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Steam Team

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The **Steam Team** is the name of the group consisting of the core characters of the television series, first implemented in the eighth series.

## Trivia

* According to SiF's interview with Sam Barlow, Duck was going to be part of the Steam Team. However, during production of *Calling All Engines!*, the crew had to make room for Emily in order for a female character to have a more prominent role. He also mentioned that the concept of the Steam Team was made to help cement the core characters in the minds of the audience.
* A bronze statue of the original Steam Team members and Sir Topham Hatt is situated in a park close to Abbey station.
* In *The Great Discovery* only, Stanley was added to the Roll Call with the Steam Team.
* Before being removed from the Steam Team in the twenty-second series, Toby was the only member not to sleep at Tidmouth Sheds, instead having his own shed at Arlesdale End.
* *Big World! Big Adventures!* and Series 22 marked several changes for the Steam Team.
	+ Edward and Henry were replaced with Nia and Rebecca. According to Ian McCue, this was done to fix the gender imbalance at Tidmouth Sheds and diversify the *Thomas & Friends* franchise.
	+ Despite being mentioned in the Series 22 lyrics of the Engine Roll Call, Toby was also dropped from the Steam Team. During his time as a member, Toby was the only engine not to live at Tidmouth Sheds.
	+ Before Nia and Rebecca joined the Steam Team, Emily was the only member not created by Wilbert Awdry, the only member not introduced in the first series, and the only female member. Up until the twenty-fourth series, she was also the only member to lack a number, both before and after the arrival of Nia and Rebecca.
	+ Thomas and Gordon are now the only two members to be the same colour. Gordon is also the only member whom appeared in the first *Railway Series* book, *The Three Railway Engines*.
	+ Nia is the only member of the Steam Team to originate from a country outside the United Kingdom and the Island of Sodor.
Bulstrode

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**Bulstrode** is a self-propelled barge who works at the harbour. He used to reside on a beach as a children's play structure before he was given a second chance after so many years in Lukeillie's Series.

## History

### The Railway Series/Thomas & Friends

Bulstrode was used to carry coal and stone to Knapford Harbour, but always complained about not being loaded fast enough, which annoyed the trucks. One day, Percy was shunting some stone trucks off the quay when the trucks fell off and into Bulstrode's hold, bursting a hole in his hull. He was then towed to a beach, where he was turned into a children's play structure.

### Lukeillie's Series

One day, Bulstrode was found by Salty who planned to make him useful again. Believing he would never be useful again, Salty decided to help Bustrode. After a talk with Sir Topham Hatt, Bulstrode was repaired and now sometimes works at Brendam Docks.

## Personality

Bulstrode was grumpy, rude, and always found something to complain about. Judging from the way he treated the trucks, he wasn't above bullying others for things beyond their control.

## Livery

Bulstrode is painted with a cream cab, brown deck, a black hull and a red keel. His name is painted on his bow in white.

## Trivia

* Bulstrode's appearance in the television series is rather different from his *Railway Series* appearance: in the Railway Series he has two square cargo holds, six bumpers on each side, and his face is the same colour as his cab and rectangular, while in the television series he has only one rectangular hold with three bumpers on each side and a square standard grey face.
* Bulstrode was the only non-human character created by Christopher Awdry to be introduced into the television series.
* According to Abi Grant, Bulstrode was meant to have a large scale model built for the Wharf, but this never happened due to budget concerns.
* In a few of the HiT Era episodes, Bulstrode's shocked face was used as a truck's face.
* Bulstrode is frequently paired with Cranky in merchandise, magazines, and video games, despite having been written out of the series before Cranky's introduction.
* Despite being absent in both the television series and the *Railway Series* since his introduction, he is still depicted as being used in forms of media such as Magazines, Video Games, and DVD Minigames.
Little Giant

**Little Giant** was a double-ended Fairlie duplex engine who was planned to be part of the Skarloey Railway and introduced in the sixth series of *Thomas & Friends*.

Little Giant was developed by Robert Gauld-Galliers before writing for the series started, but was not included in any scripts of the episodes that were produced and filmed for the series and was dropped.

In Lukeillie's Series, Little Giant was the engine Mr. Percival planned on getting but instead got Mighty Mac. Whatever happened to Little Giant following this remains unknown.

## Personality

Little Giant are two engines in one. Based on concept art and crew descriptions, they appear to have opposing personalities: one end appears nervous and worried, while the other is brave and confident.

## Livery

Little Giant is painted golden yellow and black with red lining. Their name is painted on their tanks in red lettering and their wheels are painted black with orange and red lining around the rims. Their handrails and funnel cowls are brass.

## Trivia

* Little Giant was the precursor to Mighty Mac, who was introduced in the ninth series, two years after Robert Gauld-Galliers departed from the show following the production of the seventh series.
* Little Giant's basis, David Lloyd George, has been previously been featured at Days Out with Thomas events on the Ffestiniog Railway. Interestingly, its faces show opposing emotions on either end, similar to Little Giant.
Happy Hook

**Happy Hook** is a stationary, non-sentient crane based at the Vicarstown Dieselworks.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

Happy Hook was old and had not been repaired for a long time; as a result, Dart complained about the crane frequently. Kevin was then brought to the Dieselworks to do the jobs that Happy Hook could not, and enjoyed playing with it. When the Dieselworks was rebuilt, Happy Hook was restored.

