Gordon

**Gordon** is a blue steam engine who lives on the Island of Sodor. He is part of The Steam Team and is the No.4 on the NWR.

## Bio:

Gordon was built in 1924 as the prototype for the A1 Class for the LNER and then was bought by the Fat Controller to work on the NWR. In the late 30s early 40s Gordon ran into a ditch but later got to pull the Queen of England around Sodor. In 2011 he tries to get Sandy to leave along with James because she touched the express coaches and tries to sabotoge her but apoligizes and he accepts Henry's deep love for him while next year they get into an argument that gets resovled later.

## Persona:

Gordon is rather proud, punctual, self important and stubborn. His favorite job is pulling the express and he is proud of being the only engine strong enough to do so. He absolutely hates it when someone touches his express coaches or damages them. He can be rather grumpy most of the time. He is good-hearted mostly and while he does view smaller engines to be inferior, he does use his strength to help them out of trouble on occasion.

## Appearances:

### The Adventures on Sodor:

#### Season 1:

* A Royal Treat, Henry's Attempt, The Right Way or the Wrong Way, Diesel Love \*does not speak\*, A Change for Martha, The Pink Blues, Grow Up and Swap Around \*cameo\*, Assembling Feelings, Crank it Cargo \*cameo\*, Steamies Vs Diesels

#### Season 2:

* Next Stop: Castle Fantasies, Unauthorised Road Work, The Break Up, What Place is Right for You? \*cameo\*, Logs Away, Three's A Crowd, Friends and Fantasies, Road Problems \*cameo\*, Spy Dennis

### Specials:

* TAOS: How Diesel Stole Christmas
* TAOS: World War Sodor - An Eagle Story
* TAOS: A Cranky Christmas Carol
* TAOS: The Untold Story of Timothy \*Remastered\*
* TAOS: Little Engines Save Christmas

### Shorts:

* Christmas Short
* The Complaint Truck

## Technical Details:

### Basis:

According to The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, Gordon is the experimental prototype for Sir Nigel Gresley's A1 Pacific design for the Great Northern Railway. Gordon was built at Doncaster Works in Yorkshire. Once the first batch of A1 Pacifics appeared in 1922 Gordon would have more than likely have been reclassified A1/1 indicating he is a slight deviation from the "standard" A1 design.

Gordon, being an experimental engine, never received a number and was never put into regular traffic; he was only ever used on test runs. Owing to various problems, Gordon was rebuilt in 1939 at Crewe. Sir Topham Hatt and Sir William Stanier worked together to rectify these problems - everything under the running board is of Stanier's design while the running board itself is that of Sir Topham Hatt's. In both the Railway Series and television series, Gordon is depicted with a Fowler tender.

His valve gear is similar to that of the LMS Stanier Pacifics in the illustrations, but in the television series, he and Henry share the same valve gear.

## Trivia:

* Gordon is one of MrAthehedgehog's favorite characters next to Henry, Diesel 10, Ryan, Donald, and Douglas.
* Gordon is one of the only two characters to appear in every episode of Season 1. The other being Percy.

## Gallery:

Meet GordonGordon at the stationThe Adventures On Sodor S2 Ep 3- The Break Up -Not For Kids--2Gordon on the cover of The Break Up