Etienne

## Etienne of France

### Family

Mademoiselle Geraldine Beaugendre (wife, in the fanfic), Millie Beaugendre (daughter, in the fanfic)

### Friends

Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, Stanley, Ryan, Sonny, Diesel, Daisy, Salty, Porter, Paxton, Sidney, Philip, Victor, Skarloey and Rheneas, Whiff, Marion, Skiff, Hiro, Kenji, Mavis, Annie and Clarabel, Terence, Bertie, Bulgy, Cleo, Ruth, Donald and Douglas, Cranky, Carly, Judy and Jerome, Billy, Elizabeth, George, Peter Sam, Harvey, Luke, Stephen, Glynn, Shane, Aubrey and Aiden, Tamika, Ace. Isla, Spencer, Henrietta, Hugo, Rocky, Harold, Flynn, Captain, Butch, Belle, Nelson, Jack, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobelle, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy, Kevin, Oliver, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan, Shankar, Charubala, Lorenzo, Beppe, Gina, Stefano, Ester, Gabriela, Gustavo, Marcia and Marcio, Fernando, Hank, Sam, Gator, Norman and Dennis, Hong-Mei, Yong Bao, An-An and Yin-Long, Den, Dart, Beau, Toad, Duchess, Lexi, Theo, Hurricane, Merlin, Frankie, Beresford, Caitlin, Connor, Ferdinand, Bash and Dash, Emerson, Lei, Natalie, Cassia, 'Arry and Bert, Rex, Mike**Fanfic:** Ten Cents, Sunshine, Theodore, Emily, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Top Hat, Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zorran, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lucy, Phillip and Filmore, Hank, George

### Likes

Participated in the Great Railway Show, wins the Great Race and setting a new world rail speed record**Fanfic:** His wife and daughter, working on the French Railway

## Character's Bio

### Nicknames

Etienne of FrancePapa (by his daughter, in the fanfic)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)Cerulean blue (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

White and dark blue with red and silver lining and red wheels (cartoon)Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Etienne** is one of *Thomas & Friends* characters. He was an electric engine from France who participates in the Great Railway Show. He was a contender in the Great Race, which he won.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

Etienne competed in the Great Railway Show during the events of The Great Race, competing in the speed competition of the same name. He, along with the other eleven contestants for the show, came to Sodor by mistake when the ferry they were on accidentally stopped at Sodor instead of England. After Gordon was forced to drop out of the race, Etienne fought with Spencer for the first place. Spencer nearly won, but the electric engine managed to pass Spencer at the last second, winning the race and setting a new world rail speed record.

After the Great Railway Show ended, Etienne left the Mainland and returned to France.

## Personality

Etienne is described as being polite and gentlemanly, as he only joined the Great Railway Show to have fun and meet new friends.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Etienne is based on SNCF's BB 9003 and 9004 electric locomotives, built by Jeumont-Schneider of Paris in 1952 and 1954, respectively. On 29th March 1955, 9004 broke the world speed record for a locomotive when it reached a speed of 331 kilometres per hour on a run from between Bordeaux and Dax, Landes. Taken out of service in 1973, 9004 has been preserved and is on display at the Cité du Train in Mulhouse.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Etienne is painted white and dark blue with red and silver lining and red wheels, the colours of the French flag. He carries his name on a silver nameplate.

### Fanfic

As a human, Etienne has pale skin, black hair and mustache, cerulean blue eyes and wears a dark blue with red and silver lining on each lining and silver buttons, white shirt, red necktie with silver necktie clip, dark blue vest and trousers and black dress shoes.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Etienne's appearance as a human in the fanfic. He also appears in the third series, he lives with his wife Mademoiselle Beaugendre in Beaumont, where he works on the French Railways. His daughter, Millie comes home to France and bringing Percy, James, Ten Cents, Sunshine, Theodore, Hank and the others to Paris before they went to Beaumont to see them both.