Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.
At the Nene Valley Railway, I find out why Victorians might have found trains terrifying. | Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=TOMSCOTT and use my code TOMSCOTT to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev | 🗺️ England series map: https://www.tomscott.com/england/
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Written and presented by
Tom Scott
Producers
for Penny4 https://penny4.co.uk/
Cambria Bailey-Jones
Guy Larsen
Studio Associate Producer
Heloise Lowenthal
Studio Director of Photography
Jamie MacLeod
Studio Gaffer
Frank Hammond
Head of Post
for Breadbox Studios https://www.breadboxstudios.co.uk/
Mandy Celine
Associate Post Producer
Isla McTear
Senior Editor
Myles Wheeler
Online Editor
Jamie MacLeod
Assistant Editor
Alex “J’Rassic” Bate
Sound Supervisor
Dan Pugsley
Sound Assistant
Maggy Apodaca
Subtitles by So Speedy https://www.sospeedy.co.uk/
With thanks to the Historic County Borders Project https://www.county-borders.co.uk/
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Executive Producer
Tom Scott
© Pad 26 Limited MMXXVI
@TomScottGo
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
I hope that just some of my terror comes across in the final sequence. | AD: Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=TOMSCOTT and use my code TOMSCOTT to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev
@Sam_Green____4114
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Huntingdonshire doesn't exist . ( It only exists now as administrative authority .) I 'm quite certain that when it did exist Wansford the Nene valley railway were never it it ! They have always been in Cambridgeshire!
@epicdude8742
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Andy, Tom and Tony have one of the coolest jobs in the world, this was such a good video! Awesome of you to showcase the OG Thomas here!
@Thomashorsman
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Huntingdonshire is not a county
@toddpearson2823
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Excellent
@Kernicterus1
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
My gran used to take me to the library in Maidenhead every week in the 70s and I'd take a gorgeous Railway Series hardback book home to read. I read all 26 books in the series numerous times and so I know FOR A FACT that Thomas was THE tank engine, not just any old tank engine. The other 'THE' engines in the list were:
Thomas the Tank Engine (1946)
James the Red Engine (1948)
Henry the Green Engine (1951)
Toby the Tram Engine (1952)
Gordon the Big Engine (1953)
Edward the Blue Engine (1954)
Percy the Small Engine (1956)
The Little Old Engine (1959)
The Twin Engines (1960)
Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine (1963)
Oliver the Western Engine (1969)
Duke the Lost Engine (1970)
@Cyranek
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
i like trains
@oskana
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Can I say that I just deeply appreciate your honest interest in the topics you research, the glee in your eyes experiencing the ride in Thomas made me smile. Congratulations to make it so entertaining!
@oiman5733
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
11:20 Nat Grey is suddenly excited, for some reason
@davidf2281
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Is that thumbnail produced by generative AI? Doesn't look an awful lot like Tom.
@kylvex7728
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Tom, one of the tank drivers, has such a loving, passionate look in his eyes, and he adores the exhilaration of driving that train every day. Love to see that
@theprof73
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Sorry, Mattel… they outrank you
@retro-kevin
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
The passion…. true mankind
@abbibarden2277
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
That’s not a county, I feel lied to
@LauraTheLorikeet
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
And just think, they run a real steam train at Disneyland all day, every day
@Karreth
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Oh my god, I would have loved to visit this train when I was a kid. I absolutely adored the Thomas the Tank Engine series. It incredible how much the landscape looks like the series as well. Honestly, I might well still check it out if I'm ever in the area.
@QuantumVLOG
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Videographer: Tom
Driver: Tom
Train: Tom
I know it's on tracks, but if they used a SatNav, would it be a TomTom too? 😅
@Shiltz
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
I’m a guy called Thomas watching a guy called Tom recording a guy called Tom driving an engine called Thomas. Tom cubed for most, Tom^4 for some
@MartinNikel-yt6fs
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Grew up travelling a LOT on the NVR even in the can at one point. Such an underrrated and under visited attraction, also famous for many TV/Movie moments: 007, Dirty Dozen, a Queen music video and even a London’s Burning episode!
The whole Nene park and the NVR well worth a visit – and I grew up knowing that my local Thomas was the “real” Thomas…
@TheFlyingDogFish
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Thomas the youtuber riding on Thomas a tank engine.
@11122X
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Hello Mr Francis Bourgeois. I know he will be watching.
@connorgeorge6294
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
10:52 Tom is the man in seat 61 👌
@Tirerndil
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Awesome video as always Tom. I'm so enjoying this series.
At the start you said you tried not to make too many videos about trains. Now that makes me want to see you make a series just about trains exclusively! We all love trains deep down inside whether we admit it or not….
@TakenTook
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
I hope Mattel continues to let this train yard use the Thomas character without any hassle.
@favna
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
That train driver absolutely loves his job I think haha
@nitehawk86
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
13:00 I'm hungry for a bacon sandwich now.
@Fhnsgkdfkvsgmvdg-y6u
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Gotta thank Tom for the excellent subtitles, with color coding for different speakers.
@jimroberts3009
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
You can also see Thomas and some of his friends on the Severn Valley Railway. I've travelled on the route many times.
@nitehawk86
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
11:20 The battle cry "TECHNICALLY LEGAL!"
@BadLuckClover
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
I loved Thomas growing up, OMG
@CharmEng89
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
wow, I wonder what the braking distance of one of those trains is! And how you would manage braking on a steam engine… incredible, I'd love to see one some day.
@Irfan_1
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
13:00
@The_Crystal_Octo
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
What I like about nvr is that it’s not a cash grab by Mattel
The reverend himself gave nvr permission to use Thomas (as seen on his plaques) and his own permission out ranks Mattel
@tumteetum2
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Why is he no longer "THE" tank engine?! Thomas the boss!
@CharmEng89
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
my heart when the face came through the smoke and I saw it was ACTUALLY THOMAS 😭❤ hit right in the childhood
@EpicScizor
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Currently the title is "Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine"
I saw the alt title is "This is why trains used to be scary"
I look back on the video backlog and currently they're nearly all quotes from the video or a "I can't believe" style headline.
I have to say, I'm starting to despise that all the new Tom Scott videos get A/B tested towards quotes and reaction titles compared to titles that state what the subject matter is.
@richardcardwell8882
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 pm
And I'm watching this now as a guy who was born with the name tom ( changed when a toddler to Richard) watching this video about a guy named tom filming a guy named tom driving a train named Tom hahaha
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