When it was Christmas time, Diesel 10 decorated Happy Hook with red ribbons, Christmas lights and mistletoe. He later removed these decorations and gave them back to the Steam Team.

When Diesel wanted to compete in The Great Railway Show, Happy Hook assisted in his plan to be chosen by putting crates on top of Den, Dart and Paxton. It later dropped a crate on Diesel after Dart was bashed into it.

Happy Hook later carried Daisy when Diesel bumped into her so that the engineers and workmen could find out what was wrong with her.

## Livery

Happy Hook's cab is painted orange, while its tower and crane arm are painted grey.

## Trivia

* Happy Hook is the third non-sentient crane in *Thomas & Friends* to be named on screen (the first being Ol' Wheezy and the second being Hee-Haw).

## Gallery

Kevin playing with Happy Hook.Happy Hook restored.Happy Hook's hookHappy Hook lifting Daisy.
Calles Cavern

**Calles Cavern** is a cavern between Arlesburgh West and Harwick where Captain Calles hid his pirate ship.

## Use in the 16th Century

The cavern must have been open to the Irish Sea back in the 16th century, because according to one of Salty's tales, Captain Calles literally "sailed" into the cavern. The cavern was used by the pirate to hide his pirate ship when the merchant ships and the navy tried to track him down. Captain Calles never retrieved his ship; yet there was also the possibility that the navy did not call off the search until Captain Calles' death. The cove entrance collapsed at one point, causing the pirate ship to stay there undisturbed for over 400 years.

## Discovery

During the construction of the Harwick Branch Line, the cavern caused the track bed to crumble and sink, forcing the workmen to divert the track. Later, when Thomas started helping with the construction, he did not notice the danger signs and went over the collapsing ground. The ground caved in to a deep, dark underground tunnel, and Thomas fell truck after truck until eventually terminating in the cavern where the pirate ship stood. Rocky was called to lift Thomas back up to the tracks, and also lifted the pirate ship, to everyone's amazement. Two nights later, Thomas met the pirate Sailor John and his railboat Skiff, who had been searching for the entrance into that cavern for years. Thomas lowered John in, and unbelievably found the treasure map which should have blown overboard. However, whatever remained in the cavern was destroyed. Some sparks caused by bad coal from Ryan's funnel ignited some trucks of dynamite, and Thomas shunted them into the cavern in a series of quick manoeuvres. The crates in the first truck fell into the cavern and exploded, with the cavern seemingly collapsing.

## Geography

The cavern is located between Arlesburgh West and Harwick. It could also be considered as a giant sinkhole. It was once open to the Irish Sea, and the tunnel leading down into it from the rails was long, deep and dark. The cavern made the track bed above it collapse, forcing the branch to divert away from it. It is unknown what happened to it after Thomas shunted the dynamite in, but there could be two possibilities: one is that the caved-in entrance that opens to the Irish Sea was blasted open again by the force, and the other is the whole cavern collapsed after the explosion.
Naughty and Troublesome

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**Naughty and Troublesome** are a pair of named Troublesome Trucks.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

Naughty and Troublesome don't appear in *Thomas & Friends*. They were created by the Ertl Company for the ERTL Die-cast range and Gold Rail. Their names were first revealed on the ERTL collector character cards. Their Bachmann models in all three scales refer to them as **"Troublesome Truck #2"** and **"Troublesome Truck #1"**, respectively.

### Lukeillie's Series

Naughty and Troublesome were once some of the most troublesome Troublesome Trucks around. At one point, they stopped being troublesome until many years later, they were informed by S.C.Ruffey that if they didn't do anything troublesome soon, they would lose their titles as Troublesome Trucks. Worried about losing their titles, the two trucks tried to crash Philip. Since they haven't done anything troublesome in a long time, their plan failed no matter how many time they tried to do it. In the end, the two trucks failed and lost their titles as Troublesome Trucks.

## Personalities

Naughty and Troublesome are noisy and silly trucks that talk a lot and do not pay attention to what they are doing. Whoever gets stuck pulling Naughty and Troublesome are in for a dose of trouble.

In Lukeillie's Series, Naughty is the one who comes up with their plans and is shown to be more intelligent than Troublesome. Troublesome is more of a follower who's intelligence does not match Naughty's as he is shown revealing their plans out loud in front of everyone.

## Liveries

Naughty and Troublesome are painted in a light grey livery.

## Appearances

* Season 3 - Naughty and Troublesome (episode)

## Trivia

* The illustrations of Naughty and Troublesome have been reused for other *Thomas & Friends* official artwork of the Troublesome Trucks.
Sixteen

**Sixteen** was a troublesome industrial Austerity saddle tank engine who used to work at a steelworks on the Mainland.

## History

### The Railway Series

Sixteen lived at a steelworks on the Mainland, with several other engines. He spent all day shunting trucks to a place called the "tip". Engines were not allowed to travel along the track on the tip itself, as it was not firm enough to take their weight. Sixteen thought he knew better and often tried to pass the "danger" board without success.

