Paxton

*“Paxton doesn't give up easily, I'll give him that.”*
―**Diesel**

### Friends

Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, Ryan, Sonny, Diesel, Daisy, Salty, Porter, Sidney, Philip, Victor, Skarloey and Rheneas, Whiff, Marion, Skiff, Hiro, Kenji, Mavis, Annie and Clarabel, Charlie, Billy, Terence, Bertie, Bulgy, Cleo, Ruth, Donald and Douglas, Cranky, Carly, Judy and Jerome, Elizabeth, George, Rusty, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Mighty Mac, Duncan, Freddie, Duke, Owen, Merrick, Harvey, Millie, Luke, Stephen, Glynn, Shane, Aubrey and Aiden, Tamika, Ace. Isla, Spencer, Henrietta, Hugo, Rocky, Harold, Flynn, Captain, Butch, Belle, Nelson, Jack, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobella, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy, Kevin, Oliver, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan, Shankar, Charubala, Lorenzo, Beppe, Gina, Stefano, Ester, Gabriela, Gustavo, Raul, Marcia and Marcio, Fernando, Hank, Sam, Gator, Norman and Dennis, Hong-Mei, Yong Bao, An-An and Yin-Long, Den, Dart, Beau, Toad, Duchess, Lexi, Theo, Hurricane, Merlin, Frankie, Beresford, Caitlin, Connor, Ferdinand, Bash and Dash, Emerson, Lei, Natalie, Cassia, 'Arry and Bert, Bert, Rex, Mike
**Fanfic:** Ten Cents, Sunshine, Theodore, Emily, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Top Hat, Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zorran, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lucy, Phillip and Filmore, Hank, George

### Likes

Being kind and friendly to the fellow engines, working in the railway, helping

### Dislikes

involved in a collision, Diesel being unhappy and upset

## Character's Bio

### Nicknames

Pax
Special Agent Paxton (by Thomas)

### Race

Indonesian (Javanese and Batak), English, Scandinavian, Slovene

## Physical Apearance

### Species

Diesel engine (cartoon)
Human (fanfic)

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)
Greenish blue (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

Jungle green with yellow lining (cartoon)
Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Paxton** was one of *Thomas & Friends* characters. He is a kind and friendly green diesel engine. He often brings slate down from the Blue Mountain Quarry to other parts of Sodor.

In the fanfic, Paxton was of mixed Indonesian, English, Scandinavian and Slovene descent and his surname, Nasution, was a likely reference to Indonesian actress Prisia Nasution and Bobby Nasution, Indonesian businessman and politician who had currently served as the mayor of Medan and also the son-in-law of Joko Widodo, the 7th President of Indonesian Republic. Alongside Rusty, Marion, Ned and Kevin, Paxton was the one of first characters who had Indonesian ancestry.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

Paxton was one of the diesels who took over the Sodor Steamworks.

Paxton often works at the Blue Mountain Quarry and was once involved in an accident there when Blondin Bridge collapsed. He was then sent to Vicarstown Dieselworks for repairs. Upon his return to work at the quarry, Paxton overheard Luke telling Thomas about how the little green engine knocked a yellow engine into the sea. Paxton told Diesel about what he had heard. Diesel decided that Luke should be punished and set out with Paxton to expose Luke. However, Paxton felt bad and helped Thomas and Luke out by bringing Victor to talk to Luke and the Fat Controller.

Paxton almost got into a collision with Winston when he was a runaway, but luckily he stopped just in time. Afterwards, he warned Gordon to be checked over after an accident with stone. When Gordon ignored his warnings and broke down, Paxton brought him to the Steamworks to be repaired.

After Sir Topham Hatt told Paxton among other engines to be careful near the bumpy track, Paxton then messed around on the damaged track with Thomas, causing Thomas to collide with Toby. After Toby said Thomas "Lost his puff", Paxton searched for the "Puff" and made himself look silly in front of Stephen and Victor. He then learnt that "Puff" means steam.

He was later used by Diesel 10 to steal Christmas decorations from Tidmouth Sheds, but soon lost patience and left to collect the truck that Sir Topham Hatt had told him to collect (which actually had decorations for the Dieselworks in it).

Diesel once got the other diesels to hide from Paxton. This worried Paxton, believing them to have disappeared, but he eventually found Diesel, stranded on the branch line en route to, with no fuel and shunted him to Kellsthorpe Road for him to refuel.

At Christmas time, he was given the job of transporting a Christmas tree to Ulfstead Castle. But the tree caused him to derail and when Diesel passed by, he refused to help Paxton. That night, Paxton pretended to be the Ghost of Christmas Present to try and remind Diesel of the true meaning of Christmas, but Diesel had gotten too scared to listen and ran away.

