Alfred

**Alfred** is a green tender engine that is from the LNER after he was rebuilt from getting blown up after trying to blow up Gordon and Henry but got blown up instead.

## Voice Actors

### Previous voice actors

TankEngine97 - (since Alfred the Unstoppable) along with Andrew Leago

## Biography

Alfred was built around 1911, originally for the Great Eastern Railway, was later named after Alfred Jovington of the London & North Western Railway and arrived on Sodor in 1922 along with Henry and 87546. He and 87546 were very rude and nasty to Henry, treating him very horribly mainly because of his flawed design. After rescuing 87546, who had run out of water because he was too impatient to take on more, Henry became the number 3, which angered Alfred and 87546 greatly. Out of anger, Alfred viciously insulted the other engines, Henry's being the worst as he called him a "mixed-bred mongrel", which made the Fat Controller scold him severely for insulting the engines and tell him he was a disgrace to the man he was named after. Angered by the Fat Controller telling him this, Alfred became determined to prove his worth and show him the "ways of the London & North Western Railway". The next day, he tried to do this by speeding down the rails recklessly at high speed with his passenger train, racing through the station and into the harbor, but it only caused him to crash into a line of vans, come off the rails and land into the sea. As a result of this accident, it was quite clear to the Fat Controller that his name and LNER heritage had made him very arrogant and impertinent, so to try and resolve this, he had Alfred repainted to NWR blue like Thomas and Edward and had his name withdrawn to simply his number 98462 in order to "prevent disgracing Sir Jovington even more".

when Gordon arrived in 1923, 98462 believed he could be redeemed. He tried to manipulate Gordon and lied to him by making up *his* own reason why he had his name and LNER apple green livery, however this didn't work in the end after the engines told Gordon about 98462's true arrogant and horrid nature later that evening in the sheds. The next day when Gordon was tasked of taking the first high-speed express service to Vicarstown, Gordon confronted him with what the other engines had told him the other night and once again he tried to manipulate Gordon to get him on his side. When Gordon returned to Knapford, Alfred spitefully mocked Gordon for his 100 MPH achievement on his express run earlier, only to be immediately silenced by the Fat Controller. When he made Gordon the Number 4 engine, 98462 crossly said that Fat Controller that said he would give him and 87546 the next numbers in line after Henry, but the Fat Controller sternly made it firm and clear to him that they would only earn those numbers if they behaved, which they hadn't, and that they had been nothing but trouble since the very day they arrived on Sodor. After that, 98462 reversed out of the station, angrily billowing out his nullified name as he did, but the only thing he got out of that was Edward saying what a scoundrel he was. Later that evening, when Gordon returned to the sheds after he had been repainted NWR blue, Alfred could be seen glaring furiously at him a distance from the sheds.

One day after Gordon was finished talking with The Fat Controller at Knapford, Alfred angrily confronted him for being painted blue saying how much of a disgrace it was to the LNER. After brutally insulting Gordon when he told him off for his monstrous behavior, both engines got into a fight by bashing into each other repeatedly and never spoke to each other again afterwards. In 1925, The Fat Controller decided to send 98462 back to the LNER on the mainland in disgrace, finally realizing that nothing was ever going to make him change his vile ways in the slightest no matter what. While waiting in Knapford Harbour to be sent away, 98462 went insane believing that Henry and Gordon were solely responsible for his downfall (even though in reality it was really his own fault for his horrid and spiteful demeanor), and decided to try and destroy them as an act of revenge. He shunted a train of fuel tankers together and used nine goods vans to try and shield himself from the blast and pushed them in front of them at high speed. Just before he and his train reached Wellsworth station where Henry and Gordon were waiting, a signalman managed to divert him into a siding in the yard, where 98462 and his explosive train came off the rails and he was destroyed in the resulting explosion.
However in 2019 After James' accident, Neville had to do James' jobs until another engine was found. However, when it was found, it turned out to be the "rebuilt" 98462 (Alfred). Thomas tried to play a trick on him which soon backfired, now Alfred had became a bigger bully then he had been years and stole Annie and Clarabel from Thomas as revenge! Thomas was able to save them from an unstoppable runaway and Alfred had a crash and was sent for a whole year and the following year Alfred (98462) had returned to do Ryan's work and wanted to get revenge for what Thomas did to him and after he fell into the sea Alfred was given a strict warning that he'll be leaving at the end of the week if he carried on with his ways. James ( who was Still angry after being insulted by Alfred) didn't want to wait a whole week for Alfred to leave Sodor and he decided to take matters into his own buffers. When James tried to trap Alfred inside the cave, Thomas and Percy went inside the said cave before Alfred did until Thomas and Percy were also trapped inside the cave with Alfred, as James' plan to get rid of Alfred backfired. A while later when Thomas, Percy and Alfred were still trapped inside the cave, Alfred blames Thomas about his LNER paintwork being ruined and that they were still trapped in the cave, luckily it wasn't really Thomas' fault as Alfred doesn't believe Thomas as Alfred thinks that Thomas was the one who set up the dynamite, when really it was James who actually set the dynamite to try to trap Alfred inside the cave. Eventually, Alfred explained why he tried to get revenge on Henry and Gordon a long time ago, and why he got revenge on Thomas from back in 2019, until Thomas and Percy got Alfred to change his ways after what he did to Henry and Gordon in the past, and after what he did to Thomas from back in 2019, and that's when Alfred finally reformed when he got to change his ways after Alfred said what he did wrong in the past. After when Alfred, Thomas and Percy were free from the cave, Alfred actually saved the day by pushing the dynamite trucks out of the cave, it is until The Fat Controller scolded at James for trapping Alfred inside the cave, when The Fat Controller has had enough of James' dangerous actions, so he got James to stay in the shed until The Fat Controller can arrange his punishment. Shortly, The Fat Controller decided to give Alfred an another chance after he saved the day, Thomas and Percy were about happy about that Alfred will stay in Sodor, but James, on the other hand, was very shocked about this, as he couldn't believe that Alfred is gonna stay in Sodor.