One day, however, Sixteen took advantage of damp conditions and told the trucks to slide him past the warning notice. His fireman was told to reverse him, but before he could do so, the rails gave way and Sixteen tipped off the rails and rolled over onto the ground. He was eventually rescued but not repaired and sent to the sheds in disgrace where he remained in storage.

According to Wilbert, Sixteen "*got better than he deserved*" and was bought by a preservation society in the Midlands and now works on their railway. Wilbert later told Sixteen's story to Thomas and Toby, while he was visiting Sodor.

### Lukeillie's Series

Sixteen used to work at the same steelworks that Frankie and Hurricane work at.

## Personality

Sixteen was a naughty, careless, arrogant and awkward engine. He refused to take anyone's advice and it is also implied that he grew bored of his surroundings and was curious about the outside. After his accident, Wilbert has said that he hopes Sixteen has learned his lesson after being restored and given a fresh start in preservation.

## Livery

Sixteen is painted brown with yellow lining. His number (16) that he is named after is painted on the sides of his saddle tank in brown with a yellow boarder. His buffer beams are painted with yellow and black hazard stripes and his buffers are painted silver. His paint is chipped in places.
Attack of the Philips

**Attack of the Philips** is a 2020 Lukeillie's Series special.

## Plot

On the Island of Sodor, all the engines try their best to be really useful. There are lots of wonderful places to visit.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Oliver
* Emily
* Rosie
* Stanley
* Ryan
* Nia
* Rebecca
* Stephen
* Glynn
* Porter
* Diesel 10
* Salty
* Paxton
* Philip
* Philip Army
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Sir Handel
* Peter Sam
* Rusty
* Duncan
* Luke
* Millie
* Cranky
* Carly
* Big Mickey
* Owen
* Merrick
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (*do not speak*)
* Charlie (*cameo*)
* Troublesome Trucks (*cameo*)
* Toad (*cameo*)
* Bertie (*cameo*)
* Bulgy (*cameo*)
* The Coal Manager (*mentioned*)
Luke's Special Valentine

Luke decides to do something special for Millie on Valentine's Day.

## Plot

It was Valentine's Day on Sodor and it was a busy time, especially for the engines. Luke was excited because it was his first time he would do something special for Millie on this holiday. Luke completed his work early and was soon ready to find Millie. The other narrow gauge engines told him some ideas on how to make Millie happy. Luke went ahead to the Sodor Steamworks. He asked Victor and Kevin for anything they had. Kevin showed everything they had to Luke. Luke took some paint and went somewhere else. He then saw Colin who had extra decorations that he didn't want and decided to give them to Luke. Luke had everything he needed and was ready to impress Millie. Luke sent Paxton to bring Millie to a tunnel, which was decorated for Millie. At first, Millie didn't knew what everything was about, but then she was happy to know it was her friend. They spend the rest of the day together and they soon left at night. Luke was happy he had done a good job for his best friend.

## Characters

* Glynn
* Paxton
* Skarloey
* Rusty
* Victor
* Luke
* Millie
* Kevin
* Colin
* Stephen (*cameo*)
* The Big Balloon (*cameo*)

## Trivia

* This is the first Valentine's Day episode in Lukeillie's Series.
* The episode was released on Valentine's Day 2021.
Old Stuck-Up

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**Diesel 40125**, nicknamed **"Old Stuck-Up"**, was a diesel engine who once visited the North Western Railway on loan from British Railways.

## History

### The Railway Series

BoCo was to show Old Stuck-Up around, but when he saw steam engines in the shed he refused to go further and insulted the railway for keeping them in service. An angry BoCo left him outside while he went inside the shed himself, and a furious James nicknamed him "Old Stuck-Up".

The next day, Old Stuck-Up was about to leave when he remembered that he needed refuelling. He attempted to use BoCo and Bear's part of the shed to be refuelled and cleaned, but slid on the oily tracks and crashed into the back of the shed. He was sent home in disgrace after being talked to severely by the Fat Controller; BoCo noted that while he could not hear everything, he did not think it sounded particularly polite.

## Personality

Old Stuck-Up is pompous, rude and arrogant like a lot of unfriendly diesels, and believes that steam power is inferior to diesel power while also being highly stubborn as he refused to go further into the shed where the steam engines rest. He soon made himself an enemy of the steam engines, particularly James who christened the nickname "Old Stuck-Up". BoCo, who was showing the diesel round, lost patience with him. In addition, he is described as being "*particularly haughty*" by the author.

## Livery

Old Stuck-Up is painted in the BR Rail Blue livery. He has yellow warning panels on his front and back end. His number (40125) is painted on the sides of his cabs in white. His rooftop is painted dark grey. His buffer beams are painted red with dark grey buffers.

