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Belle

Belle is a large tank engine fitted with water cannons, and a member of the Search and Rescue Team.

## Personality

Belle is a bold, big, blue tank engine, who is fitted with two water cannons atop her tanks, from which she can shoot water to fight fires. She also has a whistle and a big brass bell. Belle is lively, loud and proud, with a big personality. While she may come across as bolshy, highly self-assertive and overwhelming, Belle will always have the best of intentions at heart. She always wants to do her best and be the best she can be, causing her to be daring, energetic and bursting with enthusiasm. But Belle is happy to talk to any engine or vehicle and although she may be quick to jump in with her own ideas, always tries to understand, help and be kind to others. As a result, she is a very likable engine, so much so that even Cranky gets on with her. She gets on well with Thomas and can even hold a civil conversation with Diesel, but she works especially well with Flynn, when helping him to tackle fires and is always there to support him should he make a mistake. Although fighting fires is always at the top of her list of priorities, Belle has also been known to perform goods duties about the railway.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Belle is based on a British Railways Standard Class 4MT tank engine with added water cannons, brass bell and electric headlamps. These tank engines were a development of the LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T and were used for commuter and outer suburban services. They were used on all regions of BR, except the Western Region, and remained in service until 1967. Fifteen of these engines are preserved, three at the Bluebell Railway.

Belle's basis
### Livery

Belle is painted royal blue with red and gold lining and brass fittings. She has the number "6120" painted in gold on her side tanks and a crest consisting of a flame, two dolphins and a crown painted on her bunker sides. Her water cannons and wheels are painted red, with the latter having blue rims.

## Appearances

### Thomas and Friends

* **Season 22** - Trusty Trunky (stock footage cameo), What Rebecca Does

## Trivia

* Belle's name is French for "pretty" and references the bell on her firebox.
* Despite being voiced by the same actress in both dubs, Teresa Gallagher gives Belle an American accent in the US dub as opposed to her British accent in the UK dub. She is the first character to be in this situation with the second character being James in Journey Beyond Sodor.
* Belle's Minis prototypes share the same mould as Rosie, therefore incorrectly depicting her as an SR USA Class 0-6-0T. This was fixed on the final produced toys, depicting her as a BR Standard Class 4MT tank engine.
* In the nineteenth season, the frame around Belle's bell changed from black to brass.
Diesel Glows Away

**Diesel Glows Away** is an upcoming episode of the twenty-third series.

## Plot

When Diesel hides from the other engines, his plans backfire and he gets a surprise on Sodor.

## Characters

* Stanley
* Nia
* Diesel
* Den
* Paxton
* Norman
* Owen
* Henry (*cameo*)
* Rebecca (*cameo*)
* Philip (*cameo*)
* Skarloey (*cameo*)
* Sir Handel (*cameo*)
* Duncan (*cameo*)
* Thomas (*narration only*)

## Locations

* Tidmouth Sheds
* Knapford Yards
* Crosby Tunnel
* Vicarstown Dieselworks
* Blue Mountain Quarry

## Voice Cast

### UK and AUS

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Yvonne Grundy as Nia
* Steven Kynman as Paxton
* Keith Wickham as Den and Norman

### US and CAN

* Joseph May as Thomas
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Yvonne Grundy as Nia
* Steven Kynman as Paxton
* Rob Rackstraw as Stanley and Owen
* Keith Wickham as Den and Norman

## Trivia

* This episode marks Owen's first speaking role since the eighteenth series episode, Long Lost Friend and Norman's first speaking role since the movie The Great Race.
	+ This also marks the first time in which Owen is voiced by Rob Rackstraw.

## Goofs

* Diesel, Nia, and Paxton travel on narrow gauge track in the tunnel at the Blue Mountain Quarry despite being standard gauge engines.
Blanche Ravalec

Blanche Ravalec (born 1954) is a French actress and voice actress who narrated the French version of Thomas & Friends from the sixth to fifteenth series, although she continued for the home video releases until halfway through the seventeenth series.

She is best known for appearing in the James Bond film "Moonraker" and has appeared in over seventy French films. She also provides the French dubbing for many shows, like "Reboot", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Angelina Ballerina", "Futurama", "Ugly Betty", "Desperate Housewives", "Once Upon a Time" and "Friends". She is also the official voice-over for Marcia Cross.

Even though she stepped down as narrator after the fifteenth series, she is still voicing characters in the show.

## Voices

* Lady (Calling All Engines!)
* Emily
* Molly
* Rosie
* Flora
* Belle
* Marion
* Mavis
* Millie
* Rainbow Kate
* Annie and Clarabel
* The Second Slip Coach
* Elizabeth
* Madge
* Lady Hatt
* Stephen Hatt
* Bridget Hatt
* Dowager Hatt
* Allicia Botti
* The Teacher
* The Laundry Lady
Espen Sandvik

Espen Sandvik (born in 1974) is a Norwegian actor, who provided voices for the Norwegian narration of Thomas & Friends until Tale of the Brave.

He also voiced in the Norwegian dubs of "Cars", "Cars 2", "Mater's Tall Tales", "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody", "Scaredy Squirrel", "Kurt Becomes Horrible", "Jessie", "Wizards of Waverly Place", "Lab Rats", and the "Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault/QForce" video game.

He has also had roles in the Norwegian television shows, "Hotel Cæsar", "5 Lies", and "Victory - Don't Look Back". He is also seen and heard in many various commercials.

