The History Of The Slate Trucks: The History Of TTTE 

The fact they made close up models shows the dedication of the crew wanting the best result. They didn’t have to have close ups, but they did. And the attention to detail is amazing. They don’t make shows like they used to.

The slate trucks are definitely a neat choice to add more to the narrow gauge content

Finally, the most important character in Thomas and Friends gets an episode.

"SNAP IT!" The way Michael Angelis always said that was pretty weird to me I guess just because of how deep the voice was for a single slate truck

The amount of trucks the incline railway can handle was inconsistent. In one episode, it was stated as four. In another, five were seen being pulled up. In yet another, seven were seen.

The history of the breakdown trains or rocky's model would be interesting

I always loved their faces.

A history of the model's of Gordon's Express coaches would be nice.

for some reason i just think slate trucks are neat

Holy crap, the ad I got on this video right when Duncan went up the incline in that infamous episode....was for Lindt Chocolate and it began with an avalanche of chocolate rolling down the screen into a pool. Foreshadowing. 🤣

You should do Old Slow Coach, the troublesome trucks, Henrietta, and the different tankers

I like how you did the slate trucks before the regular standard gauge trucks.

Love that the scene at the end includes Rusty and Duncan also. Almost like you know what we like ;)

Every single Troublesome Truck before S4 is BALLING right now

Always loved them. The original brown coloured narrow guage coal trucks are also cool

Finally another rolling stock video! I look forward to seeing more of these! There's so much variety in the rolling stock category both in terms of general groups like the troublesome trucks, and more specific ones like old slow coach!

Great series. Can we get the d fusit and coaches next please?

That Duncan joke at the end better go as big as "I'm banishing you to the shadow realm." XD

For some reason this was EVEN MORE entertaining considering each truck has its own story and just all of it. Love these reviews 🙌

smashing stuff! the question is when are we doing that Troublesome Trucks vid we discussed a while back xD

Saw the notification. Screamed f*** yeah slate cars! And clicked

I honest to god love the weathering on the chain at 5:47. You can practically see the rust pitting

This is a great surprise! I have been a fan of the slate trucks ever since I saw Trucks and Dunkin' Duncan as a kid. I also liked the new CGI renders in Blue Mountain Mystery and Journey Beyond Sodor!!

I honestly wasn't expecting a history video on the slate trucks, but still great 👍

I've never enjoyed that bit with Duncan being pulled up the winch, mostly because the mechanics of the incline being a type of furnicular railway means that that entire interaction would be impossible - Furnicular railways require the use of gravity to move the stock up and down, which is explained when the incline is first shown - the heavy trucks are pulled down by gravity, and that energy pulls up the empty ones. In the clip, Duncan's very presence would prevent him being pulled up, because even a narrow gauge engine weighs several tons - and as a result, he would be so heavy that the slate trucks would be incapable of lifting him. Effectively, the incline would "stall" until Duncan was uncoupled.

I thought about building a couple of these when I planned on making a 7 1/4 gauge garden railway. I've had a few false starts, but it's on the bucket list.

You should do the history of s.c. Ruffie and his moddles

I can kinda see why TrainBoy loves the slate trucks so much. It's because we honestly don't see any other type of narrow gauge freight car props, with a few exceptions (vans, guard vans, gondolas, comflats, etc)

Great work as always man! I'd still love to see a video on the figurines =D

ThomasTankMerch could remake all the classic episodes with all the merch he has

I would love to see the D Fusit truck and Bulgy's model history if you haven't done either one

Push push go faster faster!

Toad please he’s my favorite rolling stock character

The ending scene: Dunkin' suffered a catastrophic boiler explosion with an equivalent yield of 50 tons of TNT. There were no survivors.

Yeah, rolling stock characters are the most underrated characters.

I was not expecting a video about slate trucks, but this is epic, wonder if there are any more obscure models you can cover

3:21 *”The Slate Truck, For Its Size, Is The Most Powerful Truck On Rails, And The Slate Trucks Of Sodor Make Up The Power Of The Narrow Gauge Railway. THIS IS TRUCKS”*

Yes, I’ve been like the only one voting to see them

The history of Bertie or Henrietta's models would be interesting

Yes! I love this video already!