## Trivia

* The events of the story "Old Stuck-Up" from *The Railway Series* book, *James and the Diesel Engines* likely took place before the real 40125 was withdrawn from service in May 1981 and scrapped in December 1983.
* In the fourth illustration of *"Old Stuck-Up"*, Old Stuck-Up is incorrectly seen in a lighter shade of blue.
* Unlike most diesels from British Railways, Old Stuck-Up does not have a BR crest or logo on his sides.
* Old Stuck-Up's accident was based on a real event that happened to an LNER A4 Pacific.
Buster

**Buster** is a simple steamroller who goes about his job with pride and content. He works for the Sodor Construction Company.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

Buster helped out when Miss Jenny found molehills on the football field. Buster was also seen at the new school construction site.

Buster likes to think of himself as the "world's fastest steamroller" and often dreams of winning races. This came true when he won a race against Max and Monty on the newly completed Sodor Rally Track.

Later in *The Great Discovery*, he helped with the restoration of Great Waterton.

## Personality

Buster is a hard worker with heart and commitment in what he does and he is a good dreamer. He goes about his job with glee and pride knowing all is right with the world. What Buster lacks in imagination, he makes up for with heart, commitment, and hard work. He is liked by all the machines for his wonderful enthusiasm and kindness to help with everything.

## Livery

Buster is painted brownish-red with yellow and red lining. The words "SODOR CONSTRUCTION Co." are painted on the sides of his roof in yellow, and the alloys of his rollers are painted red.

In concept art, Buster retains a similar livery, but with purple as the main colour rather than the brownish-red used on the final model.

## Trivia

* Up until the introduction of Darcy in the twenty-third series, Buster was the only member of the Pack with no visible number. According to Phil Fehrle in an interview with SiF, Buster may have been intended to have a number, though he states that there was not a convenient place to put a number on his bodywork.
* His name was originally meant to be Oliver. As a result, the description of the *Jack Jumps In* livestream on the official UK YouTube Channel incorrectly states that Buster is an excavator.
* Buster, along with Monty, are the only characters introduced in the spin-off series to be introduced in the main series.
* Buster is the last character introduced that was designed by Robert Gauld-Galliers, apart from the dropped character Nigel.
* He is the second known steamroller on Sodor, the first being George.
* He, Ned, and Isobella are the only steam-powered vehicles in the Sodor Construction Company.
* Although he never had a whistle sound in the show, the Fun Cubes game does feature him with one when you get it right. This was the only time his whistle sound was ever heard, which is in fact a stock sound effect.
	+ His whistle in the game is the same as Henry's from the Play-A-Sound book, 10 Stories from Thomas & Friends.
* Unlike George, Buster is rarely seen rolling along the roads of Sodor. This is more in life with how real-world steamrollers operate, though steam-show rollers are capable of traversing by road by themselves.
* In a magazine story, Buster's face is smaller like George's.
* Despite the fact that Buster never returned in the CGI series, his theme from *Thomas and the Moles*, when he flattens the molehills is heard in the Series 13 episodes *Creaky Cranky* and *The Lion of Sodor* when Thomas is on his way to the Steamworks in both.
Toby's Brothers

**Toby's brothers** were the LNER J70s trams built between 1903 and 1921.

## History

### The Railway Series

During his younger days, Toby, along with several of his brothers, worked at a harbour in East Anglia on the Mainland.

Toby is now old and his brothers were replaced by Drewry 0-6-0 diesel shunters. They were eventually withdrawn by 1955 and cut up for scrap, with Toby being the only member of their class left. He would later reminiscence about the days when he worked with his brothers.

## Liveries

Toby's brothers were painted brown with black cowcatchers and side plates. Their company's initials (LNER) were painted on their side plates in yellow. They each have a gold builder's plate on their sides. Their buffer beams are painted red with silver buffers. Their paintwork is weathered.
Philip Gets Lost

James tricks Philip to visit an abandoned mine so he can get lost, but Thomas and Percy decide to help save Philip.

## Plot

Philip is a diesel boxcab who works on Sodor. He has friends like Thomas and Percy, but there are some engines who are not happy with him. One of those engines is James. He doesn't like Philip that much. He believes that Philip is the one who gets him in trouble, so he decided to come up with something to get rid of him forever. The next day, James saw Philip and told him he had to deliver trucks and he told him where. Philip didn't understand but he still decided to go. Philip went past Thomas, who was not sure what Philip was doing. Philip finally came and went inside. The trucks were making it hard for Philip to move. Philip tried his best to make it but he broke down. The next day, Thomas and Percy discovered that Philip had not come back, so they went to find him. Thomas remembered that he had last seen Philip and where he was going. The two friends came to rescue Philip. They went in and found Philip who was broken down. They got Philip out and brought him back. Sir Topham Hatt was happy Philip was safe. Philip told everyone that James was the one who had send him to get lost. James was later found out and was punished by Sir Topham Hatt. James now knew that he could never get rid of Philip. Philip was happy he had friends that liked him.

## Characters

* Thomas
* James
* Percy
* Philip
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Gordon (*does not speak*)
* Emily (*does not speak*)
* Diesel (*cameo*)
* Jack (*cameo*)
* Alfie (*cameo*)
* Oliver (escavator) (*cameo*)
* Buster (*cameo*)
* Nelson (*cameo*)
* Patrick (*cameo*)
* Byron (*cameo*)

## Trivia

* The events of *The Little Engine Who Raced* *Ahead* and *Philip to the Rescue* mentioned.

