Other Characters

Many other characters will debut in Universal Rides and Adventure Squad.

## Judy and Jerome

**Judy** and **Jerome** are breakdown cranes. They used to live in the station yard at Knapford, but now handle emergencies on the west side of the island, on the Harwick Branch Line.

### Personality

Judy and Jerome are both heavy sleepers, but take their jobs very seriously, usually only awaking if there is an emergency (or if they think there is). The two also seem to be very talkative. They are always ready for an emergency and respond with zeal and vigour and enjoy working.

### Appearance

Judy and Jerome are based on a Cowans Sheldon 30 ton breakdown crane. They are painted dark green-grey with yellow hazard stripes along their sides. They have brass nameplates on the sides of their cabs.

### Notes

* Only Jerome was released in two-pack with Ryan, so the creator will have to get three Ryans to get both breakdown cranes. The coach will arrive with both the Donald and Douglas snowplow set and the Trackmaster/Plarail Harvey.
* The arrangement for the breakdown train in Universal Rides and Adventure Squad is different in the original series, which has the coach being coupled up between the cranes. The cranes are oriented so that they face the coach. The coach that came with that original trackmaster Harvey is used, and it's front coupler is swapped with the rear coupler of the crane in the front. Because the coach is motorized, it can be pulled by any engine and both versions of Harvey.

## Ryan

**Ryan** is a purple tank engine who takes goods on the Harwick Branch Line, while Daisy takes passengers.

### Personality

Ryan is an affable engine, who goes out of his way to be kind and is concerned when he sees others in trouble. Ryan would like to be a hero, but he is not actually as brave as he wishes he was and has a tendency to panic a little in the face of danger. It does not put him off trying though. Ryan is direct and sincere, but he has a good sense of humour too and is not above making a joke at his own expense. Ryan also appears to be somewhat of a pushover, as evidenced by how easily Daisy was able to make him do her work.

### Appearance

Ryan is based on the Great Northern Railway Class N2. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley as a improvement of Henry Ivatt's Class N1, these locomotives were fitted with condensing apparatus because they were used for inter-city work in the Metropolitan areas of London, while later examples were usually seen around Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. One member of this class, No. 1744 has been preserved and operates on the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. In addition to being the sole survivor of its class, 1744 is also the sole surviving example of a Gresley designed tank engine.

Ryan is painted purple with white and gold lining. He has the letters "GNR" painted on his tanks in gold. The number "1014" is painted on his bunker sides in the same colour. He also has brass nameplates on the sides of his boiler.

### Notes

* Ryan uses an amalgamed model.
* While his age wasn't shown in the original series, Ryan has been stated to be 11 years old.

## Connor

**Connor** is a streamlined engine from the Other Railway, designed for speed. He has his own rake of coaches painted in a similar colour scheme to his own.

### Personality

Connor is a streamlined engine, designed for speed. Along with his friend Caitlin, Connor is an excitable and energetic character, who likes to be busy and loves to race. Both Connor and Caitlin are friendly and eager to get other engines to join in the fun with them.

### Appearance

Connor is based on a New York Central Railroad J-3a Hudson built by Alco of Schenectady, New York. Ten J-3a Hudsons, 5445 through 5454 were built with streamlined shrouds designed by Henry Dreyfuss in 1938 in order to do heavy hauling at a greater speed, most famously hauling the 20th Century Limited between New York City and Chicago. Following a grade crossing accident with a sand truck in East Chicago in 1945, the J-3a's had their streamlining removed. All of the NYC Hudson locomotives were scrapped.

Connor is painted teal blue with aquamarine and yellow lining. He has gold nameplates on the sides of his boiler.

### Notes

* Connor's TrackMaster model was used, but had the tender of his Plarail model.

## Caitlin

**Caitlin** is a streamlined engine from the Other Railway, who is designed for speed. She also has her own rake of coaches painted in a similar colour scheme to herself.

### Personality

Caitlin is a streamlined engine, designed for speed. Along with her friend Connor, Caitlin is an excitable and energetic character, who likes to be busy and loves to race. Both Caitlin and Connor are friendly and eager to get other engines to join in the fun with them. Caitlin is particularly impatient and restless if she has nothing to do. She would rather be racing than sit in a station and be idle. Caitlin and Connor were introduced to the island to bring passengers from the Mainland. They zip on and off the island frequently using the Vicarstown Rolling Bridge.

