Geoffrey

"*Yes, quite.*"
— Geoffrey's catchphrase.

**Geoffrey** was an experimental mix-traffic express goods tender engine who used to live a life of crime.

## Biography

Geoffrey was built in 1934 as an experimental mixed express-goods locomotive, he was the only one of his kind ever built.

During his early years, he used to sabotage the competition in a fallacious sense of being loyal to the LMS. One particular incident was in London which caused Alfred to be very antagonistic towards him.

In the summer of 1938, he visited Sodor alongside the Flying Scotsman. He was very well-liked among the Midis and helped with Diesel in sabotaging the Nor'easters' trains. This eventually resulted in him being caught and taken away to Rail Gate Prison where he would be shunted for thirty days. In December of the same year, Mr. Zorro brought him back to Sodor to fill in for Peter after he had an accident and would have to be repaired at Crewe for several months. Geoffrey apologised to all the engines for his actions and he was forgiven. Peter returned in May of 1939, when Sodor was starting its militarisation. Once the work was completed a couple of months later, Geoffrey would leave Sodor.

While Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, Douglas, Lily, Adam and Peter were off fighting the Nazis, many engines from across the UK arrived on Sodor to help with the increasing workload, including Geoffrey and Alfred, who was still very resentful with him for the trick he pulled in London. He later rushed out a bomb found in a brake van away from Knapford Harbour, at the cost of losing his life and taking Mr. Star with him.

In the winter of 1947, shortly before the Nationalisation of the Railways, Geoffrey was called in to help with the unusually busy workload. During this time, he told Percy and Toby about the prank he pulled on Alfred in London. He later encountered a snowdrift Alfred had apparently warned him about in a dream he had. He then had another dream of Alfred who posthumously forgave him for the prank.

After Peter had been sentenced to fifteen years in Rail Gate for war crimes, the North Western Region's engines struggled to keep up with the heavy goods work and the Fat Controller couldn't find a replacement engine until April 1950, when Geoffrey finally became a permanent member of the North Western Region.

In 1965, the turntable at Tidmouth Sheds was vandalized. Henry was meant to take the Flying Kipper in 15 minutes, but Geoffrey offered to take it as he was the only engine who could get out. While he was out delivering the train, he was murdered when someone put a pipe in the middle of the line causing him to crash. Henry was the intended victim, which left him feeling guilty. The vandals who tried to derail William were initially suspected but turned out to be innocent.

After his death, Geoffrey's remains were taken to the Kildane Scrapyards to be broken up, with his tender being the last part of him to be scrapped.

### Sodor Shorts

In the Sodor Short: Costume, he dressed up as a skeleton version of an LBSCR E2 locomotive to prank other engines. Later on, he has a demonic alter-ego named Fred.

## Persona

Originally, Geoffrey was devious and could not be trusted. He believed that any engine who went to the works was inferior. However, he was quite friendly, especially to his Midi colleagues. After he went to Rail Gate Prison for thirty days for sabotaging the Nor'easters' trains, he began to act more of a model citizen.

## Livery

He was painted in a red livery with black lining.

## Basis

Geoffrey was based on a GCR Class 8K. However, in Victor Tanzig's series, he was an experimental version of his class and is owned by the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway.

## Trivia

* Geoffrey was a creation of the television series, but he didn't actually exist, per see. In the nineteenth season episode "Who's Geoffrey?", Thomas made up an imaginary engine named Geoffrey, which he blamed his mistakes on to get out of trouble. Sodor Workshops later made a model of Geoffrey based on Thomas' various descriptions of him.
* Victor Tanzig being a "Bad Historian" really shows on Geoffrey, for multiple reasons.
	+ Firstly, the GCR 8K was adopted into the ROD 2-8-0. These locomotives were built during the first World War, and sold to various companies. While 105 ROD-Built 8K's were sold to the LMS, this only happened in 1920, and 1927, meaning Geoffrey could've been a Midi, but not built by them like the stories would convey.
	+ Then, there is the fact that Geoffrey was built in 1934. This is the most severe case of Victor's Bad Historian issues. The GCR 8K was only built from 1911-1914, meaning Geoffrey was built 20 Years later than he should've been.
	+ Lastly, even if he was built during the right time, and wasn't an ROD Engine, thus being with the GCR, which was absorbed into the LNER, which means Geoffrey should've been a Nor'Easter. A possible reason for the mishap was his red paint and a seemingly devious face.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 2

* Thief *(cameo)*
* Spectre *(cameo)*
* Sabotage
* Smuggling
* Furness *(does not speak)*
* Shunted *(does not speak)*
* Aramaments *(does not speak)*

#### Stories of War

* Blitz
* Espionage
* Atrocity *(cameo)*

#### Season 3

* Controller
* Amends
* Extension
* Fog

#### Season 4

* Modernisation *(does not speak)*
* Robbery
* Diagnosis *(cameo)*
* Prototypes *(cameo)*
* Secrets *(cameo)*
* Aviation *(cameo)*
* Treasure
* Revelations *(cameo)*
* Relationships
* Storm *(cameo)*
* Dieselisation *(cameo)*
* Return *(cameo)*

#### Season 5

* Vandalism *(death)*
* Competition *(does not speak)*
* Rescued *(tender only; mentioned)*
* Revenge *(mentioned)*
* Fallout *(does not speak)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Song *(cameo)*
* Swagman *(cameo)*
* Justice
* Costume
* Remembrance *(does not speak)*
* Siege *(does not speak)*
* Spinoff
* Mask
* Update *(in the new intro)*
* Adaptation
* Birthday
* Remake *(cameo)*
* Possessed
* Persuade
* Catfished
* Ugly
* Patreon *(cameo)*
* Constituency *(cameo)*
* Guess
* Evil
* Pride
* Greed
* Lust
* Envy
* Glutton
* Sloth
* Wrath
* Tyranny *(cameo)*
* Unresolved
* AI

#### Sodor Specials

* Non-Faceless Vehicles *(cameo)*

Geoffrey also appears in the series' current intro. The reason he didn't before was that he only sparsely appeared and, when he did, it was either a cameo or related to his main arc. With his addition to the main cast, it became somewhat of a necessity.

## See Also

**LMS**

**LNER**

**Rail Gate Prison**

*\* = Crime Unknown*

 Residents/Workers