## Voices

* Thomas (Hero of the Rails - Tale of the Brave)
* Henry (Hero of the Rails - Tale of the Brave)
* Toby (Hero of the Rails - seventeenth series)
* Spencer (Hero of the Rails - seventeenth series)
* Troublesome Trucks (Tale of the Brave only)

## Trivia

* He provided backing vocals for the Norwegian version of the Day of the Diesels song, alongside Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse and Stig Krogstad.
Baz and Bernie

**Baz and Bernie** are two thieves from The Mainland who visited The Technology Fair.

## Biography

### Thomas & Friends

Baz and Bernie first arrived on Sodor onboard Sonny, looking to steal an invention from the Technology Fair. By disguising themselves as cooks, they managed to infiltrate Ulfstead Castle.

Following a few mishaps with the other inventions, Baz and Bernie decided to steal the plans to Ruth's Hover-Car. Due to Sonny's disobedience, the pair chose to use Kenji as their getaway vehicle. During the escape, the pair were separated when Bernie removed Kenji's coupling and was left stranded on the passenger coach.

Baz was eventually caught by Thomas, Rebecca, Sir Robert Norramby, Ruth and the police and - after Bernie caught up and accidentally revealed their plans - the pair were arrested and taken away by the police.

## Personalities

Both Baz and Bernie are mischevious crooks. Out of the two, Baz is the more intelligent, often having to stop the rather simple-minded Bernie from spilling their secret plans.

## Attire

Baz is the taller and more slender of the two. He wears a light grey shirt with a dark grey jacket, matching his hat and trousers. He also wears a blue tie with red spots and brown shoes.

Bernie, meanwhile, is rather stout. He wears a light brown coat with a white shirt, dark brown trousers and shoes and a pink neckerchief.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

### Thomas & Friends

* **Series 24** - A New Arrival and World of Tomorrow

### Books

* **2020** - Marvelous Machinery/The Royal Engine
Super Mario 64: SPECIAL FOR YOU

Template:Basic hack infobox**SPECIAL FOR YOU**, is Creppypasta hack by: Frike the Dragon. now released in October 31th 2015 and contains 0 Stars, mashup with Super Mario 64 Ending scene.

## Plot

Poor Mario, has Special peach is angry princess. Now one gets special for die.

## Levels

**Name:**

Koopa Race

**Level**

Bob-omb Battlefield

Stars

0

Notes:

you race with koopa, after you looking secret push button (!)

## Music

Name of sequence:

Bob-omb Battlefield

Game(s) with this sequence:

Super Mario 64

Used in:

Super Mountains, Sky Platforms, Crystal Pipe Land

## Offical links

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8409610/?ref\_=nm\_flmg\_act\_5

https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=12583
Cleo the Road Engine

**Cleo the Road Engine** is an upcoming episode of the twenty-fourth series.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Gordon
* Bulgy
* Cleo
* Farmer McColl
* Ruth

## Locations

* Ruth's Workshop
* Road and Rail Runby and Road Bridge
* Knapford
* Crowe's Farm
* McColl Farm
* Three-Track Level Crossing
* Ffarquhar Quarry (mentioned)
* Wellsworth (mentioned)

## Cast

### UK

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Keith Wickham as Gordon
* Matt Wilkinson as Farmer McColl
* Harriet Kershaw as Cleo
* Colin McFarlane as Bulgy

### US

* Joseph May as Thomas
* Kerry Shale as Gordon
* William Hope as Farmer McColl
* Harriet Kershaw as Cleo
* Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
Ester

**Ester** is an upcoming character who will be introduced in Season 23.

### Livery

Ester is painted white and red, with green crawler track gears and a number "33" in both sides on the back of her cab doors.

## Appearances

### Thomas & Friends

* **Season 23** - All Tracks Lead to Rome and Mines of Mystery

## Trivia

* Concept artwork incorrectly depicts Ester with Oliver's face.
* Ester is painted in the colors of the Italian flag.
Catherine

**Catherine** is a mountain coach who works with Culdee on the Culdee Fell Railway.

## Biography

### *The Railway Series*

Over the years, Catherine and Culdee have built up a strong working relationship, so he immediately knows if anything is wrong. She is very safety-conscious and was upset by Lord Harry's risk-taking when she worked with him. She is coupled in front, like other Culdee Fell Railway rolling stock, so she is responsible for warning Culdee about any dangers lying ahead of them.

## Personality

Catherine helps Culdee on the mountain railway, carrying passengers and supplies up the steep mountainside. Catherine actually rides coupled in front of Culdee so she can warn him of any dangers that lay ahead.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Catherine is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway's No. 4 coach.

Catherine's basis

### Livery

Catherine is painted orange with cream window surrounds and a grey roof. In the magazines, she has white coloured window surrounds, instead of cream.
Confusion Without Delay

Confusion Without Delay is the third episode of the twenty-second season.

## Plot

Rebecca, the big tender engine, surprises the Fat Controller by arriving early on the island. After all the other engines tell her how fast and useful they all are, Rebecca wants to impress them too. But she tries too hard that she turns up too early for the passengers and leaves early too.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Flying Scotsman
* Emily
* Porter
* Nia
* Rebecca
* Diesel
* Salty
* Philip
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Henry (does not speak)
* Rosie (does not speak)
* Winston (cameo)
* The Thin Clergyman (cameo)
* The Fat Clergyman (cameo)
* The Mayor of Sodor (cameo)
* The Teacher (cameo)

## Locations

* Knapford
* Knapford Station Yard
* Tidmouth Sheds
* Wellsworth
* Wellsworth Sheds
* Vicarstown
* Vicarstown Sheds
* Brendam Docks

