Oliver the Great Western Engine

Oliver the Little Western is another Great Western Engine, like Duck in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He also works on Duck's Branch Line, the "Little Western". He and his brakevan Toad were saved from scrap by Douglas, and both work on Sodor. Everyone had given him great and positive comments, which went through his head and made him crash into the turntable well. After that, Oliver learned to behave like a good role model and caused a truck named Scruffey (the leader of the Troublesome Trucks) to fall into pieces. Oliver has had very grand adventures on the island ever since. He also speaks Western with a Western accent.
He was voiced by George Carlin, Alec Baldwin and Michael Brandon in the Classic series. In Japanese, he was voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa.
== Biography ==
Much like in the Railway Series, Oliver and Toad were escaping from scrap when Douglas found, saved and brought them to the North Western Railway. The other engines were impressed by his adventures and the attention soon went to Oliver's smokebox, which led to him being so conceited that he ignored Duck and Donald's advice about trucks and several pushed him into a turntable well. Upon his return from the Works, Oliver regained his respect after pulling the ringleader of the trucks, S.C. Ruffey, apart.
After that, Oliver worked at Knapford Yards, also known as Oliver's Yard, where he had his own shed to rest in. He only had to pull trucks when the other engines were busy. The trucks have since feared him, considering him to be dangerous and preferring Percy. Although he liked working in the big yard, Oliver missed the long runs and wanted to do more than simply push trucks onto the turntable, but he remained tight-lipped about his problem and grew unhappy as a result. He ended up roughly biffing the trucks into the turntable well, damaging it. The Fat Controller transferred him to the mail train in an attempt to have the night air clear his smokebox, but Oliver ended up getting lost, discovering an abandoned house (which was later turned into a teahouse) in the process. When Harold found him, Oliver concluded that being found is much nicer than being lost. His brake van Toad started feeling a similar problem when he was glum about always going backwards. Oliver tried to cheer him up by reminding him of his usefulness. When the trucks broke away from Oliver on the hill, taking Toad with them, Oliver determinedly chased after the runaway through Wellsworth and Crosby and all the way to the old stone bridge. Oliver could not help teasing Toad when all was said and done and assured him no harm was done in case of Toad causing Oliver an embarrassment.
When Emily took Annie and Clarabel, Oliver informed her that they belonged to Thomas, making her realize her mistake. He later broke down on the Intersection and was saved by Emily when he was about to be hit by Thomas. He also complained about the snow, but later crashed into a children's snowman in the village, in which he had to spend the night in the snowman's body. However, the children later decorated him to look like the snowman which made Oliver like the snow.
Oliver started repeatedly telling everyone about his "daring escape" from the scrapyard, even to the point of annoying Toad. After his brake van had an adventure without him, James told Oliver to listen to Toad's story for once. During a flood, he collided with Rocky and James who were rescuing Duck, who had stalled underwater. He also nearly collided with Duck who ran a red signal by mistake. Later, he broke down whilst on his way to the docks to deliver some trucks. When Gator arrived to take the train, Oliver was surprised by his unusual shape and wondered where Gator's lamp was, unaware it was not working properly.
Oliver began to get fed up of Toad singing during their journeys and explained to Duck that Toad is always like this when he is in a good mood. Later, Toad told Oliver that he saw a whale and he did not believe him at first until he saw the whale for himself. He then helped with rescuing the whale.
When the Harwick Branch Line was being built, Oliver helped with the line's construction. Marion believed that he had made a wish to turn himself into a digger and the Arlesdale engines had granted his wish. It was not until the branch line's opening ceremony that Marion discovered there was, in fact, two Olivers.
When a storm struck the Island, Oliver and Duck were responsible for taking people safely home. At Arlesburgh, the two met Skiff and warned him to get to safety, upsetting the rail boat. When he had finished his jobs, Oliver picked up Toad and headed for home. Unfortunately, neither they nor Duck (who was travelling to Tidmouth on the opposite track) were aware that a lightning strike had caused a tree to fall on the line. Thankfully, Skiff (who had been blown away by the storm) was able to warn them just in time. Oliver proclaimed him the bravest rail boat he had ever known. Another time, he found Judy and Jerome - the Breakdown Train - in Arlesburgh Harbour. He agreed to take the two to the countryside. He later informed Ryan that Duck had moved them again.
Oliver, along with all of the Fat Controller's engines, wanted to go to the Great Railway Show, but he was among the many engines that were not chosen.
==Personality==
Oliver is considered brave and a good role model by the engines. This went to his smokebox and led to his incident with the ballast trucks, but Oliver has since then learned his lesson and started to behave like a real role model. He is generally laid back and is usually able to avoid the occasional bickering of the engines. Because of this, he is on good terms with all of the engines.
==Basis==
Oliver is based off of a GWR 14xx 0-4-2 Side Tank Engine.
==Gallery==
Bulgy7.jpg|Oliver with Duck
OliverCGIRender.png|Oliver in the CGI series
Oliver vs Scruffey.png
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