Ashima

Ashima is a brightly-painted Indian tank engine, who works on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. She was one out of many engines to participate in the Great Railway Show, and competed in the Shunting Challenge, and of whom Thomas is very close friends with.
== Appearances ==
* Series 22 - Trusty Trunky, Thomas Goes to Bollywood and Tiger Trouble
* Series 23 - Crowning Around, Thomas Makes a Mistake and Grudge Match (stock footage cameo)
* Series 24 - Shankar's Makeover
==== Specials ====
* 2016 - The Great Race
==== Music Videos ====
* The Great Race - You Can Only Be You and Be Who You Are, and Go Far
* Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion, Doing it Right and Little Engines
* Series 22 - The Journey Never Ends, Set Friendship in Motion, All the Girls Around the World and Let's Dream
==== Learning Segments ====
* Guess Who? Puzzles (does not speak)
==== Videos ====
* 2016 - Ashima of India (does not speak)
* 2017 - Ashima Helps Rajiv
* 2018 - Thomas and the Brownlow Medal (cameo), Meet Ashima of India!, Meet Rajiv of India! (cameo), Animals Around the World (cameo), What Did Thomas Learn In India?
=== Other Media ===
==== Books ====
* 2016 - 6-Movie Coloring Collection, Off to the Races!, The Good Sport, The Great Railway Show, The Great Race, The Great Race: Sticker Activity Book and The Great Race: The Movie Storybook
* 2017 - Thomas and the Trains of the World
* 2018 - Character Encyclopedia
* 2019 - Engines Around the World
==== Video Games ====
* 2016 - Magical Tracks
* 2018 - Go Go Thomas and Thomas and Friends: Adventures!
== Songs ==
* You Can Only Be You (partially performed)
* Be Who You Are, and Go Far (partially performed)
== Voice Actors ==
* Tina Desai (UK/US)
* Naomi Watanabe (Japan; The Great Race only)
* Misa Ishii (Japan; The Great Race trailer and twenty-second series onwards)
* Julia Kołakowska-Bytner (Poland)
* Annie Rojas (Latin America)
* Manuela Bäcker (Germany; The Great Race only)
* Franziska Lessing (Germany; twenty-second series onwards)
* Csuha Borbala (Hungary)
* Olga Golovanov (Russia)
* Jenni Sivonen (Finland)