## Cast

### UK

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Keith Wickham as Edward, Gordon, Salty, the Fat Controller, the Workers, the Wellsworth Stationmaster and the Passengers
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Nigel Pilkington as Percy
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily
* Yvonne Grundy as Nia
* Rachael Miller as Rebecca
* Steven Kynman as Porter
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
* Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
* Joe Mills as a Passenger (uncredited)
* Tom Stourton as a Passenger (uncredited)

### US

* Joseph May as Thomas
* William Hope as Edward
* Kerry Shale as Gordon and Diesel
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Christopher Ragland as Percy
* Jules de Jongh as Emily
* Yvonne Grundy as Nia
* Rachael Miller as Rebecca
* Keith Wickham as Salty and Sir Topham Hatt
* David Menkin as Porter
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
* Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
* Joe Mills as a Passenger (uncredited)
* Tom Stourton as a Passenger (uncredited)

## Trivia

* At the end of the episode, Thomas mentions the events of The Adventure Begins. Stock footage from said special is used.
* This episode marks the first of a couple things:
	+ The first appearance of Vicarstown Sheds since the fourth season episode, Rusty to the Rescue, excluding stock footage.
	+ Flying Scotsman's first full appearance in an episode.
	+ The first episode to feature the new lineup of the Steam Team together.
* When Philip and Edward are shown at Wellsworth Sheds, a voice clip from the episode A Shed for Edward is reused for Edward.
* A reference to The Great Race is made by James and Nia.

## Goofs

* In the UK dub, Thomas has his US voice when the Fat Controller almost runs into him. Additionally, Percy has his US voice when the engines welcome Rebecca.
* When the Fat Controller addresses Thomas, Percy, Nia and Emily before introducing Rebecca, there are trucks behind Percy during his close-up, but they are not present in Emily's close-up.
Charlie

Charlie is a tank engine who loves to tell jokes and have fun. He can usually be found working in Knapford Yards.

## Personality

Charlie has a reputation for being a really fun engine. He has an unquenchable desire for fun, games and play, and is said to have been the favourite engine of the Mainland Controller. Charlie can get easily distracted by his japes, sometimes distracting others in the process. He can be pouty, huffy, and teasing at times, but he always wants everyone to be enjoying themselves. Often though, Charlie has to learn that the opinions of others, keeping calm and working hard to completing jobs foremost, are important if when wanting to be a Really Useful engine. He has a good working relationship with Edward, often calling him "Eddie", who is sometimes capable of taking Charlie under his wing, and Thomas, who Charlie enjoys racing and sharing in the fun with. Being a fun-loving, playful scamp, cheeky Charlie is popular at parties and fairs, is well liked by the children, and known for his youthful humour.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Charlie is based on a Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0ST. Billy is another member of this class.

Charlie’s basis
### Livery

Charlie is painted violet with light purple lining, brass fittings and red wheels. He has the number "14" painted in gold on his cab sides and brass nameplates with his name in white on the sides of his saddletank.

## Trivia

* Charwelton, a Manning Wardle O Class preserved at the Kent and East Sussex Railway, is also numbered 14.
* Charlie has the most voice actors in the US dub who do not voice him at all in the UK dub as well (with the exception of The Great Race), with three.
* Charlie has undergone a few changes since his introduction:
	+ Season 17:
		- The silver ring around the cap of his lamp disappeared.
	+ The Great Race:
		- He gained four rivets above each of his front buffers.
* Charlie was not in the original script for Splish Splash Splosh. Billy had the role of the engine getting splashed at the signal by Thomas instead.
Colin

Colin is a crane who lives and works at the wharf

Click for Colin/Coverage for Colin biography

## Personality

Colin is a chipper, cheerful, canal-side crane who works at the Wharf. While he isn’t the largest crane or the strongest, Colin's determination and skill make him fast and efficient. He prides himself on always knowing the right lifting speed for the right load. Colin is a good friend to all and always looks on the bright side of the Wharf!

Colin is lonely deep inside, as he is fixed in place at the Wharf. He feels left out of some of the fun that the narrow gauge engines have. The engines bring him news from around the Island. He’s always fascinated hearing about events that happen in other places.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Colin seems to be based off of this 100 Ton Steam Crane design that is Commonly used in Alexandro Docks in Grimsby.

### Livery

Colin is painted green with red pulleys and cogwheels amongst his mechanism. He has a grey roof with grey boards along the top of his cab above his door.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

### *Thomas & Friends*

* **Series 12** - The Party Surprise

#### Specials

* **2013** - King of the Railway (*dropped*)

## Trivia

* The Big Book of Engines incorrectly lists Colin as a diesel-powered crane.
* According to John Lee, Colin was originally supposed to have a longer nose, but this was scaled down due to merchandising reasons.
* Colin was originally going to appear in King of the Railway, and the concept art of the film by Guru Studios shows that he would have been based at Ulfstead Castle. If this would've happened, then he would've become the only non-human character introduced in Series 12 to appear in full CGI.
* Colin is the only character introduced in Series 12 to appear in another form of media; he is in the James Sorts It Out book from the Sodor Story Collection series and is subsequently the only one to have appeared in merchandise after his original run, as he was remade exclusively for the James Sorts It Out Wooden Railway set, albeit with a bigger magnet to fit in with the other Wooden cranes made by Mattel. He also appears in one of the my custom engine books.
* Colin is the last male character to be introduced into the model series, before the CGI switch.
* For unknown reasons, the cogs on the right of his arm are the same colour as his body, unlike the red cogs on the left of his arm.
* Although most of Colin's screen-time featured him with a CGI face, he had at least one out of five face masks in a long shot.
* Colin, along with Hank, Flora and Dennis are the only characters introduced in the HiT Entertainment model era not to have a Capsule Plarail toy.