### Appearance

Caitlin is based on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad streamlined President P-7 Class. Her basis was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, USA in 1927. The member of the class that Caitlin is modeled after, No. 5304 President Monroe, was fitted with a streamlined shroud designed by Otto Kuhler and classified as the P-7a in 1937 for use on the Royal Blue train service between New York City and Washington, D.C. Its streamlining was removed in 1940 and it remained without streamlining until 1947, when it, along with three other class members was re-streamlined in a different design and re-classified as the P-7d class for service on B&O's Cincinnatian train service between Cincinnati and Detroit. It was retired from service and scrapped in 1958. One non-streamlined member of this class, 5300, is preserved at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.

Caitlin is painted fuchsia with light grey and light blue lining. She has golden nameplates on the sides of her boiler.

### Notes

* Caitlin's TrackMaster model was used, but had the tender of her Plarail model.

## Ashima

**Ashima** is a brightly-painted Indian tank engine, who works on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. She was one out of many engines to participate in the Great Railway Show, and competed in the Shunting Challenge, and of whom Thomas is very close friends with.

### Personality

Ashima is usually found working on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Southern India, where the steep incline makes the track very dangerous and difficult to climb. So it's no wonder that a small tank engine like Ashima shows no fear. Beautifully crafted with hand painted decal, Ashima's a fun, feisty and likeable engine who is more than happy to help out wherever needed.

In Adventure Squad, Ashima became more daring than usual and more often than not will stow away with Thomas when he leaves for something exciting. This has more often than not placed her in bad situations, but she does come clean with her apologies. Additionally, she gained a more feminine nature. She also gained a hint of skepticism, doubting the existence of Harvey's class, a fact that Harvey uses in occasional teasing at her expense, much to her embarrassment. Since a young age, she has been frightened of thunderstorms.

### Appearance

Ashima is based on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class. She is based off of the oil-burning version of the engine. These engines are built to run on metre gauge rails, whereas Ashima is standard gauge. Crystal is another member of this class.

Ashima is painted hot pink with white and dark blue lining. Her wheels and bufferbeam are also painted royal blue, and she bears several bright green, white and orange patterns, inspired by Indian textiles and Henna Tattoos. In addition, the flower petal designs on her front cylinder block was based on her basis X-37385's.

### Notes

* Ashima's TrackMaster Model also reuses elements from the hyper glow variant. Her TrackMaster Push Along model was also salvaged for parts.
* While her age wasn't shown in the original series, Ashima has been stated to be 13 years old, having been finished seconds after Rajiv.

## Yong Bao

**Yong Bao** (Chinese: 勇寶) is a Chinese engine who took part in The Great Railway Show, competing in the Best Decorated Engine parade.

### Personality

Yong Bao is a kind and faithful tender engine from China, who pulls passenger coaches. He may not be the biggest tender engine or the strongest, but he once cleverly diverted an accident saving hundreds of passengers. Yong Bao was decorated for his bravery and painted bright red, which is a colour that symbolises celebration and happiness. Painted on his tender is a tiger which incites a sense of awe and admiration. Like Yong Bao, the tiger is full of life and embodies the spirit of being driven to achieve and make progress. These qualities make Yong Bao a Really Useful Engine. Despite being brave and a good example for many Chinese engines, he isn't above having fun, as on Thomas' visit to China on Chinese New Year, he scared the little blue engine twice.

### Appearance

Yong Bao is based on a Chinese Railways RM class 4-6-2 Pacific, which were built by CSR Sifang Co Ltd between 1958 and 1966. Used in passenger service, these engines were eventually taken out of service by more powerful steam and diesel locomotives on the Chinese rail system. Three members of this class have been preserved; 1001 is on display at the China Railway Museum in Beijing, 1163 is preserved in Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and 1247 is on display at the Shenyang Railway Museum.

Yong Bao was originally painted dark blue but after saving the passengers on a derailed train, he was then later repainted in Chinese red with yellow lining on his smoke deflectors and boiler, and his running board is painted green. His name is written on the sides of his cab in Traditional Chinese, and the design of a tiger is painted on his tender. He also bears a dragon face on the front top of his funnel.

### Notes

* Yong Bao is portrayed by his TrackMaster model.

## Philip

**Philip** is a cheery little diesel boxcab. He works as a shunting engine at Knapford Station. He lives at Wellsworth Sheds.

