James

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**James** is a mixed-traffic tender engine who works on the North Western Railway, usually working along the Main Line. He can be vain and sometimes boastful, but means well and is a hard worker.

==Biography==
===*The Railway Series*===
James was designed by George Hughes and built by Horwich Works at some point between 1912 and 1913. He was designed as an experimental variation of the Class 28 locomotives, with a front pony truck installed at the front and 5'6” sized driving wheels instead of the class' usual 5'1”. These were added in an attempt to cure the “nose-diving” the class experienced when traveling at high speed. The experiment did not entirely produce the results hoped for and after the Grouping, James was sold to the North Western Railway.Template:Ref Shortly after he arrived on the Island of Sodor, James was damaged in a crash when his trucks pushed him down the line and his wooden brake blocks caught on fire. After being recovered from the wreck, James was sent to Crovan's Gate Works, where he was repaired, repainted into a new red livery and gained functional brakesTemplate:Ref. He presumably gained his Fowler tender around this time.

When James returned from the Works, he became vain and troublesome. While double-heading a passenger train with Edward, he accidentally showered water on the Fat Controller's new top hat, almost forgot to stop at the station and disturbed an elderly lady with his hiccups. After being threatened by the Fat Controller with a coat of blue paint, James became grumpy and started bumping the coaches around aggressively, though this backfired on him when one of the brake pipes began leaking and needed to be mended with a bootlace and some newspapers. Following this incident, James was shut up in the shed until he could learn his lesson. When he was finally let out by the Fat Controller, James was assigned to pulling a goods train to Killdane. Although he had some trouble when some of the trucks broke away, James managed to keep the train under control and deliver it to the station and was allowed to keep his red paint after the Fat Controller had seen everything.

Even though he had proven to be useful, James was still teased by Gordon and Henry, who mocked him for his past mistakes. However, after Gordon got lost and wound up at Tidmouth, James was allowed to take the express in his place. He did so successfully and he and Gordon became firm friends.Template:Ref

When Thomas left Tidmouth to run the Ffarquhar Branch Line, James, Gordon, and Henry became irritated, as they now had to fetch their own trains. After an incident on the turntable that left him humiliated, James, along with Gordon and Henry, decided to go on strike, refusing to leave the shed and behaving badly when they had to work. The Fat Controller eventually shut them up in the shed and made Thomas and Edward pull their trains, though he allowed them to come out when they were sorry.Template:Ref

On more than one occasion, James has been forced to accept help from those he insulted. When Toby and Henrietta came to work on Thomas' branch line, James insulted them by calling them "dirty objects" and boasting about how his red paint is never dirty. But later, some trucks pushed him down Gordon's Hill and he crashed into two tar wagons, spoiling his paint. Toby and Percy pulled James away, but not before Toby teased James about never having dirty paint.

Later, James was impatient with Edward for his clanking and being slow and late, comparing him unfavorably to "a lot of old iron". But when two boys played with James' controls and caused him to run away without anyone in his cab, Edward and an engine inspector came to his rescue and caught him. A weary James gratefully apologized to Edward for his insults and Edward forgave him.

When Diesel arrived on trial, James gained the nickname "Rusty Red Scrap-Iron". Believing that Duck was behind the insults, James, along with Gordon and Henry, turned against him. However, when Diesel was exposed and Duck was proven innocent, James and the other engines were sorry and welcomed him back.Template:Ref James later recalled the events of Diesel's visit to Duncan, though he greatly exaggerated certain parts of the tale, making it seem as though *he* was the one who sent him packing.Template:Ref

James continued to treat diesel engines with hostility, long after the other steam engines had already accepted them. Although he liked BoCo and Bear, James was openly nasty to other diesels, believing them to be inferior. However, when his injector froze one wintry day and he had to be rescued by the Works Diesel, James decided to give up his prejudiced views, as the diesel had been friendly to him.Template:Ref

In 2011, James was chosen by the Fat Controller to go to the Mainland to collect a bust of the Thin Clergyman and deliver it to Tidmouth. James did so, but on the way back the entrance to Henry's Tunnel collapsed. Thankfully, James had gone through the tunnel before it collapsed and made it to Tidmouth with the bust. He attended its unveiling alongside the other engines.Template:Ref

===*Thomas & Friends*===

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James arrived on the North Western Railway sometime before Thomas' arrival and was originally painted black and wore wooden brake blocks, which were prone to burning up and emitting smoke when stopping. He originally owned Annie and Clarabel and believed that he would be given his own branch line, although the other engines doubted this.

When Thomas came to Sodor, James teased him on several occasions for making mistakes, often joining in with Gordon to make fun of him. However, one day, James ran out of control with a goods train and was unable to stop due to his brake blocks being on fire. Thomas chased after the train and tried to slow it down, but James flew off a bend and crashed in a field, the crash badly damaging him. Thomas rushed back to Knapford and retrieved Jerome and Judy, who helped to clear away the wreckage and placed James back on the rails. James was sent to the Steamworks to be mended, where he received his new red livery. Upon returning from the Steamworks, James found out that Annie and Clarabel now belonged to Thomas, who had been given the responsibility of running the Ffarquhar Branch Line.Template:Ref

===*Thomas and the Magic Railroad*===

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In the film, Thomas met James at Tidmouth Sheds until Diesel 10 first arrived and told them his plans to destroy the lost engine named Lady. James and Thomas rebelled against Diesel 10. Later on, Thomas, James, and Gordon argued about who should have collected Mr. Conductor. After Mr. Conductor helped to make James' itch go away, James was sad, so Mr. Conductor happily said his red paint is bright and cheerful just like the gold dust and sent him off to work. Later, he and the other engines gather for the meeting about their individual concerns about Diesel 10 destroying Lady. Some time afterward, James appeared at the Smelter's Yard when Diesel 10 arrived with Junior. Junior landed onto James' cab and the two almost got thrown into the smelting pit by Diesel 10. Luckily, Junior used his gold dust to teleport them to a spot near the magic buffers, where Mr. Conductor was waiting. James departed and thanked Junior for his help.Template:Ref In the original, he would have helped Junior and George defeat Splatter and Dodge by pushing a boulder in the diesels path, trapping them in a siding. He would have also been present at the well, along with Percy.

