Gordon

**Gordon** was one of the original engines to work on the North Western Railway. He had proven that he was the only engine capable of pulling the express alone, which is why Sir Topham Hatt has made that his primary job. Aside from the select times he'spulled short freight trains. Gordon's express stayed strictly to the main line, due to obvious problems both him and branch lines would face due to his size and weight.

## Personality

Gordon's important position as the engine who pulls the Express made him proud, pompous and self-important, with a good reason too. He was the fastest engine on Sodor. He was extremely proud of this and is inclined to boast, and he was (at first) a bully to smaller engines like Thomas or Percy or older and more weaker engines like Edward. He also had a great hate of goods trains. Gordon’s philosophy "tender engines don't shunt" meant that he looked down on tank engines and tender engines who do shunt, but after being locked in the shed with Henry and James after going on strike he seemed to have abandoned this philosophy. Because of his rank in the social order of the North Western Railway, Gordon expected to get the important passenger jobs and either sulks when he does not and/or gets jealous of engines who do. Despite all of this, Gordon was however goodhearted, always willing to forgive and used his superior strength to help smaller engines out of trouble. He sometimes gave the engines some advice, usually after he has had some mishap as a result of his foolhardiness. Some of his advice was not exactly helpful or honest though. Despite being labelled as one of Sir Topham Hatt's more sensible engines, he did act senseless if prompted, which is quite often.

## Appearances

### Season 1

#### "Past Tales"

Gordon was present at the sheds, along with Thomas, Percy, James, and Henry as Edward told them the story of Bertram. When Percy said Bertram could be useful to keep Gordon's mouth running away with itself, Gordon was not amused.

#### "The Mines"

Gordon, along with Thomas and James were waiting for Percy to bring their trains, but Percy never showed up because he and Henry were in the mines looking for Bertram. He was very impatient because he needed his coaches to take the express. He asked where the two green engines went. He was furious because he thought he was going to run late.

#### "Dirty Diesel"

Gordon was at the sheds with the other engines waiting for the new engine to arrive, then Diesel shows up. When James makes a cheeky comment to Sir Topham Hatt, he thought it was funny to see James get in trouble afterwards when he had to stay in the shed. Diesel calls the steamies disgusting, causing Gordon to be offended.

#### "Crossing Disasters"

Gordon was pulling the express when all of a sudden, Diesel shunted a truck in front of a crossing, causing Gordon to crash into it. Later on, Edward came to the scene asking if he was okay. Gordon was okay but he needed help. Edward decided to get the breakdown train. However, he ended up crashing into Gordon because of Diesel. Eventually, Toby and Henry arrived to help the engines back onto the tracks. Sir Topham Hatt asked if the engines were okay. Luckily, they were. Henry shunted Edward and Gordon to the works.

#### "Evil Arrival"

After Diesel 10's arrival, Gordon came to the station and asked Sir Topham Hatt if they should check on the gold dust now. Sir Topham Hatt agreed and they left.

Later on, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt traveled to the gold dust. Gordon was pleased that it was safe. Sir Topham Hatt said that if anyone had the gold dust, they would have power over the railway. Gordon asked how the gold dust came to be. Sir Topham Hatt explains there was an engine once that was killed, and the only thing left was the gold dust.

### Season 2

#### "The Missing Engine"

In the morning at Tidmouth Sheds, Gordon and the other engines noticed Edward was not there. Thomas reassured them and said that a search was ordered for him because Sir Topham Hatt told him.

#### "R.I.P"

Gordon was seen at Caitlin's funeral. He was saddened by her death.

#### "Sodor On Edge - Part 1"

Gordon arrived at the station were Sir Topham Hatt was. He asked if they should go on the daily gold dust run, which he agreed, but he wanted Gordon to go alone this time due to the fact he was busy with other things. Gordon asked when he would stop doing the runs because it was very annoying watching Henry pull the Express, saying he is such a failure. Henry arrived saying that he could hear Gordon. Sir Topham Hatt told Henry to pull the Express properly and told him to leave due to being "a pain in the backside". Gordon left to make sure the gold dust was spic and span and he had to watch Henry fail at the Express a bit longer too.