### Personality

Philip is a little diesel boxcab engine with a big personality. Philip is a comic character and a bit of a class clown. He is very eager and full of enthusiasm and he has an innocent, but very overblown sense of his own capabilities. Philip can be very funny, but some of the bigger engines have very little patience for the little boxcab, and find him annoying. Philip is strong, fast and likes to hurry about and can constantly boast about it. But Philip's confidence is as big if not bigger than anyone's and he is always willing to try and definitely believes in himself. His actions and attitude soon won him many new friends on Sodor, especially Thomas and Percy, but Gordon and James find his bragging a little hard to accept.

Despite this, Philip can be the exact opposite if he chooses to. He is shown being quiet and enjoying the scenery, just like Toby.

All in all, Philip reminds Edward of Thomas when he first came to Sodor.

### Appearance

Philip is loosely based on the Pennsylvania Railroad's diesel-electric Class A6 "Boxcab" switcher with an added back door and a circular back, as well as loose couplings and added buffers.

Philip is painted dark green and yellow with the number 68 on his sides in black, surrounded by a white circle with a black outline.

### Notes

* Philip is portrayed by his Adventures, Wood, and TrackMaster representations.
* While his age wasn't shown in the original series, Phillip has been stated to be 7 years old.

## Beau

**Beau** is a mining engine with a mustache who works at the Grand Canyon.

### Personality

Beau hails from the American Southwest. This gritty old-timer is able to help Thomas in a moment of need, fixing himself in Thomas' memory and making him forever grateful.

### Appearance

Beau is based on the Baldwin 4-4-0s built for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, specifically with the fittings currently fitted onto the No. 12 *Genoa*. Beau's livery, however, resembles the one worn currently by the Central Pacific No. 63 *Leviathan* replica.

Beau has been slightly modified from his basis with buffers above his cowcatcher (which is flatter and shorter to accommodate them) and behind his tender, which also has a screw-link coupling.

Beau's livery is based on the current one born by the Leviathan, as he is painted silver and red with gold lining. His boiler is painted silver, his cab is brown, and his wheels, tender and cowcatcher are red. His name and number are painted on the sides of his tender and cab respectively in yellow. Unlike the Leviathan, his lamp is gold instead of red, as is his dome.

## Donald and Douglas

**Donald** and **Douglas** (originally known by their old numbers, **57646** and **57647**, respectively) are twin Scottish mixed-traffic tender engines.

### Personality

Donald and Douglas are Scottish twin engines. They are practical, peppery, proud and level-minded, but, despite their maturity, they enjoy playing practical jokes and have been known to impersonate one another in the past. They were fitted with nameplates to specifically end this element of their humour.

Donald and Douglas are very able workers, strong performers and handle any task well. They are fully capable of being firm with the other big engines, such as Gordon and Henry and even the Troublesome Trucks know better than to try their tricks on them. They are both used to harsh winter conditions too. Coupled back to back, with a coach between their tenders, they are very capable of patrolling the lines, clearing them of the snow. The twins both pull their weight on the Main Line and both Duck and Edward's branch lines. They can enjoy a joke with any engine. They are happy to act as the brawn of the Fat Controller's steam-driven goods haulers. Both are smart. Between the two, Donald tends to be the charming, witty joker whereas Douglas is the quick-thinking, calmer-natured one of the pair. Both display a keen sense of wit and the pair usually get to have the last laugh, more often taking the moral high ground. But that does not mean they will not be just a little bit smug about it when a deserving engine meets their comeuppance.

Donald and Douglas hate to be parted from each other, but, like most twins, they occasionally have their arguments among themselves and can squabble with one another. Also, Donald and Douglas used to have a strong dislike of diesels. But over time their dislike for diesels has softened and they appeared to have grown accustomed to their diesel companions.

### Appearance

Donald and Douglas are both based on the Caledonian Railway McIntosh 812 Class 0-6-0 goods engine. Their numbers, however, would realistically place them in the 652 sub-class. One example survives in preservation. In the trackmaster scenes, they are based on the L&YR Class 28 with the tender of a Great Northern Railway G3 Stirling Single 4-2-2.

According to the Railway Series, Donald and Douglas were painted black from construction and arrived on Sodor in BR black with red-and-white lining on their tenders. They remained as such (with the addition of numbers on their tenders in yellow with red borders) until it was decided that both engines could stay, at which point they requested to be repainted in NWR sky blue with red-and-yellow lining. They apparently like the colour, as it reminds them of the Caledonian Railway, where many of their shedmates carried a similar shade of blue. They received red nameplates with their names in gold at the same time. In the Railway Series their names are in all capitals, whereas in the television series only their initials are capitalised. In the Railway Series, they carry two builder's plates on the sides of their cabs. In the television series, the twins arrived in BR lined black and have remained in this livery ever since.

### Trivia

* The twins have official TrackMaster and Plarail models, but due to costs, they were made from James' model with Emily's tender.

## Harvey

**Harvey** is a tank engine with a crane mounted on top of his boiler, which makes him look rather unusual. He is involved in repair, recovery and industrial jobs on the railway.

### Personality

Harvey is a relentlessly cheery, big-hearted, helpful crane engine. He has a very odd shape, due to his crane attachment atop his boiler, which he can be sensitive about should other engines make fun of it. However, he is very able to show that his crane is very useful in lifting cargo, trucks, and sometimes some smaller engines.

He has a booming, thoughtful voice and large wooden buffers. He is happy to work anywhere, ready to help clear up after an accident, and offer words of care, comfort, and advice.

### Appearance

Harvey is based on Dübs Crane Engine No. 4101, nicknamed "Dubsy", built in Glasgow, Scotland. "Dubsy" is presently based at the Foxfield Railway in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, England. Boomer is another member of this class.

Harvey is painted burgundy with yellow and red lining and brown, square, wooden buffers. His name is written in yellow on his sides and the number "27" is written on both sides of his crane arm in yellow.

### Trivia

* The creator's first Harvey was a coach-powered version. It was eventually dismantled and replaced by a 2017 TrackMaster Harvey, though the coach still remained for the breakdown train.

## Splatter and Dodge

**Splatter** and **Dodge** (collectively referred to by Diesel 10 as "**Splodge**", a portmanteau of their names) are two diesel shunters, who were Diesel 10's bumbling minions. They currently help out around the mainland, Sodor and the Global Transit Terminal, assisting others any way they can.

### Personality

Both engines are simple-minded, awkward, cowardly and tend to banter. Splatter is the more talkative of the two, while Dodge is more intelligent. Although Percy fears them, they do not have the intelligence or villainy to match Diesel 10's. They enjoy watching Diesel 10's plans backfire, but are also prone to making a mess of things. Despite initially siding with Diesel 10, they seem reluctant to destroy a fellow engine, even a steam engine, and eventually abandon Diesel 10 in the end.

In Universal Rides and Adventure Squad, the duo had learned from their mistakes and have become more competent and intelligent, as well as more willing to help others. This granted them the friendships of many engines both steam and diesel, though like Thomas, they are stricken by a stroke of bad luck. They also have gained the ability to tell right from wrong.

### Appearance

Splatter and Dodge are based on BR Class 08 diesel-electric shunters. Over seventy members of this class survive today in preservation, while around 100 remain in service on the national rail network. They were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world, with 996 of them built. Several other characters share this basis, though unlike the other BR Class 08s, Splatter and Dodge have been modified without ladders going up each side of their fronts.

Splatter is painted purple and grey while Dodge is painted olive and grey. Both are heavily weathered, and have their names painted on their sides in white.

### Trivia

* The creator's voice plans for Splatter and Dodge involve the imitation of Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern in their roles as the Wet Bandits (Harry and Marv) from the *Home Alone* Franchise.
* The two use Bert and 'Arry's CGI horn sounds.

## Flying Scotsman

**Flying Scotsman**, an LNER Class A3 Pacific, is the last of Gordon's brothers. He holds the record for being the first engine to officially run at 100 mph. In addition, Flying Scotsman has been described as the world's most famous steam locomotive. He got his name because he ran from London, England all the way to Edinburgh, Scotland.

### Personality

In the Railway Series, Gordon was happy to see Flying Scotsman when he came to Sodor. Flying Scotsman proved popular with the engines, however, did spark a little jealousy with Henry, who proved envious of his two tenders. He provided Gordon and the others reassurance at a time when steam on the Mainland was officially being abolished in favour of modern diesel traction.

In the television series, Flying Scotsman is a polite and proud engine; however he can be pompous and somewhat smug, like his brother Gordon. Despite being friendly with Thomas and giving him a pep talk, he thought that no famous engines came from Sodor and indicated that he viewed Sudrian engines with low expectations. He later changed his mind after seeing the Sudrian engines competing at the Great Railway Show, realising they were made of "sterner stuff" than he initially believed. Additionally, after meeting Rebecca for the second time, her opinion on the "little brother" status left something he never expected while giving Gordon a big laugh at the same time.

