Bill

**Bill** is a current member of the North Western Railway. He and his brother Ben work at the Ffarquhar Quarry, along with Mavis and BoCo. The two of them often play tricks on each other, and they even work together to trick the other engines, much to their annoyance.

## Personality

Bill and Ben are Sodor's most mischievous  saddle tank engine twins, who have great fun in teasing and playing jokes on other engines of the railway. The two have four wheels, a tiny chimney and dome and a small squat cab. They often work in the China Clay pits and quarries. Their loads of clay can be used for many things such as paper, paint and pottery. They take trucks for engines on the mainline and ships in the harbour and are regularly seen around Brendam Docks. They enjoy attention and love taking visitors and being photographed. They tend to work together, like most twins, but even this youthful pair can have their arguments among themselves and can squabble with one another - particularly about whose fault one of their follies was. They are highly prone to playing tricks and being cheeky. They have even teased Gordon on more than one occasion. Duck has called them "the bees" before, for being terrors when they start buzzing around. Edward and BoCo are the only engines who can really keep them in order enough to put a stop to their games and make them scamper along and behave. There is no real harm to them, but even Edward admits that they are maddening at times. Bill appears to be the quicker-witted leader, while Ben seems to be the follower of the pair.

Despite their cheeky and mischievous antics, if a dangerous event occurs, such as a rockslide, they are shown to be quick-witted and capable to act to rescue anyone in trouble. This was shown when they saved a group of workmen and Thomas from many rockslides. The two also usually try to keep their jokes from becoming harmful, and will show remorse if their cheeky antics go too far. Even though they like causing confusion and delay, like all engines on the North Western Railway, they want to be Really Useful.

## Killed Victims

This shows the victims Bill has killed:

* Duck *(Indirectly Caused; Accidental)*
* Gordon *(Indirectly Caused; Accidental)*
* Thomas *(Indirectly Caused; Accidental)*
* Himself *(Accidental)*

## Death

**Killed By**

* Himself *(Accidental)*
* Ben *(Caused; Accidental)*
* Troublesome Trucks *(Caused)*
* Lady *(Indirectly Caused)*

Bill and Ben were taking a train on Sodor Day that they were supposed to take the day before. All of a sudden on the hill, Bill was not coupled to the breakvan and Ben was pushed by the Troublesome Trucks. The breakvan got derailed and at the rear was the fuel tankers. When entering Knapford Station, Bill, who was trying to save Ben, accidentally ran into the fuel tankers, causing them to blow up and take him with them.

## List Of Appearances

### Season 2

* "Friends and Foes"
* "R.I.P"
* "Mainland Visit"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 2"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 3"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 4"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 5"
* "Aftermath"
* "Now A Mainland Engine" *(No Lines)*
* "Arry's Trial"
* “Losing A Good Friend”

### Season 3

* “Moving On”
* “Back To Crewe”
* “Mixed Traffic Engine”
* “Set To Explode”
* “Things Fall Apart”
* “The Diesel Vengeance - Part 2”
* “The Diesel Vengeance - Part 3”
* “The Diesel Vengeance - Part 4”
* “The Diesel Vengeance - Part 6''
* “Mourning Losses”
* “Bluebells Forever”
* “D10’s Back”
* ''Playing Dead''

### Season 4

* "The Sodor Memorial Stand" *(No Lines)*
* ''The Goldust Miracle''
* ''Mount Sodor Again'' *(No Lines)*
* "Saved From Scrap" *(No Lines)*
* ''Healing''
* ''The Storm'' *(No Lines)*
* ''87546''
* ''To Kingdom Come''
* ''What Comes After'' *(Corpse)*
* ''Ghosts'' *(Corpse)*
* ''A New Beginning'' *(Photograph)*

### TTTE Films

* ''The Slender Engine''

* ''Blood Fair''

## Trivia

* As of "To Kingdom Come", Bill has appeared in 5 episode thumbnail arts.
* Bill, Duck and Gordon are the last characters to die on screen in the original series.
* Since Gordon was originally going to die in "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 6", Bill was possibly originally going to die in "Mourning Losses" as he would not have been saved from Mount Sodor.
* Bill is the only twin in the series whose debut is separate from the other twin.
	+ Donald and Douglas both first appeared in "Dirty Diesel".
	+ 'Arry and Bert both first appeared in "Friends and Foes".
	+ Splatter and Dodge both first appeared in "Escape".
* Bill and Ben's models that Douglas The Black Engine Number 10 has are different because Bill's model is Tomy and Ben's model is TrackMaster.