WildNorWester
@wildnorwester.bsky.social
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.
He/him.
If someone's saying bad stuff about me, don't bother telling me.
He/him.
Yes. That's why they trusted Devious Diesel, despite his 'we are superior' rhetoric.
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yes. That's why they trusted Devious Diesel, despite his 'we are superior' rhetoric.
To be honest, I have had the idea lingering for years. Only just got around to making him now.
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
To be honest, I have had the idea lingering for years. Only just got around to making him now.
I did a video showing how I make my episodes: youtu.be/Qw5fjf_QMpA?.... That's probably a good starting point.
Sodor the Modern Years: Behind the Scenes
YouTube video by WildNorWester
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I did a video showing how I make my episodes: youtu.be/Qw5fjf_QMpA?.... That's probably a good starting point.
Not exactly. Considering the short trips was what prompted me to look at what I was doing, and go back to the seasonal approach with shorter episodes.
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Not exactly. Considering the short trips was what prompted me to look at what I was doing, and go back to the seasonal approach with shorter episodes.
That's what I thought. 🙂
You can probably guess who's doing each role.
You can probably guess who's doing each role.
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
That's what I thought. 🙂
You can probably guess who's doing each role.
You can probably guess who's doing each role.
Yeah, I've got plans for him. By which I mean I'll be doing more with him than HiT did.
Had a whole mini-series planned out for him before I decided to return to the seasonal approach. So I'll be reworking a few of those stories into the episodes.
Had a whole mini-series planned out for him before I decided to return to the seasonal approach. So I'll be reworking a few of those stories into the episodes.
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Yeah, I've got plans for him. By which I mean I'll be doing more with him than HiT did.
Had a whole mini-series planned out for him before I decided to return to the seasonal approach. So I'll be reworking a few of those stories into the episodes.
Had a whole mini-series planned out for him before I decided to return to the seasonal approach. So I'll be reworking a few of those stories into the episodes.
Short version - he was leased to the NWR during WW2. British Rail terminated the lease in 1948 and forced him back to the Southern Region.
In the 1960s, Neville was rescued and restored in secret under BR's nose. He returned to service during the events of 'STEY: Darkest Hour/Desperate Times'.
In the 1960s, Neville was rescued and restored in secret under BR's nose. He returned to service during the events of 'STEY: Darkest Hour/Desperate Times'.
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Short version - he was leased to the NWR during WW2. British Rail terminated the lease in 1948 and forced him back to the Southern Region.
In the 1960s, Neville was rescued and restored in secret under BR's nose. He returned to service during the events of 'STEY: Darkest Hour/Desperate Times'.
In the 1960s, Neville was rescued and restored in secret under BR's nose. He returned to service during the events of 'STEY: Darkest Hour/Desperate Times'.
I've done remakes of a couple of episodes as anniversary specials.
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I've done remakes of a couple of episodes as anniversary specials.
Thing is, the TVS-style models can still be used to tell realistic stories. I mean, the first couple of seasons of the TVS were realistic stories, because they were adapted from the RWS.
If you mean the visuals then yeah. That's mostly a question of taste, though.
If you mean the visuals then yeah. That's mostly a question of taste, though.
August 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thing is, the TVS-style models can still be used to tell realistic stories. I mean, the first couple of seasons of the TVS were realistic stories, because they were adapted from the RWS.
If you mean the visuals then yeah. That's mostly a question of taste, though.
If you mean the visuals then yeah. That's mostly a question of taste, though.
Yep. There's a reason for that. 😉
August 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yep. There's a reason for that. 😉
I do follow the RWS canon and try to be realistic in my approach.
August 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I do follow the RWS canon and try to be realistic in my approach.
Yeah. I will admit, there's a few 'take that' moments towards Misty Island Rescue in this special.
August 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yeah. I will admit, there's a few 'take that' moments towards Misty Island Rescue in this special.
We'll be seeing that in his mini-series, 'Neville the Wartime Engine'.
August 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We'll be seeing that in his mini-series, 'Neville the Wartime Engine'.
Nonexistent.
If I ever do bring them into my series, it'll be as logging locos that Flying Scotsman encountered during his USA tour - he'll be telling Gordon and the other NWR engines about them.
If I ever do bring them into my series, it'll be as logging locos that Flying Scotsman encountered during his USA tour - he'll be telling Gordon and the other NWR engines about them.
August 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Nonexistent.
If I ever do bring them into my series, it'll be as logging locos that Flying Scotsman encountered during his USA tour - he'll be telling Gordon and the other NWR engines about them.
If I ever do bring them into my series, it'll be as logging locos that Flying Scotsman encountered during his USA tour - he'll be telling Gordon and the other NWR engines about them.
You'll be seeing more of her - she's the main character in this special, along with Ten Cents and Wendy.
She was Arry and Bert's precdecessor at the Kildane Ironworks. She disappeared around the same time a Warship class diesel, no. 810, visited Sodor. Fate unknown.
She was Arry and Bert's precdecessor at the Kildane Ironworks. She disappeared around the same time a Warship class diesel, no. 810, visited Sodor. Fate unknown.
August 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You'll be seeing more of her - she's the main character in this special, along with Ten Cents and Wendy.
She was Arry and Bert's precdecessor at the Kildane Ironworks. She disappeared around the same time a Warship class diesel, no. 810, visited Sodor. Fate unknown.
She was Arry and Bert's precdecessor at the Kildane Ironworks. She disappeared around the same time a Warship class diesel, no. 810, visited Sodor. Fate unknown.
It was for camoflauge and to save money & resources during WW2. It wasn't mandatory, as you can see with Wendy. Her owners couldn't be bothered to paint her black.
That's also why Ten Cents is in dark blue. Camoflauge against the water.
That's also why Ten Cents is in dark blue. Camoflauge against the water.
August 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It was for camoflauge and to save money & resources during WW2. It wasn't mandatory, as you can see with Wendy. Her owners couldn't be bothered to paint her black.
That's also why Ten Cents is in dark blue. Camoflauge against the water.
That's also why Ten Cents is in dark blue. Camoflauge against the water.
August 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's in the late 1940s.
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's in the late 1940s.