Edward

Edward with Tyler in Engine arrival: Tyler

Edward is a blue tender engine and is the Number 2 on the Island of Sodor!

## Personality:

Edward is kind, wise and mature and always willing to help others in trouble and give them morale support, especially Henry (when he had trouble building up steam) and Tyler (with his conflicts on the LMS). When the other engines misbehave, Edward is the one who restores order. He is usually the most open to newcomers, being the only one to give Percy a proper welcome when he arrived.

Edward did hold a grudge against Eagle back when they worked on the Furness Railway together due to the latter's ego and how rude he was to others, especially an old friend of his, named Jason. After seeing Eagle actually helped him get professional help, he now sees he has truly changed.

## Appearances:

* Engine arrival: Prologue *(does not speak)*
* Engine arrival: Thomas *(not named : does not speak)*
* Engine arrival: Edward
* Engine arrival: Henry
* Engine arrival: Gordon
* Engine arrival: James
* Engine arrival: Stanley
* Engine arrival: Merlin
* Engine arrival: Percy
* Engine arrival: Tyler
* Engine arrival (special): Colin, Lily and Adam
* Engine arrival: Crovan
* Engine arrival: Geoffrey
* Engine arrival (special): Donald and Douglas
* Engine arrival: Reginald
* Engine arrival: Duck *(cameo)*
* Engine arrival (special): Clive, Neil And Matthew
* Engine arrival: Eagle
* Engine arrival: Molly
* Engine arrival: Wilson *(cameo)*
* Engine arrival: Gary

### NWR Profile:

* Sodor Profile - NWR Locomotives: No. 1 'Thomas'
* Sodor Profile - NWR Locomotives: No. 2 'Edward'

## Technical Details:

#### Basis

Edward is based on a heavily modified Sharp, Stewart and Company "Larger Seagull" K2 class, supplied to the Furness Railway in 1896, as stated by the Rev W. Awdry himself.

These locomotives were built in two batches: the first of six in 1896, with two extra members of the class being built later in 1900. All eight of the locomotives survived into the 1923 grouping and lasted through to the late 1920s and early 1930s, performing secondary duties around Barrow-in-Furness. In real life, all of the K2s were scrapped, with none surviving into preservation.

Visible Crovan's Gate modifications made to Edward include:

* Making his wheel splashers flush with the cab, thus also removing the coupling rod splashers, but in Engine arrival: Tyler, he regained his coupling rod splashers.
* New cab side windows as opposed to cutaways in his cab side sheets
* Square cab lookouts as opposed to the original round ones.
* A higher pitched boiler and longer smokebox. However, these were also removed in Engine arrival: Tyler.
* The replacement of his original Furness Railway tender with a Fowler tender.

#### Livery

Edward is painted in the standard blue livery used by the North Western Railway, with red and yellow lining. His number (2) is painted on his tender in yellow with a red outline. During Gunvor and Peter Edwards' tenure as the series illustrators, the colours used for his number were reversed. He has a black running board with red bufferbeams and valences.

## References:

* https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Edward\_(RWS)
* https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Edward\_(T%26F)