## Quotes

> **James:** Philip! PHILIP! You need to hear this!
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> **James:** The Fat Controller wants you to take those trucks over there to Ulfstead Mine.
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> **Philip:** What on Earth for?
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> **Philip:** Did I ever told you about the time I beat Gordon in a race?
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> **James:** Yes, yes! Hundreds of times already. You need to get some new material.
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> **James:** Now go! Be a really useful engine.
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> **Philip:** Okay. Bye! See you later, James! [He leaves]
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> **James:** Finally. Some peace and quiet. I'll no longer have to deal with that noisy boxcab anymore.
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Mighty Mac

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**Mighty** and **Mac**, collectively known as **Mighty** **Mac**, are a blue double-ended engine and conjoined twins. Despite the opposing personalities of the two ends, they are technically one engine.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

Prior to their adoption into the Skarloey Railway family, Mighty Mac had only worked in the shunting yards. Their lack of knowledge beyond their boundaries created much conflict between the two halves (for example, which end is in charge of doing what) when they pulled their first train, which placed themselves and their passengers in great danger whilst running an important errand. But, with advice from Thomas in mind, they were able to complete their task and realise the value of working as one.

## Personalities

Mighty Mac are two beings in one engine. He is Mighty on one end and Mac on the other- making them one of the most unusual engines working on the Skarloey Railway. When they work together, Mighty Mac is the strongest engine on the Railway. But when they do not, Mighty and Mac pull each other backwards and forwards, only to end up right where they began. Mighty is usually more talkative of the two, while Mac is usually not talking unless spoken too, and cheerfully peeping in. Mighty has a deeper voice and is more humble, but he also bares a more gentle giant side, and Mac has a higher voice and is more straightforward with what he is saying. Mighty also can be more informative and helpful as he helped Freddie with Mr. Percival's bike. The twins are still kind unless they feel threatened, and will not be afraid to speak up for themselves.

## Livery

Mighty and Mac are painted royal blue with yellow and red lining. On Mighty's side, his cab windows and tank caps are lined with yellow, while on Mac's side, they are lined with red.

## Appearances

* Season 2 - Luke's Trip to Misty Island (*cameo*)

## Trivia

* Mighty Mac's creation was most likely based upon Little Giant, a dropped character from the sixth series who shared the same basis and a similar trait.
* Mighty is the only engine to have hair (excluding facial hair).
* Out of all the characters introduced in the ninth and tenth series, Mighty Mac is the only one to not be mentioned in the song, "There's Always Something New".
* Mac is the only engine to have a higher whistle sound than his twin.
* Mighty's hair changed position on his face masks, depending on what emotion he was expressing.
* Mighty Mac was the first narrow gauge engine introduced to the television series to have neither a 0-4-0 or 0-4-2 wheel arrangement.
* Mighty Mac has a whistle at both ends of their model, unlike most real Double Fairlies.
* In the German dub since the tenth series, Mighty Mac has been called **Big Mac**, which is also the same name of a character from *TUGS*, and also the same name of a certain food from McDonald's.
	+ In the ninth series, they were called **Mac Nic**.
* Mark Moraghan gave Mighty Mac cockney accents in the mobile app *Read and Play!*
* Mighty Mac was one of the characters to be indirectly mentioned in CGI series but never appear there, the others being Freddie, Ned and Byron.
Sodor Search and Rescue Centre

The **Sodor Search and Rescue Centre** is the rescue administration on Sodor and the home of Harold, Rocky, Captain, Butch, Belle and Flynn. It is located along the coast south of Maron and east of Suddery on the Main Line Loop.

It is a combination of the following:

* A Railway Station
* A Railway Shed
* A Fire Station
* A Garage
* A Dock
* A Heliport

## Trivia

* The Search and Rescue Centre is made from Jobi Wood.
* It is located near the Sodor opening of the Misty Island Tunnel.
* One of the signs on the Search and Rescue Centre building depicts an ambulance, a fire engine, the company logo and Rocky. The road vehicles in the sign are based on those used in the Model Series.
* In the nineteenth series episode, *Wild Water Rescue*, the team celebrated its one-thousandth rescue.
* Captain is the first member of the team introduced to not have originally appeared in model form.
* Harold is the only member of the Search and Rescue team who was created by the Rev. W. Awdry.
* In the Nitrogen Studios animated episodes, the Center has different engines assigned to it from time to time, known engines including Thomas, Edward, James, and Toby. Thomas, Edward and Emily (during the Big World! Big Adventures! rebrand) still appear to be the go-to engines for emergencies aside from the main rescue vehicles at the center.
Fearless Freddie: The Movie

**Fearless Freddie** is a movie that appears in Lukeillie's Series.

## History

### Lukeillie's Series

Posters promoting the movie have been seen on random locations. The poster was first seen in the background in A Present for Millie. The actual plot of the movie remains unknown.

