Arthur

* Present
* British Railways

Arthur is a large tank engine originating from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. He runs the Norramdy Branch Line.

## Bio:

Arthur took great pride in his spotless record. In 1963, he was talking to Harold at Birmingham station. He said that it is ridiculous that British Railways take away his branch line, even he has worked for 16 years endlessly without fuss.

In 1969, due to his branch line closure, Arthur was sent to shunt trucks at Leicester station. While he was shunting trucks, a group of steam engines were escaping from the diesels, and helped them to hide next to the trucks in the yards. Later he joined Jonathan, Serena and Geoffrey to go to Sodor. Thanks to Geoffrey, Serena is nearly been captured, but soon rescued Serena with Jonathan and dumped Geoffrey off of the rails. Fearing the diesels will follow them and cause trouble, he and Jonathan decided to stay on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway with Harold, while Serena decided to stay in shed at the scrapyard in Barrow-in-Furness.

He was bought to Sodor to shunt and pull goods, but then was transferred to the coastal run on the Norramby Branch Line, which he enjoys working. He is responsible for this line, but sometimes pulls trains outside of his branch line when ever he's needed. Arthur sleeps at Knapford Sheds where he sleeps with the other residences there.

In 2012, Arthur along with Murdoch, Molly, Neville, Stanley, Hank, Bear, Rosie, Harvey, and Stafford were beginning to play a game of UNO for game night, however Murdoch and Molly had to step down from the game as Sir Topham Hatt had given them the job to help Henry and Adam at the Timber Mill with log delivers. Arthur read through the instructions of UNO. Later on he and the other engines got stuck in the UNO game and began to understand why Gordon nearly went insane while playing the game. Eventually Arthur was able to lose all of his cards and was able to go back to work. One day while at Vicarstown station, Arthur talked with Murdoch and asked him if something was wrong to which the big orange engine talked about how Neville always seems to butt in whenever he talks with Molly as he has feelings for the yellow engine. Arthur understood as he knows that Neville can joke around a little too much, he also gave Murdoch advice to talk Neville or at least wait until he isn't around when he talks with Molly as he puffs away.

## Appearances:

### The Adventures on Sodor:

#### Season 2:

* Next Stop: Castle Fantasies \*cameo\*, What Place is Right for You? \*cameo\*, Logs Away, Three's A Crowd, Friends and Fantasies \*cameo\*

### Specials:

* 2019- 1963
* 2020- 1969 and TAOS: How Diesel Stole Christmas \*cameo\*
* 2021- TAOS: A Cranky Christmas Carol \*cameo\*
* 2022- TAOS: Little Engines Save Christmas \*cameo\*
* 2023- Demons

## Persona:

Arthur is a big tank engine who has never been irresponsible in his life. He was highly esteemed for his "spotless record" before he arrived on Sodor, never having made a mess or a fuss and never having caused an accident. Although thanks to a jealous Thomas, he fooled Arthur into setting his standards too high with the trucks, his record did not stay as spotless as he had hoped. Arthur is very obedient, cautious, and well-behaved aiming to please in his work and do everything as best he can. He is good friends with the Knapford Shed engines, and sometimes lets his cheeky side come out, but he's always open to lend an ear when ever an engine is upset and need to vent.

## Technical Details:

### Basis:

Arthur is based on a London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Ivatt Class 2MT tank engine developed for the LMS, (hence the initials on his tanks).

### Livery:

* LMS Crimson lake with gold boiler bands and yellow lining.
* BR Black (formerly)

## Trivia:

* Uno is one of Arthur's favourite card games to play, claiming "he likes to dominate the field of Uno".
	+ Currently, he and Thomas are competing on who is the Uno Master.
* Arthur's British Railway number has been changed creating a continuity error. For in 1969: The Resistance, his number was shown to be 41312, which is the number of one of the LMS Ivatt 2MTs preserved on the Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line), when Arthur's actually number was 41225.

## Gallery:

Arthur in "1963: Times of Change"Arthur in "1969: The Resistance"