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Post by Aidan on Sept 1, 2007 5:54:31 GMT
I've come up with a few more:
Go back in time to 1912 and put more lifeboats on the Titanic Prevent dieselization in the 1950s and '60s
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Post by B12 on Sept 1, 2007 7:44:53 GMT
Heres one from me
Have Sir Nigel Gresley die after nationalisation. After what Thompson did to his engines, it should have been Thompson that died in 1941 not Gresley
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Post by Halstead on Sept 9, 2007 19:02:00 GMT
It's my turn
Serious: *Cease the war with Iraq *Prevent nearly all major terrorist attacks *Instead of Labour getting the PM role in 1997 why not see what happens if Conversative retain it instead and see its outcome.
Personal: *Alter the ITC bids of 1990 so that quality comes first and not money and have companies like Thames retain their franchises. *Seeing as we could change history (like playing God or cracking the Skasas Paradigm) I could clear London and other places of certain obstacles so that the Ringways Plan (a set of motorways to cut down traffic jams) could be built and other things like train stations. * Like above I would cut down or elimnate the need to build new houses or apartments as I rather resent this and eats up land. * Rewrite the Thomas and the Magic Railroad movie e.g. make it less americanised and treat Sodor as a real island. * Pass my driving test and get a car that is environmentally friendly.
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Post by number1 on Sept 9, 2007 22:15:07 GMT
hmm, lets see: stop nationalization not hire Beeching stop bobby robson leaving Ipswich have a referee that could actually see in charge for england-Argentina 1986 keep Hitler in prison for longer than he was in 1923 end power rangers after 'Dino Thunder' warn Julius Caesar of his assasination
and a great many others as you can imagine.
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Post by Kyle on Sept 27, 2007 0:55:14 GMT
I'm going to expand on Puffing Billy's & Number 1's ideas; have Gresley survive beyond '41, and then go on to prevent nationalisation ever occurring. Imangine seeing modern traction running about in LNER Doncaster Green, LMS Crimson Lake Red, SR Malachite Green and GWR Brown & Cream a la railcars and coaches. Now wouldn't that be a sight to see! It may have even allowed Gresley to develop his new "Super Pacifics" that were supposedly on the drawing board, Bullied to build more "Leaders", the GWR to develop super-heavy tank engines and maybe even pacifics (may have needed The Great Bear II ;D) and for the LMS to be the true diesel pioneer company! EDIT: My Century Post!!!!! ;D
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Post by ThomasAndCookieMonster on Oct 13, 2007 23:40:59 GMT
Hmm, what could I do if I were able to change history? Let's see:
Serious:
- Prevent 9/11, for many of the reasons stated by others (I'd have to agree that Ryan especially brought up a great point over the matter.) - Prevent 7/7 London; this is not only for the reasons stated, but also for my own, more personal reasons as well: it completely prevented people from being allowed to take drinks from home (or wherever they're traveling from) onto the plane. I learned this the hard way. - Not only would I want to meet Steve Irwin, but I more importantly would try and prevent him from dying in the first place. (The reason I'm listing this under 'Serious' is because I thought it to be serious enough to be listed under that category.) - Make sure that George W. Bush never became president, period
Personal:
- I think I would try my very best to prevent from meeting in the first place whom I now consider my worst enemy. (Really personal) - Like others, I would also take back some silly things I now regret. - Like Halstead, I also would probably rewrite "Thomas and the Magic Railroad". I would try and make sure that PT Boomer stays, along with some other elements from the original script (although I'd still have Lady speak when her face reappears, as in the final version). I would also include some of my own elements, such as Percy playing a much larger role, and a certain blue tender engine appearing. - Make sure that Cookie Monster and Ocsar (but especially the former) never get announced of being removed from "Sesame Street" (It really is true, for anyone who doesn't know this.) - Prevent from one of the teachers from the school I go to from dying (I got to know him when he was still alive, but I probably would've gotten to know him better.) - Make sure "Foster's Goes to Europe" is a TV special where the main characters actually go to Europe instead of the boorish 'common-length' episode where they just try to go to Europe and constantly get delayed in their preparations
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Post by SRapi on Jan 21, 2008 6:41:20 GMT
-I'd save John Candy, Jimi Hendrix, and Chris Farley from drug overdose. -I'd go back and get the original, uncut, found-no-where-in-the-world-today copy of "Metropolis". -Give William Henry Harrison a heavy overcoat. ;D I've always wondered what would have happened if US president Harrison hadn't died within a month of being elected.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Jan 21, 2008 22:38:49 GMT
With you on Metropolis, let's grab a time machine!
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Post by Richard on Jan 22, 2008 0:27:52 GMT
-I'd save John Candy, Jimi Hendrix, and Chris Farley from drug overdose. John Candy actually died of a heart attack, but still, I'd would have liked to have saved him as well.