## Known Characters

* Thomas
* Bash and Dash
* Ferdinand
* Freddie
* Harold
* Captain
* Sir Topham Hatt

## Trivia

* The movie is a joke about an Arabic DVD which uses the *Misty Island Rescue* DVD cover. Because of this, the information on the DVD is rather misleading, such as the cover stating it contains a feature-length movie starring Bash, Thomas, Dash and Ferdinand.
Luke and Millie's Day Off

Luke and Millie have a day off and want to go to spend their time together but there is trouble coming their way. Will they be able to spend their time the way they planned to?

## Plot

One day, Luke is told by Mr. Percival that he doesn't have a job at the moment, so Luke decides to visit Millie. Luke goes on his way to Ulfstead Castle and he finally makes it to the castle where he meets Stephen. Luke explains to Stephen that he wants to see Millie, so Stephen agrees to let Luke in. Luke looks around but Millie is no where to be seen. He keeps looking around, but he can't still find her. Luke finally decides to stop looking and starts to leave when he hears a familiar whistle. Luke turns back and sees Millie. They are happy to see each other again and Millie is revealed to not have any job at the moment, so they decide to go somewhere nice to spend their time. Luke asks where Millie wants to go and she suggests they go to the Skarloey Railway as she has never seen it all for herself. Luke and Millie finally make it there and Millie is having a good time seeing all the beatiful sights with Luke. Suddenly, Sir Handel passed them and he was being pushed by Troublesome Trucks. Millie was frightened but Luke suggested they try to rescue Sir Handel even if it means leaving what they were doing. Luke and Millie chased after Sir Handel. Luke told Millie to try to get in front of him and slow him down and Luke would try to couple up behind the trucks. It was hard work but they managed to save him and preventing a big accident. The Thin Controller came to see what had happened. He was very proud with Luke and Millie. Then they realized the day was almost over. Millie didn't mind they stopped doing what they planned to and was happy to spend her time with Luke and that made Luke happy too. The two soon had to return back home, they promised that they would see each other again and they would have an amazing time together again.

## Characters

* Stephen
* Sir Handel
* Luke
* Millie
* Troublesome Trucks
* Mr. Percival
* Glynn (*cameo*)
* The Big Balloon (*cameo*)
* Skarloey (*mentioned*)

## Trivia

* This is the first episode in Lukeillie's Series.
* The way Luke tries to rescue Duncan is similar to the way Thomas tried to rescue James in *The Adventure Begins* except Millie helped Luke.
* The Big Balloon makes a cameo appearance.
* Some of the events from *The Switch* and *Blue Mountain Mystery* were mentioned.
* Millie speaks French in the episode.
* Footage from *Runaway Engine* is used at the end of the episode.
* There are no engines at the Blue Mountain Quarry aisde from Luke. This is because they are working in other parts of the Skarloey Railway.

## Quotes

> **Luke:** You know, sometimes I wonder how life would be if I wasn't an engine.
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Lukeillie's Series

**Lukeillie's Series** is a fanmade series of Thomas & Friends. Luke and Millie are the main characters on most stories. The series started on late 2020 and continued ever since. The series stoped producing content on March 2022 and it's unknown when it will return.

## Trivia

* It is unknown how long the series will last.
* Each season will have at least 12-16 episodes.
* The series continues to follow up where *Thomas & Friends* left of, such as:
	+ Emily has her number 12.
	+ Big Mickey has a face.
	+ Rosie is painted red.
	+ Bill and Ben have red wheels.
* The series has some new changes that aren't present or don't happen often in *Thomas & Friends*, such as:
	+ Oliver, Duncan, and Porter are in their correct size.
	+ Millie no longer uses Lady's whistle starting in Millie's Whistle.
	+ The engines interact with their drivers more often now.
* Characters who haven't appear in a long time have been confirmed to appear.
* The series has been confirmed to take place in the modern day.
* The series is CGI but some of the promotional images show models and even RWS illustrations due to those characters not appearaning in CGI.
* Even though Luke and Millie are the main characters, they do not appear in every episode.
Diesel of Change

A familiar diesel comes back to help the engines but can he be trusted?

## Plot

There is lots of work to be done in the Island of Sodor. The engines work hard everyday to get the work done but sometimes there is too much work. That is when Sir Topham Hatt gets a new engines to come help. The engines were waiting for the new engine to come. They were very surprised to find out he was a diesel. A diesel who had come to the railway years ago. The engines remembered the trouble he caused last time he was in the railway. Class 40 promised to do a better job this time but the engines didn't believe him so they all left. Class 40 stayed to do his jobs. He pulled trucks and coaches around. Percy saw him and was happy he had changed. The two worked together and then Thomas came. He then helped Class 40 and Percy. They worked together and then the rest of the engines joined in. They got all the work completed. Everyone was impressed that Class 40 actually was nice to them. He explained that he had matured since and now wants to be useful. Everyone was happy with their new friend. Class 40 soon left and he was thanked for his hard worked and was welcomed to the railway ever since.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Class 40
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Stepney (*mentioned*)
* D199 (*mentioned*)

## Trivia

* The events of *Bowled Out* are mentioned.
* James confuses Class 40 for D199 in the episode.
* It is revelaed Class 40 had matured since he first appeared and now is nice to steam engines.
* Nia, Rebecca, and Emily don't appear most likely to the fact they didn't appear when Class 40 was first intruduced.