## Merchandise

* TrackMaster (*discontinued*)
* Wooden Railway (*reintroduced 2014; discontinued*)
* My Thomas Story Library (*discontinued*)
* Take-n-Play (*with Charlie*) (*discontinued*)
Connor

Connor is a streamlined engine from the Mainland, designed for speed. He has his own rake of coaches painted in a similar colour scheme to his own.

Click Hear for to Connor coverage

## Personality

Connor is a streamlined engine, designed for speed. Along with his friend Caitlin, Connor is an excitable and energetic character, who likes to be busy and loves to race. Both Connor and Caitlin are friendly and eager to get other engines to join in the fun with them.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Connor is based on a New York Central Railroad J-3a Hudson built by Alco of Schenectady, New York. Ten J-3a Hudsons, 5445 through 5454 were built with streamlined shrouds designed by Henry Dreyfuss in 1938 in order to do heavy hauling at a greater speed, most famously hauling the 20th Century Limited between New York City and Chicago. Following a grade crossing accident with a sand truck in East Chicago in 1945, the J-3a's had their streamlining removed. All of the NYC Hudson locomotives were scrapped.

Connor’s basis
### Livery

Connor is painted teal blue with aquamarine and yellow lining. He has gold nameplates on the sides of his boiler.

## Trivia

* Connor's Wooden Railway prototype is Spencer repainted into Connor's paint scheme.
* Connor has been modified with a screwlink coupling and buffers on the back of his tender. He retains a streamlined cowcatcher on the front, so he is unable to shunt.
* In the twentieth season, Connor gained a tail-lamp and a rear brake-pipe.
Erik Schäffler

Erik Schäffler (born in 1961 in Schwänisch Gmüd) is a German actor and voice actor who provided a voice in the German audio books of Thomas & Friends and joined the voice cast of the television series in The Great Race.

He is best known for voicing Orochimaru from "Naruto", Commander Shepard from "Mass Effect 2 and 3", Pop Fizz from "Skylanders Academy", Nick Fury from "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes", Tony Maycheck from "Batman Beyond" and Travis from "Bob the Builder".

He can speak fluent English and Spanish.

## Voices

* Salty (Audio Book 14 only)
* Shankar
* Etienne
Charlie/Coverage

### Thomas and Friends

Charlie first arrived on Sodor to help out on the railway. He was said to be the favourite engine of the Mainland Engines and his old controller. When Thomas was to show him around, Charlie convinced him to have fun instead of bringing Allicia Botti to her concert.

He later convinced Edward to have fun instead of bringing the Fat Controller's car to the mechanic. This resulted in more chaos when Edward suggested repairing the car at the Sodor Steamworks.

When Flynn was going on the roads for the first time, Charlie teased him by calling him a "big wobble on wheels". Later, in winter, Charlie pretended to be a talking snowman, which made Henry rather scared until Charlie realized that everyone has different opinions about snow.

Once, he came across an elephant on the line, but when he tried to inform the other engines, they just thought he was telling one of his jokes again. Charlie then reported the elephant to Harold who took Charlie seriously. Soon, the elephant was recaptured. Charlie was not pleased about not being taken seriously and vowed never to tell another joke. Unfortunately, Charlie's promise to himself didn't last long.

Later, Caitlin left her coaches with Charlie in the Knapford Yards while she went to the Steamworks. Just then, Thomas arrived and left Annie and Clarabel. Later, while Caitlin came back to collect her coaches, Charlie, distracted by telling Caitlin a joke, accidentally shunted Annie and Clarabel with Caitlin's coaches, resulting in Caitlin pulling them with her train to Ulfstead Castle and the Mainland. He also seems to be primarily based in the shunting yards by this point.

When The Great Railway Show was being held, Charlie was one of the engines who wanted to go to the show, but he was not chosen and was left on Sodor to do the other engine's jobs.
Emerson/Coverage

### Thomas and Friends

While Sir Topham Hatt was in Brazil on the hunt for Thomas, the former noticed an advertisement for Emerson's services. Taking advantage of both having a way to reach San Francisco and another way of finding Thomas, Sir Topham flies out on Emerson the next morning to search for Thomas. While neither had any luck finding Thomas (with him already being out in the United States by this time), they did end up overtaking them (due to Thomas and Ace being stuck overnight following a crash) and Emerson delivers Topham to San Francisco Docks before setting off again.
Dowager Hatt's Friends

Dowager Hatt's Friends are two elderly ladies. They often go on trips with Bertie to different places, such as Bluff's Cove. They also seem to be thrill-seekers like Dowager Hatt. One is occasionally seen without the other. Sometimes they can be seen with an elderly gentleman whom they seem to be good friends with (one of the ladies can even be seen kissing him at one point). They were some of the very important visitors that attended Dowager Hatt's tour of the island and after party at Knapford. One of them was presented with a bouquet of flowers from a member of the railway staff on Sodor Surprise Day. One of them also served as a judge at The Great Railway Show.

## Appearances

### Thomas and Friends

* **Season 22** - Forever and Ever (one only; cameo)

## Voice Actors

* Keith Wickham (UK/US)
* Noriko Shitaya (Japan; Henry's Hero)
* Chiaki Mori (Japan; Best Engine Ever)
* Keiko Nemoto (Japan; Sidney Sings)
Charubala

Charubala is the controller of the Indian Railway.