==Personality==
James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. He is so self-centered that he thinks himself superior to the others and can be shallow, boastful, overconfident, arrogant, prideful, naughty and vain, particularly to those who appear old-fashioned, weak, slow or dirty. This has caused him to have somewhat of a rivalry with Edward, Percy, Toby, and Duck, as well as Gordon, Henry and even Philip lately on occasion. He has acted like this even before he was repainted red. However, on a number of occasions, he has found himself in need of help from those whom he has insulted and is, in the end, apologetic.

James was the last of the steam engines to retain a prejudice against diesels. However, after stalling on a cold day, he was rescued by the Works Diesel and had to admit that nothing was wrong with diesels. This appears to be one of the few lessons that have stuck.

James has also been portrayed as a prankster, often tricking or scaring the other engines for fun or to get out of jobs he dislikes doing. However, following a particularly mean-spirited prank he played on Percy in the time he scared with a monster made of scrap, this gimmick seems to have died down. As of the meeting videos, he has been labeled as the "Joker" of the Steam Team by Thomas.

Despite all of that, James has shown a caring side to him. He has a heart of gold and wants to help anyone in a time of need. He is normally hard-working and, like everyone else, wants to be responsible, reliable and really useful on Sir Topham Hatt's railway.

==Technical Details==
===Basis===
James is based on the L&YR Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender locomotive designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and built by Horwich Works between 1909 and 1912. It was a rebuild of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a Belpaire firebox, a Schmidt/"twin-plug" superheater and the extension of the footplate and front sandboxes.

According to *The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways*, James is an experimental member of the Class 28s; he is fitted with a front pony truck (thus making him a 2-6-0 instead of an 0-6-0), 5'6" driving wheels instead of the class' original 5'1" ones and a Fowler tender. His front sandboxes also appear to be mounted underneath his footplate rather than joined to his leading splashers.

The Rev. W. Awdry's original model of James was modified from that of a G&SWR 403 Class 2-6-0 and materials related to Awdry's model layout indicate this was originally considered to be James' prototype.Template:Ref

One of the red tender engines is also based on this design.

===Livery===
James is painted in NWR red with black lining and gold boiler bands. His dome is brass and his number is painted on the sides of his tender in yellow with black lining. In the *Railway Series*, James' black lining became blue after *Main Line Engines*. Between *James the Red Engine and Oliver the Western Engine* his roof color was inconsistently illustrated as either black or red; however, since Clive Spong became illustrator, James has been consistently illustrated with a red cab roof.

James has also been seen in several other liveries aside from his red one:
\* In the *Railway Series*, James would have originally been painted in L&YR passenger black, but any white has never been depicted making his appearance akin to their goods livery instead. In the television series, James was originally depicted as having always been red, even when he was a new engine, the only exception being his appearance in his black livery in *The Adventure Begins*. He also had a red lining on the back of his tender, which was removed after his repaint. This livery also appears in *Meet James* as part of a reference to the special. Unlike the television series, James sported an L&YR tender in the Railway Series when he carried this livery, whereas in the television series, he had a Fowler tender throughout his appearances.
\* In *The Green Controller*, James was mistakenly painted in yellow and black stripes on Percy's orders. He was quickly repainted back into his original livery when the problem was noticed.
\* In *Tickled Pink*, James was painted in a pink undercoat before his standard red coat could be applied. Although he was said to be in an undercoat, James still retained his lining, number and black wheels and smokebox. This livery also appears in *Meet James* as part of a reference to the episode.
\* In *The Great Race*, James was painted in golden floral patterns for the Great Railway Show. He was repainted back into his original livery when he returned to Sodor.
\* In the twenty-second series episode, *An Engine of Many Colours*, after hearing Kevin mention the Steamworks did not have any red paint, James dreamed he was painted in many different colors including blue, green and silver and many more on a turntable near the last dream's final scenes. By the end of the episode, he was repainted in his normal red livery.

