Tales From The Tracks

Tales From The Tracks is Leland Nitzel's main series on YouTube. It follows the adventures of Thomas and his friends on the Island Of Sodor.

History
Tales From The Tacks was created at some point during the 2010's. It was originally filmed on the floor in one of the rooms in Leland's house, then it was filmed on a train set, and for Season 2, the layout was moved and remade. For Season 3, the layout used to film the series is set to expand to include more locations. Leland writes, directs, voices and composes the series, with model work also done by Danny (TheTomyKing), Preston Nitzel (BillyFag69, Leland's Brother), additional voice work done by willthomas199 ("Dear Chistopher" Opening) and Zach Johnson (Learning Segments, DVD Menus, James, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt Bios on The Official Website).

Characters
Current Characters:


 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Bertie
 * Terrence (Take-Along/ERTL model, Cameo Only)
 * Harold
 * Bill and Ben
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas (Possibly)
 * Oliver
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Stepney
 * Arry
 * Cranky
 * Emily
 * Stanley
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Alex (Possibly Planned For Return)
 * Diesel 10
 * Spencer (Possibly, Appears On The Official Website)

Original Characters: (These only appeared in 2 episodes, and were dropped in favor of the characters everyone knows.)


 * The Scrapyard Engine

Season 1

 * The Missing Truck
 * Bossy Boiler!
 * Three Cheers For Thomas!
 * Edward The Really Useful Engine
 * Percy Helps Out
 * Too Much Puff But Not Enough Steam
 * James' Trick
 * Percy The Scrap Engine
 * The Important Coaches
 * Thomas And The Birthday Surprise
 * James And The Flying Kipper
 * Ghost Train
 * Thomas & The Snow
 * Percy Gets Tricked!
 * Emily Runs Dry
 * Henry Tells A Lie
 * Danger!
 * Two-Trip Thomas

Season 2

 * Premium Engines
 * Gordon & The Squeak
 * The Twins' Mistake
 * Duck, Emily & The Maintenance Train
 * The Trouble With Trucks
 * James, Henry & The Railway Board
 * The Record

Season 3

 * The Switch
 * Steam-Friendly
 * Toby's Church Service

Season 4

 * (Coming Soon)

Specials And Movies

 * The Movie (Planned For Release In The 2020's)

Season 2

 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Trying (To Do Things Better) (DVD Exclusive)
 * Thomas' Anthem (DVD/Website Exclusive)

Season 3

 * The Snow Song
 * The Narrow Gauge Engines
 * Ode To Gordon

The Movie

 * (Coming Soon)

Season 4

 * That's What Friends Are For

Other Media

 * The Official Website

Trivia

 * The models used for characters have changed over time. These include:
 * Bertie was originally represented by his TOMY/Trackmaster model, which then changed to Bachmann, and has changed to Hornby in Season 2 onwards.
 * Henry originally used the Bachmann model with a Thomas chassis. This was changed to the Hornby model for consistency.
 * Sir Topham Hatt was represented by a LEGO minifigure, then a generic model railway figure, and then a custom figure in a close up, and then a Take-Along toy. He is now represented by a Capsule Plarail figure, and a TWR Plastic Poseable figure in close ups.
 * Edward and Emily both used Bachmann models prior to the acquisition of Hornby models to replace them. Emily's Bachmann model is now owned by Zach Johnson.
 * Gordon's model changed to TheClayRailways' old Hornby Gordon after Leland's broke. Gordon's model changed back to a 2000's model during the production of Season 3.


 * Mike O' Donnell and Jr. Campbell's music was featured in one of the earlier episodes. This is odd, as Leland normally does the music by himself, as opposed to using music from the show or by other people. Dittis and Some Cues by Mike & Jr. are still used in the show.
 * Leland owns characters that have not yet appeared in the series. These include: Diesel and Salty. They have however, been seen in videos on his Instagram, alongside a filler video and livestreams on the XLeeHS channel. They also appear on The Official Website.
 * Due to the cancellation of the ERTL Stories series, Tales From The Tracks reuses scripts and story ideas originally set for the ERTL series. It was also moved to Leland's main channel.
 * Leland notably dislikes almost all of Season 1, only considering the last 4 episodes good.