Who showed up first on the Thomas the tank engine universe, humans or trains ? - Imagine living in a world where the only means of transportartion are sentient trains

[sgt.kabukiman]

Good sirs, this has always been a deep question bothered me.
Thomas the tank engine is true nitemare fuel when you think deep into how that world works.
Sorry for the shitposting if this doesnt go here, I find it both adequate and funny to post it here .

 

[RG 448]

I assumed all the talking trains started out as humans but had their brains transferred, like how they did it in Cars to achieve immortality.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

What really came first was
:autism:

Not to steal @allergictoscrambledeggs bit or anything.

 

[the autist of dojima]

If trains existed first then who built the train tracks and stations?
Checkmate atheist

 

[hotcheetospuffs]

both

sorry, had to.

 

[The Fool]

Man did, but from their point of view, it was the trains. Thomas' world takes place long after a nuclear holocaust wiped out an advanced human civilization. This civilization was advanced enough to have made extremely advanced self-driving machines. After things cleared from the war and the few survivors started reproducing, the primitive village of humans slowly began rebuilding society alongside the machines their ancestors created which they no longer understand.

 

[sgt.kabukiman]

I assumed all the talking trains started out as humans but had their brains transferred, like how they did it in Cars to achieve immortality.

Why would anyone transfer himself into a train?, a car atleast has some more freedom to move but a train sounds like a bad idea.

Man did, but from their point of view, it was the trains. Thomas' world takes place long after a nuclear holocaust wiped out an advanced human civilization. This civilization was advanced enough to have made extremely advanced self-driving machines. After things cleared from the war and the few survivors started reproducing, the primitive village of humans slowly began rebuilding society alongside the machines their ancestors created which they no longer understand.

 

[RG 448]

Why would anyone transfer himself into a train?, a car atleast has some more freedom to move but a train sounds like a bad idea.

I assume it was done against their wills, possibly as punishment for some sort of abhorrent crime, with the promise of being returned to their original bodies if they carried out their duties adequately. A promise which, of course, could not be carried out as the discarded bodies would likely be cremated for economical reasons.

 

[sgt.kabukiman]

I assume it was done against their wills, possibly as punishment for some sort of abhorrent crime, with the promise of being returned to their original bodies if they carried out their duties adequately. A promise which, of course, could not be carried out as the discarded bodies would likely be cremated for economical reasons.

that would explain the evil train

If trains existed first then who built the train tracks and stations?
Checkmate atheist

maybe the humans attracted them somehow to the tracks and slaved them to use them as slaves.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Man did, but from their point of view, it was the trains. Thomas' world takes place long after a nuclear holocaust wiped out an advanced human civilization. This civilization was advanced enough to have made extremely advanced self-driving machines. After things cleared from the war and the few survivors started reproducing, the primitive village of humans slowly began rebuilding society alongside the machines their ancestors created which they no longer understand.

That doesn't explain why the trains need a crew inside their cabs.

 

[The Fool]

That doesn't explain why the trains need a crew inside their cabs.

Trains aren't authorized to drive themselves due to a law passed in the pre-war society that's been hard-coded into their system. They need a human on stand-by to take control if necessary.

 

[Owen Grady]

I assumed all the talking trains started out as humans but had their brains transferred, like how they did it in Cars to achieve immortality.

That is essentially what happened in a nutshell. This informative documentary explains everything in detail.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

In canon, humans, according to the book The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways. Trains came along at the same time as they did in our universe, but for some reason they can talk and stuff.

 

[UptownRuckus]

Where is the "this is a question?" Poll answer?