#### "Sodor On Edge - Part 2"

Gordon was going on the daily gold dust run and felt that the island was no longer safe with Diesel 10 freely roaming around.

Later on, he was at the meeting being held by Thomas. He explained that Percy, Stepney and Arthur were all captured and taken to Diesel 10's hideout. Douglas also said Donald hadn’t come back either. Then, a white engine named Stanley came and introduces himself. Bill explained that he had three brothers: Stepney, Stanley and a twin named Ben who was sadly not alive anymore. Stanley explained that Diesel 10 and Bert had killed Ben. After some conversing, Henry said to play it simple for now and maybe that night when he was finished with the Flying Kipper, he would go to Diesel 10's shed and see if he was up to anything. Thomas told him to stay safe. Later on, Henry said that Diesel 10 was not in his shed last night. Gordon said he was about to go on the daily gold dust run at 2:00 PM. Suddenly they all heard an explosion and saw Toby's remains. Gordon was shocked at the impact.

#### "Sodor On Edge - Part 3"

Gordon was seen with the other engines looking at Toby's remains while Mavis was cleaning it up.

Later on, Arry came up to the steam engines, but Gordon did not trust him at first. Douglas and Henry told him and the other engines to let Arry speak and then Arry said that he was sick of the treatment Diesel 10 was giving him and wanted to join the steamies' side. Gordon reluctantly agreed along with the other engines.

#### "Sodor On Edge - Part 4"

Gordon was sleeping at Tidmouth Sheds. Then Diesel 10 arrived and destroyed it, with him and Emily inside.

They were then taken to the works by Douglas and Henry, and James had to go on the daily gold dust run instead.

#### "Sodor On Edge - Part 5"

Gordon arrived at the station after returning from the works. He told Sir Topham Hatt that he was thinking of pulling the Express today. Stanley told him to keep thinking because Henry had already taken the Express. Sir Topham Hatt said James did not come for his goods train today and he ordered Gordon to take it, much to his disgust.

Later on, he took the goods train with Douglas laughing at the sight.

After that, Gordon was at a meeting held by Thomas. Duck, Henry and Douglas were there too. There was barely anyone there. Gordon said Emily went to the quarry and went to fetch her and the quarry workers.

He arrived at the quarry to see it was in a landslide and Emily, Mavis, Bill and BoCo were trapped. He went to fetch the breakdown train.

#### "Aftermath"

Gordon was among the engines waiting at the station. Thomas, Percy, Edward, Stepney, Arry, and the Scottish Twins had arrived back safely.

After learning from Arthur that Diesel 10 and Bert were running loose on the island, Thomas held a meeting. Gordon was present at the meeting. He helped the engines look for the two diesels. After two hours of searching, the engines gave up, hoping they were gone.

#### "Now A Mainland Engine"

At night, due to Tidmouth Sheds being destroyed, Thomas, Edward, Gordon, Percy and Duck had to sleep outside. They did not like it one bit and missed Tidmouth Sheds. Gordon said it was annoying that Douglas always passed by at 4:00 AM with the Flying Kipper, saying Henry was much better at the job. Too bad he was still knocked out from chasing Diesel off of Mount Sodor. Soon Emily arrived and Gordon went to sleep with the others.

The next morning, Gordon was with the other engines at the station saying goodbye to Emily who left for the Mainland.

#### "Losing A Good Friend"

Gordon was present at the funeral that was held for Toby, James and Diesel. He was saddened by their deaths.

### Season 3

#### "Back To Crewe"

Gordon and the other engines were waking up at the rebuilt Tidmouth Sheds. They still missed Henry.  Arthur soon arrived and excitedly explained that Henry had finally woken up. Thomas, Edward, Gordon, Percy, Duck and the Scottish Twins left the sheds to see him, only to discover that Henry was not there. Duck asked one of the workmen where Henry was. The workman explained that when they were going to get some coffee, they came back out and Henry was gone and they did not know where he went. Gordon and the other engines then started a search for the big green engine.

