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| (...) "Spencer". Agreed. I lost, er, track, of all of Thomas' newer friends (gad, he's got more than I do!) since he big motion picture. Personally, I think Tom should spend more time with his older friends and stop making so many new ones. JOHN (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I agree absolutely. I prefer to stick to the characters in the original 26 books by Rev. W Awdry and the 14 by his son Christopher Awdry. Those stories were closely based on real events on real railways, making the more modern tales look (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I don't understand your (plural) objections. To take an example: there seems to be an objection to Spencer but he is based on (URL) Mallard> a real engine on a real railway from 1938 - 1963. That would teach that steam engines continued to (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I found Spencer a poor substitute, considering that Mallard was featured in the original books, in the story of Thomas' visit to the National Railway Museum in York, UK. Yes, there were A4s in silver streamlined livery, but the name could have (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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