George

**George** is a steamroller.

## Biography

In Non-Faceless Vehicles, George is seen as an example of a non-faceless vehicle in Rail Gate Prison.

At the beginning of Shunted, in a scene seemingly set up to resemble the TV series episode "Steam Roller", George is used as an example of a non-faceless vehicle being shunted in their local community rather than being sent to Rail Gate Prison, depending on the circumstance and severity.

In 1947, George helped with the reconstruction and redevelopment of the Island's new capital, Vicarstown, which he didn't look particularly happy about.

In the autumn of 1954, when the struggling Mid Sodor Railway's attempt at pivoting towards scenery was cut short by a rockslide, George gleefully kicked the engines while they were down and mocked "Granpuff" (Duke) for taking his passengers on an "adventure tour", much to Falcon and Duke's fury. Before claiming that railways should be pulled up and turned into roads, George taunted the engines about how the council-promised road from Arlesburgh to Peel Godred was almost finished, meaning the MSR could be completely bypassed.

George's threat proved real 2 months later when the road was completed, forcing the MSR to shut down passenger services altogether and into its limited tenure as strictly an industrial railway. But after an accident at the slate mine put paid to that, George proceeded to taunt Falcon at a crossing about Atlas being damaged. When Falcon threatened him, George called Falcon a "wannabe" with his "steam roller" wheels. Falcon started to puff away claiming he's actually better than George, infuriating George so much that he rolled forward and destroyed 3 of Falcon's coal trucks. The 2 argued for what must have been hours before a cop showed up and took George in, thanks to a witness who saw what happened.

That night, Sir Handel told his engines good news and bad news -- the bad news being that the railway was finally closing down, and the good news being that George was given 20 days local confinement for derailing Falcon's train and that the council (which owns George) is offering them compensation, enough to pay off redundancies to the staff but not enough to keep the company going.

George makes several cameos throughout the fourth season. In Robbery he grumpily got stuck behind Bertie as they wait at a crossing for Edward to go by, which both Edward and Bertie seemingly found funny. In Diplomacy, which takes place in 1959, he watched Fifi evade authorities in a field he was occupying. In Animosity, which takes place in 1960, George partook in the construction of the Waterton branch by grading the line, which he found humiliating. During this process, an incident occurred between George and Oliver. George would describe it as though they got into a tiff and Oliver lashed out by running into him while crossing the track. However, Bertie was there and would instead describe it as though George was deliberately blocking Oliver's way and that the tank engine barely tapped him. Either way, George broke down the next day and blamed Oliver for it. He has held a grudge against Duck and Oliver for laughing at his misfortune.

By the road traffic boom of 1965, George had been involved in several redevelopment projects of properties that had been auctioned off after the Beeching cuts, much to his delight. One of these jobs, which took place on the Waterton branch, caused him to meet Oliver again. Tensions between George and Oliver escalated after George crashed into some pipes, and after Onslow broke down on a crossing, George and Oliver got into a fight that resulted in a crash. While both were reprimanded, only George was sent away; this was the last straw for the Sodor Council.

George would go on to spend the rest of his life building motorways all over the UK, which put a smile on his face.

## Persona

George is a very grouchy steamroller. He likes to get under people's skin, and tell people the railways should be torn up and made in to roads.

He doesn't like steam engines, and they don't like him, and they would often start fights, in which George would always try to "stir up the pot."

## Livery

George is painted green with red lining, gold boiler bands, and black smokebox and funnel with a brass cowl. His front-forks are painted bright red and his name is painted on the sides of his boiler in white.

## Basis

George is based on an Aveling-Barford R class steamroller.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 3

* Reshuffle *(cameo)*
* Closure

#### Season 4

* Robbery *(cameo)*
* Diplomacy *(cameo)*
* Animosity *(cameo)*

## See Also

**Rail Gate Prison**

*\* = Crime Unknown*

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