Scotsman has a common sibling relationship with Gordon, and enjoys teasing him, referring to him as his "little brother" to annoy him, using his catchphrase as his own, or bragging about being invited to the Great Railway Show. He does care for him though, as shown when Gordon was overheating during the race and Flying Scotsman urgently warned him to stop.

In Universal Rides and Adventure Squad, Scotsman was given the same toning treatment his brother received, making him less pompous and more polite. He is also more sympathetic and wise, and like Gordon, evolved as a friend due to interactions with the Leonolds.

### Appearance

Flying Scotsman is based upon the real locomotive of the same name, an A1 (later A3) Pacific built on the 23rd of February, 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works, to a design by Sir Nigel Gresley. In 1928, it pulled the LNER's first non-stop 'Flying Scotsman' service between London and Edinburgh, equipped with a specially-built corridor tender allowing its crew to be changed mid-journey. Flying Scotsman set two world records for steam traction, initially becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) on 30th November 1934. While in preservation, it later set a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive, where it ran 422 miles (approximately 679 km) on 8th August 1989 during its tour of Australia. As of 2019, Flying Scotsman is owned by the National Railway Museum, and can be found hauling main line railtours and visiting heritage railways across the United Kingdom.

In the Railway Series, Flying Scotsman is painted in LNER Apple Green livery with black and white lining, black frames with red lining, red-backed nameplates and crests on his cabsides. Each of his tenders has "LNER" (first) or his number "4472" (second) painted on their sides in yellow lettering. This livery is based on a variation of the Apple Green livery worn by the real Flying Scotsman during the late-1960s, the same time period in which he first appeared in the Railway Series.

In the television series, Flying Scotsman's livery is largely similar to that in the Railway Series, but with several differences. His cylinder covers are painted black with red lining, instead of green with white lining, and the outside of his frames is plain red. Flying Scotsman's front bufferbeam in the television series is also missing several details, including his number and extra lining. Additionally, the lining on his tenders varies between his appearances in the model and CGI series. Flying Scotsman's cabsides in the television series also have his number painted on them instead of the crests, as well as extra lining which is not present on the real locomotive's Apple Green livery.

### Trivia

* The creator's Flying Scotsman uses a similar yet unique livery to the colors shown on screen.

## Diesel 10

**Diesel 10** is a diesel engine with a sentient roof-top, hydraulic claw, which he has named "Pinchy".

### Personality

In the original series, Diesel 10 is an evil, conniving, manipulative, bullying and raving diesel locomotive. He absolutely despises steam engines, and would call them taunting names like "Puffball" and "Teapot". He is Sodor's strongest (but not quite largest) diesel, his power being enforced by his slightly malfunctioning claw, Pinchy. He can use this deftly, and is even able to use it to make a sculpture. Pinchy, though, seems to have a mind of its own, as it has been shown to "punch" Diesel 10 in the face from time to time, which he loathes. All engines, steam and diesel alike, fear or respect him.

Despite his brutality, some of his demeanour appears to have cooled, and his behaviour has apparently improved enough that Sir Topham Hatt allowed him back to the Island. He gets along enough with the other Sudrian diesels, but his efforts to help are often only when it suits his personal interest and he still harbours his scheming ways and anti-steam sentiments.

In Universal Rides and Adventure Squad, Diesel 10 was dramatically toned down. He no longer carries any malicious beliefs towards steam engines, and is now considered an ally to Adventure Squad and one of the North Western Railway's most valuable assets. He also manages to humble Lady, who often finds herself flustered by his change.

### Appearance

Diesel 10 is based on a BR Class 42 diesel-hydraulic with an added non-regulation hydraulic claw. All but two members of the class were named after Royal Navy warships, so they, and the similar Class 43, were nicknamed "Warships". Two of these engines are preserved.

Diesel 10 is painted ochre with tan stripes along his sides. His buffers and "Pinchy" are painted dark brown.

### Trivia

* The creator currently has an old-style TrackMaster Diesel 10 modified with a functional arm. He later plans on updating an R/C Diesel 10.

## Pinchy

**Pinchy** is a sentient roof-top, hydraulic claw, mounted on top of Diesel 10.

### Personality

In the original series, Pinchy lacked a full sense of sentience.