## Biography

### Thomas & Friends

While Thomas was working on the Indian Railway, he followed Charubala's orders. One day, she introduced him to the Director of a Bollywood movie that was being filmed on the railway, as he had a job for him. She was later present on the set during the filming of the movie.

When Charubala tells Thomas to collect and deliver a truckload of coconuts, He became lost at the Monkey Palace. When Thomas arrives at the Indian Railway Station, Charubala was disappointed that all the coconuts are gone and she demands Thomas to go and get some more. Thomas manages to get more coconuts with the help of the monkeys and he delivers the coconuts to Charubala on time.

## Appearances

### Thomas and Friends

* **Season 22** - Thomas Goes to Bollywood, Thomas and the Monkey Palace, and Tiger Trouble

## Trivia

* Charubala is the first female railway controller to appear in the franchise.
* Her name means "pretty girl" in the Gujarati language.
Connor/Coverage

### *Thomas & Friends*

Connor is excitable and energetic and like Caitlin, loves to race the other engines. Connor, however, is better at being patient, unlike Caitlin, unless he has passengers, then he can be impatient. Although it is probably unintentional, he can come across as being somewhat smug. Both Caitlin and Connor transport passengers regularly between the Mainland and Ulfstead Castle via the Vicarstown Bridge.

Soon after arriving on Sodor for his test run and time trials, Connor, along with Caitlin, helped with the search of Stephen, when the old engine went missing and once he was found, attended the grand opening of Ulfstead Castle.

Connor was tricked by Bill and Ben when they challenged him to a race and he almost collided with Henry's goods train after he was trying to beat them.

Connor later had the challenge of bringing his last passengers from Sodor home in time for Christmas. With the help of Thomas, Edward, Henry, James, Percy, Emily, Hiro and the Slip Coaches, he succeeded at getting everyone home for Christmas.

Later, Connor was one of the engines told about the rumour of Toby being scrapped and later raced through Kellsthorpe Road Station, but did not see the red paint spilt onto the rails and ended up covering Gordon's face with red spots of paint. Connor has also been seen racing with Caitlin when the latter was taking Emily to the Steamworks for repairs.

Once, he broke his coupling rod and decided that he should go slowly until Stephen told him stories about his old days which made Connor like himself again.

Much later, Connor almost crashed into Thomas who was on his way to the Great Railway Show.
Dan Schatzberg

Dan Schatzberg (Hebrew: דן שצברג, born 10 September 1969) is an Israeli voice actor, dub director and dub producer who narrated the Hebrew dub of the fifteenth, seventeenth, twentieth and twenty first series of Thomas & Friends in Israel for the Hop! Channel. He is also the dub director and voices several characters.

He is perhaps best known for voicing Bob and Lofty in the Hebrew version of the original "Bob the Builder" series.

## Voices

* Edward
* Duck (seventeenth series - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
* Flying Scotsman
* Whiff
* Gator
* Yong Bao
* Den
* Rex (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
* Alfie (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
* Cranky

## Trivia

* Schatzberg directed the Hebrew dubs for both the eighth to fourteenth series and the seventeenth, twentieth, twenty first and twenty second series onwards.
Diesel Glows Away (S17-21 Version)

**Diesel Glows Away** is an upcoming episode of the twenty-third series.

## Plot

When Diesel hides from the other engines, his plans backfire and he gets a surprise on Sodor.

## Characters

* Duck
* Harvey
* Stanley
* Diesel
* Mavis
* Den
* Sidney
* Paxton
* Norman
* Philip
* Stafford
* Owen
* Henry (*does not speak*)
* Rebecca (*does not speak*)
* Gordon (*cameo*)
* James (*cameo*)
* Nia (*cameo*)
* BoCo (*cameo*)
* Bear (*cameo*)
* Skarloey (*cameo*)
* Sir Handel (*cameo*)
* Duncan (*cameo*)
* Thomas (*mentioned*)
* Emily (*mentioned*)

## Locations

* Tidmouth Sheds
* Knapford Yards
* Crosby Tunnel
* Vicarstown Dieselworks
* Blue Mountain Quarry

## Voice Cast

### UK and AUS

* Steven Kynman as Duck and Paxton
* Keith Wickham as Harvey, Den, Norman and Stafford
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Teresa Gallagher as Mavis
* Bob Golding as Sidney
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip

### US and CAN

* Steven Kynman as Duck and Paxton
* Keith Wickham as Harvey, Den, Norman and Stafford
* Rob Rackstraw as Stanley and Owen
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Teresa Gallagher as Mavis
* Bob Golding as Sidney
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip

## Trivia

* This episode marks Owen's first speaking role since the eighteenth series episode, Long Lost Friend and Norman's first speaking role since the movie The Great Race.
	+ This also marks the first time in which Owen is voiced by Rob Rackstraw.

## Goofs

* Diesel, Nia, and Paxton travel on narrow gauge track in the tunnel at the Blue Mountain Quarry despite being standard gauge engines.
Etienne/Coverage

### 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 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.
Christopher Ragland

Christopher Ragland (born 18 June 1984 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA) is a British-based American actor, voice actor and singer who provides voices for the UK and US dubs of Thomas & Friends. He took over the role of Percy from Martin Sherman after he left the voice cast. He first started his role in 2014 for the Day Out with Thomas events when Percy was added to the event. He also took over the role of the Troublesome Trucks from Ben Small in both dubs.

He is well known for voicing characters from Big Finish's "Dark Shadow" audio dramas.

He is married to fellow voice actor and cast member, Rachael Miller.

