User:SamTheTrainFan

"Where are you from?" "Oh, Brighton, on the mainland, it's where all the best tank engines come from!" "Is it really?"

- James and Thomas, The Adventure Begins.

Hello there! I'm Sam. I've been using this wiki for many years, but I only joined in 2014. You can find me under the name SamTheTrainFan on Youtube too!

About Me
I have been in love with the Island of Sodor, and the little blue tank engine we all know and love, ever since I received my first Wooden Railway set. It was a figure 8 set, with Thomas, two trucks, a bridge, and a conductors box. I thought that it was the most magical thing the world had to offer. Unfortunately now, it's not in the very best condition, and the Thomas is so chipped it looks more like Toby. Around then, I thought that 'the wooden stuff' was the only variation which Thomas could be found in, well, imagine my suprise when I discovered Tomy and Take Along. Sadly (for me) I never received any Ertl trains, but I have plenty of Take n' Plays and Trackmasters, so I truly can't be one to gripe.

My thoughts on Thomas
I love the railway series. Some of my favorite books are Mountain Engines, Enterprising Engines, and Small Railway Engines. The Classic series of Thomas and friends were fantstic, and I can't decide on a favorite season. Seasons 8-11 were quite dissapointing, but there were some good episodes noetheless. I thought that Season 12 was quite cool how it incorperated both models and CGI, eventhough the stories were rubbish. Then came the full CGI switch, I was sad to see the models go, but I did enjoy Nitrogen's awesome animation. Seasons 13-16 episodes were below average. Season 17 was, although not perfectt, was a huge improvement and Season 18 was even more so. I greatly look foward to Season 19 and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Tresure, what with Donald, Douglas, Daisy, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty returning, and Mike, Rex and Bert making their TV series dubut.

Pages Created by Me

 * The Best Friends Express
 * Jerome and Judy
 * The Groundsman

Favorite Quotes
"But I'm not Mr Coffee Pot! My names Glynn!"

- Glynn, The Adventure Begins

"Samson here, at your service!"

- Samson's catchphrase

"But elephants don't wear shoes!"

- Percy, Not Now, Charlie, seventeenth season

"Oh yes!"

- Gordon, The Adventure Begins

"Consider my feelings. When we were both green, passengers kept calling me Mike!"

- Rex, Small Railway Engines

"Theres only two ways to do things, the great western way, and the wrong way."

- Duck, Pop goes the Diesel, second season

"Bah humbug!"

- Duncun, Duncan the Humbug, eighteenth season

"Edward's old, but he'll suprise us all"

- BoCo, Edward's Exploit, second season

"Crew up!"

- Jerome, The Adventure Begins

"I did something very bad."

- Luke, Blue Mountain Mystery

"Diesel fingers!"

- Reg, The Truth About Toby

"You have caused confusion and delay!"

- The Fat Controller, So many times, it's not funny

"Once an engine attached to a train, was afraid of a few drops of rain."

- Ringo, The Sad Story of Henry, first season

"That last engine we got, with the wooden brake blocks was much too small to be really useful. But I'm not small!"

- Gordon and James, The Adventure Begins.

"Oh look Thomas! The ducks want to be friends with me!"

- Bertie, Stop That Bus!, fifteenth season

"James is off the line! The Breakdown Train, quickly!"

- Tidmouth Signalman, Thomas and the Breakdown Train, first season

"If engines can't whistle properly, they shouldn't try!"

- Mike, Mike's Whistle

"I like to dig up, I like to dig down, I like to dig up treasure that's never been found..."

- Marion singing, Tale of the Brave

"Where's my treasure?!"

- Sailor John, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

"Maybe diesels can get measles!"

- Paxton, Henry Spots Trouble