## Appearances

* <br />Railway Series
* Television Series
* Other Media

===*The Railway Series*===
\* **Thomas the Tank Engine** - Thomas and the Breakdown Train
\* **James the Red Engine** - James and the Top-Hat, James and the Bootlace, Troublesome Trucks and James and the Express
\* **Tank Engine Thomas Again** - Thomas and Bertie Template:Mentioned
\* **Troublesome Engines** - Henry and the Elephant, Tenders and Turntables, Trouble in the Shed Template:Does not speak and Percy Runs Away
\* **Henry the Green Engine** - Coal and Gordon's Whistle Template:Cameo
\* **Toby the Tram Engine** - Dirty Objects
\* **Gordon the Big Engine** - Off the Rails Template:Does not speak, Leaves and Paint Pots and Queens
\* **Edward the Blue Engine** - Old Iron
\* **Four Little Engines** - Old Faithful Template:Mentioned
\* **Percy the Small Engine** - Percy and the Signal and Duck Takes Charge
\* **The Eight Famous Engines** - Gordon Goes Foreign, Double Header and The Fat Controller's Engines
\* **Duck and the Diesel Engine** - Domeless Engines Template:Cameo, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work and A Close Shave Template:Mentioned
\* **The Little Old Engine** - Rock 'n' Roll
\* **The Twin Engines** - Hullo Twins!, The Missing Coach Template:Mentioned, Break Van and The Deputation
\* **Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine** - Bowled Out
\* **Main Line Engines** - Buzz, Buzz and Edward's Exploit
\* **Small Railway Engines** - Ballast Template:Note
\* **Enterprising Engines** - Tenders for Henry, Super Rescue Template:Cameo and Little Western
\* **Oliver the Western Engine** - Resource and Sagacity
\* **Duke the Lost Engine** - Sleeping Beauty Template:Cameo
\* **James and the Diesel Engines** - Old Stuck-Up, Crossed Lines, Fire-Engine and Deep Freeze
\* **Great Little Engines** - Peter Sam and the Prickly Problem Template:Mentioned
\* **More About Thomas the Tank Engine** - Better Late Than Never
\* **Gordon the High-Speed Engine** - High Speed Gordon Template:Cameo, Fire Escape and Gordon Proves His Point
\* **Thomas and the Twins** - Trevor Helps Out Template:Cameo
\* **Thomas and the Great Railway Show** - Museum-Piece and Not the Ticket Template:Does not speak
\* **Henry and the Express** - Out of Puff, Overhaul, Sliding Scales and Henry Sees Red Template:Cameo
\* **Wilbert the Forest Engine** - Foaming at the Funnel
\* **Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines** - Birdstrike, Edward and the Cabbages Template:Mentioned and Golden Jubilee
\* **Thomas and his Friends** - Buffer Bashing and Centenary
====Companion Volumes====
\* **1970** - Twelve Happy Engines Template:Mentioned
\* **1972** - The Railway Series: Surprise Packet
\* **1976** - Famous Engines and Railway Map of the Island of Sodor
\* **1983** - Bertie the Bus and Thomas the Tank Engine Template:Mentioned
\* **1984** - Henry the Green Engine and the Elephant, Thomas's Christmas Party Template:Does not speak and James the Red Engine and the Troublesome Trucks
\* **1986** - Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree and Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
\* **1987** - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
\* **1992** - Thomas and the Hurricane
\* **1994** - James the Red Engine and the Signal
\* **1995** - Percy the Small Engine and the Scarf
\* **2005** - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines
\* **2007** - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection
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===*Thomas & Friends*===
\* **Series 1** - Thomas and Gordon Template:Cameo, Edward and Gordon Template:Note, The Sad Story of Henry Template:Cameo, Edward, Gordon and Henry Template:Cameo, Thomas' Train Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Trucks Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Breakdown Train, James and the Coaches, Troublesome Trucks, James and the Express, Thomas Goes Fishing, Tenders and Turntables, Trouble in the Shed Template:Does not speak, Percy Runs Away, Coal, The Flying Kipper Template:Cameo, Whistles and Sneezes Template:Cameo, Thomas in Trouble Template:Cameo, Dirty Objects, Off the Rails Template:Does not speak and Thomas' Christmas Party
\* **Series 2** - Cows Template:Cameo, Saved from Scrap Template:Cameo, Old Iron, Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, The Runaway Template:Note, Gordon Goes Foreign Template:Note, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, A Close Shave Template:Does not speak, Better Late Than Never, Break Van, The Deputation, Edward's Exploit and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree Template:Cameo
\* **Series 3** - A Scarf for Percy, Percy's Promise Template:Cameo, Time for Trouble, Gordon and the Famous Visitor Template:Cameo, Donald's Duck Template:Cameo, Thomas Gets Bumped Template:Does not speak, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, Diesel Does it Again Template:Cameo, Henry's Forest, The Trouble with Mud, No Joke for James, Trust Thomas, Buzz, Buzz, Tender Engines, Escape, Oliver Owns Up, Bulgy Template:Cameo, Percy, James and the Fruitful Day and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure Template:Cameo
\* **Series 4** - Sleeping Beauty, Bulldog, Four Little Engines Template:Does not speak, Rock 'n' Roll, Steam Roller Template:Cameo, Gallant Old Engine Template:Cameo, Thomas and Stepney Template:Cameo, Train Stops Play Template:Cameo, Bowled Out, Henry and the Elephant, Toad Stands By Template:Cameo, Bulls Eyes Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Special Letter, Paint Pots and Queens, Fish Template:Cameo and Mind that Bike Template:Cameo
\* **Series 5** - Cranky Bugs, Horrid Lorry, A Better View for Gordon, Lady Hatt's Birthday Party Template:Cameo, James and the Trouble with Trees, Gordon and the Gremlin, Baa! Template:Cameo, Put Upon Percy Template:Cameo, Haunted Henry Template:Cameo, Something in the Air Template:Cameo, Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach, Thomas and the Rumours, Oliver's Find Template:Cameo, Happy Ever After Template:Cameo, Make Someone Happy and Busy Going Backwards
\* **Series 6** - Salty's Secret Template:Cameo, Harvey to the Rescue, No Sleep for Cranky Template:Cameo, A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter Template:Cameo, Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry Template:Cameo, The Fogman, It's Only Snow, Twin Trouble Template:Cameo, The World's Strongest Engine Template:Cameo, Scaredy Engines, Percy and the Haunted Mine Template:Cameo, Middle Engine, James and the Red Balloon, Jack Frost, Gordon Takes a Tumble, Percy's Chocolate Crunch, Thomas, Percy and the Squeak, Thomas the Jet Engine and Edward the Very Useful Engine Template:Does not speak
\* **Series 7** - Emily's New Coaches Template:Cameo, Percy Gets it Right, Edward's Brass Band Template:Note, What's the Matter with Henry? Template:Cameo, James and the Queen of Sodor, The Spotless Record Template:Cameo, Bulgy Rides Again, Harold and the Flying Horse Template:Cameo, Best Dressed Engine, Gordon and Spencer, Not So Hasty Puddings Template:Cameo and Three Cheers for Thomas Template:Note
\* **Jack and the Sodor Construction Company** - A Tale for Thomas Template:Cameo and Mud, Glorious Mud Template:Cameo
