What If James Died on his first day? Thomas & Friends What If Short

What would happen if James

died

? A question that has been raised by at least two people. Not that it's much, but it's still strange. It happened twice at this time. Engines bigger than James have had worse accidents, so just to make sure we get James out of the picture, let's say he was removing explosive material when he had his accident, so goodbye, James. The

first

notable change, besides James leaving, is the fact that Thomas probably wouldn't get the branch from him in this timeline. Remember that Thomas only got the branch from him. because he proved heroic when he rescued James without the Fat Controller probably giving Thomas' branch line to another engine, so Thomas will probably spend the rest of his career just as a station pilot, just as a placeholder, say a of the many locomotives in the background. run farquar

what

would happen on the line i will leave it to your imagination secondly the railway would need a new mixed traffic locomotive so our new number five will be donald why donald why not with

thomas

still in the yard and both edward and Donald was willing to divert events.

The problems at the sheds wouldn't happen, meaning Percy wouldn't come to the railway, at least not yet. The events of the flying herring would still unfold and while Henry was on the crew, the Fat Controller would need another engine. donald would recommend his douglas twins, he may not be as strong as henry, but they are very skilled in the snow, the fat controller allows it and the two double headed henry trains later, the fat controller would go on vacation, he met to Toby and after learning of his closure of the branch line, the Fat Controller would purchase the tram and join the North West after being in the yards for almost 30 years.

I like to think that fat control would eventually allow Thomas to go out and pull smaller trains, however it would still be primarily the station. The pilot as such, Percy, would eventually join the North West, however, given that there are already two station pilots, Duck will most likely not be needed in the North West and will sadly be scrapped when dieselisation takes over, however , just for optimism let's say that maybe Montague will be bought by a preservation society the events of the North Western Railway would continue the story would not remember James he was just one of the engines that visited one day and had an accident a tragic end for a such a splendid locomotive