Steaming to Legacy | Original Version | Chapter 1 - The Early Years

Question: Who is your favourite Thomas character and why? SmurfyDan/Dan5589: Facebook:   / dan5589   Twitter:   / dancoffey1991   Enterprisingengine93: YouTube:    / @enterprisingengine93   Facebook:   / enterprisingengine93   Twitter:   / eengine93   Steaming to Legacy is a unique retrospective fan documentary that tells the story of the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry, and his beloved children’s book series about the Fat Controller’s really useful engines, which eventually become a phenomenal franchise for over seventy years. Featuring the voice of Enterprisingengine93, along with archival footage, pictures and interview audios from behind the scenes. The legendary story begins while living in the house, which was located 200 yards from the western end of Box tunnel from 1920 to 1928; Wilbert Awdry lay in bed as a child and imagined as if the trains were talking to each other. This had later become an inspiration for his stories about Edward, Gordon and Henry after his son, Christopher, was bedridden with measles in a family house at South Birmingham. On Christmas 1942 after writing stories for ‘The Three Railway Engines’, which was first published on May 12th, 1945 by Edmund Ward, Wilbert made a wooden toy of a tank engine as a present for Christopher, who christened the name ‘Thomas’. After ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ was published on October 1946, Wilbert went on to write further engine stories annually until 1970, when he entered his semi-retirement as we learn more about Thomas, his friends and their adventures on Sodor based in real life railway incidents. “RWS 70 Years” by Sudrian Steam    / @sudriansteam   (Used by permission) All feedback will be appreciated, as long as it’s constructive. Thank you for your time. NOTE: All copyrights belong to their respective owners DISCLAIMER: This video is entirely fan made, non-profit and under fair use for educational purposes. "Thomas and Friends" "Томас и его друзья" "Thomas y sus amigos" "Thomas und seine Freunde" "Thomas le petit train" "きかんしゃトーマス" "토마스와 친구들" "Thomas et ses amis" "thomas dan teman-teman" "थॉमस और दोस्तों" "Thomas ei suoi amici" "โทมัสและเพื่อน ๆ" "thomas e seus amigos" "Thomas och vänner" "托马斯和朋友" "Thomas og Friends" "Thomas ve Arkadaşları" "توماس والأصدقاء" "Thomas và các bạn" Thomas the Train, "Thomas el tren" "Thomas le train" "トーマス電車" "토마스 기차" "Томас поезд"" Thomas o trem" "Thomas kereta" "Thomas der Zug" "Thomas ang tren" "Thomas vlak" "托马斯火车" "توماس القطار" "Thomas a vonat" "Thomas tàu" #ThomasAndFriends #SteamingToLegacy #thomasthetrain #thomas #thomasundseinefreunde #きかんしゃトーマス #trains #thomasysusamigos #томасиегодрузья #smurfydan #enterprisingengines