User:TheRailwayMaster

Me
My name is William. Ever since I was a child, I loved trains and Thomas & Friends has always been my number 1 children TV show.

I watched all Thomas episodes from seasons 1 and 2 on video. Then I've watched seasons 3 - 12 on Nick Jr.

Nowadays, I watch the CGI series on Channel 5 HD.

Favourite characters
My favourite characters from the show.
 * Gordon (Standard gauge tender engine)
 * Duck (Standard gauge tank engine)
 * Diesel 10 (Standard gauge diesel)
 * Hector (Rolling stock)
 * Duncan (Narrow gauge engine)
 * Jack (The Pack)
 * The Fat Controller (Person)
 * Donald and Douglas (Twins)

Favourite voice actors
My favourite voice actors with the best voices.
 * 1) Keith Wickham - Henry, Gordon, Harvey, Salty, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, The Fat Controller, Dowager Hatt and Mr. Percival
 * 2) Matt Wilkinson - Spencer, Stanley, Charlie, Diesel 10, Cranky and Winston
 * 3) Steven Kynman - Duck, Dart, Peter Sam and Jack
 * 4) Ben Small - All his UK voices
 * 5) Jonathan Broadbent - both Bill and Ben
 * 6) Miranda Raison - Millie
 * 7) Kerry Shale - Diesel, 'Arry and Bert

Favourite Railway Series books
These are the books I enjoyed reading.
 * Henry the Green Engine
 * Toby the Tram Engine
 * Four Little Engines
 * The Little Old Engine
 * Gallant Old Engine
 * Mountain Engines
 * Great Little Engines
 * Wilbert the Forest Engine

Season 17 ratings
In my opinion, Season 17 is so far the best CGI season ever, much better than the previous CGI seasons. Here are my ratings for the episodes:

10/10: 9/10: 8/10: 7/10: 6/10:
 * The Thomas Way
 * Bill or Ben?
 * The Missing Christmas Decorations
 * Gone Fishing
 * Henry's Hero
 * Luke's New Friend
 * The Switch
 * Percy's Lucky Day
 * No More Mr. Nice Engine
 * Away From the Sea
 * The Smelly Kipper
 * Wayward Winston
 * Gordon Runs Dry
 * Scruff's Makeover
 * Calm Down Caitlin
 * The Lost Puff
 * The Phantom Express
 * Too Many Fire Engines
 * Santa's Little Engine
 * The Frozen Turntable
 * Thomas' Shortcut
 * The Afternoon Tea Express
 * Kevin's Cranky Friend
 * Steamie Stafford
 * Not Now, Charlie!
 * No Snow for Thomas

Unknown voices
It is currently unknown who voices the characters below. I’m very good at recognising voices and I took a good guess on who they are voiced by.
 * Butch’s new US voice: Steven Kynman
 * Some more Troublesome Trucks: Ben Small (UK/US)
 * The Photographer: Kerry Shale (US)
 * The Bird Watcher: Martin Sherman (US)
 * The Dock Manager: William Hope (US)
 * The Railway Inspector from Thomas in Charge: Matt Wilkinson (UK)
 * The Dock Worker from Merry Winter Wish: Kerry Shale (US)
 * The Island Inspector from O the Indignity: Kerry Shale or Glenn Wrage (US)
 * The Railway Coal Inspector from Henry’s Happy Coal: Kerry Shale (US)
 * The Man at Maithwaite from Big Belle: Keith Wickham (UK) and William Hope (US)
 * The Man at the Fire: William Hope (US)
 * The Tree Specialist from Happy Birthday Sir!: Keith Wickham (UK) and Kerry Shale (US)

CGI voice ideas
This shows the characters who I think they should be voiced by (even if the old characters aren't in CGI).
 * David Bedella: Hank
 * Jonathan Broadbent: Billy and Patrick
 * Teresa Gallagher: Molly, Daisy, Henrietta, Caroline, Madge, Isobella, Mrs. Kyndley, The Refreshment Lady, Miss Jenny and Mrs. Percival
 * Bob Golding: Fergus, BoCo, Freddie, Mighty Mac, Jeremy and Nelson
 * Mike Grady: Old Bailey, Cyril the Fogman and Lord Callan
 * Jules de Jongh: Lady
 * Steven Kynman: Oliver (engine), Trevor, Ned and Buster
 * Miranda Raison: Flora, Elizabeth and Alice
 * Kerry Shale: Dennis, Duncan and George
 * Ben Small: Donald, Douglas, Stepney, Arthur, Timothy, Thumper, Colin and Alfie
 * Keith Wickham: Murdoch, Neville, Duke, Oliver (pack), Kelly and The Vicar of Wellsworth
 * Matt Wilkinson: Toad, Hector, Terence, Bulgy, Byron and Jem Cole

Season 18 hopes
I know it's early but I already have hopes for Season 18:
 * The return of some more classic characters
 * Seeing more of Duck and Sidney
 * More than 2 episodes involving the Skarloey engines
 * Seeing the new characters from TOTB in action
 * Maybe an episode involving Jack
 * Rosie having a speaking role