Emily

"*James, we're married.*"
— Henry, Secrets

**Emily** is a Stirling Single tender engine.

## Biography

Emily used to work on the Great Northern Railway with Henry. Often times, when Henry would often break down, Emily would come to help him. Once, a man said Emily would be better as a pumping engine than an actual locomotive. This enraged Henry, who doused the man in steam, and refused to take his next train to soothe her hurt feelings. Naturally, being around each other all the time, they fell in love. A Vicar officiated their marriage in their engine shed with their crews as witnesses.

A couple of years after their marriage, Henry was transferred to Sodor. Emily would eventually end up in the Midlands where she would get to know Sheffield, and worked alongside him before leaving for Brighton to do coal runs. Soon, she developed steaming problems, prompting BR to take her off of the coal runs and put her on railtours.

The Fat Controller brought Emily to work on Sodor as a visiting engine as a surprise to Henry. That night, Henry and Emily revealed their marriage to the engines in the shed that night and word of the marriage spread to the rest of the Island, though Emily and Henry were given great time to catch up with one another.

Due to a shortage of replacement parts, BoCo's repairs took longer than expected, so the Fat Controller decided to have Emily fill the vacancy on the main line. She proved to be a really useful engine, and Sodor's relatively short-distanced main line didn't make her steaming problems an issue. Soon, Emily became a permanent addition to the NWR.

Not taking kindly to people making cracks about her age, Emily got into a row with James. That night, Thomas gave her a tip from Toby: When Toby was showing Thomas the ropes, Thomas kept making cracks about Toby's age, so Toby shut him up by saying "At least I got this far." Promising to apologize to James after she was done with the mail train, Emily set off with her first Sodor mail delivery, which she used to do a lot on the GNR. However, her steaming problems unexpectedly flared up on Gordon's Hill, and while she received help over it from Douglas, Emily had to work hard to make up for lost time all the way to Vicarstown, where she met Sir Topham Hatt and Theodore, much to her surprise. Although the diesel acted haughtily towards Emily, she managed to shut him up with the "At least I got this far" retort.

Emily apologised to Sir Topham for her tardy arrival and insisted that the workmen found no problems when they inspected her. Representatives of BR and Royal Mail had arrived on Sodor to review the national ratings of the post trains, and if any region was underperforming, it would undergo rigorous streamlining. Sir Topham was worried Emily's late arrival could have the North Western Region's post service reduced, but he hoped her attempts to make up for lost time will impress the group -- ultimately, the brach line services were cut, but the main line component remained.

As Edward put it, although Emily and Henry would sometimes bicker like the old married couple that they are, they nonetheless remain a loving and faithful pair to this day.

## Livery

Emily is painted emerald green with gold and yellow lining. She has chocolate coloured running-boards and her buffers are silver (black before Secrets).

## Basis

Emily is based on a Great Northern Railway G3 Stirling Single 4-2-2. Designed by Patrick Stirling in 1870 with 8ft 1in driving wheels and outside cylinders, they were specifically built for high speed expresses between London and York. These locomotives were capable of hauling 280-ton trains at 50 mph, though they could reach 85 mph on lighter services. A total of 53 were built at Doncaster between 1870 and 1895, in three series introduced in 1870, 1884 and 1894 respectively; the last was withdrawn in 1916. The only surviving member of her class (No. 1) is on display at the National Railway Museum.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 4

* Prototypes *(does not speak)*
* Secrets
* Aviation
* Treasure *(cameo)*
* Relationships *(does not speak)*
* Storm *(cameo)*
* Dieselisation *(cameo)*
* Return *(cameo)*

#### Season 5

* Vandalism
* Enthusiasts
* Rescued *(does not speak)*
* Experiment *(cameo)*
* Fallout *(cameo)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Song *(cameo)*
* Schadenfreude
* Tutorial *(does not speak)*
* Remembrance *(does not speak)*
* Siege *(does not speak)*
* Adaptation *(does not speak)*
* Thankful
* Truth
* Valentine
* Shakespeare
* Envy
* Wrath *(cameo)*
* Lineup
* Underage
* Achievement *(mentioned)*
* Glitch *(does not speak)*

## Trivia

* Victor has given Emily a Scottish accent, reflecting the origin of her design. This is similar to how Michael Angelis from series 7 to 12 and Teresa Gallagher from series 13 to 24 did it in the UK dub of *Thomas & Friends*.
* She gained a new model in the Sodor Short, Adaptation.