In Universal Rides and Adventure Squad, Pinchy became fully self-aware. Since receiving a life of his own, he is often shown to be innocent, ditzy and carefree, with a sense of humor rivaling Paxton's. He is really polite and serves as a moral compass, guiding Diesel 10 on the right path to atone for his past sins. Despite his goofy nature, Pinchy has zero tolerance for buffoonish antics, and often reprimands those who deliberately break the rules for no good reason.

### Appearance

Pinchy is a dark brown hydraulic arm with a clamshell bucket at the end featuring rows of teeth. Following his rebuild, his body gains more mass and he features streaks of light brown. The clamshell bucket now sports a pair of eyes on the upper half, which tuck into the bucket whenever he grabs something.

### Trivia

* Pinchy's rebuild draws from the preliminary design for Diesel 10, in which that he would unfold and extend from under Diesel 10's roof. The creator later modified this concept, giving Pinchy the ability to lower his claw from a cable built into his arm, inspired by Diesel 10's *Brio* toy. The design of his "head" and "face" is inspired by Jack (known as Scoop in *Salty's Lighthouse*) from *Tugs*, the sister show of *Thomas & Friends*. Unlike Jack, Pinchy's eyes are the only organic aspect to his design.

## Sonny

**Sonny** is a well-tank engine who used to work at a coal mine and was brought to Sodor by Baz and Bernie, but later joined the North Western Railway.

### Personality

Sonny is a complicated engine. While a bit of an outsider, he often follows along to whatever orders he has been given from his superiors, unfortunately landing him at the hands of Baz and Bernie's scheming minds. During his time at the ownership of the 2 thieves, Sonny displayed tendencies to be gruff, sinister and rude, repelling other engines. However, after Thomas helped him on a dairy run and he got praised by Sir Robert Norramby, the well-tank engine turned over a new leaf, standing up to the thieves and working hard on being really useful. Although he is sometimes discriminated for his past sins, Sonny had proven trustworthy and reliable, making him a true asset to the North Western Railway.

### Appearance

Sonny is based upon the Haydock Foundry well-tank locomotive Bellerophon, built in 1874 and designed by Josiah Evans. With over 90 years of service and 150 years old, the locomotive was an icon to railway fans, and ran on the Foxfield Railway until being withdrawn for repairs in 2018. The locomotive is currently preserved by the Vintage Carriages Trust.

Sonny is painted dark blue with gold lining and white boiler bands. His dome, safety valve stand, wheel and running board are painted black. His bufferbeam is also painted black, albeit with red sections around the coupling hook and either side of his buffers. His number is painted on his cab sides in white.

### Trivia

* Sonny was modified from a TrackMaster Emily model.

## Kenji

**Kenji** is a modern high-speed locomotive from the Japanese railway.

### Personality

Kenji is cool, calm and patient, and unlike early British Railways diesel and electric engines, he doesn't boast about his modern elements, making it easily for him to get along with others. Kenji holds a sense of curiosity about the world outside his home country, and he can hold a civil conversation with even those skeptical about him. Although he enjoys trying new things, Kenji often gets nervous if he has to travel long distances by himself.

### Appearance

Kenji is based on a 0 series Shinkansen, also known as a "Bullet Train". These were the first generation of such engines and were designed specifically to run the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line in Japan. By 2008, all units had been withdrawn from active service, however a large number are preserved, including one at the National Railway Museum in York. Kenji is paint silver with blue skirts, and to work on Sodor, he received buffers on his rear and has a pin-and-hook coupling system. He was also re-gauged to the international standard gauge wheelbase, and recieved temporary modifications that allow him to run without the aid of power lines.

### Trivia

* The creator purchased 2 models of Kenji, one of them having a modified chassis for usage as Tatsuya.

## Ruth

**Ruth** is an inventor who moved from the United States to the Island of Sodor. She lives in her own Workshop on the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

### Personality

Ruth is cheerful, chirpy, brave and energetic, and often reassures and comforts those at unease about new technology. Ruth stands for no nonsense from others, and strongly disapproves of those who misuse technology. She serves as a motherly figure to Cleo, and a playful sisterly figure at times as well.

### Appearance

Ruth wears a blue sweater under a white long-sleeved shirt and tan overalls, with a brown leather apron over top. A small array of tools can be seen holstered on her left hip, and she wears brown boots. Alternatively, she can be seen in a brown leather coat with a tan collar. When driving Cleo or her hover car, she wears a brown flight cap with silver goggles.

