An-An

### Friends

Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, Stanley, Ryan, Sonny, Diesel, Daisy, Salty, Porter, Paxton, 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, 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, Isobelle, 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, 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

Help transporting the passengers, pandas, panda cubs, working on the China Railway

### Dislikes

Yong Bao loses the dragon boat during the Dragon Boat Festival, being stuck on the mountain with Yin-Long and Thomas

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)Mint greenish blue (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

Bright mint with lime green wheels and dark grey rooftops (cartoon)Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**An-An** is one of *Thomas & Friends* characters. She was one of two Chinese coaches with her twin brother Yin-Long who loved to help transporting the passengers on the China Railway.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

Thomas met An An and Yin-Long during his visit to China. The coaches usually work with Hong-Mei and Thomas during his Chinese passenger runs. Occasionally, Yong Bao pulls them.

An An and Yin-Long once told Thomas about pandas in China and how they are hard to find in the wild. They also told Thomas about the importance of a bamboo water wheel.

## Personality

An-An was one of the coaches alongside Yin-Long who are both cheerful and bring out an engines' friendliness, and due to working all around China, they have extensive knowledge of the country's routes.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Although An-An and Yin-Long are Chinese coaches, they are actually based on British LB&SCR Stroudley coaches, designed by William Stroudley and built at Brighton Works between the early 1870s and late 1880s. Several coaches of this type are preserved on the Bluebell Railway and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

Annie and Clarabel are also based on these coaches along with several orange branch line coaches.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

An-An was painted bright mint with lime green wheels and dark grey rooftops. Underneath her windows, she has four lime green stripes with three lime green symbols painted in the middle of them. These three symbols are the Shou, a word that means "longevity".

### Fanfic

As a human, An-An has pale skin, shoulder length black hair with a fringe, mint greenish blue eyes and wears bright mint blazer with lime green lining on each lapel and gold buttons, white shirt, black necktie, bright mint skirt, white tights and black shoes.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

An-An was appearing as a human in the fanfic, she works with Yin-Long, Hong-Mei and Yong Bao on the China Railway as a coach woman. She along with Gabriela, Aubrey and Marcia and they're talking about when Hiro calls Percy on a phone about Thomas, who was seriously ill while working on the Japanese Railway with him and Kenji.