## Voices

### UK/US

* Percy (US; nineteenth series onwards - UK; The Great Race singing voice only)
* Troublesome Trucks (The Adventure Begins onwards)
* Racing Car #4 (Big World! Big Adventures!)
* Jem Cole (Journey Beyond Sodor)
* Some Orchard Workers (Journey Beyond Sodor)
* Cowboys (Big World! Big Adventures!)

## Songs

* Will You Won't You (performed)
* Be Who You Are, and Go Far (performed)
* Who's Thomas? (performed)
* The Most Important Thing is Being Friends (performed)
* Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)

## Filmography

### Films

* Inside Out (2015)
* Minions (2015)

### Television

* Get Out Alive (2010)
* I Shouldn't Be Alive (2010-2012)
* That's English (2014)
* Thomas & Friends (2015-present)
* The Amazing World of Gumball (2015)
* Undercover (2016)
* My Knight and Me (2017)
* Level Up Norge (2017)

### Games

* WorldShift (2008)
* Driver: San Francisco (2011)
* Randal's Monday (2015)
* Deponia Doomsday (2016)
* Homefront: The Revolution (2016)
* Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter (2016)
* Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017)
* Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
* Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
* Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017)
* LEGO The Incredibles (2018)
* State of Mind (2018)
* Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country (2018)

## Trivia

* Christopher is the first voice actor to voice a character in a live event first before the television show.
Anton Savenkov

Anton Savenkov (Антон Савенков) is a Russian actor who provides voices in the Russian dub of Thomas & Friends.

## Voices

* Edward (nineteenth series onwards)
* James (The Great Race onwards)
* Duck (Samson at Your Service onwards)
* Oliver (nineteenth series onwards)
* Bill (Emily Saves the World onwards)
* Ben (Emily Saves the World only)
* Spencer (nineteenth series onwards)
* Stanley (eighteenth series onwards)
* Timothy (Timothy and the Rainbow Truck onwards)
* Samson
* Paxton (nineteenth series onwards)
* Dart (nineteenth series onwards)
* Rheneas (Emily Saves the World onwards)
* Peter Sam (Samson at Your Service onwards)
* Yong Bao
* Aiden
Daiki Kobayashi

Daiki Kobayashi (小林大紀, born on 23 September 1991 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actor who voices a character in the Japanese narration of Thomas & Friends.

He is most famous for voicing Saki Mizushima from "The iDOLM@STER Side M", Nico from "Nanbaka" Yoshiki Hirano from "All Out!!" and Louie in the 2017 reboot of "DuckTales".

## Voices

* Philip (nineteenth series onwards, excluding Big World! Big Adventures!)

## Songs

* Will You Won't You (performed)
* Be Who You Are, and Go Far (performed)
Culdee/Coverage

### *The Railway Series*

Culdee was built at the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur, Switzerland, and arrived on Sodor in time for the railway's inspection. In March 1900, he was the first to be used in the test runs on the Culdee Fell Railway. When Lord Harrywas delivered in March 1962, Culdee left for overhaul instead of Shane Dooiney as he was the most run-down of the two. He arrived back on Sodor in May 1963, with Donald taking him back to the Culdee Fell Railway. While on his way, Culdee got to tell stories about his railway to some of the engines of the Skarloey Railway. [1]
Carlos

## Carlos of Mexico

Carlos is a small Mexican tender engine who has competed in the Great Railway Show, every year since the event's inception. He competed in the best decorated parade.

## Personality

Carlos is a proud and happy steam engine from the heart of Mexico. Always wearing a smile, this engine is the life and soul of the Great Railway Show. Originally competing and winning the strongest engine race at the very first Great Railway Show, this engine continues to please the crowds and is now taking part in the Best Decorated Engine Parade.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Carlos is based on the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (National Railways of Mexico) GR-3 class 2-8-0, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The engine bearing his number, 903, was built in 1910 and was originally built for narrow gauge tracks and was used by the Veracruz Terminal Company and the Teziutlan Copper Company before being bought by NdeM in 1945. Re-gauged to standard gauge in 1950 and taken out of service in 1963, the engine is currently on display outside the José Cardoso Tellez Railway Museum in Acámbaro in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Carlos' basis
### Livery

Carlos is painted black with a silver smokebox, cowcatcher and bell. His cab doors, windows, handrails and other details are painted red, while his sandboxes and dome are painted with green lining around them. He carries the number "903" on both his headlamp and cab, and the initials "N. DE M." are painted on each side of his tender.

## Trivia

* Despite competing in the Best Decorated Engine Parade, Carlos is not decorated or repainted for the event, whereas the other four competitors for the challenge are.
* Carlos has been partially modified to work on British rail, he has added buffers. His lamp has also been moved to accommodate his face, as such, his bell has been moved to accommodate his lamp.
* When Carlos backs away from the coal hopper, he says the phrase "Fizzling fuegos!", where in Spanish, "fuegos" means fires.
* According to the behind the scenes video of The Great Race, Carlos was originally going to be an NdeM NR-1 class 4-6-4 Hudson locomotive.
* Like Hiro and Yong Bao, Carlos has a knuckle coupler on his front and a chain and hook coupler on the back of his tender.
* Despite Carlos using coal, his basis is an oil burner.
* In a deleted scene from Big World! Big Adventures!, Carlos is briefly depicted with the Aztec Calendar around his face.
* He is the second engine who speaks Spanish.
Byron

**Byron** is a large bulldozer with a big blade. He carries out bulldozing work along with levelling the ground.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

In his first appearance, Byron was helping to clear room for new railway lines at the quarry. On Jack's first day, he scooted towards the bulldozer and eagerly wanted to help him. But Byron said he did not need any help and conceitedly asked him to help Kelly the Crane.

