Sailor John

Sailor John is Skiff's former owner, and a pirate obsessed with finding treasure.
==Bio==
After Thomas discovered The Pirate Ship, Sailor John converted his sailboat, Skiff, to run on rails, in order to search for the pirate treasure. He met Thomas as he was searching around the area the ship had been found at, and he began to help him try to find the treasure. Each morning, he would return to the sea until the next evening to avoid being caught by the police. However, when they could not find the treasure, Sailor John immediately turned against Thomas, believing he had found the treasure first. Upon finding out that Sir Topham Hatt had the treasure and was planning on giving it to the museum, Sailor John blew up his office at Knapford late at night and stole the treasure chest, as well as rigging up the pirate ship as an escape vehicle, causing Thomas to chase after him. As they approached Arlesburgh Junction, Thomas told Mike, Rex, and Bert to stop Sailor John. They pushed a train of ballast hoppers off the chute, which then landed on the track in front of him. The pirate ship immediately crushed most of the hoppers, but one was caught under it, which caused it to lose momentum. A loose rope then got caught by Ryan, who was nearby, on his buffer. When Ryan ran into a siding, the rope was too short to keep the ship moving, and it derailed. The next morning, Thomas was still chasing Skiff. John attempted to destroy Thomas with a stick of dynamite, but Skiff saved him by nearly derailing at a bend, causing Sailor John to lose his aim. Thomas eventually fell into the sea at the harbour, and Sailor John escaped. He was finally defeated after Skiff deliberately capsized, causing him to lose the treasure chest when it sank to the bottom of the sea. He was found by the police using an upside-down Skiff as a raft and promptly arrested.
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