## Quotes

> **Sir Topham Hatt:** Here comes your helping diesel. [The engines all watch excitingly but get dissapointed when the diesel turns out to be Class 40]
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Hee-Haw

**Hee-Haw** is a steam donkey crane that is stationed on Misty Island.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

When Thomas refused to work with Ol' Wheezy because of the way that Ol' Wheezy tended to throw logs instead of stacking them, Thomas had Hee-Haw put to use to move the Jobi Wood. The Logging Locos tried to tell Thomas not to use Hee-Haw as he uses a lot of oil, which they need to run.

Later, Hee-Haw had ran out of oil and he bellowed thick black smoke all over Thomas, James and the Fat Controller. Dash's driver had to repair Hee-Haw and refuel him with oil. During winter time, Hee-Haw and Ol' Wheezy were decorated for the Misty Island Christmas party.

## Personality

Despite not being sentient, Hee-Haw is referred to as a male and according to Bash, Dash and Ferdinand they describe him as "plain crazy".
Nelson

> Transport! Without transport, there wouldn't be any construction: that makes me the most important! - Nelson to Jack
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**Nelson** is a ballast tractor who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He is accompanied by a low loader trailer.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

Nelson's job is to carry construction workers and the Pack vehicles to and from work sites. As the bearer of such weighty loads, he often feels overworked, but never complains.

In his first appearance, Jack asked Nelson if he was the most important, as Patrick boasted that he was the most important earlier. Nelson told Jack that he is the most important, as he is the main source of transportation. Later, when a fierce storm raged across Sodor, Nelson and Oliver were sent to clear Henry's Tunnel.

However, Nelson soon got tired of always having to carry the other machines to and from work. He began dreaming about being carried himself. The next day, Thomas came off the rails and broke a wheel. So Nelson was sent to take Thomas to the repair yard. When this was done, to his surprise, Percy carried Nelson back to the yards on a flatbed. Nelson had a splendid ride and it was as magical as he had dreamed.

## Personality

Nelson is a clever, intelligent and wise ballast tractor who often feels overworked but never complains. He is proud of his paint and is happiest when he looks his best. Although he will never offer up a complaint, he is the first machine to comment on what is going wrong on the construction site.

## Livery

Nelson is painted black with cream and red lining, and red wheel alloys and front beam. He has his name painted above his cab windows and has the number "10" painted on his cab doors, both in cream.

## Trivia

* In some concept art and promotional sketches, Nelson had a registration plate, "201 RGG"; this was a reference to television series art director Robert Gauld-Galliers. He was also intended to carry the Scammell logo on his front. He would also have "Sodor" written next to his name.
* In the US narration, Nelson has an upper-class British accent.
* Strangely, neither of Nelson's merchandise feature his trailer.
* Nelson is one of two characters from the Pack not to be seen in the main series, the other being Patrick.
Fred Pelhay

**Fred Pelhay**, named after the company who owns him, is a Private Owner truck who is used for transporting coal and ballast on the Little Western.

## History

### The Railway Series

When Oliver was pushed into the turntable well by the troublesome trucks and later returned from Crovan's Gate Works, Fred Pelhay was one of the trucks who teased him. They stopped their teasing towards Oliver, when he pulled S.C. Ruffey, their leader, apart.

### Lukeillie's Series

Fred Pelhay is always seen hanging out with other troublesome Troublesome Trucks like S.C.Ruffey, Old Bennett, and Rickety. One day, he and other troublesome trucks were causing problems for Duck and Oliver, so they brought Hector to make them stop.

## Personality

Fred Pelhay, like most of the other Troublesome Trucks, loves to play tricks on the engines and likes to make them crash. He is considered to be one of the most troublesome Troublesome Trucks on Sodor,

## Livery

Fred Pelhay is painted bright orange with his name ("FRED PELHAY") painted on his sides in white. While there are some other words painted under his name, it is unknown what they read; however, based on context, one can assume that they read "BALLAST CONTRACTOR", like S.C. Ruffey.

On his Wooden Railway toy, the words "**FRED PELHAY COAL CO.**" are painted on his sides in white.

## Gallery

### The Railway Series

Fred Pelhay in the Railway Series with S.C.Ruffey and other troublesome trucks.
Millie's Whistle

Millie damages her whistle and doesn't want to wait for it to be fixed so Thomas tells her a story about a similar experience he once had.

