Thomas

## Thomas The Tank Engine

Thomas is a blue tank engine who works on the North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor. He is the railway's number 1 engine.

## Biography:

Thomas arrived on Sodor a long time ago, having many adventures with several friends, including being tricked by Gordon, having a triple header with Percy and Duck, going fast with a jet engine, and more. When a storm hit the Island of Sodor, Percy was anxious about going out, James teased him, while Thomas tried to back up Percy. Later, during the clean up of Boulder Quarry after the destruction caused by Boulder, Thomas had helped out with taking trucks away. After Boulder was let loose, it had caught up to Thomas, crashing into his trucks and rolling away. After Boulder had stopped, he joined Percy, Rusty, Duncan, Skarloey, and Rheneas making an agreement that Boulder, and the quarry, would be left alone forever.

Many months later, Thomas met James at Elsbridge, and after James had made a comment about Thomas' accident with paint, he had gotten insulted, making James apologizing at once.

Thomas had been recently thinking about many memories he had on Sodor, specifically taking the jet engine, and wished to take it again. When taking on water, Gordon and Spencer took him by surprise, racing past him, making him upset. When he arrived at Knapford, Sir Topham Hatt told the engines about the jet engine having an upgrade, going much more faster. Thomas immediately offered to take it, much to Percy and Sir Topham Hatt's skepticism. Later that night, Thomas got annoyed by Gordon's bragging about his race with Spencer, and said he would go faster them him again. The next morning Thomas had went to collect the jet engine at Dryaw, but when Toby passed by ringing his bell, he startled the workman polishing it, accidently flipping the switch and causing the jet engine to push Thomas down the line, going at dangerous speeds. He had passed by James, crashed into trucks Red was shunting, and raced by Gordon and Spencer. He was then diverted into a siding, where he crashed into some buffers and into a field, coming to a stop. Thomas was taken to the Steamworks, and thought about the day he had, making it another memory.

When Sir Topham Hatt announced that he was making a welcome party for Red, Brandon, and Aaron (at the time Subway), Thomas had helped set it up by collecting decorations with Percy. At Elsbridge, Thomas met Henry and Subway there, and told the newcomer to meet him at Tidmouth Sheds. When he was done with passengers, Thomas was worried about Red, Stepney, and Subway, as they hadn't showed up yet. Molly, James, and Brandon agreed to look for them, and Thomas stayed behind. When everyone had been reunited, Thomas led the engines with the newcomers to Knapford, and the welcome party had begun.

## Personality:

Thomas can be described as a cheeky, fussy little engine. He often gets into scrapes, usually by being over-eager to do things best left to bigger and more sensible engines. But clouds never last long in Thomas' life and he's soon bustling about again, playing his part in the yard and on his very own branch line, of which he is extremely proud.

He is often optimistic about things, and it always wanting to take the opportunity to do things. He is hard-working and kind to other engines around him, and always tries to help them in any way he can. Also, Thomas tries to see the positive in things that don't seem that bright, and does it with his own confidence.

## Appearances:

**Take N Play Thomas and Friends Stories**

* Percy's Watery Fall
* Boulder Returns
* The Engine That Cried Truck
* Jingle Rails (*cameo*)
* Thomas And The Jet Engine 2
* The Welcome Party

**Take N Play Thomas and Friends Remakes**

* Thomas And The Jet Engine
* Thomas Gets Tricked
* Peace And Quiet
* Tender Engines (*cameo*)
* Granpuff
* Sleeping Beauty
* Percy Proves A Point
* Bertie's Chase
* Bulgy (*cameo*)
* Scaredy Engines
* Edward Helps Out (*not named; does not speak*)
* Bulldog
* You Can't Win
* Double Teething Troubles
* Thomas Gets Bumped
* Salty's Secret (*cameo*)
* Bowled Out
* Rusty To The Rescue

**Take N Play Railway Series Adaptions**

* Triple Header
* Mavis And The Lorry (*flashback cameo*)
* Drip Tank
* The Missing Coach

## Model Used:

The 2013 Take N' Play Thomas toy was used for the engine itself throughout the videos. From 2019 to 2021, a Take N Play Thomas was in poor condition when shown in the videos. From 2021 onwards, a new toy of Thomas was used.

From 2022 onwards, the new toy of Thomas gained a front lamp and a tail lamp.

In some videos, when interacting with narrow gauge engines, a Motorized Thomas was used to be in close scale.

## Technical Details:

Thomas is based on a LB&SCR E2. He is one of the second batch of E2s, built with extended side-tanks.

E2's were built by Brighton Works between 1913-1916 to replace the LB&SCR E1 class and were primarily used for heavy shunting and short-distance goods trains in the London area and on the south coast. During their final working years, the E2 class worked as shunting engines at Southampton Docks, until they were found to be obsolete, then being replaced by the BR Class 07. In real life every E2 was scrapped.

E2's were built by Brighton Works between 1913-1916 to replace the LB&SCR E1 class and were primarily used for heavy shunting and short-distance goods trains in the London area and on the south coast. During their final working years, the E2 class worked as shunting engines at Southampton Docks, until they were found to be obsolete, then being replaced by the BR Class 07. In real life every E2 was scrapped.

Looks-wise, Thomas differs by a lot on his appearance. Thomas has two whistles, no front stepladders and has splashers. All of which the E2 does not have. His running board also only dips at the front, when it should be both back and forwards. This is never fixed.

## Trivia:

* Thomas was the first character on the channel to gain lamps after not having.
* His favorite memory is when he took the jet engine.
* The first Take N Play Thomas toy used from 2019 to 2021 was purchased back in 2013.
* His lamps are from Bachmann, given by s\_tankengine105 on Youtube.
* Thomas, along with Neville and Hurricane are voiced by the creator of the series, Toast And Waffle.