No female train drivers due to Thomas

Was this really worthy of newsprint? the Shadow Transport Minister is blaming Thomas the Tank Engine stories for the lack of female train drivers!!!!!
It is too male dominated she said.
Do you think 5/7 year olds remember this later in life?
She must be desperate for attention.

 

Must say @strongylodon ....it put me off becoming a train driver....

Mary Creagh isn't doing Women any favours with silly comments like that

and to think...i could have been a Post 'Person' if it wasn't for that Postman Pat

 

Loli, there are probably very few female Fireman because of Fireman Sam too!!!!!!

 

Well I used to love Portland Bill, but i've still no desire to become a lighthouse keeper

 

here a few

Candy is a narrow gauge vertical boiler engine.

Daisy is a diesel railcar.

Duchess
One of the original four locomotives of the Mid Sodor.

 

Did you read the 'Oink' comic with the adventures of Portland Pra**, Dross and Crockerty?

 

When we had the books and videos 20 years ago there was only Daisy, Annie and Clarabel, there have probably been many additions since but few female, tut tut!!!

 

I watched Bill and Ben and I am male so 'naturally ' I had a career in Horticulture.

 

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Plus Emily, Annie, Belle, Caitlin, Caroline, Clarabelle, Emily, Flora, Henrietta, Lady, Madge, Mavis, Millie, Molly, Rosie, etc.

Yet another politician deserves a smack for not paying attention when reading their books.

 

I dint want to dominate the thread , thought I would give others a chance to add

 

Ey...but they'd have been lost without 'Weeeeed'

There's hope for us yet lasses

 

I thought this one funny " Candy is a narrow gauge vertical boiler engine.

I wonder thats how the name "bunny boiler" came about

 

Steady Spruce....steady

 

Missed that one, do remember one called "Tubby Tim, Sheep fall on him."

 

So let me get this straight, the shadow transport minister, ie the person who will become transport minister if her party wins the next election, is taking lessons from Thomas the Tank Engine?

Great. Everybody vote Labour at the next election so we'll get our railways well and truly sorted. It will be brilliant. If we need to get anywhere quickly, we can rely on Gordon to pull the express. That is of course unless one of the other engines ignores what our @fat controller tells them and consequently blocks the line. For local journeys we can rely on Thomas, unless it snows of course, because he has been known to forget to put his snow plough on. But, at least the engines of Sodor still work when it snows, and in autumn when the leaves fall, and at least the engines try to do their best, even if their drivers rarely make an appearance. And it will be cheap too. Nobody ever seems to do any maintenance, and the whole operation is managed by just one man, our @fat controller.

Of course if the shadow transport minister ever decides to modernise, she will have to buy herself a different DVD box set.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chuggington-Complete-Series-Box-Set/dp/B005BPTMN0