Edward

**Edward** **is a Blue Mixed-Traffic Tender engine. He Runs His Own Branch Line, and is One of The Oldest Engines on Sodor. He is Occasionally Made fun of for His age, But Despite This Setback, He is also Very wise and Optimistic and Spreads His Knowledge and Encouraging attitude Towards The Other engines.**

## Biography:

**Edward was Built by Sharp, Stewart and Company at Their Atlas Works in Glasgow, Scotland in 1896. He Worked on The Furness Railway's Cumbrian Coast Line Before Coming to Sodor on Loan with Other Engines in 1915 to assist with The Building of The North Western Railway. The Furness Had found Him to Be a "Shy Steamer" and were not interested in Getting Him Back When His Work was Completed. In 1921, They Sold Him to The NWR for a Nominal Sum, who Have, by Careful Maintenance and Extensive Modifications, Turned Him into a Reliable Engine.**

**By 1923, Edward was Confined to Vicarstown Sheds, to The Delight of The Other Engines, who Claimed That He was Too Old and Weak to Work. Edward was eventually Let Out again and Proved That What He Lacked in Strength, He Made Up for in Work by Pushing a Stubborn Gordon and His Heavy Goods Train up Gordon's Hill in 1923.**

**In 1923, When Thomas was fed up with fetching Coaches for The Big Engines, Edward offered Thomas to take his trucks. However, Thomas, having no experience with trucks, was pushed down a hill and diverted into a siding. Later in 1925, Edward helped James double-head a passenger train when the splendid red engine was acting out.**

**For some time afterwards, Edward was getting so old that his parts caused him to clank as he went along, which led to the bigger engines teasing him about his age. Gordon and Henry teased him about when a group of cows caused half of his cattle trucks to break away and derail, but later got their comeuppance when they encountered a cow named Bluebell on a bridge.**

**However in 1954, James would still talk down to Edward's age and how slow he is, But after He was Left Running Down The Main Line without a driver thanks to two naughty boys who played with his controls, Edward proved himself to be a hero when he brought the inspector and James' fireman to slow him down. James could not thank Edward enough for his heroic actions and The Fat Controller sent Edward to the works to have his worn parts mended as a reward. When Edward came back, everyone was very pleased to see him again.**

**In 1948, Edward Received His Own Branch Line and Had Two Twin Tank Engines Named Bill and Ben Help Take Trucks from The Sodor China Clay Company to Brendam along His Line.**

## Episode Appearances:

**Sodor: A New Era**

**Season 1:**

* **Thomas and the Big Freeze.**
* **New Places and Faces.**
* **In with the Old.**
* **Folly and Faith.**
* **Ditch Day.**
* **Icing on the Cake.**
* **United We Stand.**
* **Goodbye Sir.**
* **Going Home.**
* **Triple Play (Cameo)**
* **All Together.**
* **Gronks and Grudges.**

**Season 2:**

* **Bumped off the Branchline.**
* **Edward Sees Double.**
* **A Scottish Scandal.**
* **Gallant Old Engine (Cameo)**
* **Stepney the Great.**
* **The Barrow Bunch.**
* **Peace and Quiet.**
* **The Spotless Record.**
* **Thomas, Emily and the Coaches.**
* **Trust (The Movie)**

**Season 3:**

* **Break Your Pride.**
* **Branchlines are Vulgar.**
* **Edward's Exploit.**
* **The Foolhardy Boys (Mentioned)**
* **Escape (Post- Credits Scene)**
* **Little Western (Cameo)**

## Personality**:**

**Edward is Very Kindhearted, Mature, Wise and Keen to Help a friend in Need. The Small Engines Trust Him to Lend a Listening Ear and Sympathetic advice. He is a Hard Worker Too and always Does His Best to finish a job. If Ever an Engine Misbehaves or acts Out, it is Edward That The Fat Controller Turns to in Order to Soothe Things Out.**

**Unfortunately, The Big Engines, Especially Gordon, often See Edward as Old-fashioned and Slow. While it is True He is The Oldest Engine on The North Western Railway (Which He Helped Build), He Has Proved Time and Time again That He is More Than Capable of Working as Hard as any Engine. He is The Only Engine Who Looks after Bill and Ben and Knew How to Put Them in Their Place Should They Misbehave. Like any Other Wise Old Engine, He Stands for No Nonsense from anyone, Especially from The Bigger Engines.**