\* **Series 8** - Thomas and the Tuba Template:Does not speak, Percy's New Whistle Template:Cameo, Thomas to the Rescue Template:Cameo, James Gets a New Coat, Thomas Saves the Day, Percy's Big Mistake Template:Cameo, Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough Template:Cameo, Don't Tell Thomas, Emily's New Route, Thomas and the Firework Display, Gordon Takes Charge Template:Does not speak, Spic and Span, Edward the Great, Thomas and the Circus, Thomas Gets it Right, As Good as Gordon, Halloween Template:Cameo, James Goes Too Far, Chickens to School Template:Cameo, Too Hot for Thomas and Percy and the Magic Carpet
\* **Series 9** - Percy and the Oil Painting Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Rainbow Template:Does not speak, Thomas' Milkshake Muddle Template:Cameo, Molly's Special Special Template:Cameo, Respect for Gordon, Thomas and the Birthday Picnic Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Toy Shop Template:Cameo, Thomas and the New Engine, Toby Feels Left Out, Thomas Tries His Best, Thomas and the Statue Template:Cameo, Thomas' Day Off Template:Cameo, Thomas' New Trucks, Saving Edward Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Golden Eagle Template:Cameo, Keeping Up with James and Flour Power Template:Cameo
\* **Series 10** - Follow that Flour, Thomas and the Jet Plane Template:Cameo, Percy and the Funfair, The Green Controller, Thomas' Tricky Tree Template:Cameo, It's Good to be Gordon Template:Cameo, Seeing the Sights Template:Cameo, Toby's New Shed Template:Cameo, Topped Off Thomas Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Shooting Star, Big Strong Henry Template:Cameo, Wharf and Peace, Thomas' Frosty Friend, Thomas and the Colours, Duncan's Bluff, Thomas and the Treasure and James the Second Best
\* **Series 11** - Thomas and the Storyteller, Emily's Rubbish, Dream On Template:Cameo, Dirty Work, Hector the Horrid!, Gordon and the Engineer Template:Note, Thomas and the Spaceship Template:Cameo, Henry's Lucky Day, Thomas and the Lighthouse, Thomas and the Big Bang Template:Does not speak, Thomas Sets Sail, Don't be Silly, Billy Template:Cameo, Edward and the Mail Template:Cameo, Hide and Peep Template:Cameo, Toby's Triumph Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Runaway Car Template:Cameo, Thomas in Trouble, Thomas and the Stinky Cheese, Sir Handel in Charge and Ding-a-Ling
\* **Series 12** - Thomas and the Billboard, Heave Ho Thomas! Template:Cameo, James Works it Out, Tram Trouble Template:Cameo and Percy and the Bandstand Template:Note
\* **Series 13** - Creaky Cranky, The Lion of Sodor, Tickled Pink, Double Trouble Template:Cameo, Slippy Sodor, The Early Bird, Play Time Template:Does not speak, Thomas and the Pigs, Percy's Parcel, Toby's New Whistle, A Blooming Mess, Thomas and the Runaway Kite Template:Does not speak, Steamy Sodor, Splish Splash Splosh, The Biggest Present of All Template:Does not speak, Snow Tracks Template:Cameo, Henry's Good Deeds Template:Cameo, Buzzy Bees Template:Cameo and Hiro Helps Out Template:Cameo
\* **Series 14** - Thomas' Tall Friend Template:Cameo, James in the Dark, Pingy Pongy Pick Up, Charlie and Eddie Template:Cameo, Toby and the Whistling Woods, Henry's Health and Safety Template:Cameo, Diesel's Special Delivery, Pop Goes Thomas, Being Percy, Merry Winter Wish, Thomas and the Snowman Party, Thomas' Crazy Day Template:Cameo, Jumping Jobi Wood!, Thomas and Scruff Template:Cameo, O the Indignity, Jitters and Japes Template:Cameo and Henry's Magic Box
\* **Series 15** - Gordon and Ferdinand Template:Cameo, Percy's New Friends Template:Cameo, Edward the Hero Template:Cameo, James to the Rescue, Happy Hiro Template:Cameo, Up, Up and Away! Template:Cameo, Henry's Happy Coal Template:Cameo, Let it Snow Template:Cameo, Surprise, Surprise Template:Cameo, Spencer the Grand Template:Cameo, Stuck on You, Kevin the Steamie Template:Cameo, Wonky Whistle Template:Cameo, Percy the Snowman Template:Cameo, Tree Trouble Template:Cameo and Fiery Flynn Template:Cameo
\* **Series 16** - Race to the Rescue Template:Cameo, Express Coming Through Template:Cameo, Percy and the Monster of Brendam Template:Cameo, Flash Bang Wallop!, Thomas and the Rubbish Train Template:Cameo, Thomas Toots the Crows Template:Cameo, Bust My Buffers! Template:Cameo, Percy and the Calliope Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor, Salty's Surprise Template:Cameo, Sodor Surprise Day Template:Cameo, Muddy Matters, Whiff's Wish Template:Does not speak and Happy Birthday Sir! Template:Cameo
\* **Series 17** - Kevin's Cranky Friend Template:Cameo, Scruff's Makeover, Wayward Winston Template:Cameo, Gordon Runs Dry, Calm Down Caitlin Template:Cameo, Steamie Stafford Template:Cameo, Henry's Hero Template:Cameo, The Lost Puff Template:Cameo, The Thomas Way Template:Cameo, The Phantom Express, Too Many Fire Engines Template:Cameo, No Snow for Thomas Template:Cameo, Santa's Little Engine Template:Cameo, The Missing Christmas Decorations, The Frozen Turntable, The Afternoon Tea Express Template:Does not speak, The Smelly Kipper and Thomas' Shortcut Template:Cameo
\* **Series 18** - Old Reliable Edward, Flatbeds of Fear Template:Cameo, Disappearing Diesels Template:Cameo, Signals Crossed, Toad's Adventure, Duck in the Water, Duck and the Slip Coaches, Thomas and the Emergency Cable Template:Cameo, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger Template:Cameo, Spencer's VIP, Toad's Bright Idea, Last Train for Christmas, Duncan the Humbug Template:Cameo, The Perfect Gift Template:Cameo, Emily Saves the World, Timothy and the Rainbow Truck Template:Cameo and Samson at Your Service
\* **Series 19** - Who's Geoffrey?, The Truth About Toby, Lost Property Template:Cameo, Henry Spots Trouble, The Beast of Sodor, Toad and the Whale Template:Cameo, Very Important Sheep Template:Cameo, Salty All at Sea, Helping Hiro Template:Cameo, Slow Stephen, Reds vs. Blues, Best Engine Ever, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead, Philip to the Rescue, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas Template:Cameo, Rocky Rescue Template:Cameo, The Other Side of the Mountain Template:Cameo and Goodbye Fat Controller
\* **Series 20** - Toby's New Friend Template:Cameo, Henry Gets the Express, Diesel and the Ducklings, Bradford the Brake Van, Pouty James, Letters to Santa Template:Cameo, All in Vain, Tit for Tat, Henry in the Dark, Three Steam Engines Gruff, Engine of the Future, Hugo and the Airship, The Christmas Coffeepot Template:Cameo and Over the Hill
\* **Series 21** - Dowager Hatt's Busy Day, Stuck in Gear Template:Cameo, P.A. Problems Template:Cameo, Hasty Hannah, Cranky at the End of the Line Template:Cameo, Philip's Number Template:Does not speak, The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor, A Shed for Edward, The Big Freeze and Emily in the Middle
\* **Series 22** - Forever and Ever, Confusion Without Delay, What Rebecca Does, An Engine of Many Colours, School of Duck Template:Cameo, Seeing is Believing, Apology Impossible, Samson and the Fireworks Template:Cameo and Thomas' Animal Ark
\* **Series 23** - Chucklesome Trucks, Gordon Gets the Giggles Template:Cameo, Steam Team to the Rescue, Panicky Percy, First Day on Sodor! and Rangers of the Rails
\* **Series 24** - A New Arrival, World of Tomorrow, Thomas and the Royal Engine, Emily's Best Friend, Thomas' Fuzzy Friend, The Great Little Railway Show, Emily to the Rescue, James the Super Engine, Sonny's Second Chance, Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!, Nia's Bright Idea and Thomas' Animal Friends

