Dany

## Technical Details

### Basis

Unknown Prototype Single tank engine *(built)*Great Southwest Railway Single tank engine *(rebuilt)*

### Designer(s)

Sodor Works & Co. *(built)*Baldwin Locomotive Works *(rebuilt)*

### Builder(s)

Scotland and UK Works *(built)*Baldwin Locomotive Works *(rebuilt)*

### Railway

Great Southwest RailwaySodor & Mainland Railway

### Owner(s)

Sir Harry Northon

**Dany** is a small green tank engine who lives and works on the Great Southwest Railway. His first appearance was in the first season episode, Philipo in Trouble.

## Biography

### *Pre-Season 1*

Dany was built as part of the “GSR Project” and the very first engine built specifically for the GSR, he used to work for Sodor Gold Co. mines when that company first established at Sodor. They constructed a small line through a forest and a mine, and Dany was brought to help there. After its closure in 1958, he was abandoned outside the old mines. With the years, Dany begun to rust and get to wear out.

It wasn't until 1962 that, with the construction of the Great Southwest Railway, an engine called Philipo was brought to Sodor to help, then he accidentally ended on the mine and found Dany, He was restored and repaired, and became Philipo's best friend since then.

### *Season 1*

In Fall 1962, Philipo was traveling to Reslond, but his brakes played against him and his brakes fail. Causing him having an accident with a fallen tree. Philipo was taken to the works by Dany, there he was repaired.

On Halloween, Dany plans a trick with Denna and Philipo to teach a lesson to Jordyn. The engines covered Denna with a sailcloth and Denna acted as a ghost engine and Jordyn learnt the lesson.

In Winter of the same year, he was working on the Mainland and when Jordyn was clearing the snowy tracks and got lost, Philipo and his friends went to find her. Then, Dany brought the engines to Jordyn.

The next year, during winter, he was taking the good train called "The Night Train" to the Mainland. But, the points were frozen and led him to crash with the back of the sheds.

### The Coach of the Snows: A GSRA Story

Dany was taking some supplies to the mountain villages, then he found Owen, a coach that Sakura and Phiipo saved but Dany didn't knew it, he told Owen that the Coach of the Snows was coming. Owen told him some stories about himself. Then, Sakura came to get Owen, revealing that he is the Coach of the Snows, he said some things to Dany, and he left with Sakura, leaving behind Dany very confused.

In a post-credits scene, Dany was sleeping in his shed when Sakura was on her way to the docks to go back to her country.

## Personality

Dany is a built leader, smart and self-secure. But he is very fragile inside, and sometimes questions his own abilities and actions. Sometimes he can't think clearly and needs someone to put him down to the rails so he can manage to do things right.

## Technical Details

### *Basis*

Originally, he was built as an unknown prototype single tank engine, after he was restored, they gave him his former glory. Sometime during winter of 1962, while he was working on the Mainland, he was given an update, where he got the following upgrades:

* He got a slightly bigger boiler.
* He was given two coupling rods and two yellow pistons.
* His front cab windows were removed.

In The Coach of the Snows: A GSRA Story, he had some differences between his shape in the special and his Season 1 shape:

* He got black chains and coupling hooks.
* Red metal plates were added on both sides of his running board.
* He now has has two handrails going from his smoke box to the end of his boiler.
* Two footsteps were placed under his cabs doors.
* He gained rivets across his bufferbeam front and back.
* His front cab windows were added back.
* He gained a tail lamp.

## Livery

In his original shape, Dany was painted green with yellow lining on his cab windows, red bufferbeams, nameplates with his name on both sides of his boiler and his number 3.

In his new shape, he is painted GSR apple green with yellow pistons, and retained most of his original features.

In The Coach of the Snows: A GSRA Story, he gained red stripes through his boiler, the borders of his cab front windows and green pistons with red stripes.

## Appearances

### *Season 1*

* Philipo in Trouble
* Coal-O-Trick
* Searching Jordyn
* Dany Takes the Line

### *Season 2*

* Look Out for the Train!
* Philipo and the Boulder
* New Home

### *Specials*

* 2020 - The Coach of the Snows: A GSRA Story

## Voice Actor

* MSR2003Productions *(Season 1 onwards)*
* Diesel Railcar Productions Extra *(Searching Jordyn, one line)*

## Trivia

* Dany is based on the Thomas & Friends character, Peter Sam, and he was actually going to be called Stuart, like Peter Sam's original name. Dany is also very influenced by Henry in many ways, incuding number, paint scheme and personality.
* His absence in some of the first season episodes like Be Careful with the Snow and Philipo and the Goods Train it's because his original model got damaged and a new one wasn't made until mid 2017.
	+ Also, he doesn't appear in The Coach of the Snows and Philipo Gets Spooked because his model and Sakura's one share the same wheel chassis. So, the two engines couldn't appear in the same shot.
	+ This problem was solved in 2020 Christmas special. The scenes that required Dany and Sakura to be in the same shot were filmed two times, one with each engine. Later in post-production, the shots were merged into one.