Eventually when Henry was found, all the engines gathered around to say goodbye to him.

#### "Things Fall Apart"

After Percy accidentally crashed some trucks into Thomas, the two engines started fighting. Gordon arrived to stop the argument and heads off to get the Breakdown Train. Once Thomas and Percy's trucks were re-railed, Percy volunteered to take Thomas to the works, however, Thomas (thinking that Percy was going to derail him again) denied it and told Gordon to take him there instead.

Two days later, Gordon is present at BoCo's funeral.

#### "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 1"

Later on at night, Gordon, Duck and the Scottish Twins arrived at Tidmouth Sheds. Duck and Donald question where Percy was. Thomas explained that he banished him from the sheds. Douglas asked him why but Thomas did not want to talk about it and went to sleep.

#### "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 2"

The next morning, the engines woke up and Thomas was still cross with Percy. The other engines could not believe Thomas had banished Percy and are cross at him for it. Thomas hoped Percy threw himself off Mount Sodor and stormed off in anger. Edward said he was being a huge fool and Gordon agreed with him.

#### "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 3"

Gordon was waiting at the station for Percy to bring his Express coaches. Thomas was also there. Gordon was still not pleased at Thomas for banishing him and told him to bring the coaches instead. Thomas told him to get them himself. Gordon reluctantly agrees.

He was later at a meeting held by Thomas about Rosie being on the island for important work. She explained everything. Then, Diesel 10 and his gang (Bert, Stanley, Hiro, and Percy) showed up. Thomas was shocked at the fact that Percy was working with the diesels. Diesel 10 tried to kill the engines, but Gordon battled him. It ended with Diesel 10 throwing Gordon off the rails.

#### "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 5"

Gordon was put back on the rails with the breakdown train by Mavis and Stepney.

After Donald's death, Gordon attended Thomas' meeting and reminded everyone that Percy was still working with the diesels. Thomas asked how they were going to get him back. Stepney explained that after the standoff on Mount Sodor, all was fine when Diesel 10 was pushed off the island. Stepney said that they should go to the hideout and kill Diesel 10, and properly. Thomas agreed and decided to go and get Percy back. Gordon, Stepney and Duck agreed to go too and Duck brought some fuel tankers with them and they head off to kill the evil diesel and bring Percy back.

#### "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 6"

Soon, Thomas, Gordon, Duck and Stepney arrived at the hideout. Thomas told Duck to stay behind until he raced back out and told him to throw them in. Duck agreed and watched the three engines go inside the hideout. Thomas, Gordon and Stepney saw Arry's corpse lying alongside Diesel 10 and Percy. Diesel 10 told them that no one would betray him and get away with it. Stepney asked where Bill was. When he heard that Bill was going for a dive off Mount Sodor, he raced away at once to save him. Gordon asked Percy why he joined the diesels. Percy explained everything Thomas had done. Thomas tried to apologize but Percy refused to forgive him. Thomas explained that he was very upset with what happened to Toby, BoCo and the other dead engines and he took it out on Percy. Diesel 10 told Percy to not listen to him and that it was a trap. Thomas and Gordon persuaded Percy to come back to the sheds and their side again. Eventually, Percy agreed. Diesel 10 blocked Percy's path and Thomas and Gordon tried their best to push Diesel 10 off. Eventually they did. Gordon managed to escape after Duck pushed the fuel tankers into the cave and they, Thomas, and Percy head back to the other engines, leaving Diesel 10 to die.

#### "Mourning Losses"

After everything that had happened, Thomas, Gordon, Duck and Percy were heading back to the other engines. Percy apologized for siding with Diesel 10. Thomas, Gordon and Duck accepted it but Percy still felt upset and thought that because of him, Arry was dead. Duck explained that he was blinded by his anger for what Thomas did. Gordon agreed that Percy should not blame himself over what happened. Percy felt slightly better and they continued to held to the others.

