Why not follow the example of the new Thomas the Tank eNgine series?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6120347/Inclusive-gender-balanced-multicultural-characters-steam-Thomas-Tank-Engine-revamp.html

A lot of new characters there!! Good to see a couple of Aussies in the mix.

Dunno if my daughter Rebecca would be too impressed being branded as a steam engine though 

Those are not exactly new characters, here at Chez Railsquid we have a well-thumbed reference work including the ones mentioned in the article.

The Squidlet is in love with Emily, who I believe is a Stirling Single.

Decidedly not, my layout is based in 1963,  equality  what's that?

Stuff that. I'm not calling my spam can 'Rebecca' even though my niece's name is Rebecca

Yeah, I don't think Japanese Bealette would be too impressed with being a spam can! 

OMG the fat controller has gone through a big change.

Quote from: Railwaygun on September 02, 2018, 12:48:36 AM
Why not follow the example of the new Thomas the Tank eNgine series?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6120347/Inclusive-gender-balanced-multicultural-characters-steam-Thomas-Tank-Engine-revamp.html

SOD THAT !

Thomas and friends live on Sodor, with Ringo doing the voice over.

ALL ELSE IS errrrrr FAKE THOMAS.

totally fed up with all this c**p.

PC as usual gone mad.

Complete equality failure, all the engines faces are white, so who are they kidding.

I'm only in my mid thirties and I'm very cantankerous over this PC bull  . The world (humankind) is just a broken mess, but then - I guess it always has been!

Thankfully, you can still - relatively - easily avoid this sort of nonsense.

That's a good point.

I guess the producers want to keep the same sort of faces as the Rev envisaged.

However, you'd think that an Indian loco would look slightly darker skinned.

Ok, this mod is bowing out of this. 

Quote from: Bealman on September 02, 2018, 01:28:00 PM
That's a good point.

I guess the producers want to keep the seem sort of faces as the Rev envisaged.

However, you'd think that an Indian loco would look slightly darker skinned.

Ok, this MOD is bowing out of this. 

I suspect its something to do with copyright protection, they probably own white faced locos but someone else has the rights over other colours.

As I say, I'm out. 

I think we have to remember that when the Rev wrote those stories, it was a purely English viewpoint based on his railway experiences of the time.

Jumping on a plane and being immersed in different cultures was in the future! 

Political correctness -I don't think so. Just think of all the extra licence fees from those new models.
I think it is good to keep it fresh and also to be more internationally based. The only thing that really annoys me is the US version has a Tho as speaking with an American accent. That just isn't right.