Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Locked in his shed after the closure of his railway, Duke has one question on his mind: did he deserve it?
CHAPTERS
0:00 Three Little Engines
0:35 Goodbye, Granpuff
1:57 Duke Awakes
2:44 Where It All Began...
3:44 A Lesson In 'Fogging' About
5:50 A 'Tim'id Engine
8:00 One Nasty No.2!
10:01 Hey, Bulldog!
11:02 Duke Was By No Means Crippled...
13:25 The End Of The Mid Sodor Railway, and Duke Deserved His Solitude...?
18:05 Some 20 Odd Years Later...
Dear Viewers,
Duke The Lost Engine truly is my favourite of the Railway Series books that the Reverend Awdry wrote in his lifetime. It's funny and heart-warming on the surface, and yet the creation of the Mid Sodor and its' place in the Sodor canon I really appreciate as an older reader. Not only is it a wonderful amalgam of quite a few lovely narrow gauge railways, it acts as a lovely connection to Sodor's own. In the Sodor canon, the Mid Sodor influenced the Culdee Fell Railway, the Arlesdale was built on top of it when it closed, and its' last surviving engines eventually went to work on the Skarloey Railway.
My drive to do a Mid Sodor thing has existed since 2020 - blame Daniel Long - but this was further influenced by Luke Ryan's 'Mid Sodor Mysteries' and seeing the layout and engines in person at the Talyllyn Railway - but it wasn't until July, prior to this year's Awdry Extravaganza, that I finally had a story I really wanted to make happen with these characters.
The point being: how did Duke feel in his shed? Would he have woken up and wondered what else was going on in the world? What effects would this have had on him? I'm not sure if this video really answers any of those properly, but alas, I tried.
Overall, this was a joy to make - and it was nice to do a more dramatic thing, after the comedic antics of those traction engines etc. I didn't think I'd do a Thomas thing again so soon after the last one, but this is one I'm very fond of, and when the idea came around, it took me quite a lot. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Till We Meet Once More,
Ethan
SUPPORT THE TALYLLYN, FFESTINIOG & WELSH HIGHLAND AND CORRIS RAILWAYS!
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Locked in his shed after the closure of his railway, Duke has one question on his mind: did he deserve it?
CHAPTERS
0:00 Three Little Engines
0:35 Goodbye, Granpuff
1:57 Duke Awakes
2:44 Where It All Began...
3:44 A Lesson In 'Fogging' About
5:50 A 'Tim'id Engine
8:00 One Nasty No.2!
10:01 Hey, Bulldog!
11:02 Duke Was By No Means Crippled...
13:25 The End Of The Mid Sodor Railway, and Duke Deserved His Solitude...?
18:05 Some 20 Odd Years Later...
Dear Viewers,
Duke The Lost Engine truly is my favourite of the Railway Series books that the Reverend Awdry wrote in his lifetime. It's funny and heart-warming on the surface, and yet the creation of the Mid Sodor and its' place in the Sodor canon I really appreciate as an older reader. Not only is it a wonderful amalgam of quite a few lovely narrow gauge railways, it acts as a lovely connection to Sodor's own. In the Sodor canon, the Mid Sodor influenced the Culdee Fell Railway, the Arlesdale was built on top of it when it closed, and its' last surviving engines eventually went to work on the Skarloey Railway.
My drive to do a Mid Sodor thing has existed since 2020 - blame Daniel Long - but this was further influenced by Luke Ryan's 'Mid Sodor Mysteries' and seeing the layout and engines in person at the Talyllyn Railway - but it wasn't until July, prior to this year's Awdry Extravaganza, that I finally had a story I really wanted to make happen with these characters.
The point being: how did Duke feel in his shed? Would he have woken up and wondered what else was going on in the world? What effects would this have had on him? I'm not sure if this video really answers any of those properly, but alas, I tried.
Overall, this was a joy to make - and it was nice to do a more dramatic thing, after the comedic antics of those traction engines etc. I didn't think I'd do a Thomas thing again so soon after the last one, but this is one I'm very fond of, and when the idea came around, it took me quite a lot. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Till We Meet Once More,
Ethan
SUPPORT THE TALYLLYN, FFESTINIOG & WELSH HIGHLAND AND CORRIS RAILWAYS!
talyllyn.co.uk
festrail.co.uk
corris.co.uk
