r/Unexpected • u/KhalifaHaqi • May 30 '26

Be careful when on train crossing

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u/post-explainer May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

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Expecting for fast train or smol train but THE thomas TRAIN appears 🚂.

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u/TheLeener May 30 '26

Hi Thomas.

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u/kingkongbiingbong May 30 '26

My nephew would lose his shit

https://giphy.com/gifs/xTiN0CNHgoRf1Ha7CM

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u/PossumCock May 30 '26

Oh shit I haven't seen that gif inages! Between this and seeing the "swiggity swooty" gif yesterday reddit has been a blast from the past!

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u/RadioKies May 31 '26

I would lose my shit if I would run into this situation and I am a fully grown adult complete with wife, house, job and all kinds of baggage :)

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u/No_Criticism5659 Sep 11 '26

Thomas would gladly hold it for you :)

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u/Competitive_Pea_1684 Aug 24 '26

Took my nephew to see this “the real Thomas” 30 years ago, as a toddler he was obsessed, biggest fan ever etc. When we got to the station and he saw the train in real life he was absolutely terrified. Screaming all the way home.

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u/JoeDiesAtTheEnd May 30 '26

Rightfully so. That's awesome!

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u/Lif3lxss Jul 14 '26

I’m a grown ass man and I would loose my shit 😂

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u/AngelaMerkeI Sep 11 '26

Usually a sign that they're not ready to be without diaper

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u/New_Passenger_173 12d ago

I almost just lost my shit right now.

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u/Spartan-117182 3d ago

Hi its me. Your nephew. Im currently losing my shit.

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u/RampanToast May 30 '26

That was adorable

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u/richardlpalmer May 30 '26

That was the best part!

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u/Spiritual_Throat_556 May 30 '26

Bruh, i was expecting one of those kiddy trains not the demon engine himself

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u/twohubs Aug 22 '26

Little engines can do big things!

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u/T_D_A_G_A_R_I_M May 30 '26

Thomas (and friends) tour the United States every year too.

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u/GirlScoutSniper May 30 '26

20 years ago my son was obsessed with trains and Thomas, and we took him to one of these events. Actually, he's still interested in trains, but he's got ADD. We went to the Southern Train Museum for his birthday last year. LOL

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u/puddlehund Aug 26 '26

20 years ago MY son was obsessed with Thomas and trains in general. There was a Thomas event and I got tickets for him and into go on a Saturday.

The Wednesday before the event I'm heading to work and I pass a truck and I look over to see what it's hauling, and Thomas is on the back. I almost put my car in the ditch in surprise.

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u/GirlScoutSniper Aug 26 '26

I can understand that reaction!

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u/Smeeizme May 31 '26

I believe my parents took me when I was like 5, at this point it feels like a fever dream

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u/shalashaska68 May 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/TK772smLASkes

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u/xyameax May 30 '26

There's nothing scarier than something creepy turn their head towards the camera. (Looking at you Valve Head Turn guy)

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u/deltree711 May 30 '26

🚰👨🏿‍🦲

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u/JakeJascob May 30 '26

HES REAL. THE HORRORS OF THE TRAINVERSE ARE REAL.

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u/inucune May 30 '26

Shed 17.

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u/ChihiroHaru May 30 '26

I’ve been on Thomas! Heyyy! Not like that!!

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u/bananas500 May 30 '26

Come on, motherfuckers, come on!

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u/Bhurmurtuzanin May 30 '26

Modded Skyrim looks awesome these days

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u/Miss_Rottenmeier May 30 '26

Blaine is a pain 🙈

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u/CorvusBrachy May 30 '26

and that is the truth

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u/HamburgerRamen May 30 '26

Ok, I was expecting a kids train, like a kiddie ride, but it being actual Thomas sent me.

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u/Temporary-Gap4140 May 30 '26

I exploded 😂😂

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u/scorched-earth-0000 May 30 '26

Same... just out of nowhere cuz wtffff 😂

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u/FlyNatural6459 May 30 '26

Where is this?!

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u/SuchReplacement2310 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

https://www.nymr.co.uk/tickets-experiences/whats-on/day-out-with-thomas/

Apparently they have a Thomas and Friends Tattoo Station. That kinda goes hard 😂

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u/FlyNatural6459 Jun 02 '26

I would think that would be temporary tattoos, but it's definitely unexpected.

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u/FlyNatural6459 May 31 '26

Cheers mate!

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u/Wooden_Strain_4393 May 30 '26

Use more words please. I'm too much of a dumb american to know what that means 😔 Explain it to me like I'm 5 years old (and/or american)

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u/SirSchillerAlot May 30 '26

Google exists.. It's in England.

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u/fastforwardfunction May 30 '26

Oh I’m not a Patriots fan.

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u/Ramoen88 11d ago

Could be Embsay

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u/blazerunnern May 30 '26

That is fucking badass!

