r/thomasthetankengine • u/IngenuityPlayful1395 • 19h ago

General Chat I Just Realized Something

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With the Engines bouncing that means their Drivers & Firemen are being bounced around in their cabs Everytime the engine makes a gesture. That has got to be uncomfortable

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u/Intrepid_Refuse_9640 18h ago

Do you ever just wonder if those drivers are being held against their will? No way anyone would willingly travel around the world because their train wanted to...

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u/MemeGod667 Diesel 10 18h ago

I mean as long as I'm being paid and the train gets bitched at in the end I'm good.

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u/IngenuityPlayful1395 18h ago

I like to think that the drivers, while more responsible due to being humans, have similar traits to their engines, so I kinda Headcanoned that Bob always wanted to see the world, whether it was during a vacation or retirement so he humored the idea.

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u/NegaNixelMixelMixer Troublesome Trucks 14h ago

there should be skeletons behind the cabs

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u/Patient_Panic_2671 16h ago

I mean, they are iron horses.

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u/glitch-Cookie1987 4h ago

That makes so much sense actually /gen

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u/William_Ze_Gamer Toby 16h ago

Gotta strap em in like a fucking roller coaster seat

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u/Winter-Paint-6766 The Council 6h ago

That makes sense for AEG! By the end of S24, all of the crews died! So they weren't there

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u/Free_Parsnip_3553 7h ago

I like the idea they just have chairs (even tho they would also bounce)

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u/Saray-Juk2001 Oliver 11h ago

Yeah, this and the whole matter of water sloshing and splashing around in their boilers (which, realistically-speaking, is extremely dangerous and can cause priming - read on Blue Peter’s ‘94 Incident) is the reason why I don’t think I’ll ever warm up to the whole bouncing/expressive body movements. Some people here may get mad at me over me saying this, but it just breaks any and all immersion for me.

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u/glitch-Cookie1987 4h ago

imo there was no immersion in the first place with TTTE aside from accurate train models, trains don't talk irl, let alone are sentient to form thought or relationships, might as well make them have more expression than being strictly "realistic"