One day, he was pulling trucks when he found a train struggling on Gordon's Hill pulled by Samson along with Thomas as the back engine. He offered to help and pushed Samson and Thomas over Gordon's Hill.

One winter, when the steam engines ran out of coal due to the coal delivery being delayed, Paxton and the other diesels filled in for them in order keep the railway running.

He, along with Thomas, Rebecca, Annie and Clarabel got held up when James and Philip stopped on The Fenland Track and refused to move out of the way. Paxton realized that there were a lot of engines on the bridge and worried that it might collapse. Luckily, he and the others made way for James after Philip decided that he and the others would be the ones to reverse since the red engine would not do so. James later apologized to him and the others for the delay he caused for them.

He later helped Sidney solve "The Case of the Puzzling Parts" to find out whom his flatbed of parts was for. After colliding with Sidney when the latter broke down at the Blue Mountain Quarry, both diesels realized the parts were meant for Sidney.

Paxton once had to take some fruit and vegetables to Tidmouth Market. But upon arriving at McColl Farm, he learned from Terence that Rebecca had already taken them. He later learned that Diesel told her to bring them to the Blue Mountain Quarry (as well as the flatbeds of parts for Philip to the farm, Sidney's steel to Ulfstead Castle and Norman's stone trucks to Vicarstown Yards) in order to get them into trouble.

Later, he and Nia thought that Diesel was rude and no help at all. In response, the black shunter ended up covering himself in glowing paint in order to make them look for him at the Blue Mountain Quarry. When they did, they became cross with Diesel about his self-interested attitude.

Paxton and the other diesels later got trapped in their sheds after Den slipped on some loose seaweed from Salty after his accident and ran into the control panel, resulting in the steam engines doing their jobs. He also attempted to get through the gap of his shed but to no avail. They remained trapped the next day.

## Personality

Paxton is a young, kind and gentle diesel who often works in or around the Blue Mountain Quarry and the Vicarstown Dieselworks. He is easily described as the opposite of Devious Diesel as he is good-hearted and well meaning, but gullible, naïve and easily misled. Due to these faults, he can be easily tricked by engines such as Diesel and has a tendency to take sarcasm literally (such as when Gordon ordered him to move over so he could fill up with diesel fuel when the big engine was obviously being sarcastic). He also has a short attention span, but a better memory than Sidney. He tends to be more of a follower than a leader and can sometimes find thinking for himself and making big decisions difficult. This may result in him being pressured into a situation he might not necessarily be comfortable with. However, if a friend is in trouble, Paxton will have the conscience and the self-assertion to do what he feels is right. As a result, the steam engines find that he is likeable and Paxton particularly looks up to Thomas at times. He also works alongside the narrow gauge engines frequently. However, Paxton can easily misjudge situations, misplace his trust in someone who might not have everyone's best interests at heart, particularly Diesel and is rather impressionable, but his good nature will ultimately show him for who he really wants to be.

There are times when Paxton has wised up, for he knows what Diesel is capable of. He can occasionally show some cunning, as displayed when masquerading as the Ghost of Christmas Present. He also loves to solve mysteries, no matter how tricky they prove.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Paxton is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 08 diesel-electric shunter. In the real world, BR Class 08s were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world with 996 of them built. Over seventy of them are preserved by heritage railways, such as the Dean Forest Railway and museums, such as the National Railway Museum. Around one-hundred BR Class 08s also remain in service on the national rail network.

Diesel, 'Arry, Bert, Splatter, Dodge, Sidney, Ulli, the Mainland Diesels and Fernando are also based on BR Class 08s along with the international orange, blue and Chinese diesels. Two BR Class 08s also appear in *The Railway Series*.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Paxton is painted jungle green with yellow lining. His coupling rods and front bufferbeam are painted red. His rear bufferbeam, ladders, vents, lamps, railings, running board and footsteps are all painted black. His paint is chipped in places and shows signs of weathering.

### Fanfic

As a human, Paxton had a partial Indonesian heritage, he had pale skin tone, black hair and greenish blue eyes. He wears a jungle green jacket with yellow lining and a NWR badge on the left side, white shirt, black necktie, matching trousers and shoes.

## Fanfics

### The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Paxton appears in the fanfic, he works as a diesel engine driver and also he lived in Vicarstown with his wife and one year old daughter. In the second series, Paxton and the other fellow engine drivers are feeling worried that Thomas had become seriously taken ill since the incident in Japan.