====Specials:====
\* **1992** - Thomas and the U.K. Trip Template:Does not speak
\* **2000** - Thomas and the Magic Railroad
\* **2005** - Calling All Engines!
\* **2008** - The Great Discovery
\* **2009** - Hero of the Rails
\* **2010** - Misty Island Rescue
\* **2011** - Day of the Diesels
\* **2012** - Blue Mountain Mystery
\* **2013** - King of the Railway
\* **2014** - Tale of the Brave
\* **2015** - The Adventure Begins and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
\* **2016** - The Great Race
\* **2017** - Journey Beyond Sodor
\* **2018** - Big World! Big Adventures!

====Music Videos====
\* **Series 3** - Thomas' Anthem and I'm Thomas the Tank Engine
\* **Series 4** - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Let's Have a Race, Toby, Don't Judge a Book By its Cover, The Island Song and Really Useful Engine
\* **Series 5** - Night Train, Accidents Will Happen, Every Cloud has a Silver Lining, It's Great to be an Engine, The Snow Song, Sir Topham Hatt, Come for the Ride, Harold the Helicopter and Percy's Seaside Trip
\* **Thomas and the Magic Railroad** - Really Useful Engine
\* **Series 6** - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines, Down by the Docks, Winter Wonderland, Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo and Never, Never, Never Give Up
\* **Series 7** - Five New Engines in the Shed, The Red Balloon, There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away, Troublesome Trucks and The Whistle Song
\* **Series 8** - Sounds, Emily, Surprises, A World Around You, Determination, Patience and Engine Roll Call
\* **Calling all Engines!** - Busy, Trying, Together, New Engine Roll Call and The Dream Song
\* **Series 9** - Buffer Up and Share, Brave, Day and Night, Party Time, Pride, Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor and Togetherness
\* **Jack and the Sodor Construction Company** - The Work Song and One Friendly Family
\* **Series 10** - Doing it Right, Favourite Place, H is for Harold, Navigation, There's Always Something New, Responsibility and Strength
\* **Series 11** - The Narrow Gauge Engines and Engine Roll Call
\* **The Great Discovery** - Thomas and James are Racing, There's a Job for Everyone, Where, oh Where is Thomas?, Engine Roll Call and Thomas, You're the Leader
\* **Series 12** - Engine Roll Call Template:Note
\* **Hero of the Rails** - Go, Go Thomas
\* **Series 13** - Roll Along, Thomas, You're the Leader, Sounds Template:Note, Determination Template:Note and Engine Roll Call Template:Note
\* **Misty Island Rescue** - Misty Island Rescue
\* **Series 14** - All You Need and Sir Topham Hatt
\* **Day of the Diesels** - Day of the Diesels
\* **Series 15** - Hear the Engines Coming
\* **Series 16** - Thomas and Percy and Go, Go Thomas
\* **King of the Railway** - Working Together Again, Searching Everywhere and It's Gonna be a Great Day
\* **Series 17** - Hey, Hey Thomas! and On a Journey Today
\* **Tale of the Brave** - Monsters Everywhere and Let's Be Brave
\* **Series 18** - It's Christmas Time and The Best Friends Express
\* **Thomas' YouTube World Tour** - A World Around You, Down by the Docks, Navigation, Never, Never, Never Give Up, It's Great to be an Engine, Thomas' Anthem, The Island Song, The Whistle Song, Night Train, Ode to Gordon, Rules and Regulations and That's What Friends Are for
\* **Series 19** - There's Snow Place Like Home, Race with You, Spring is Here! and Engine Roll Call
\* **Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure** - We Make a Team Together
\* **Series 20** - It's Halloween, James the Really Splendid Engine Template:Note and Accidents Will Happen Template:Note
\* **The Great Race** - Will You Won't You, Streamlining Template:Cameo and Be Who You Are, and Go Far
\* **Journey Beyond Sodor** - Somebody Has to be the Favourite, Who's Thomas? Template:Mentioned, I Want to Go Home Template:Does not speak, The Hottest Place in Town Template:Does not speak and The Most Important Thing is Being Friends
\* **Series 21** - Set Friendship in Motion, Doing it Right Template:Note, Trying Template:Note and Little Engines Template:Note
\* **Big World! Big Adventures!** - Where in the World is Thomas? and We're Friends
\* **Series 22** - Engine Roll Call, The Journey Never Ends, Big World! Big Adventures!, All the Girls Around the World, The Steam Team and Let's Dream
\* **Series 23** - Don't Stop

