with the number D1 on each end. It has a Thomas the tank engine-style face.
July 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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One day in 1934, Henry had a special load on his train. A strange new engine named Armstrong, who had been bought for the railway by Mr Hatt.

Armstrong was delivered to the railway's works at Crovan's Gate to have his engine rebuilt.

#TTTE #STMY
A steam locomotive is hauling a vintage diesel at the head of its goods train. They both have Thomas the tank engine style faces.
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Here's Armstrong the Vintage Diesel. Mesh is pretty much done.

He is the Armstrong-Whitworth 1-Co-1 locomotive. Following the crankcase explosion in 1934, Hatt bought him on the cheap and had him repaired at their works. He then went into service alongside Emily on the Norramby branch. #STMY #TTTE
A 3D render of the Armstrong-Whitworth 1-Co-1 diesel locomotive.
July 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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New #STMY lore. After the Arlesburgh branchline was closed in 1934, Felix was sold to the Ffarquhar Quarry Company. He worked there as the shunter, while Thomas ran the branchline. In 1956, after Toby arrived, Felix was sold to a museum on the mainland. #TTTE
Render of a LSWR Y4 steam engine with sideplates and cowcatchers pulling a train through a stone cutting. Render of a LSWR Y4 tank engine and LBSCR E2 tank engine side-by-side. They have Thomas-the tank engine style faces. Render of a LSWR Y4 and LNER J50 locomotive in a quarry.
July 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Someone I've been working on for #STMY. #TTTE.
3D Blender render of a Bullied Q1 class steam locomotive in black, with the number 33010 on the cab.
July 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Filming has started on #STMY Manx Island Rescue. These first four screenshots are from the opening montage. #TTTE.
A black and white image of Thomas the Tank Engine pulling a mixed train, with Annie & Clarabel behind trucks. He is in World War 2 black livery. A black and white image of Gordon the express engine pulling a passenger train. He is in World War 2 black livery. A small 0-6-0 tank engine shunts vans into the Sodor Mail building, while Henry in WW2 black passes in the background. A black-and-white image of Ten Cents the tugboat arriving at Knapford Harbour.
May 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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I've decided to make Manx Island Rescue as a special, before Norramby Engines. It works better for the story that way. So with that in mind, I've updated my models of Wendy and Lucy. #STMY #TTTE
A small 2-4-0 engine with a Thomas the Tank Engine style face is pulling a train of scrap over a bridge. A dirty green 0-6-0 tank engine is shunting vans at a harbour. She has a Thomas the tank engine-style face.
May 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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In honour of the 80th anniversary of the Railway Series tomorrow, I'm releasing my Railway Series-style model of Terence the Tractor. He was the first non-railway character introduced in the books, in 'Tank Engine Thomas Again.' You'll find him on the non-rail vehicles section of my website. #TTTE
An orange tractor with a Thomas the tank engine-style face is in a field.
May 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Following a bit of reworking, the next #STMY mini-series will be Norramby Engines. This will include the planned Manx Island Rescue special, broken down into a two-parter. #TTTE
Two diesel engines with Thomas the tank engine-style faces are facing each other on a stone bridge.
May 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Here we go. The final set of screenshots for 'Fast Goods'. The last two may look a little familiar 😉. #STMY #TTTE
Two British diesel locomotives are shunting in a harbour. A British Rail class 04 diesel is shunting 3 open wagons onto a pier. Thomas the tank engine has just surprised Gordon the big engine. Thomas the tank engine is being dragged behind an express train.
February 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Someone who'll be showing up in Molly's mini-series. Probably not how you'd expect, though. #STMY #TTTE
A render of a partially-completed 3D model of a British Rail 9F class locomotive.
February 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Some more shots from #STMY 'Harbour Engines'. #TTTE.
Two diesel engines with Thomas the tank engine style faces are looking at each other, worried. A blue steam engine and a diesel are in a container yard. A blue steam engine and a diesel are in a container yard. Two small diesel locomotives are in a shunting yard.
January 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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I've just realised that the second shot is from a blooper. Caden was supposed to go onto the line next to Gordon. Here's the correct shot.
A diesel shunting locomotive is backing down into a shed. It has a Thomas the tank engine style face and is looking sad, while a blue steam engine glares at it.
January 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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More shots from the set of #STMY 'Fast Goods', which is part 1 of Harbour Engines.
A diesel shunter with a Thomas the tank engine style face is looking at a man and a woman, both formally dressed, on a station platform. A diesel shunting locomotive is backing down into a shed. It has a Thomas the tank engine style face and is looking sad, while a blue steam engine glares at it. A diesel engine with a Thomas-style face is looking at some trucks on a siding. A diesel engine with a Thomas-style face has arrived with some container flat cars.
January 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Following my tribute video to Britt Allcroft, I've released the model of Lady I made for it. You'll find her in the 'what if' section of my website.

wildnorwester.wixsite.com/wnw2019/what...
A render of Lady the Magical Engine from Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
January 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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That's the NWR 'chocolate biscuit' livery. They're in a few others. Full details in the image.
Here we have a set of LMS 'porthole' coaches. This download includes several body types: Brake coach (BSK) Buffet coach (RB) First-class brake coach (BFK) First-class coach (FK) Full brake coach (BG) Standard open coach (TSO) Standard-class coach (SK) Each of these variants comes in the following liveries: LMS Maroon Pullman Brown NWR Green & Cream NWR Red & Cream NWR Brown & Cream NWR Blue & Cream NWR 'Chocolate Biscuit' BR Blood & Custard BR Blue & White BR Blue BR 'Swallow' Gordon's Special Coaches (TVS)
December 23, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Hi all. I've just released some LMS coaches on my website, as a Christmas release (wildnorwester.wixsite.com/wnw2019/stan...). These are a collab between myself and Edward2Fan47. Merry Christmas everyone! #STMY #TTTE
Two LMS porthole coaches are sitting on a shed, in a screenshot from Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022. They have a two-tone brown livery with yellow lining.
December 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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The new engine cast a doubtful look at the coaches.

"They're not what I'm used to. But I suppose they'll do." #STMY #Trainz
A sepia screenshot from a train simulator game, showing a LNER A1 pacific next to LMS coaches. A colour screenshot from a train simulator game, showing a LNER A1 pacific next to LMS coaches.
December 22, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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Some more shots from the #STMY set. I'm onto page 5 of a 13-page script, so about 1/3 of the way through filming.

I will mention that the last three of these screenshots are from a montage.
A blonde-haired woman in a suit is standing in front of a railway shed. An electric engine with a Thomas the tank engine face is at a station platform. Two people in suits, a man and a woman, are standing on the platform talking to him. A green LNER V3 tank engine is talking to a man and a woman, both wearing suits. Three people in suits - one woman and two men - are talking to a red narrow-gauge tank engine.
December 15, 2024 at 12:07 AM