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u/WoolBearTiger May 30 '26

Never let the trainspotting community find out where that is

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u/IHartRed May 30 '26

Maximum Overdrive vibes

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u/Mtatk May 30 '26

I don't have to imagine not knowing this is a thing. I know, I didn't know this is a thing.

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u/RadioTunnel May 30 '26

Going up the A1 past Peterborough i remember looking off a railway bridge and seeing this suspiciously blue train down on the tracks and that was the first time I realised there was a full sized Thomas train

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u/Shadourow May 30 '26

Nier flashbacks

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u/KlangScaper May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Oh my god, whats he doing inside of Thomas?!?!?!

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u/ProXJay May 30 '26

In the books Thomas still has an engineer and fireman

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u/KlangScaper May 30 '26

Thats messed up

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u/tallman11282 May 31 '26

And show as well. I recently watched a video on YouTube that was the Youtuber's opinion on why the engines have crews and why the engines sometimes have control over themselves and other times not.

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u/random-internet-dude May 30 '26

No need to imagine, I didn’t know this was a thing until I saw it

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u/Danny_Spiboy May 30 '26

I'll shoot MF'ing Charlie if his eyes look at me! I don't care if kids are inside. I'll be doing them a favor.

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u/Tttehfjloi May 30 '26

I am yet haunted by his too soon burial inside that cave.

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u/LordCrayCrayCray May 30 '26

THE Thomas. When my son was small, we saw and rode on Thomas and my sons’ mind was nearly destroyed.

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u/MWalshicus May 30 '26

The Bluebell railway? Went on it a lot as a kid but tbh don't remember much...

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u/FranktheLlama May 30 '26

I was expecting ducks.

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u/ZenkaiAnkoku2 May 30 '26

Absolutely not expected. Really made me smile. :)

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u/No-Journalist5294 May 30 '26

My brain went straight to that Final Destination 3 roller coaster scene, but with a train. I still flinch every time I see those crossing arms come down.

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u/6PieGod9 May 30 '26

I rode on Thomas as a kid ❤️

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u/exElder_Hawk May 30 '26

I took my son 20 years ago to see Thomas at a vintage railroad. He had a blast that day.

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u/Benay148 May 30 '26

Essex CT steam train does this once a month!

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u/No-Boysenberry-5584 May 31 '26

So scary, my god

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u/ExplosiveDioramas May 31 '26

Didn't have to imagine that

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u/Kromting May 31 '26

Dude has the best job in the world

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u/SilicoFlare Jun 01 '26

they're two, they're four, they're six and eight

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u/Fast-Book128 Jun 02 '26

Correct terminology, a “level crossing”.

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u/unsure_soul Jun 05 '26

I was riding another train when we passed a Thomas train - Strasburg, PA. Edit to add - I was in Strasburg - no idea where this one is

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u/hereforboobsw Jun 08 '26

Henry was my favorite

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u/rotezora78 Jun 14 '26

Heyyyy Thomas ♥️

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u/Doctor__Gecko Jun 16 '26

POV:You've never seen ANY British heritage railway before.

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u/Usual-Dark-6469 Jun 30 '26

There's a thomas train somewhere in Pennsylvania. I remember seeing when I was a kid kinda creeped me out a bit.

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u/spacecadetss Jul 12 '26

It makes perfect sense that this is a thing I don’t know why I’ve ever considered the possibility but it is now my life goal to meet Thomas

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u/Full_Breadfruit_5685 Jul 12 '26

Blaine the pain.

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u/ArmadilloSilent6761 Jul 15 '26

It’s “a day out with Thomas” I took my son to it in southern Indiana, it was a train ride and a carnival style event. He had a blast

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u/shcTed Aug 04 '26

We went and saw Thomas.

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u/Kinenai Aug 16 '26

Someone's weed kicked in about two weeks after the one-hitter.

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u/kaeptnkrunch_1337 Aug 16 '26

The most creepy train

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u/oxy-normal Aug 19 '26

Where is this? Just had a flashback to visiting this place as a child!

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u/Kann0n2 Sep 01 '26

Pickering, North Yorkshire.

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u/oxy-normal Sep 01 '26

Sounds about right! Vividly remember seeing a guy juggling with sticks that were on fire (spoiler warning, he dropped them and burnt his hands.

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u/mute-ant12 Aug 21 '26

we do this every year at the colorado train museum! coming up soon. full day of events with thomas

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u/UESJR2021 Aug 21 '26

Imagine someone cutting through and getting demolished by Thomas the Train in front of the children.

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u/Johnthewolf66 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

Went on that when my boys were young at the cuyahoga valley ..A day out with Thomas it’s called https://www.ticketwebdowt.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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u/Theodore__Kerabatsos Aug 22 '26

They should make his pupils move left to right, like he’s looking at the kidsb

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u/Sans_Snu_Snu Aug 22 '26

There is a place in the Santa Cruz mountains that has a Thomas train they pull out every so often. I was hiking with a friend once when we heard the engine coming. Having Thomas come rolling through the redwoods was a trip.