====Learning Segments====
\* **Series 8** - Being Blue, Being on Time Template:Note, Helping One Another, What Makes Percy Feel Better? Template:Cameo, Guess the Engine - James, Getting There and Painting James
\* **Series 9** - Same Colour, Which Load for Which Route?, What Goes Where? Template:Cameo, Who's Under The Coal Dust? - James, Getting to the Washdown, Dot to Dot - James and Fixing the Engines
\* **Series 10** - New Parts for James, Who's Under the Coal Dust? - Emily, Which Friends is in Which Shed?, What Does Harold See? and Happy or Sad
\* **Series 10** - Who Will Percy See?, Toby's Favourite Place Template:Cameo and Diesels and Steamers Template:Cameo
\* **Unknown** - Being Repainted and Pulling Coaches

====Videos====
\* **2014** - Welcome to the Island of Sodor Logan! Template:Note
\* **2015** - Welcome to the Island of Sodor Sam! Template:Note and A Friendly Farewell Template:Cameo
\* **2016** - Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers, Meet the Contenders: Percy of Sodor Template:Note and Meet the Contenders: Thomas of Sodor
\* **2017** - Shark Escape Template:Cameo
\* **2018** - Meet the Characters! Template:Cameo, Meet the New Steam Team, Still the Best of Friends Template:Cameo, Animals Around the World, Template:Cameo and Different Ways to See the World Template:Cameo, Why is Africa Important to Nia? Template:Cameo and Share a Selfie For Children In Need!
\* **2019** - Meet Percy, Meet Rebecca, Meet James, Meet Emily, Meet Gordon and Meet Nia
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===Books===
===Magazine Stories===
\* **1987** - Edward and Gordon Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Trucks Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Breakdown Train and James and the Coaches
\* **1988** - James and the Troublesome Trucks, James and the Express, Thomas and the Horse, Tenders and Turntables, Trouble in the Shed Template:Does not speak, Percy Runs Away, James and the Tar Wagons, Old Iron, Percy and the Signal, Percy Gets Jammed, Thomas' Present, The Train Spotters Template:Mentioned, Edward's Exploits and Duck Takes Charge
\* **1989** - Gordon's Express, In a Sulk, Diesel's Christmas, The Party Template:Does not speak, A Second Chance, An Important Visitor, The Missing Holly! and A Surprise for Thomas
\* **1990** - Rumours and Speculation, Edward and the Express Template:Does not speak, Timetable Trouble, The Backlog, Percy and the Dragon and Trouble on the Track
\* **1991** - Duck's Service, Gordon Forgets and Daisy in Distress
\* **1992** - James's Task and Henry and the Holidaymakers!
\* **1993** - Trevor to the Rescue!, Percy and the Parrot!, Roof Repairs!, The Wedding Engine! Template:Cameo, The Viaduct! and First with the Food! Template:Mentioned
\* **1994** - The New Station and Thomas Keeps a Secret!
\* **1995** - Keeping Clean!, The Engine Parade!, Thomas's Bell! and A Desk for Daisy!
\* **1996** - Proud Mavis!, Gordon's Spots!, Going Slowly!, Too Tired!, The Little Line, The Trouble With Mud!, Lost Property! Template:Does not speak, Oliver's Mistake Template:Cameo, Oliver's Mistake Template:Cameo, The Brown Bear and Percy's Squeak! Template:Cameo
\* **1997** - Henry's Busy Day Template:Does not speak, Henry's Hills, Henry, 'Smile, Please!', April Fools, The Flower Train, James and Star Story!
\* **1998** - The Exhibition! Template:Does not speak, Billy's Bones! Template:Cameo, James Breaks the Rules, James' Hotel!, The Easter Cake! Template:Cameo and Christmas Crisis Template:Does not speak
\* **1999** - Bill and Ben's Trick Template:Mentioned, Duck and Diesel and Donald and Douglas
\* **2000** - The End of the Rainbow!, Night Work Template:Cameo, Rude James, The Milk Train, Harold's View, Henrietta's Holiday Template:Mentioned, Lucky to be Lost! Template:Cameo, The Lost Scarf Template:Does not speak and Painting the Shed
\* **2001** - False Alarm, Diesel Day!, Choc-o-BoCo! Template:Cameo, A Special Story About BoCo Template:Does not speak, A Special Story About Snow! Template:Cameo, Midnight Mavis, A Burst Balloon! Template:Cameo and Pulling the Post (*cameo*)
\* **2002** - The Winning Shot Template:Cameo, James and the Bees, Big Ideas!, Sodor Goes Pop!, The Blue Engine Club, Diesels and Steam Engines Template:Cameo, Clean Up Chaos Template:Cameo, A Snowy Reception Template:Does not speak and Diesel's Drums
\* **2003** - New Year Cheer!, Feeling Fine, Tour of Sodor, Crane Strain! Template:Does not speak, Books Aboard!, The Boatshow, Super Heroes! Template:Cameo, A Foggy Friend Template:Cameo, Harold's Bad Day Template:Cameo, Gordon's Surprise, The Most Beautiful Station Template:Cameo, Percy's Party! Template:Cameo, Animal Antics!, Frozen Engine Template:Cameo, Sandblasted! Template:Cameo, Revving Racers Template:Does not speak and The Cat Controller!
\* **2004** - Rocket Power, Fishy Business, Harvey to the Rescue!, Scrapes and Spills, Thank You, Thomas!, James and the Red Balloon, Scary Jack Frost, James' New Coat, Peep! Peep! Moo! Moo!, Holiday Hat, Daisy's Delight, Thomas Gets It Right, Percy to the Rescue Template:Cameo, Harold's Bad Day Template:Cameo, Henry's Forest, Sky Shapes, Place to Play, Toby's Troubles!, Edward to the Rescue! Template:Cameo, Dirty Percy!, Emily's Day Out, Colour Quarrel!, A Frog in his Throat!, It's Only Snow! Template:Cameo, Favourite Journey, The Big Wheel, The Train Trolley, The River Race, Engine Ball, Spotty Thomas, Missing Murdoch, Salty's Tales, Dazzling Diesel!, Sparks Fly Template:Cameo, Thomas the Tortoise, Glider Rider Template:Cameo and Taking Off!
\* **2005** - King Thomas, What's Cooking?, Winter Watch, Percy and the Magic Carpet Template:Cameo, Emily's New Route, Three Kings, Spick and Span, Really Useful Colours, George's Little Joke, A Treat for Trying Template:Cameo, Cat and Mouse, Glider Rider Template:Cameo, A Jumbo-Sized Surprise Template:Cameo, Relay Rescue, On the Beach, As Good as Gordon Template:Cameo and Something Fishy
