Philip

**Philip the Diesel Boxcab** is one of the deuteragonists and the tenth diesel on the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

Philip was based on some plans of a diesel that Rosie, Caitlin and Connor met in America. He was freshly built on Sodor, and developed a British accent despite his American roots.

## Brendam crew

### Bill and Ben

When the duo met Philip, they tricked him by getting him to shunt trucks behind Gordon's express. They later got a taste of their own medicine when they saw several 'Philips' that were really just a prank set up by Philip and BoCo to get back at them.

### BoCo

BoCo first met Philip and helped him get back at Bill and Ben with a prank of having multiple other 'Philips' for them to see. The two seem to have a decent start to their relationship, and even share Wellsworth sheds with Edward.

### Salty

Salty did find Philip’s constant interrupting stories to be irritating, and he even yelled at Philip to go away. However, Salty realised Philip was really young and he needed to be patient. Philip also realised he talked to much and started to be more respectful.

### Porter

Due to Porter's professionalism, it can be assumed his relationship with Philip isn't great. Philip often gets too excited and shunts trucks into the wrong locations.

### Edward

Philip is yet another engine Edward had taken under his wing. He is one of few engines who was patient with his more hyperactive side. That being said, Edward did become frustrated when Philip talked too much and he was under sleep deprivation. Thankfully, Philip managed to learn his lesson and the two are now shedmates.

### Timothy

Timothy is quite overwhelmed with Philip's fast talking, but takes his enthusiasm over Bill and Ben's at least.

### Marion

Marion and Philip often compete with who should be telling the story of the day, and this can lead to some chaos.

## Other relationships

### Thomas

Thomas has taken on a sort of brotherly relationship with Philip. He sees parts of his younger self in him; cheekiness and eagerness to explore the world.

### Gordon

Gordon wasn't in the best position when Philip was first built. His enthusiasm got Gordon into a 'race' he didn't really partake in, and Philip got a reality check by Sir Topham Hatt after all was said and done. That didn't stop Philip from talking about it with excitement though, much to Gordon's dismay.

### James

In another parallel with Thomas, Philip had saved James from a disaster. Though James was irritated by Philip at first, this incident caused him to gain respect for the little boxcab.

## Personality

Being incredibly young compared to the other engines - Ivo Hugh aside - Philip is always eager to learn something new. Unfortunately, this can get him into trouble as he has left without trains in the past. But he is becoming more aware of others' feelings, and he has a big heart.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Philip is loosely based on the Pennsylvania Railroad (PR) Class A6 "Boxcab" diesel-electric switcher, but with the curved back end and extra door of the AGEIR (Alco, General-Electric and Ingersoll-Rand) prototype boxcab #8835, albeit with five windows instead of seven. To fit in with the other engines on Sodor, Philip also has buffer beams added on each end with loose couplings and added buffers.

In the Canon Divergent AU, Philip is a BR Class 01, one of the smallest British Diesel shunters. He was numbered 81/D2956 on British Railways. This engine was built on the 1st of January, 1958, withdrawn on the 1st of November, 1967 and scrapped August 1969.

### Livery

Philip is painted dark green on the bottom half of his body and yellow on the top half, with red buffer beams and black wheels. His number (D10) is painted on his rear in white.

## Differences between the episodes and this series

* Philip's Sudor number is D10. The reason he was originally Number 68 is because that was the number of the engine he was based on in America. When people from America started comparing him with the other engine, he requested his number be changed back to D10.

## Trivia

* Philip has ADHD. Reasons behind this speculation are: