Gordon

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**Gordon** is a big blue express engine. He is Flying Scotsman's only remaining brother, and the cousin of Mallard, Green Arrow, Spencer and the Flying Thistle. When Gordon was streamlined to compete in the Great Railway Show, he ran under the name the **Shooting Star**.

## Origin

Gordon was built experimentally by Sir Nigel Gresley at the Great Northern Railway's Doncaster Works in 1922 as an "A0" Pacific, a so-called "prototype" of all his A1-A3 Pacific. It's also mention by himself that before he arriving to Sodor, he used to be painted in green with black and white lining and working in King Cross when he still young. After Gresley was finished using Gordon for designing his A1 Pacifics, he sold Gordon, along with a spare boiler and firebox, to the North Western Railway. In Sodor, he repainted with blue and giving the number 4. Many years later, he found that all of his siblings are scrapped, but only one engine who still save until now, the Flying Scotsman.

## Personally

Gordon is the fastest and most powerful engine on the railway and he knows it. He is extremely proud of this and is inclined to boast. He is goodhearted, always willing to forgive and uses his superior strength to help smaller engines out of trouble.

Gordon's important position as the engine who usually pulls the express has made him proud, pompous, arrogant, stubborn, prideful and self-important, with good reason too; he is the fastest engine on Sodor. His philosophy "tender engines don't shunt" meant that he looked down on tank engines and tender engines who do shunt, but after being locked in the shed with Henry and James after going on strike and before the seventeenth season, he seemed to have abandoned this philosophy.

Because of his rank in the social order of the North Western Railway, Gordon expects to get the important jobs and either sulks when he does not, or gets jealous of those who do. Sometimes, Gordon acts as a bully, particularly towards Edward, but following misadventures where Edward had to help him, Gordon had to acknowledge that despite being old, Edward is still a very useful engine. However, sometimes Gordon still doubts Edward is still reliable, such as the time he did not believe Edward could win a race against Spencer because "he's only a back engine" and "a waste of steam." He would soon stop belittling Edward after being tricked by Thomas; he learned his lesson and apologized to Edward saying that he promised not call him old or unreliable anymore.

Sometimes, Gordon shows a kinder side and gives the younger engines advice, usually after he has had some mishap as a result of his foolhardiness. Some of his advice is not exactly helpful, though, as James and Sir Handel have discovered.

His favorite thing to do is pulling the express coaches. Which is shown in many scenes. That's why people saw him pulling red express coaches in the movie.

## Quotes

Gordon (Angry face): [waiting at the station] Five, six, seven, eight.

Gordon (Shocked face): [shivering in fear] Oh, Diesel 10's back! Ooh!

Gordon (Angry face): Maybe we do need Mr. Conductor here after all, on time.

Gordon (Unamused face): Nasty fumes from dingy diesel.

Gordon (Angry face): What, even an engine as big as me?!

## Trivia

* When Diesel 10 passed Gordon and Thomas through Killaban Station he has the shocked face the first time when he had the face Gordon had was Wrong Road.
* It is currently uknown who played Gordon in the film's workprint.
* He mostly pulls red express coaches in this film.
* Gordon's voice actor, Neil Crone, later reprised him in the US dub of *All Engines Go*.