\* **2006** - Justice for James, Fun and James, Saving Edward Template:Cameo, Thomas, Emily and the Snowplow Template:Cameo, Old and Useful, Thomas and the New Engine and Thomas and the Statue Template:Cameo
\* **2007** - A Job for James, The Santa Engine, Ding-a-Ling!, The Best Smile Template:Does not speak, Autumn Leaves Template:Cameo, Surprise Visitor Template:Cameo and Wheely Useful
\* **2008** - Snow Trouble! Template:Cameo, Track Race, Being Bright Template:Cameo and Thomas and the Lighthouse! Template:Does not speak
\* **2009** - New Delivery and Thomas Saves the Day Template:Does not speak
\* **2010** - Diesel's Special Delivery Template:Does not speak, Magpie Mavis Template:Does not speak, The Best Present of All Template:Cameo, Early Bird Template:Note, Bubble Trouble, Christmas Dinner Diner, Big Ideas, Proud Puffers, Creaky Cranky Template:Does not speak, Misty Island Rescue Template:Cameo, Pulling the Post Template:Cameo, Emily's Lucky Day Template:Does not speak, Snow Tracks, Thomas and the Rainbow! Template:Does not speak, Perfect Plough Template:Note and Percy and the Magic Carpet Template:Cameo
\* **2011** - Off Colour, Being Percy Template:Cameo, Steam on Stamps, Smiles All Round, Misty Island Rescue Template:Cameo, Ready, Jet Set, Go! Template:Cameo, Watch the Clock, Really Red, The Flying Teapot Template:Does not speak, Tickled Pink, Winter Wish Template:Does not speak, Making Annie Smile, Steamy Sodor Template:Does not speak, Snow Tracks Template:Cameo, Party Time, Mirror, Mirror, Heave Ho Thomas! Template:Cameo, Ready, Jet Set, Go! Template:Cameo, Scrubbed Up, Creaky Cranky Template:Does not speak and Animal Adventure
\* **2012** - Clever James, Rescue Team, Tender Trouble, Paint for Percy Template:Does not speak, Thomas and the Pigs, Museum Mayhem Template:Note, Early Bird Template:Mentioned, The Railway Show Template:Does not speak, The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 643), Team Spirit Time!, Message Mix-Up!, Clock Countdown Template:Cameo, Thomas and the Sound of Sodor Template:Does not speak and Keeping up with James
\* **2013** - Muddy Matters, Flash! Crash! Wallop! Template:Does not speak, Hover Bother!, Being Percy Template:Cameo, James and the Giant Animals, Henrietta's Holiday Template:Mentioned, Thomas the Spotter, Gordon Runs Dry Template:Note, The Railway Rink Template:Cameo and New Year Party Template:Cameo
\* **2014** - Engine Trouble, The Royal Carriage, Muddy Matters, Fever!, Henry's Forest, Henry's Hero Template:Cameo, Frozen Turntable Template:Does not speak and Steamy Sodor Template:Does not speak
\* **2015** - Stinky James, Signals Crossed, No 'I' in Team Template:Mentioned, Duck in the Water, Silent Puffing!, Spencer's Star Template:Mentioned, The Perfect Present Template:Cameo, Henrietta's Holiday Template:Mentioned and Diesel's Drums
\* **2016** - Tickled Pink! and James' Ghost Train!
\* **2017** - Engine Trouble, Steamy Sodor Template:Does not speak and Flash! Crash! Wallop! Template:Does not speak
James also appeared in the magazine stories, A Colourful Christmas, A Job for James, A Long Way Up!, A Special Story about Steam, Back-to-Front, Bricks and Tunnels, Building Blues!, Clever Climbers!, Coal Weather, Daisy's Day, Diesel's Drums, Diesel's Nasty Turn, Doctors and Nurses, Fast Food!, Fish and Fog!, Fishy Diesel!, Flying James, Gordon the Town Engine, Harvest, Jack Frost, James and Edward, James and the Cheese, Lazy Wheels, Leaves on the Line, Looking Splendid, Lost and Found, Luggage, Missing Murdoch, Party Time!, Percy's House, Percy's Plight, Percy's Spooky Tooth, Picture Posters, Puzzles, Railway Open Day, Really Useful Edward, Rushing Around, Scaredy Puffer!, Sea Sick, Seeing Steam, Ship Ahoy!, Size Wise, Sodor's Strong Man, Sodor Goes Pop!, Special Passengers, Special Treats, Stick with Steam, The Best Band, The Best Engine, The Flower Dome, The Flyover!, The Haunted Mine, The Smartest Engine, The Smugglers, The Tiny Engine and The Very Important Job.
===Annual Stories===
\* **1985** - Donald's Duck Template:Cameo, Gale Warning and James' Rest Cure
\* **1986** - Old Groaner
\* **1987** - Signal Failure and Percy's Passengers
\* **1988** - Percy and the Brake Van Template:Mentioned, Responsibilities Template:Mentioned and Jack-in-the-Box
\* **1989** - Trapped by Trees Template:Does not speak
\* **1990** - Thomas and the Cricketers Template:Mentioned, Old Square Wheels, Donald and the Breakaways and Points of No Return
\* **1991** - Near Miss Template:Mentioned and Rusty Red Scrap Iron
\* **1992** - Galloping Sausage
\* **1993** - James' Traffic Jam and The Hut that Walked by Itself
\* **1994** - James' Rest Cure
\* **1995** - Easter Egg Special and Thank You, Thomas and Toby Template:Cameo
\* **1996** - James Gets Cracking and Pantomime Pranks
\* **1997** - Ice Magic Template:Not seen, Rusty's Revenge and We Wish You a Merry Christmas! Template:Mentioned
\* **1998** - Engines to the Rescue and The Star of the Show Template:Mentioned
\* **1999** - Leaves on the Line
\* **2000** - Slow Down, Thomas! Template:Mentioned, Thomas the Famous Engine, The Flood Template:Does not speak and Star Engines Template:Does not speak
\* **2001** - Very Special Engines Template:Does not speak, Edward Saves the Day and Donald and Douglas Template:Cameo
\* **2002** - A Special Day for Thomas, "That's the Way to Do It!" Template:Cameo, The Really Useful Traction Engine and Percy's Dream Template:Does not speak
\* **2013 Holiday Annual** - The Biggest Present of All Template:Cameo
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==Songs==
\* Will You Won't You Template:Note
\* Be Who You Are, and Go Far Template:Note
\* Somebody Has to be the Favourite Template:Note
\* The Most Important Thing is Being Friends Template:Note
\* Where in the World is Thomas? Template:Note
\* We're Friends Template:Note