## Plot

Millie is an engine who takes things very seriously. She can get angry very easily and will do anything to prove herself. One day, she was ready to start her day, when something went wrong. Her whistle didn't work well. Her drivers told her she needed her whistle fixed. Millie didn't want to get her whistle fixed because it would take a long time. Her drivers went to talk to Sir Robert Norramby. As she waited, Thomas came in. He saw something wrong with Millie so he asked what was the problem. Millie explained that her whistle wasn't working and she just wanted to meet with Luke right away. Thomas knew he had gone through a situation like this so he told Millie about the time he didn't wait for his whistle to be fixed. Millie now felt silly, so she decided to have her whistle fixed, even if it took a long time. Thomas told her she will do fine. Millie waited to have her whistle fixed, but her whistle couldn't be fixed so she was given a new one. Millie didn't like this new whistle. Luke told her she would get used to it. Everyday, Millie started to get used to the new whistle. Luke was right, Millie now liked her new whistle better than her old one. She was glad Thomas told her his story about his whistle. She now had a better whistle and was happy to be a really useful engine.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Victor
* Luke
* Millie
* Kevin
* Sir Robert Norramby
* Stephen (*does not speak*)
* Glynn (*does not speak*)
* Sir Topham Hatt (*mentioned*)

## Trivia

* The events of *Wonky Whistle* are mentioned.
* Starting from this episode onwards, Millie no longer uses Lady's whistle.
Captain

**Captain** is a blue, red and yellow lifeboat. He is part of the Search and Rescue Team.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

When Thomas got lost on Misty Island, he helped in the search for him by taking the Fat Controller to search by sea. Later, he brought Jobi logs for the construction of the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre.

When Stephen went missing, Captain, along with the rest of the Search and Rescue Team, went to look for him.

Once, Emily accidentally lost her special globe of the world to the sea, but luckily, Captain was there to help push the globe to Cranky, so he could lift it back onto Emily's flatbed.

In the nineteenth series, Captain was eager to assist in the rescues of Henry and, later, Rocky, but was unable to assist due to the accidents occurring far from the water. He, along with the rest of the Search and Rescue Team, then responded to an emergency at Brendam Docks.

In the twentieth series, he, along with Harold, was called upon to find the Fat Controller and Skiff, after the rail boat went off to sea without his captain in search of a mermaid. They found the two on a small beach near Bluff's Cove, where Captain rescued them and then escorted them back to Arlesburgh Harbour.

## Personality

Captain is a lifeboat who resides at the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre in his own small shed, ready, willing, and always on hand raring for action in case of an emergency. He can easily be dispatched from his shed by means of a slipway, but often resides in the small dock at the Search and Rescue Centre too. Being a lifeboat, Captain knows that duty may call out at sea to help and rescue anyone at any time. Thus, he is always ready to go out to sea. He takes this role seriously and is highly assertive, confident, and is unfazed in the face of daring, dangerous missions, but is not made ostentatious or egotistical by his important responsibilities. He is level-headed, always knows what has to be done, and shows good leadership skills. He sometimes deploys unnecessarily, eager to be part of the team, only to realize they were not called to a water rescue, which he would try to play off as "practice runs".

## Livery

Captain's cab is painted yellow, his sides are blue and his hull is red. He is lined in white. He has a long, thin, yellow mast at the stern of his body.

## Trivia

* Captain has been partially modified from his basis; most of his bow has been scaled down.
* Despite having oars on his sides, they have never been used in any form.
* None of his merchandise depicts him with his mast, except his wooden railway and wind up toys.
* Captain's livery is identical to Bulstrode's My First Thomas toy.
* Captain uses a chassis to launch himself into the water, identical to the one Skiff has.
* His horn sound from the eighteenth series was later reused for one of the ships at Brendam Docks in *Steam Team to the Rescue*.
* Captain's horn from the eighteenth series onwards is a stock ship horn sound effect.
Frank

**Frank** is a grumpy but kind diesel who works on the Arlesdale Railway.

## History

### The Railway Series

Frank was built at Arlesburgh Works circa 1967 out of bits and pieces from several other engines. He is powered by a Perkins diesel engine, and was named after its creator. Frank is a shunter who is used for maintenance work and empty carriage workings across the Arlesdale Railway.

When *The Railway Series* book, *Small Railway Engines* was first published, Frank became infuriated when he found out that he had been left out due to the Thin Clergyman not being aware of his presence. He then refused to come out of the shed the next morning, but when he did, he only resulted in running into the back of the shed, cracking a shed support. He then felt ashamed of what he had done, but later redeemed himself by rescuing Rex when his steam pipe leaked and taking his train. Believing Frank should not have to do rescues, the Small Controller realised the railway needed another engine, which came in the form of Jock.

## Personality

Frank is often described as being inclined to be grumpy and becomes irritable quite easily, especially when he feels left out of things. When in a bad mood, Frank tends to be uncooperative, leading to mishaps such as his incident with the shed wall. Though he may have a bad attitude at times, Frank knows the importance of friendship and teamwork and will always help a friend in need.

## Livery

Frank is painted light grey with a red stripe around his body. He has a red nameplate with a gold border on his sides with his name on them, also in gold. His buffer beams are painted red with silver buffers.

Originally, when he was intended to be a steam-outline diesel, Frank was specified as being green.

## Trivia

* Frank is named after Frank Perkins, the engineer who created the Perkins diesel engine.
* Frank is the only Arlesdale Railway diesel not to be mentioned in *The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways*.
* Frank's basis, Perkins, used to be painted grey to resemble Frank at Days Out with Thomas events.