Eventually, the four engines arrived back at the station. Edward, Douglas, Mavis, Molly and Arthur were there and were glad that they were back, safe and sound. They explained everything, from Percy joining the diesels and killing Arry, to Diesel 10's death when the cave fell in on him. After remebering Stanley took Bill to Mount Sodor and Stepney left to save him, Gordon, Thomas and Molly went to save the two engines.

The three engines soon arrived at Mount Sodor. Stepney was off the rails and Bill was about to fall. Stepney was put back on the rails and Gordon saved Bill from falling off the cliff. The engines then left the cliff and arrived back at the station. The engines asked where Stanley was and Stepney explained everything, especially Ben's ghost coming back to throw Stanley off Mount Sodor. The engines were surprised and even believed Stepney. Mavis and Stepney headed off to the bottom of Mount Sodor to get Stanley.

Later on, Sir Topham Hatt finally returned from vacation and asked what was with all the sad faces. Thomas then explained everything that happened. Sir Topham Hatt was shocked at everything. Arry and Donald were dead, and two engines that he did not own himself (Bert and Diesel 10) died too. Stepney arrived and told everyone Stanley “died” at the works. Sir Topham Hatt was also shocked at Percy siding with the diesels. Sir Topham Hatt excused everyone except for Percy and punished him in the shed for a while.

Later on, Gordon was present at Arry and Donald's funeral and was saddened by their deaths.

#### "D10’s Back"

Gordon was seen with Thomas, Percy, (who was still punished) Edward, Duck and Douglas at Tidmouth Sheds. Stepney arrived and explained the encounter he had with Diesel 10's ghost. Thomas held a meeting about it.

After Arthur and Molly's accident, Gordon went to collect the breakdown train.

Later on, all the engines (except Percy) were at the meeting. Molly and Arthur had to go the works after crashing into trucks that Diesel 10's ghost shunted onto the line. Thomas explained to everyone that they needed to get rid of Diesel 10 who was back as a ghost. Thomas said that according to Stepney, they had to get rid of his remains. All the engines agreed to go and they soon headed off.

The engines eventually arrived at the hideout to get rid of Diesel 10's remains. The hideout was still a mess. Arry's corpse was still there. Douglas then saw Diesel 10's corpse. Thomas tried to grab it but Diesel 10 appeared. All the engines tried to fight against Diesel 10 but all of them failed. Gordon and Edward tried to battle Diesel 10 together but to no avail. Diesel 10 was about to get away, but Ben came back as a ghost again and got rid of Diesel 10 and they both disappeared.

Eventually, Thomas got rid of Diesel 10's corpse by pushing it off a cliff and the engines left. Life would resume back to normal.

#### "Playing Dead"

Thomas, Percy, Gordon, Edward, Duck and Douglas were at Tidmouth Sheds. Gordon was still sleeping but Thomas woke him up and told him to pull the Express. Gordon left at once.

Gordon was pulling the Express when he saw what looked like Henry running around the island. He decided to tell everyone. He told Edward first.

Later on, the engines were gathered at the station after Gordon told everyone about the fact that he saw Henry pass by him. Molly was not on Sodor when Henry left and wanted to meet him. Sir Topham Hatt then arrived. Arthur told him that Henry was caught roaming around the island. Sir Topham Hatt says he got a phone call from Crewe saying Henry was "dead". Gordon and the others were shocked about Henry's supposed death. He said he was sure he saw him but was sad that he was "gone".

At 2:00 PM, Henry's "funeral" was held. All the engines were upset. Molly was sad she never even got to meet him. Then, Henry appeared and revealed that Sir Topham Hatt had made up everything to scare everyone. Gordon was not happy with the prank. Henry asked where BoCo, Arry and Donald were. Thomas and Douglas explained everything.

