Gordon (AEG)

## Gordon the Big Engine

**Gordon** is a big blue tender engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor and is the North Western Railway's number 4 engine. He lives at Knapford and is also the main instructor for The Biggest Adventure Club's jobs. Gordon also has an express route.

## Biography

When Gordon came to Sodor, he originally competed for the Sodor Cup, even winning the tournament. He even once held a speed record from Peel Godred to Norramby Beach.

## Personality

Gordon is a wise engine who supervises the other engines. He likes to see others happy and help the younger engines with his superior strength, but not when they are disobeying his expectations. Gordon is shown to have an interest in bird watching.

Gordon's boastful personality has been toned down significantly compared to the original show. While he stills remains stern, grumpy, and easily annoyed, he no longer belittles the smaller engines. Additionally, unlike Diesel or James, Gordon's arrogant traits are almost dropped completely. However, his egotistical personality can be seen in episodes such as The Super-Long Shortcut and Carly's Screechy Squeak.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Gordon is based on a prototype of the GNR Gresley A1 Pacifics, of which Flying Scotsman (his brother in the original series) is the sole surviving example. Unlike his basis - and his appearance in the original series - Gordon is a 2-6-2 in All Engines Go!, therefore making him look more like an LNER Gresley Class V2, of which Green Arrow (his cousin in the original Railway Series) is the sole surviving example.

Gordon's basis
### Livery

Gordon is painted blue with red lining on his cab, splashers, tender, cylinders and boiler and yellow lining around his windows. His number (4) is painted on his tender in yellow with a red outline. His bufferbeams and valences are red. His running board is white at the front, however becomes red once it reaches the top.

## Fan fiction

*If Gordon (AEG) appeared in your fan fiction, you can add your own details about them here!*

## Names in other languages

 Spanish (Latin America)
 French
 Dutch
 German
 Italian
 Portuguese (Brazil)
 Russian
 Korean
 Mandarin (Taiwan)

## Voice Actors

* Will Harrison-Wallace (*UK*)
* Neil Crone (*US*)
* Richard Crossman (*US; music videos and the YouTube shorts*)
* Mauro Gasperini (*Brazil*)
* Svetlomir Radev (*Bulgaria*)
* Domagoj Šimek (*Croatia*)
* Tomáš Juřička (*Czech Republic*)
* Michael Elo (*Denmark*)
* Pasi Ruohonen (*Finland*)
* Olivier Cuvellier (*France*)
* Tetje Mierendorf (*Germany*)
* Dimitris Chavres (*Greece; speaking voice*)
* Stratis Stil (*Greece; singing voice*)
* Zoltán Karácsonyi (*Hungary*)
* Muhammad Faishal (*Indonesia*)
* Nir Ron (*Israel*)
* Luca Violini (*Italy*)
* Massimo De Ambrosis (*Italy; YouTube Shorts only*)
* Shunsuke Takeuchi (*Japan*)
* Hugo Navarrete (*Latin America*)
* Lucas Medina (*Latin America; YouTube Shorts only*)
* Jihad Abu Al-Enein (*Middle East*)
* Johannes Joner (*Norway*)
* Krzysztof Grabowski (*Poland*)
* Janusz Wituch (*Poland; YouTube Shorts only*)
* Bernardo Gavina (*Portugal*)
* Octavian Mitrică (*Romania; A Thomas Promise - A Light Delivery*)
* Bogdan Pătrașcu (*Romania; The Paint Problem onwards*)
* Vladimir Antonik (*Russia*)
* Milan Tubić (*Serbia*)
* Boris Car (*Slovenia*)
* Kim Ki-heung (*South Korea*)
* Juan Diéguez Vázquez (*Spain*)
* Adam Fietz (*Sweden; first series only*)
* Claes Ljungmark (*Sweden; second series onwards*)
* Leo Richardson (*The Netherlands*)
* Hakan Akın (*Turkey*)
* Aled Evans (*Wales*)

## Trivia

* In the US dub, Gordon is voiced by Neil Crone, who also voiced him in the 2000 movie, *Thomas and the Magic Railroad.* As such, Gordon is currently the only character whose voice actor reprises their role from a previous iteration of the franchise.
* Gordon was the first engine to be confirmed to return for the reboot aside from Thomas himself. This unintentionally mirrors the original show, in which Gordon was the first engine to be introduced by name after Thomas.
* In the original series, Gordon was a part of both the original and reformed Steam Team. However, in *All Engines Go*, he is not a part of the main cast and is a secondary/supporting character. *All Engines Go* also portrays Gordon as the one responsible for managing trains and deliveries on the Island of Sodor, as opposed to Sir Topham Hatt as with the original series.
* Gordon is currently the only engine introduced in the first *Railway Series* book (Edward, Henry, and himself) who still speaks.
* As revealed in a storyboard for the test animation, Gordon originally lacked his tender, and had a completely red footplate.
* Gordon's express coaches from the original series have yet to be seen, but he has an express route along which he has pulled freight, and in Thomas in Charge, Gordon mentions his 'local passenger run'.

## Merchandise

* Motorized
* Push Along

## Video

Spotlight Trackmaster Gordon - Thomas and Friends - Steam Trains - All Engines Go - Toys For Kids