Then, a few months later, in 2021, James blamed Alfred (98462) for his punishment, so after when the engines moved to the other sheds while Tidmouth Sheds get rebuilt, James decided to lie to Brian and Dylan about Alfred before James went to the mountains at Shen Valley to get away from Alfred. Meanwhile, while Alfred tries to help Brian and Dylan, the Jinty brothers are not getting along with Alfred, which made Alfred sad and hurt. While James is stuck on the mountains in Shen Valley, Alfred stayed in the new Tidmouth Sheds with Thomas and the other engines for the night, although Gordon still doesn't trust Alfred, until Henry and Gordon decided to rescue James the next day. As the next day comes, The Fat Controller gets Alfred to work with Brian and Dylan, but Alfred wasn't happy to work with Brian and Dylan, mostly because they were mean to him, until Alfred realized that Brian and Dylan must've heard the rumors from James. As Gordon and Henry failed to rescue James, Alfred decided to get revenge on James while Alfred was following Brian and Dylan on the mountain, when James was fallen to a revenge trick, that is until James decided to get even with Alfred. And then, a few months later, after the new Tidmouth Sheds were rebuilt, James and Alfred started to hate each other, until Alfred started to work at the Shunting Yards. After he worked alone, Duck came to help Alfred until an another engine was found, which happens to be Diesel. Then about a month later, James and Alfred still hate each other, until Splatter & Dodge came to help at the Shunting Yards, that is until James decided to lie to Splatter & Dodge about Alfred to get even with him. Eventually, Splatter & Dodge played a mean trick to Alfred by making him into a middle engine, as Splatter & Dodge thinks that Alfred murdered Thomas, when it was false that Alfred tried to murder Thomas. Eventually, before Splatter & Dodge managed to apologize to Alfred for what they did to him, Splatter & Dodge realized that they've been tricked from James. So as Splatter & Dodge apologized to Alfred, he knew James would try to lie about him again, and that is until Alfred plays a trick back at James by making him into a 'Middle Engine'. As of right now, James & Alfred still currently hate each other.

## Personality

Alfred was a rude engine that can be nasty, Because he tried to blow Gordon and Henry up, and when Thomas played a trick on him, He stole Annie and Clarabel from Thomas out of revenge. However, he did change his ways after realizing what he did was wrong and helped Thomas and Percy find Captain Callers' treasure.

## Appearances

Season 8 - Alfred the Unstoppable, The Treasure of Captain Callers (Part 1) and The Treasure of Captain Callers (Part 2)

Season 9 - The Great Storm of Sodor (Part 1), The Great Storm of Sodor (Part 2), Paxton's First Passenger Train (mentioned), No Second Chances, The B12 & the Gronks, Improvising, Gordon & the Trouble with Snowdrifts (mentioned), The Aliens Have Landed (Part 1) (coming soon) and The Aliens Have Landed (Part 2) (coming soon)

Season 10 - A Proper Closure (Part 1) (coming soon) and A Proper Closure (Part 2) (coming soon), Thomas & His Whistle (coming soon)