Dash the Little Red Tank Engine

Dash is a standard gauge red tank engine who works on the N.W.R. on the Island of Sodor.

## General info

### Livery

Red with black lining (originally yellow with blue lining)

### Affiliantion

Sir TopHam Hatt, Thomas, James, Isidoro, Irene, Diesel 10, Arry and Bert, Oliver, Percy, Toad, Gordon, Donald and Douglas, Sean, Andy, Jeffery, Steve, Evan and Edwin, Gordon, BoCo, Stafford, Gabriella, Raul, Winston, Gustvo, Henry, Hurricane, Caden, Frankie, Gator, Colombia, Cassia, and Marcia and Marcio, Patrick (diesel).

### Company(s)

NWR, Sodor Ironworks, Colombian Coal mine (formally), Brazilian Railway (formally)

## Technical info

### Owner(s)

NWR (Sir Topham Hatt) Colombian Coal Mine (formally), Brazilian Railway (formally)

### Bio

Dash was build in the 1970's to work at a coal mine in Colombia, he would then be shipped over to Brazil to work on the Brazilian Railway a few years latter. After an accident he was put on a siding to rust, until one day Sir Topham Hatt and his family came to Brazil on holiday and found him. He was then purchased by the N.W.R. and brought to Sodor in 2002. He now works at the Sodor Ironworks at Killdane.

### Persona

In his early years Dash was a very social engine and eager to work. After being left on his own on the siding for so long he's become very introverted, but is still eager to work and get whatever job is needed done. He also took a great liking to plowing snow during the winter, after his arrival to Sodor.

### Technical Info

Dash is not based on a specific locomotive, but his appearance strongly resembles the Talyllyn Railway's Edward Thomas, albeit with a different wheel configuration.

#### Livery

Before coming to Sodor Dash was painted yellow with blue lining, with hazard stripes painted on his buffer beams, and his running board was painted black. Upon his arrival to Sodor he was repainted red with black lining, with a white running board. He has the number one painted on the sides of his bunker in a white circle.

### Appearances

#### Tales From the Island of Sodor

* Season 1 - Construction (dose not speak), George (not named), Shiny and Clean, Two Blue Railway Engines (dose not speak), Out with a Bang (dose not speak).
* Season 2 - Derail, Curiosity Part 1 (dose not speak), Bash and Dash (dose not speak), Brothers (dose not speak)

### Trivia

* The inspiration for Dash was from the 'Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway: My Custom Engine Helpful Steamy'.
* Dash was originally modeled to look like Edward Thomas, the model was then updated to resemble more of his promo pic of the 'My Custom Engine character, which depicts the engine as an 0-6-0.
* Dash is basically the trainsona of his creator, Sodor Pro.
* The model was originally created in Scetchhup in 2016 and the final model was made in Blender in 2022.
* As he's been remodeled multiple times Dash has gone through several visual changes

1. Season 1 ep5 - He increased in size, his cab became smaller, his funnel increased in size, his valve gear increased in detail.
2. Season 2 ep1 - His wheel config changed to an 0-6-0 and his wheel color changed from black to gray, his head and tale lamps changed in design, he gained lamp irons on the back of his cab
3. Season 2 ep6 - His wheel color changed back to black and his domes and whistle color changed from yellow to brown, he gained cylinder drain cogs.

* Before coming to Sodor, Dash was painted yellow, with blue lining, he had hazard stripes painted on his buffer beams, he had a gold head lamp in front of his funnel, his tale lamp was yellow, he had knuckle couplings and a black coupling base.

* Unlike his wooden railway basis, Dash doesn't wear glasses.
* While working on the Brazilian Railway, he was going to have a third cylinder installed, but due to finacial issues the workman never completed it, so until Sir Topham Hatt, he only had the piston assembly, never the cylinder.