## Cleo

**Cleo** is a road vehicle serving as Ruth's main method of transport. She lives with Ruth in her Workshop on the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

### Personality

Being newly-built, Cleo has very little experience. Like a young child, she can easily be confused or scared when faced with something she is unfamiliar with, such as when she first encountered snow. Cleo is also very excitable and enjoys racing Thomas, though this sometimes leads to trouble due to her inexperience. Her relationship with Ruth is similar to a mother and child or siblings.

### Appearance

Cleo's design is modular, being relatively the same size as a typical car while having an open air seat for Ruth to drive her. She can also elevate on a piston and rotate, giving her back-to-front steering. She is painted red with gold bands and black wheels, plus many other colors throughout.

## Barry

**Barry**, named after Barry Island, the home of the scrapyard in South Wales where he was rescued, was an old friend of Thomas's from his old railway. He was originally number **64527**.

### Bio

Barry was built some time before Thomas was born, and was a tank engine who performed mixed-traffic duties across the railway. 50 years after meeting Thomas, however, he was rebuilt into a tender engine since the workload and distances had increased. Because of a series of prejudices between tank engines and tender engines, Barry was ignored and ostracized by both groups, with only Thomas staying by his side, the E2 understanding the kind of pain he was suffering from. Because of this, the two would grow as close friends until Barry was sold to the mainland. His reputation went with him to his new home, however, and he spent a miserable working life until he was sent to a scrapyard on Barry Island. There he spent many days rusting while being forced to watch his fellow machines being cut up to be smelted. This went for several years until he was rescued by the Global Transit Terminal officials, where he reunited with much of his old friends. His past still haunts him in many cases, but he manages to pull through with help from his friends.

### Personality

Barry was a neutral engine that focused primarily with his own work, and quickly found a kindred spirit in Thomas. However, after being ostracized following his rebuild, Barry was miserable and only smiled when with Thomas, who even then had difficulties cheering him up. Both engines had each other's backs until Barry was sold, causing him to fall into a depressive state. His time on Barry Island proved to be a traumatic experience, one he continues to struggle through. After being restored, however, he is much more confident that he will brave through his past horrors while smiling all the way. Barry serves as a peacekeeper for Gordon and James, keeping them in line with stories from his past. Prior to being washed by Carson however, he disliked being cleaned, as his previous washdowns were not done with comfort in mind.

### Appearance

Barry is based on an LMS Ivatt Class 2. He was built as a 2-6-2 tank engine version of this class before he was rebuilt, which made him the 2-6-0 tender engine he is today. 7 out of 128 engines of this class survive, one of which was saved from the Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry and is undergoing restoration. 4 out of the 130 tank engine examples were also preserved, with two of them having originally been sent to Barry Island's Scrapyard.

Barry was originally painted grey, but after his rebuild, he was painted BR lined black, a livery which he currently wears after his restoration.

### Trivia

* Barry was a dropped character from the *Railway Series* created by Christopher Awdry.
* Barry's original model was made from an Arthur model, but a modified Henry was used as his tender engine model.
* The creator's decision to make Barry a rebuilt tender engine is primarily to make a tie to official media while making his own unique twists.

## Jin-Jun and Yong Jie

**Jin-Jun** and **Yong Jie** are a pair of tender engines who pull passenger trains on the Chinese railway.

### Bio

In the past, they were very unkind and would often talk rudely about Yong Bao whenever they passed him in the shunting yards. One day, Jin-Jun came off the rails as he was pulling a passenger train through the Himalayas. Luckily, he was saved by Yong Bao, who was rewarded with a new coat of paint for his heroism and the engines apologized to him.

### Personality

Both Jin-Jun and Yong Jie were much like many of the more arrogant engines from Thomas's past, as they ridiculed those who were given menial tasks. After Jin-Jun's accident, however, both were more responsible and kind, but they were given small penalties for their past rudeness.

### Appearance

Jin-Jun is based on a Chinese Railways RM class 4-6-2 Pacific without smoke deflectors, which he would later gain as a part of restoration. Yong Bao is another member of this class. He is painted plain black with a red tender running board and bufferbeams. His wheels are painted red with white rims similar to Yong Bao's.

Yong Jie was based on the National Railways of Mexico GR-3 class 2-8-0 with the bell, third dome and whistle removed as well as a smaller, Chinese-styled headlamp. Carlos is another member of this class. Eventually, he was rebuilt as a Japanese National Railways (JNR) Class D51 2-8-2 "Mikado" built by Kawasaki and popularly known as "Degoich" in Japan. Hiro is another member of this class. He is painted in a deep merlot red livery with a black bufferbeam, cylinders and smokebox and silver boiler bands.

