User:FletcherJennings&Co.

My Introduction
''Hello you fellows! I'm called FlectcherJennings&Co., after the works where Skarloey, Rheneas, Talyllyn, and Dolgoch all were built, for they are such beloved engines in The Railway Series on the Skarloey Railway and in real life! I was read a copy of The Complete Collection of The RWS as a little boy for a bedtime story every evening, and grew up watching the George Carlin narration of the TVS. My fondest recollections of the RWS are of Duke the Lost Engine, and the times Duke, Stuart, and Falcon shared happily together for many years, and how Duke was rediscovered and given a new home. My favorite memories of the TVS are episodes from the fourth season, such as Granpuff, Rusty to the Rescue, and Stepney's Special. I especially was always comforted by the picturesque scenery from the Narrow Gauge Railway such as the Lakeside village, Cros-ny-Cuirn, the Castle Causeway, and the lake at Skarloey. My most beloved characters include the Narrow Gauge Engines, Stepney, Oliver, and Toad, to name but a few. ''

''My fascination for the RWS and television program planted a love in me for real railways and steam. It didn't take long for me to delightedly find out how the Reverend intended his engines to be based upon locomotives that existed on real railways, and so I researched them. Steam engines undoubtedly became my favorite sort of engine, not least becasue of their appearances, principle of working, and the fact that they naturally draw so much more attention from people young and old. Railways became undoubtedly my favorite way to travel, not least because they seemd the most comfortable and exciting way to see the world. Because of these beloved stories by the Reverend, there's nothing I've ever wanted to be more than an engine driver on a steam locomotive, in spite of the fact that railways have fallen from the chief means of transport, to mere co-existence with upstarts such as cars, buses, trucks, and aircraft, and the steam locomotive has been sent to the scrapyards by diesels and electrics. Fortunately, I am blessed to have visited many preservaion railways with steam engines in activity, including the Bluebell Railway, where I saw Stepney in reality, and felt as though I were walking right into the illustrations of Gunvor and Peter Edwards.''



''My reason for coming here is to be of contribution to this unbeatably elaborate mass of knowledge of The Railway Series, Television Series, and other facets of the world of Thomas the Tank Engine. I am also aware that makers of the current TVS read this site, allowing them to research characters and locations we haven't seen in ages! So let's all give them our best at making this as fine a place to learn about the Island of Sodor and its Railways as the Reverend would've wanted it to be! And let's hope they'll answer our pleas for the return of Duke, Stepney, and other characters who'll bring smiles to our faces just like old times! Here's to dry rails and good running for the TTTE WIKIA! ''

== My Favorite Railway Series Books ==
 * Four Little Engines
 * The Three Railway Engines
 * The Little Old Engine
 * The Gallant Old Engine
 * Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine
 * Very Old Engines
 * Small Railway Engines
 * Enterprising Engines
 * Duke the Lost Engine

My Favorite Television Seasons

 * Season 4
 * Season 1
 * Season 2
 * Season 3
 * Season 5
 * Season 12

My Favorite Other Language of the TVS

 * Japanese:  "きかんしゃトーマス"  "Kikansha Tōmasu" as narrated by Leo Morimoto. KikanshaTomasu.jpg

My Favorite Songs

 * Gone Fishing
 * The Island Song
 * The Snow Song
 * Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
 * Donald's Duck
 * The Whistle Song
 * The Narrow Gauge Engines (Though Duke should've been in it!)