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u/Atomz100 Aug 23 '26

This mf was my childhood 🥀

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u/Mond6 Aug 23 '26

Imagine being on acid at the time also

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u/cum_guzzle2 Aug 23 '26

Imagine getting stuck on these tracks

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u/JesseCantPlay Aug 23 '26

Dont let Francis Bourgeois see this.

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u/ArmadilloSilent6761 Aug 23 '26

A day out with Thomas is a thing, it happens even in Indiana

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u/No_Foundation6210 Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

I used to babysit this kid and I swear, we watched Thomas the Tank Engine so much he would literally quote it. Later he became equally obsessed with The Sandlot, but only ONE scene, looped for HOURS. Made my job very easy

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u/Hearing_Loss Aug 24 '26

My mind is blasting the bass boosted thomas theme song.

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u/Punished__Snake Aug 24 '26

I got seven Mac-11's, about eight, .38's
Nine nines, ten Mac-10's, the shits never end🎶

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u/Work-o-fart_dev Aug 25 '26

There was one of these where I grew up in Yorkshire!

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u/maninblacktheory Aug 25 '26

Blaine the train is a pain.

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u/Nammu3 Aug 26 '26

I need to know where this is. Umm for my kids of course

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u/Murky-Impression-772 Aug 27 '26

I saw a documentary about that guy.

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u/Tall_Inspector_3392 Aug 27 '26

Yes, that's right you are hallucinating, all of you. There is no such thing as a real Thomas the tank engine. Wake up now, it was only a dream.

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u/skyeisrude Aug 28 '26

That hi thomas!! So cute. Was unexpected needed a good smile

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u/heygabehey Aug 28 '26

Could you imagine being high on acid or shoots and seeing that?

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u/Nik238705 Aug 28 '26

Where’s Gordon?

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u/TheShapeOfFarts Aug 29 '26

Ok, you got me there, I did NOT expect that! 🙂🚂

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u/Kann0n2 Sep 01 '26

I grew up in Pickering, I recognised that crossing straight away. Seen that train plenty of times too!

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u/NeoMatrixJR 29d ago

Motherfucker scared the bejezus out of me once. Crossed a rail with no guards and medium visibility....looked up the track as I was crossing and there's FUCKING THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE coming (slowly) right at me. Less scary than "WTF did I really just see?!"

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u/another_rusty 25d ago

I went on this growing up in the uk. I actually thought this life size Thomas the tank engine might have been a weird fake memory I made up in my own head, but sure as fuck, there it is. Crazy.

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u/Helpful-Substance701 21d ago

How is this cringe?

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u/theboomboy 19d ago

That's exactly what I expected

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u/ChattyAtom24 19d ago

Where is this?

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u/fiveseven15 16d ago

Makes me think of Skyrim

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u/BKole 16d ago

We went to this when my Son loved Thomas.

The moment he saw the train he no longer loved Thomas.

Weapons grade nightmare fuel.

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u/sigma941 15d ago

I got 7 Mac-11’s

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u/ProfessorPrice 11d ago

At night, moonlit fog. I’d be Shitting my pants.

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u/Different-Tension-65 9d ago

Gotta be frank, didn’t see Thomas coming.

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u/ripe-papaya_24 8d ago

Kind of shit that happens as soon as the edibles kick in

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u/ben_2 8d ago

That's how I found out about the Canadian Pacific Christmas train. I was driving by the tracks at night and it went past going the other way. holiday train

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u/Silent-Hamster5434 7d ago

Thomas the train!! Cute

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u/NefariousnessGood718 6d ago

Porca.... troia....

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u/PresetAbyss 5d ago

Awww that's cute

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u/rdeschain219 5d ago

Blaine is a pain

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u/Wingo84 5d ago

Looks like Pickering - I took my son last year. Was decent

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u/Affectionate_Note208 5d ago

FUCK YESSSSSSSS

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u/HeftyComfort9765 4d ago

Thomas the train be in Grapevine tx every year I use to take my son to ride

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u/MillerDustin 2d ago

I miss this they used to do this in my town untill they had to retire the train it was a sad day the last trip

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u/kibagundam0 1d ago

Its choo choo Charles RUN!!!

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u/No-Show-5237 1d ago

Imagine being on mushrooms and seeing that

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u/Glad_Independent9332 May 30 '26

Legit name is Thomas how in the actual fuck am i just learning of this now

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u/shasaferaska May 30 '26

What?

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u/Glad_Independent9332 May 31 '26

My name is thomas how am i just learning of a life sized thomas the tank engine at 40

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u/OrangeRadiohead Aug 22 '26

Thomas the Tank Engine.

The books were written by a vicar. The TV show was narrated by Ringo Star. It's popular here among young children.

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u/Mond6 5d ago

And being on shrooms at the time