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An intriguing new discovery was made during a thorough exploration through old and abandoned projects made by the now defunct Clearwater Features, the company behind the classic "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" series.

What could be recovered so far were screenshots of what seem to be an old version of the first ever TTTE episode, "Thomas & Gordon".

The episode itself plays out just like the one that aired back in the 80s, but instead of being done with model renditions of the characters and backgrounds, the entire episode animation style is full-on cel animation.

The entire episode was likely an animation style that Britt Allcroft and the team considered before ultimately sticking to models.

(This ain't real btw, just in case anyone may think it is. I just thought I'd try doing redraws of scenes from TTTE with a more 80s cartoon style.)