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Post by SRapi on Jan 22, 2008 2:48:19 GMT
John Candy actually died of a heart attack, but still, I'd would have liked to have saved him as well. My bad. I always think he had an overdose for some reason. Alright! Let's go!
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Post by driveus on Mar 29, 2008 1:25:23 GMT
I'd: *Advise White Star to raise the water-tight doors on Titanic. They didn't hold off the water for very long and was one of the main factors of the disaster. *Warn people that the near accident Titanic had at Southampton on sailing day (in which she nearly pulled the S.S. New York straight into her) was a sign that Titanic's strength and luxury were too good to last. *Have the time of my life at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando Florida before it closed three years ago. Someone earlier said they would put more lifeboats on it, originally Titanic was built to hold lifeboats for all crew and passangers but the company thought Titanic was unsinkable and lifeboats were a waste of deck-space.
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Post by shanedooiney on Mar 29, 2008 4:19:16 GMT
This is pretty cliche and almost childish, but I'd go back and collect first editions of all the RWS books, and any other RWS-related materail (postcards, activity books, surprise packet, chocolate wrappers, etc.). Then my collection would be full of mint items (and much larger!).
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listen bud, in the states we dont care a dime for a few spills
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Post by stanley/smudger on Mar 29, 2008 15:23:58 GMT
i would have gone back to the 1800s and made sure Richard Trevithick got the money and respect that he should have got.
this man alone invented high pressure steam, he is the man who invented every moving object you see out of your window.
the car, the locomotive, steam powered ships, a tunnel, cannons, farming machines and the great adventure of peru.
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Post by Rusty Red Scrap Iron on Apr 1, 2008 22:19:43 GMT
Well... I might as well say my views:
Serious
Prevented the Bombings of 9/11 and 7/7, the world hasn't been the same since them (especially 9/11)
Prevented Bush Jr from becoming President, Al Gore should be the current president because he was the favourite to win.
Kept the Steam Engine, and got rid of the cars (although Cars are great travel, there are too many on the roads, too many young lives are being wasted and they aren't helping the Global Warming matters)
Would have done something about Global Warming years ago, not to the last minute.
Oh, and bring more security to schools after half of these massacres than just CCTV (Schools aren't safe, American schools the most, but UK schools are becoming just the same. Guns and Knifes can easily be brought to school by kids).
Kept the death sentence (People especially teenage gangs are getting away with crimes, this needs to be brought back. Kids as young as 11 are being murdered for no reason, all they are doing is enjoying life and having a fun time to play) I do of course mean about the 11 year old lad who was murdered in Liverpool.
Basically the same as more of you have said.
Personal:
Meet my Grandad (My Mum's Dad)
Gotten myself a Girlfriend in High School
Gone to a different High School (Had more old friends in another high school, plus the head teacher ruined my time in High School due to her weak and stupid rules and reglulations plus there was no security. Someone set off a firework while I was there).
Kept TUGS on for more seasons to this day, like others have already said.
Gone back to the 1990s to prevent Metal from practically disappearing in favour of Grunge.
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Post by henrythegreen on Apr 3, 2008 23:21:22 GMT
I've thought for a long time that if I could change history, then I'd stop the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914.
Think about it, that could have averted WWI. No WWI prevents the highly flawed Versailles Treaty from coming into being and pushing Germany to the brink of ruin. Thus the conditions that fostered the Nazi party are removed. Without the Nazi party there is no WWII. Without WWII (and specifically the Nazis) there is no reason to develop an atom bomb.
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Post by shanedooiney on Apr 4, 2008 14:09:32 GMT
To be serious, I don't know if I'd change history. I wouldn't want to wipe out my own existence.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2008 14:15:07 GMT
If I could change History.......hmmm Yes I know, have stopped the Rev Awdry signing all away to Britt Allcroft, and made sure the contract stated all stories must be RWS material!! ;D
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Post by handelbrown on Apr 5, 2008 18:29:59 GMT
Serious/historical
Change the outcome of the American War of Independence and let the US Colonies/States develop into a federation on the lines of Canada/Australia ie: independent of Britain but retaining the monarchy
Prevent World War I so perventing World War II and most conflicts since World War II
Prevent the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
One thing I would do is to curtail the political power of certain organised religions as most wars/conflicts are based on religious issues (Dutch War of Independence, 30 Years War, Northern Ireland, Isreal, Iraq/Iran, India/Pakistan etc)
Personal: - To have studied more at school and college and gone to University instead of wasting time in pubs, dead end jobs, chasing lovers and watching TV - To have been given the chance to tell 5 of my cousins not to have gone for a ride in a car in June 2006 (they plus a driver of another car died in a crash) - Go back and say yes to someone who a few years ago offered me the chance of a new life in another part of the country
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Post by stormwarden on Apr 14, 2008 5:39:38 GMT
If I could change history...well, I'd change it so that the Library of Alexandria isn't destroyed, or at least so I could retrieve documents from it.
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Post by SRapi on Jul 4, 2008 19:07:20 GMT
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