Edward

## Edward the Blue Engine

**Edward** is a blue mixed-traffic tender engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor and is the North Western Railway's number 2 engine.

## Personality

Edward is one of the oldest engines on the Island of Sodor. He is patient, wise, kind and very hardworking. With years of experience under his buffers, he is ready for anything. Edward enjoys stories set in the past, but dislikes being teased about his age.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Edward in *All Engines Go* is a completely freelanced design, but with one adjustment: the 6-6-0 wheel arrangement was never used on a real locomotive, though he does still retain elements from his original series appearance.

In the Railway Series and the original television series, Edward was based on a heavily modified Sharp, Stewart and Company "Larger Seagull" K2 class, supplied to the Furness Railway in 1896.

Edward's original basis
### Livery

Edward is painted a bright blue with red lining and the number 2 on his tender in yellow with red lining. His windows are outlined in yellow.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

### *Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go*

* **Season 1** - Dragon Run (*not named; does not speak*), No Power, No Problem! (*not named; does not speak*), Thomas and Percy's Eggsellent Adventure (*not named; does not speak*), Letting Off Steam (*cameo*), Nia's Perfect Plan (*cameo*), and Song of Sodor (*cameo*)
* **Season 2** - For All the Marble (*cameo*)

#### Songs

* **Season 1** - Blowing Off Steam (*cameo*) and Song of Sodor (*cameo*)

### Books

* **2022** - Meet the Engines
* **2023** - Let's Learn Numbers

## Audio Files

### Whistle

In the first season episode, Song of Sodor, Edward is incorrectly portrayed with Gordon's whistle sound.

## Trivia

* Edward was the first character created of the franchise, as he was created by Wilbert Awdry. Him being the oldest engine on the island is a reference to him being created before all other characters.
	+ In addition, according to the book Meet the Engines, his exact age is unknown.
* Since his last appearance in *Thomas & Friends*, Edward has gained notable changes in his design:
	+ Despite having a larger boiler, he has gained an extra set of leading and driving wheels in between or the front and back, making him a 6-6-0 rather than a 4-4-0.
		- Ironically, his Push Along model has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.
	+ In front of his current number of wheel splashers, he gained two additional wheel splashers.
		- Ironically, his Push Along model has only two.
	+ He has lost one set of wheels on his tender.
	+ His brakepipe has been removed.
	+ He now has hazel irises.
	+ His face now has visible wrinkles.
	+ His eyebrows are much thicker.
	+ He is now much longer.
	+ He now has four boiler bands instead of five.
	+ The frames in front of his smokebox are now separated like James'.
	+ The back of his cab roof has been extended, similar to Gordon's.
	+ His tender is now connected with buffers and chain-link couplings.
	+ His running board is now completely red.
	+ His cab is no longer open.
	+ He gained a new whistle sound in Letting Off Steam. From Song of Sodor onwards, however, Edward regains his whistle sound from the original series, as previously used in No Power, No Problem!.
* Both Edward and Henry were main characters for most of the original series' run and part of the original and reformed Steam Team. However, they were later demoted to minor characters in the *Big World! Big Adventures!* rebrand. In *All Engines Go*, they have been reduced to background characters. Both characters did not speak, nor were they referred to by name in the first two seasons. This is due to the fact that both characters were originally meant to be cut entirely, only being added back last minute when the animators needed more engines to work with.
* Along with Henry, Edward was referred to by his name for the first time in *All Engines Go* in the Meet the Engines book.