### Season 4

#### "The Grand Discovery"

Thomas, along with Percy, Gordon, Edward, Duck, Henry and Douglas were at the sheds where Duke was telling them stories. After learning Bertram was Duke's brother, Edward wanted to go but he needed to have his brakes fixed. Gordon told him too but Edward said he would get around to it. Gordon watched as Henry, Percy and Thomas went down to the mines with Duke to go look for Bertram.

#### "The Sodor Memorial Stand"

Edward was in a siding watching the plan for the Sodor Memorial Stand take place as Gordon pulled up next to him. He asked him why all of a sudden he wanted this. Edward explained how he had a feeling for a long time about his brakes and how repairs wouldn't fix it. He thought it could be old age. Edward said his time was almost up. He has been on Sodor for many, many years and saw all of the controllers come and go, from Sir Topham Hatt I to IV. He also said that everyone is going to die sooner or later. Edward explains how they lost many friends recently like James, Toby, BoCo, Arry, Donald, Caitlin, the list goes on. Gordon didn’t think it was the end of Edward. He told him that he had helped him up so many hills in his lifetime, (way too many to count) and he forced himself to get to a station despite his crankpin breaking. Gordon tells Edward that he proved many times how strong he was. Edward was even kidnapped by Diesel 10 and was missing for many months. They fought him together and have proven how strong and brave he is. Gordon told Edward that he was the strongest and bravest engine that he ever knew. Gordon had also been around for many years and knew that it was not the end of Edward and that a set of faulty brakes would not kill him. Edward was amazed at Gordon's defense and thanked him for it.

Later on, the Sodor Memorial Stand was made with a big sign and had James, Toby, Emily, Donald, BoCo, Caitlin and Arry's pictures on it. Sir Topham Hatt's son was please with the idea and Edward hoped that no one else will be added to it anytime soon. Gordon stayed quiet during it.

#### "The Goldust Miracle"

Gordon was at the station to celebrate Bill's birthday. When Stepney and Bill arrived, Gordon wished Bill a happy birthday along with the others. Once Ben showed up, Bill was ecstatic to see him alive again but did not understand. Edward told everyone a story and how it happened two years after Bertram got stuck in the mines.

#### "Mount Sodor Again"

Gordon was seen at the big station with the other engines, watching Duke and Bertram's race.

#### "Saved From Scrap"

In a flashback, Oliver and Toad were leaving Sodor. Gordon said his goodbyes and they left.

Back at the big station, Gordon asks what was taking Bertram and Duke so long. Edward arrived at the station to tell the other engines about what happened.

Gordon, Henry and Percy arrived at the works where Thomas, Edward and Rosie already were. They were checking on Duke and Bertram after their falls off of Mount Sodor. Douglas soon came out of the works. Gordon asked why he was there. Thomas explained thar Douglas sometimes works there for more serious stuff. Douglas explains that Duke was dead and Bertram was still injured but he'd be okay. He was awake. Edward went inside to visit him.

#### "The Storm"

Connor (the new engine) arrived at the big station where Gordon was. Gordon introduced himself to him. Connor told him that they were double-heading a train together in 20 minutes. Arthur shunted the train. Gordon asked why he was never informed. Sir Topham Hatt's son said it was a good surprise. Soon, the two engines left with the train to the Mainland.

At the Mainland, Gordon and Connor were in a shed looking up at the sky. Gordon noticed that there were rainclouds and that a storm was coming. He suggested that they stay on the Mainland for the night.

The next morning, after the storm was over, Edward's funeral was held. Gordon was saddened by his death.

#### "87546"

Thomas, Percy, Gordon and Henry were at Tidmouth Sheds looking at an empty shed: Edward's empty shed. They were missing him a lot. That night, Henry told Thomas, Percy and Gordon the story of 87546, also know as Croven. Once the story concluded, Gordon thanked Henry for the story saying he wished he met Croven and bashed him off Mount Sodor. Soon, the four engines were asleep.

