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Here it is, the 15th anniversary special for Sodor the Early Years.

Following a trip to a heritage railway, Duck finds himself sad and bothered. Meanwhile Bert is having his own problems on the Arlesdale Railway. #TTTE #STMY

YouTube video by WildNorWester Sodor the Early Years: Fallen Flag Trailer

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Here's the trailer for the upcoming #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag'. #STMY #TTTE

A picture is worth 1000 words 🙂

Bert the miniature engine is looking upset, having had a crash.

Duck the Great Western Engine is pulling a goods train, looking sad.

Oliver the Little Western Engine and Douglas the Scottish Twin are looking at each other, worried.

Bert the miniature engine is steaming past the Arlesdale Railway sheds. Rex and Mike are inside, looking surprised. Bert is pulling a tender that isn't his, but is painted yellow.

Bert is helping Sigrid the diesel and her passenger train into Arlesburgh station. In the background, Duck the Great Western engine is watching.

Filming for the #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag', has finished. Here are the final four screenshots. #STMY #TTTE

YouTube video by WildNorWester Sodor the Modern Years: Henry Casting Call Results

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Here are the results of the Henry casting for #STMY. #TTTE.

#ttte

Yes.

Diesel 10 and Western Empress, both in BR Green livery, pass each other on a bridge.

Duck and Donald are standing in a yard. Duck looks sad.

Oliver the Little Western Engine is talking to a stationmaster at a platform, looking worried.

Duck and Oliver are talking.

Here are the next four screenshots from the #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag'.

Boco the diesel engine is pulling flatcars of old rails next to miniature railway tracks.

A Hymek diesel is pulling a goods train on a coastal railway line, next to a lighthouse.

A miniature blue engine is in a shed, with a yellow tender next to him.

Shot over the boiler of a miniature blue steam engine, looking at hymek diesel locomotive.

Here are the next four shots from the #STEY 15th anniversary special, 'Fallen Flag'. #STMY #TTTE

Minor update to Rosie's backstory. Now, she was withdrawn from industrial service in 1972, and bought by the SCC in 1973. (instead of 73 & 74). (9/8) #STMY #TTTE

Thanks 🙂.

A USATC S100 locomotive in red livery with yellow boiler bands is standing on a turntable.

One last update on Rosie. After posting that thread about her backstory, I realised the red livery should have yellow boiler bands. So here's a minor update. #STMY #TTTE

Rosie in her red livery is shunting at a harbour. In the background, Duck the Great Western engine looks annoyed.

Rosie in her red livery is talking to a miniature engine, Jock.

After a few teething troubles, Rosie settled into her new role. She quickly got the hang of working the yard & harbour, and still works there to this day. (8/8) #STMY #TTTE

Rosie in a green livery is in a workshop, talking to a blonde woman in a suit.

Rosie in a red livery with the number 18 is waiting at a signal to leave the workshop.

In 2012, it became clear an engine was needed to shunt the yard and harbour at Arlesburgh. Edward got wind of this and suggested Rosie. For the first time in her life, she was given a choice of livery. She chose NWR red, which she’d seen on James and liked. (7/8) #STMY #TTTE

Rosie in a green livery with a 'Rosie' rose logo on her tanks pulls BR Mk 1 coaches on a heritage railway.

Rosie in a green livery with a green livery waits with BR Mk 1 coaches at a station on her heritage railway.

Rosie enjoyed working on the heritage railway, but missed doing real work in industry or on a branch line. They looked after her well. In 1993, she was given a new livery, based off the green she’d previously worn under British Rail. (6/8) #STMY #TTTE

Edward, Boco, Bill and Ben from Thomas & Friends look sadly at Rosie, who is in yellow livery.

In 1979, the existing seams of kaolin in the china clay quarry ran out. As such, the quarry briefly shut down while new seams were found. Rosie was no longer needed, and was sold to a heritage railway. Funds from this sale kept the quarry going and new seams were found in 1980. (5/8) #STMY #TTTE

A S100 class locomotive in yellow paint sits on a siding between two identically painted saddle tank engines.

A S100 locomotive in yellow livery is on a siding next to another train.

After spending one year in the scrapyard, Rosie was purchased by the Sodor China Clay Co. and repaired. She mostly shunted Brendam Harbour, and took supplies to the quarry. She got on well with the engines, including James, who came down the branchline a couple of times. (4/8) #STMY #TTTE

A S100 class locomotive in a plain red livery shunts trucks on a dock.

A rusty S100 locomotive sits on a siding in a scrapyard.

In 1967, Rosie was withdrawn from BR service. She was bought by a small harbour in Southern England and acted as the pilot there until 1973. That year, the harbour bought a withdrawn BR Class 08 diesel to replace her. So she was sent to a scrapyard. (3/8) #STMY #TTTE

A S100 class locomotive with Southern Railway black is shunting trucks.

A S100 locomotive in BR Black with the early logo is waiting for a signal.

A S100 locomotive with the late BR logo is shunting box vans into a goods shed.

A S100 locomotive in BR green is pulling a train over a bridge.

After the war, Rosie was bought by the Southern Railway in England and rebuilt with an extended bunker. In 1948, she was absorbed into British Rail. In 1956 she was repainted with the BR ‘ferret and dartboard’ logo. In 1960, she was repainted green with the same logo. (2/8) #STMY #TTTE

A USATC S100 in a grey livery is pulling American boxcars over a harbour. There is a tugboat in the background.

A USATC S100 class in USATC black is shunting in France. There is a train going past in the background.

Here’s Rosie’s full backstory for #STMY.

She was originally built as the prototype of the USATC S100 class, and was test-run in Bigg City port between 1941-1943. After her test runs, her sisters were built. She was shipped off to Europe with them to help with WW2. (1/8) #TTTE

Rowan is no. 17. Rosie will be the next to arrive after him.

Just the piston rods. Nameplate was always red.

A USATC S100 class tank engine with a freckled Thomas & Friends style face is on a siding. She is in a green livery with the number 18. One of her side rods is painted red.

A slight update to Rosie's NWR livery. Just a bit more colour on the running gear. #STMY #TTTE

Three USATC S100 locomotives are sitting on parallel sidings.

Further to this, I've been informed that the USATC S100 class had lower coal bunkers when first built. The extended bunkers were given to them on the Southern Railway in 1947. So here are Rosie's updated Bigg City and USATC models, as well as an 'Early' Southern Railway black. (3/2) #STMY #TTTE

Just coincidence.

STMY isn't in the same universe as the TV series.

True. But I don't have any plans for Hank.

I have considered the idea previously, but I've already got a few heavy goods engines, such as Patrick and Peter.

Nope.