### Trivia

* Both Jin-Jun and Yong Jie were listed as "The Mean Engines" in their original appearance in *Yong Bao and the Tiger*, but for the creator's canon, they were given Yong Bao's preliminary names for easy identification. Their design modifications were also for the same reason.

## Carly

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
blue

**Carly** is a gantry crane who works at Brendam Docks with Cranky and Big Mickey.

### Personality

Carly is a bubbly crane who is happy to help out. She is friendly and is able to make friends with almost anyone. While she can be a bit over-enthusiastic about her work, she only wants to be really useful. Compared to the grumpy Cranky and the silent Big Mickey, Carly is the most approachable crane at Brendam Docks to have as a conversation partner. She often compliments and chats with engines visiting and leaving the docks, but is still serious about her work.

### Appearance

Although Carly is a British crane built at the Mainland Craneworks, she is actually based on a Chinese portal crane built by Xinxiang Kehao Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd, which is extensively used to load and unload at ports and material handling at shipyards and metallurgy industry. Cassia is also based on this crane. In the *All Engines Go* reboot, Carly is heavily modified, now operating as a rail vehicle. However, this makes her one of the more freelanced locomotives in the reboot.

Carly's main body is painted bright yellow and has dark blue railings and stairs. Her name is painted on the sides of her cab in dark blue and she has a dark blue section above her face and has black hazard stripes on her superstructure and base.

### Trivia

* Carly's depiction is heavily based more on her original series incarnation, though her personality and parts of her voice also draw from *All Engines Go*.
* Carly's *All Engines Go* design was modified as Ramirez for the creator's specific purposes.
* She is one of the only main characters in any spectrum from the franchise (specifically the *All Engines Go* reboot) not to be drafted as a Steam Team member.

## Bruno

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
blue

**Bruno** is an American caboose who lives on the Island of Sodor. He primarily works with Murdoch in hauling goods trains across the North Western Railway.

### Bio

Bruno was built in the United States and worked with Bruce, another caboose. Having been autistic his entire life, Bruno was quick to be unnerved in his original working environment, and tended to lock his brakes instinctively whenever he got stressed by noisy colleagues. however, the pair fell victim to modernization, and were left abandoned in a siding until Thomas and Hank came upon them on a long-haul goods run. Bruce and Bruno were then taken to the Island of Sodor and restored, becoming very well-liked by the other residents.

### Personality

Autistic ever since he was built, Bruno is detail-oriented and likes routine, capable of memorizing delivery routes as well as schedules and timetables on any railway he works on. For this reason, he is often entrusted with guiding more rambunctious engines such as Diesel and Kana, ensuring they don't damage any loads that require extreme care. He also has a special interest in people, his favorite type being mechanics. Described as being smart, relaxed and joyful, Bruno loves making puns and will often use comedy to get through difficult situations. Bruno often travels facing backwards at the rear of the train due to his status as a caboose, and thus has a unique perspective on the world. However, he is sensitive to loud noises and often locks his brakes involuntarily when stressed, though he was eventually fitted with ear protectors that turn on when he wills them. Additionally, Bruno has difficulty maintaining eye contact and will usually be looking at his surroundings rather than whoever he is talking to - this does not mean he is not listening, however, and he remains loyal to those he calls his friends - and they love him with just as much respect and affection.

### Appearance

Bruno has no known specific basis, though his design is based on numerous North American cabooses with a central cupola. The Sodor Line Cabooses share the same inspiration, however with four wheels (known as a "Bobber Caboose") rather than eight like Bruno has.

In *All Engines Go*, Bruno is painted red with white stripes on his sides and yellow hazard stripes painted and covering the top portion of his back end. His buffer beams and footplate are painted yellow, and his roof and handrails are painted black. Bruno also carries the number 43 on his side in yellow with dark red borders, while his wheels, buffer housings and coupling blocks are the same shade of red as his main body. This color scheme is retained in universal rides, but he also has NWR lettering and he lacks the hazard stripes on his rear end.

### Trivia

* Bruno was created for the second season of *All Engines Go*, and prior to leaks about his name, it was used for Branson of The Track Crew, which was changed upon the reveal.
* He is one of the only main characters in any spectrum from the franchise (specifically the *All Engines Go* reboot) not to be drafted as a Steam Team member.