#### "To Kingdom Come"

Thomas, Percy, Gordon and Henry were heading to the washdown, arguing on who was going to go first, expect Percy. Afterwards, Thomas and Percy had their washdowns first. Once Gordon and Henry were washed, they headed off to Knapford Station for Sodor Day. They were the first ones there. They saw Sir Topham Hatt, who had returned for the day and his son, who was the new controller was there too. Soon, everyone had arrived for the party, except Bill and Ben, who were taking a goods train. Gordon was about to leave for some peace and quiet and then return to the party.

Bill and Ben soon came in as a runaway into the station. Bill then smashed into the fuel tankers at the end of the train, causing the station to be destroyed and Gordon to get blown up from the impact.

#### "What Comes After"

Gordon's wheels were shown from the impact after the explosion, originally theorized to be Thomas' by Douglas.

His corpse was later revealed by Douglas and Percy who were both shocked by what happened.

#### "Ghosts"

Gordon's corpse was seen in front of Bill and Duck's in trucks being taken away.

He was later seen as a corpse in Thomas' dream.

#### "A New Beginning"

Gordon's funeral was held alongside, Thomas, Bill and Duck's. His photograph was next to Duck's. His was the last one added at the bottom, before Thomas' at the very top.

### Filling in the Gaps

#### "The Ties That Bind"

Gordon was shown as corpse as Rosie has a flashback about him after her conversation with Henry.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Gordon has killed:

* Diesel 10 *(Caused)*

## Death

**Killed By**

* Bill *(Indirectly Caused; Accidental)*
* Ben *(Indirectly Caused; Accidental)*
* Troublesome Trucks *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Lady *(Indirectly Caused)*

After Bill accidentally ran into the fuel tankers on the back of he and Ben's train that was a runaway by the trucks, the explosion was so big it caused Gordon (who was the closest to the train) to get blown to bits.

## List Of Appearances

### Season 1

* "Past Tales"
* "The Mines"
* "Dirty Diesel"
* "Crossing Disasters"
* "Evil Arrival"

### Season 2

* "The Missing Engine"
* "R.I.P" *(No Lines)*
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 1"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 2"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 3"
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 4" *(No Lines)*
* "Sodor On Edge - Part 5"
* "Aftermath"
* "Now A Mainland Engine"
* "Losing A Good Friend" *(No Lines)*

### Season 3

* ''Back To Crewe''
* ''Things Fall Apart''
* ''The Diesel Vengeance - Part 1'' *(No Lines)*
* ''The Diesel Vengeance - Part 2''
* ''The Diesel Vengeance - Part 3''
* ''The Diesel Vengeance - Part 5''
* ''The Diesel Vengeance - Part 6''
* ''Mourning Losses''
* ''D10’s Back''
* ''Playing Dead''

### Season 4

* ''The Grand Discovery''
* "The Sodor Memorial Stand"
* ''The Goldust Miracle''
* ''Mount Sodor Again'' *(No Lines)*
* "Saved From Scrap"

''The Storm''

* ''87546''
* ''To Kingdom Come''
* ''What Comes After'' *(Corpse)*
* ''Ghosts'' *(Corpse)*
* "A New Beginning" *(Photograph)*

###  Filling in the Gaps

* "The Ties That Bind" *(Flashback; Corpse)*

### TTTE Films

* ''Horror House''
* ''On Set''
* ''Blood Fair''

## Trivia

* Gordon's model is one of the models in the series that do not work. The others are Edward, James and Emily. It wasn't until March 6, 2021, when Douglas The Black Engine Number 10 got a new model of him.
* Gordon has a hill named after him.
* As of "The Sodor Memorial Stand", Gordon has appeared in 7 episode thumbnail arts.
* Originally, Gordon was going to die in "The Diesel Vengeance - Part 6" along with Diesel 10 in the cave, However, this idea was dropped because this would mean that Bill would not have been saved from falling off Mount Sodor, as a result his death was moved to To Kingdom Come
* Gordon, Bill and Duck are the last characters to die on screen in the original series.
* Gordon is the only member of the Steam Team to be seen as a corpse in Filling in the Gaps, albeit in a flashback.