Stanley

Stanley is a silver tank engine. He works as both a shunting engine and a mixed-traffic engine.
==Biography==
Stanley was brought to Sodor to take care of Thomas' workload during the restoration of Great Waterton, which had to be ready by Sodor Day. Upon his arrival, Stanley became very popular and enjoyed the company of the engines.
Stanley's popularity caused Thomas to feel jealous and later neglected. Thomas felt that Stanley was newer, bigger and stronger than him and that he would take over his place on the railway. Thomas ended up planning to make Stanley look weak - the trick backfired and caused Thomas' friends to consider him mean and incompetent.
When Thomas later went missing, Stanley was the first to realise Thomas' feelings. He searched for Thomas until he finally managed to find him in a ditch and rescue him. Then, both became friends and with a combined effort made it back to Great Waterton in time to prepare for the opening celebrations.
==Personality==
Stanley is the "boy-next-door" of Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Cool, courteous and cheery, he is a little bit bigger, a little bit newer and a little bit stronger than Thomas. This, at first, made Thomas jealous when all focus seemed to be on this shiny, new arrival, especially when he began helping with the restoration of Great Waterton. However, even Thomas was soon won over by Stanley's positive attitude, charm and friendliness and came to see why he was so popular and well-liked among the other engines. As such, Thomas and Stanley are now firm friends.
Stanley is incredibly compassionate and empathic: there is nothing he would not do for another engine. And if he cannot do it, he will find someone who could. He is sleek, smart and stylish and his silver and light grey appearance, striking red wheels and shining smokebox certainly makes him look the part as he eagerly goes about his work.
==Technical Details==
===Basis===
Stanley is based on the Stewart & Lloyds 16" 0-6-0STs, albeit with the sandboxes above the running board removed. Introduced in 1921, specifically for Stewart & Lloyds, they were based on a similar, smaller Manning Wardle design - that being the "T" class. These engines were originally built by Manning Wardle, however were later produced for Stewart & Lloyds by Kitson & Company, as Manning Wardle had by then ceased trading. The last five were constructed by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns, after Kitson stopped building locomotives in 1937. Several of these locomotives have been preserved, including No. 42 "Rhondda", No. 44 "Conway", No. 45 "Colwyn" and No. 47 "Carnavon".
File:Stanley's Basis.jpg|Stanley's basis
The Official Website and 2013 Writer's Bible erroneously state that Stanley is a hybrid of a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST engine and Kitson's No. 5459 "Austin I".
File:Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST.jpg|Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST
File:Kitson Works No. 5459 Austin I.jpg|Kitson Works No. 5459 "Austin I"
===Livery===
Stanley is painted in a silver-white livery with a metallic silver smokebox, red wheels and lining. He has a red running plate with a dark grey base coat and has red nameplates with his name in silver on each side of his saddle tank.
== Appearances ==
=== Red Panda Express ===
* Broken Trust 
=== Movie ===
* Red Panda Express 
== Trivia ==
*Stanley can be seen resting at Knapford station yard in Broken Trust.
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tank engines
Category:0-6-0
Category:North Western Railway
Category:Male characters
Category:Standard gauge