Henrietta

**Henrietta** is a tram coach that travels with Toby on Thomas’ Branch Line. Percy usually takes her when Toby is absent.

## Biography

Henrietta is Toby's faithful coach, who likes to be full of passengers and take them on journeys. She doesn't like to be separated from Toby, although she rarely transports a full load of passengers. Henrietta is quite content with her life on the Island. Toby is attached to Henrietta and always takes her with him, as he says "she might be useful one day". Henrietta also motivates and encourages small engines and gives them good advice, when they feel nervous about their capabilities of their work and performance.

Henrietta worked with Toby on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia. She became depressed when buses and lorries took over her work and when their line closed, due to the lack of passengers and freight, Toby could not bear to leave her behind. So Toby brought her with him to the North Western Railway. He mentioned to the Fat Director that a stationmaster on his tramway wanted to use her as a henhouse, but the Fat Director agreed that "that would never do".

At first, Toby and Henrietta were teased by James for having shabby paint. However, Toby and Henrietta later received new coats of paint for their hard work and James stopped teasing them after he crashed into some tar wagons and spoiled his own paint. Later, when Daisy was brought to Sodor, she insulted her along with Annie and Clarabel when Daisy found that she had to share the Carriage Shed with them and Percy and Toby were forced to take them away and stay up half the night trying to cheer them up.

## Basis

Henrietta is based on a Great Eastern Railway (GER) Wisbech and Upwell Tramway 4-wheel coach.

## Livery

When the Hatt family visited him, and before his old tramway closed, Henrietta was painted dark brown (due to age and wear), with grey rooftop. Her buffer beams and buffer holds were painted black.

After rescuing James from the tar wagons, Toby was rewarded with his current livery and upon him asking, Henrietta also got a new coat of paint. She is now painted persimmon alongwith red bufferbeams.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Toby and the Stout Gentleman
* Thomas in Trouble *(does not speak)*
* Dirty Objects *(does not speak)*
* Thomas’ Christmas Party
* Paint Pots and Queens *(cameo)*

### Season 2

* Daisy
* Bull’s Eyes *(cameo)*
* Percy’s Predicament *(does not speak)*
* Ghost Train *(cameo)*
* Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree *(cameo)*

### Season 3

* Time For Trouble *(does not speak)*
* Thomas and Percy’s Christmas Adventure *(does not speak)*

### Season 4

* Thomas and the Special Letter *(cameo)*
* Toby Takes the Road *(cameo)*
* Special Attraction *(cameo)*

### Season 5

* Baa! *(cameo)*
* The Fat Controller’s Holiday *(does not speak)*
* A Surprise For Percy *(cameo)*

### Season 7

* Harold and the Flying Horse *(cameo)*
* Toby’s Windmill *(cameo)*
* Peace and Quiet *(does not speak)*

### Season 9

* Dream On *(cameo)*
* The Great Discovery *(cameo)*
* Tram Trouble *(cameo)*

### Season 11

* King of the Railway *(cameo)*
* The Lost Puff *(cameo)*
* The Missing Christmas Decorations *(cameo)*

### Season 12

* Thomas the Quarry Engine
* Marion and the Dinosaurs *(cameo)*
* Samson At Your Service *(mentioned)*

### Season 13

* The Truth About Toby
* Thomas the Babysitter
* Den and Dart

### Season 14

* Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure *(cameo)*
* Toby’s New Friend
* Letters to Santa *(cameo)*
* Love Me Tender *(cameo)*
* Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks
* Three Steam Engines Gruff
* The Christmas Coffeepot
* The Big Freeze *(cameo)*

### Season 15

* Philip’s Number *(cameo)*
* P.A Problems *(cameo)*
* Hasty Hannah

## Gallery

Henrietta’s current livery (1951-present)Henrietta’s old livery (1883-1951)
## Trivia

* Henrietta is one of eleven characters to appear in every season.
* In Hasty Hannah, it’s revealed Henrietta has one surviving sister left, Hannah.