==Audio Files==
**Whistles**
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==Trivia==
\* James is named after James Furze, a friend of Edmund Ward's son.
\* James's catchphrase "Here's James!" seems to be a reference to Jack Torrance's catchphrase "Here's Johnny!" which is heard in the very famous 1980 horror film *The Shining.*
\* James was originally illustrated in *The Three Railway Engines* as the red engine who tried to push Henry out of the tunnel. However, children began sending letters to Awdry asking why James was painted red prior to the events of *Thomas the Tank Engine*. In response, Awdry decided to make the Red Engine a completely different character altogether.
\* In *Sodor: Reading Between the Lines*, James is said to have been sold to the NWR in 1923; this creates anachronisms with events laid out in *The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways*.
\* In the first series, James was formally introduced in *Thomas and the Breakdown Train*, which was said to have been his first day on the railway. However, he had appeared in every prior episode as a background character. This may have been done to populate the sets, similar to how the Märklin Engine was used in later episodes.
\* A large scale working replica of James was built by BBC Visual Effects for a tour in 2003, along with Thomas, Percy, Harold and Jack. The battery-powered locomotive is listed in the 2004 Guinness Book of Records as the largest model railway engine ever built, at 2.64 x 1.5 x 6.52 metres.
\* James has been shown to be quite popular among several people who worked on the series:
\*\* Andrew Brenner has said in an interview that James is one of his favourite characters, along with Toby, Bill and Ben.
\*\* Mara Wilson stated on Twitter that James was her favourite character.
\*\* Sam Barlow has said in an interview that James is one of his favourite characters, along with Gordon, Victor and Kevin.
\* In *Toby's New Whistle*, James revealed that he once had a three-chime steam whistle.
\* Since the twenty-first series, James along with Belle are the only characters to have the same voice actors in both English dubs, albeit with different accents. He is also the only male member of the Steam Team to have the same voice actor in both English dubs.
\* In the French dub of the Model Series, James was known as *Jacques*.
\* James' Wooden Railway, Wood, Plarail, Motor Road and Rail, Tomy and TrackMaster toys omit his pilot wheels, making him into an 0-6-0 instead of a 2-6-0, much like the real members of his class.
\* James is the only Steam Team member with a one-syllable name. He also has the shortest name out of all the Steam Team members in pronounciation terms.

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