Nameboards

The **nameboards** appeared as short intermission segments between every 2 episodes of the 1st and 5th series in the UK and on most 1st to 7th series VHS and DVD releases in the US.

## Nameboards

### Series 1​

* Thomas (*2 versions*)
* James (*2 versions*)
* Gordon
* Henry (*2 versions*)
* Edward (*2 versions*)
* Percy (*2 versions*)
* Toby (*2 versions*)
* Bertie
* Terence

### Series 2

* Bill and Ben
* Donald and Douglas
* Duck
* Diesel
* Daisy
* BoCo
* Harold
* Trevor

### Series 3

* Mavis
* Oliver (*Thomas and the U.K. Trip only*)
* Bulgy (*Thomas and the U.K. Trip only*)
* Toad (*dropped*)

### Series 4

* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Sir Handel
* Peter Sam
* Rusty
* Duncan
* Duke
* Stepney
* Class 40
* Caroline
* George
* Post Van
* Bulstrode (*dropped*)

### Series 7

The nameboards were produced for *5 New Engines in the Shed* Music Video.

* Harvey
* Emily
* Salty
* Arthur
* Murdoch

## Trivia

* In the UK, the 1st series nameboard sequences ended with the engine the next episode was about (accompanied by the episode's title). Edward (the 1st example of 1 of these engines (appearing in the Edward and Gordon title card)) would take the place of the next starring engine. Toby and Terence were the only Series 1 characters not to appear in a final nameboard shot.
* Thomas' right sided nameboard shot only appeared in the book (The Sad Story of Henry/Thomas's Train/Thomas and the Guard).
* Henry's nameboard was never redone with his new shape.
* Gordon was the only engine that appeared in Series 1 who is unknown to have had a 2nd nameboard shot.
* Donald and Douglas' nameboards are the only ones to show their numbers.
* In Japan, every episode of the 1st 7 series ended with a nameboard sequence of its featured characters (with their names read by the narrator).
* In the 4th series nameboards sequences, none of the steam engines puff steam, the characters do not move their eyes and there are no people around them, most likely because they are photographic stills.
* Mavis' original nameboard sequence has only appeared in Trust Thomas and Other Stories (being reused in Thomas and Bertie's Great Race and Other Adventures).
* Class 40's nameboard sequence has only appeared in Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories and in the airings of Bowled Out in Japan.
* The Post Van is the only faceless vehicle to be given a nameboard sequence (which only appeared in Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories and Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures).
* Jeremiah Jobling is 1 of the people in the crowd looking at Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and Toby.
* Sir Topham Hatt is 1 of the people in the crowd looking at Percy and James in his outfit from Toby and the Stout Gentleman. He can also be seen wearing his outfit from Coal in Edward's original nameboard and in a picture of Thomas' right sided nameboard.
* The Stone-dropping Boys are 1 of the people in the crowd looking at Thomas, Edward, Gordon, James, Percy and Toby
* The lady in the floppy green hat from Wrong Road is 1 of the people on the platform looking at BoCo.
* The Policeman from Thomas in Trouble is 1 of the people on the platform looking at Donald and Douglas. He can also be seen looking at Daisy.
* Bridget Hatt and Farmer Trotter are 2 of the people looking at Mavis in 1 of her nameboards.
* Jem Cole and The Vicar of Wellsworth are 2 of the people looking at Harold.
* Toad is behind Oliver during his nameboard sequence in Thomas and the U.K. Trip.
* Mrs. Kyndley is 1 of the people looking at Harold, Trevor and Duck.
* Bridget Hatt is 1 of the people looking at Toby on his right sided nameboard and Gordon in her outfit from Toby and the Stout Gentleman.
* Sir Handel, Duke and their nameboards are now in possession of Twitter user ThomasTankMerch.
* Stepney's nameboard is now in possession of Twitter user TomsProps.
* Toad and Bulstrode were going to have nameboards, but were dropped for unknown reasons.