I really need to get some models that look like the narrow gauge engines and their rolling stock, there's just something about them that the larger engines in the show didnt have,

Who knew these guys had history?

I think maybe a history on the express coaches would be interesting! Its always great to see more rolling stock getting focus for a change.

Slate trucks always confused me as a kid because of how small their faces were compared to regular troublesome trucks

Slate trucks are so cool and terrifying when you think about it

Amazing video

Awesome video! Maybe you could do History of Toad the break van next

If you’d like to do rolling stock i’d love it if you did S.C.Ruffey & Toad, being the signature truck & brakevan characters respectively I’d also love if you did Bertie, Harold, Bulstrode, & Cranky, being the signature road, air, & water vehicles and crane respectively

Yes! Eventually! I have really longed for rolling stock! I really hope we can see more videos about T&F's rolling stock in the feature. /Sincerely Anton.

I think the narrow gauge coaches would be cool to follow as there were three types. The open carriage, the blue coaches and red posh looking coaches.

Never thought we'd move to slate trucks but this is ok from me

Cracking video can’t ‘slate’ you for this.. I’ll get my coat

Nice. Hopefully a review of the Bachmann slate trucks could be in order

HISTORY OF THE SODOR FUEL TANKERS!!!

How a whole episode about the Troublesome Trucks with the different variations and all?

10/10 content

Nice video to watch while I wait for the unlucky tugs new vid

I've been selecting slate trucks for ages on the poll !!! Whoop whoop

this is cool and interesting

“Brake it, Snap it!” Said the trucks - Michael Angelis

Very interesting do the troublesome trucks next please

I’d like to see Spiteful Breakvan as this is probably the only breakvan that is rude to locomotives

Next should be the troublesome trucks

Can we get one of these for Hector next?

New sub here, ide love for a detailed analysis of he brake vans!

4:27, absolutely terrifying image

The Silly Slate Trucks get a video! Could you please do a video about the Sentinel "Gas Bag" locomotive?

came from tug's TUGS video and found this

Can you please do one day The History Of The Express Coaches or Henrietta, these are going to be a good ones.

History of scruffy, Fred and toad

The episode where several broken slate cars were made for is actually rusty helps out, to be honest.

Please do the Troublesome Trucks next!

slate trucks look so cool

Slay-t it, king!

History of the express coaches!

History on the standard troublesome trucks would be nice

Can you talk about the regular troublesome trucks next?

would love to see you do Harold at some point

Maybe you could do a video on the history of the narrow gauge passenger coaches as I think they have an interesting history as in the Railway series they are all painted two toned cream and blue but also all the coaches on the Skarloey railway had names in the Railway Series and that they were also a bogie variant as well and the TV series has a wide a range of narrow gauge coaches in different colours including the blue and cream ones along with some red coaches and cream and green coaches but the CGI series decided to go with coaches that share the same colours as their real life counterparts on the Talylyn Railway

Can you please do the history of the troublesome trucks

We need history of Knapford station or Henrietta

More rolling stock options please. Also Salty

Break it! Snap it! And....they did!

Man, I miss the old Narrow Gauge stuff.

Duncan go boom RIP (I know he's not dead, I was just going along with your in-joke). Could you talk about the history of Scruffey? I know in Toad Stands By he and the other trucks offended Oliver after his fall in the turntable well and he got ripped apart. But in the books he was scrapped and in the show they reconstructed him. Did anyone notice in the show he was the same truck with a scratched eye in Oliver Owns Up who wanted Donald to pull the rake of coal trucks? He was basically just another Season 1 truck. You can tell due to the railing above the face

YES! YES!

Ah yes my favorite charater

I would mind you talking about the standard gauge trucks especially the goods vans

I would love the history of the breakdown train

Troublesome trucks next maybe?

You should do the express coaches next

May have already been brought up, but how about a history on the breakdown train?

Can the next one be on either Salty or the SKR and MSR Coaches?

you should do an episode on the coaches

Can you do coaches (express/branch line) or troublesome trucks (standard guage) ?

i knew those trucks where still alive in the samp! (the old iron brige)

do u get every bit of info from the Wiki?

Can you do a video about the expess coaches or Spencer's coach please

Wouldnt mind seeing what happend to the breakdown train :)

One of the slate trucks’ faces looks like an imp’s face from Plants vs Zombie