When the machines were arguing about who was the most important, Byron replied to Jack that levelling the site was important because that was what he did. When Max and Monty's reckless behaviour caused a water supply pipe to burst, Alfie became trapped in thick mud. By using his blade, Byron pulled Alfie out of the mud to safety.

## Personality

Byron is a boisterous bulldozer with a big blade. He likes nothing better than showing the other machines on how to get the job done. He is very proud and does not like to waste his talents on jobs he feels are beneath his stature. Byron is the envy of all the other vehicles...or, at least, he thinks he is. He has a booming voice and likes to work hard. Never the less, Byron is always enthusiastic, reliable and wise.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Byron is based on a Caterpillar bulldozer from the late 1930's.

### Livery

Byron is painted yellow with a black cab. The number "18" is painted on the sides of his cab in yellow.

## Appearances

### Thomas & Friends

* **Season 6** - Jack Jumps In and A Friend in Need (*cameo*)
* **Jack and the Sodor Construction Company** - A Visit from Thomas (*cameo*), Jack Owns Up (*cameo*), On Site with Thomas, A Happy Day for Percy, Percy Helps Out (*cameo*) and Mud Glorious Mud (*cameo*)
* **Season 23** - Mines and Mystery (*indirectly mentioned*)

Byron had a role in the cancelled episodes, Bossy Byron, The Importance of Being Patrick, Grass is Greener and No Dozer is an Island.

### Music Videos

* **Jack and the Sodor Construction Company** - The Work Song and One Friendly Family

### Books

* **2006** - Jack
* **2011** - Jack the Front Loader
* **2015** - Thomas' New Friend

### Video Games

* **2008** - Begins Educational Learning
* **2017** - Read and Play!

## Voice Actors

* Ryoichi Tanaka (*Japan; sixth season only*)

## Trivia

* Byron is one of the machines whose silhouette is pictured on the Pack's logo.
* Byron did not have his number in Robert Gauld-Galliers' original artwork.

## Merchandise

* Wooden Railway (*discontinued*)
* Take Along (*discontinued*)
* Take-n-Play (*normal and Train Maker; discontinued*)
* Adventures (*sold only in Construction Train Creator pack; discontinued*)
* TrackMaster (*discontinued*)
* Capsule Plarail (*discontinued*)
Erina Yamazaki

Erina Yamazaki (山崎依里奈, born 10 March 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress who was affiliated with 81 Produce and voices characters in the Japanese narration of Thomas & Friends.

## Voices

* Emily (Calling All Engines! to Twenty-fourth series)
* Frieda
* Frankie (Journey Beyond Sodor trailer only)
* Donatina
* The Second Slip Coach
* An An
* Troublesome Trucks (The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and Journey Beyond Sodor)
* The Duchess of Boxford (sixteenth series onwards, excluding Percy and the Calliope and Welcome Stafford)
* Charubala
* The Barrow Football Fan (Reds vs. Blues)
* The Blond-haired girl (Very Important Sheep)
* Knapford Station Speaker (Wild Water Rescue and Unscheduled Stops)

## Songs

* Will You Won't You (performed)
* Be Who You Are, and Go Far (performed)
* Who's Thomas? (performed)
* The Most Important Thing is Being Friends (performed)
* Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)
* We're Friends (performed)
Ace

## Ace the Racer

Ace is an Australian rally car who inspires Thomas to become the first engine to travel the world.

## Personality

Ace is a rally car, who can be a bit full of himself. He thinks he’s cool and clever too and expects the admiration and support of everyone around him. If it’s not about him, he’s not likely to be interested. Ace is a thrill seeker, who lives for speed and loves to drive dangerously. But he’s not as brave as he’d like you to think, being rather frightened of both wild animals and water. Ace is a dreamer who sees the world as his oyster. If he could only get over himself, he might become a nice guy.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Ace is based on a Ferrari 275 GTB/4 with a roof rack for his spare tyre.

Ace's basis
### Livery

Ace is painted yellow with white stripes and silver wheels. His number "43" is painted on his doors in black.

## Trivia

* Ace's horn plays the chorus of the Australian song Waltzing Matilda.
An Engine of Many Colours

An Engine of Many Colours is the ninth episode of the twenty-second season.

## Plot

James needs to be repaired after crashing into the back of Tidmouth Sheds, he's worried if the Fat Controller would go by his words he said before and paint him blue, if he acts up again, and hears that there might not be enough red paint. That night, he has a succession of dreams about being repainted different colours. Each colour seems fine once he gets used to it and even makes him more splendid. But each time that James starts to show off, he dreams that he has another crash.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Emily
* Spencer
* Rosie
* Stanley
* Diesel
* Philip
* Victor
* Kevin
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford
* Henry (does not speak)
* Duck (cameo)
* Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
* The Deputy Minister (stock footage)

## Locations

* Gordon's Hill
* Sodor Steamworks
* Knapford
* Knapford Station Yard
* Knapford Yards
* Vicarstown Bridge
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford's Summer House
* Tidmouth Sheds (stock footage)
* Sodor China Clay Company (stock footage)

## Voice Cast

### UK

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Keith Wickham as Edward, Gordon and the Fat Controller
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Nigel Pilkington as Percy
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily and the Duchess of Boxford
* Matt Wilkinson as Spencer, Stanley, Kevin, the Duke of Boxford and the Knapford Stationmaster
* Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
* David Bedella as Victor
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip

### US

* Joseph May as Thomas
* William Hope as Edward and the Duke of Boxford
* Kerry Shale as Gordon, Diesel and Kevin
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Christopher Ragland as Percy
* Jules de Jongh as Emily and the Duchess of Boxford
* Glenn Wrage as Spencer
* Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
* David Bedella as Victor
* Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt

## Trivia

* The title is a play on the song, A Coat of Many Colours, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
* This is the first episode written by Michael White, along with the first episode to be written by a fan.
* This episode is set after The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and during A Shed for Edward. Stock footage from the former is used.
* This episode marks Spencer and Stanley's only speaking appearances in the twenty-second season.
* A reference to the first season episode, James and the Coaches, is made in this episode.
* James' alternate liveries have lining on the back of his tender, which is also present on his black livery. However, some of the alternate liveries did not have the back lining.
* At the end of the episode, Thomas mentions the events of the eighteenth season episode, Spencer's VIP. Stock footage from said episode is used.
* A short rearrangment of Pride is heard at the end of the episode when James was repaired.

## Goofs

* Christopher Ragland is credited in the UK end credits despite none of his UK characters speaking.

## In Other Languages

 **Spanish** | El Abrigo de Colores Soñado de James
Batucada

***Batucada*** is the sixth episode of the twenty-third series.

## Plot

Thomas finds a way to take part in the Brazilian carnival music.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Gabriela
* Fernando
* Cassia
* The Batucada Players
* The Teacher (*cameo*)

## Locations

* Brazil
	+ Guanabara Bay
	+ The Brazilian Station
	+ The Brazilian Goods Yard
	+ Rio de Janeiro

## Voice cast

### UK

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Monica Lopera as Gabriela
* Laura Cucurullo as Cassia
* Gabriel Porras as Fernando
* Francisco Labbe as a Batucada Player
* Federico Trujillo as a Batucada Player and a workman

### US

* Joseph May as Thomas
* Monica Lopera as Gabriela
* Laura Cucurullo as Cassia
* Gabriel Porras as Fernando
* Francisco Labbe as a Batucada Player
* Federico Trujillo as a Batucada Player and a workman

## Trivia

* During Thomas' fantasy, he plays a variation of Set Friendship in Motion.
Aubrey & Aiden

## Aiden

**Aiden**

* Tim Bain

Aubrey and Aiden are Shane's pair of coaches. Thomas meets and works with them during his time in Australia.

## Personalities

These two are sensible with a sense of humour. They both admire Isla.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Aubrey and Aiden are based on Pullman First Class Parlour Cars. One such carriage, "Topaz" of 1914, is preserved at the National Railway Museum. Their CGI models are reused from Spencer's Coaches.

Aubrey and Aiden's basis
### Livery

Aubrey and Aiden are painted teal green and brown with gold lining, golden yellow roofs and silver window frames.

## Appearances

### Thomas and Friends

* **Season 22** - Outback Thomas, Kangaroo Christmas and Cyclone Thomas
* **Season 23** - Laid Back Shane

### Music Videos

* **Season 22** - The Journey Never Ends and All the Girls Around the World

## Voice Actors

Aubrey:

* Genevieve McCarthy (UK/US)
* Muriel Bielenberg (Germany)
* Maki Uchiyama (Japan)
* Marta Dylewska (Poland)
* Olga Kuznetsova (Russia)

Aiden:

* Tim Bain (UK/US)
* Flemming Stein (Germany)
* Tōru Akiyoshi (Japan)
* Artur Pontek (Poland)
* Anton Savenkov (Russia)

## Trivia

* Aiden is the second character to be voiced by an episode writer, with the first being Lady, who was voiced by Britt Allcroft.
* In the CGI series, they are the first Express Coaches with faces.
Digs and Discoveries

Digs and Discoveries is an upcoming two-part episode in Season 23.

## Plot

Thomas and the Sodor Construction Company travel to Italy, where they meet new friends and make exciting discoveries.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Gina
* Lorenzo
* Beppe
* Jack
* Alfie
* Oliver
* Max and Monty
* Stefano
* Darcy
* No. 33 Excavator
* No. 24 Bulldozer

The rest of the Steam Team, Kevin, and Sir Topham Hatt are likely to appear.
Class 40

**Class 40** (also known as **The Diesel**, **D4711** (in the Railway Series), **D261** (in the television series), or simply **Diesel**) is a diesel who once came to the North Western Railway on loan from the Other Railway.

## Personality

Class 40 is snobbish and rude, believing that diesel engines should take over from steam engines. Despite this, in the magazine stories, there are some occasions in which the Diesel helps out the steam engines.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Class 40 is based on a BR Class 40 1Co-Co1. Old Stuck-Up and D782 are also members of this class. 200 members of this class was built from 1958 to 1962, and the last was withdrawn in 1985. They where given the nickname "Whistlers" because of the strange whistling noise their engines would make. Over seven Class 40s are preserved with the first built, D200, at the National Railway Museum.

Class 40's television series number belonged to a real Class 40. The real D261 entered service on the 26th of February 1960 and in 1973 It was repainted into "RailBlue" colours and renumbered to 40 061 until the engine was withdrawn from service in 1983 and scrapped at Crewe in March the following year.

Class 40's basis
### Livery

Class 40 is painted in British Railways' two-tone green livery with a black roof and yellow warning panels. In the television series, Class 40 is painted in British Railways' Brunswick green livery, with a thin, lighter green stripe running along his top and yellow warning panels. His number is painted on his cab sides in yellow.

In the Railway Series, his face was yellow, while in the Television Series, it was grey like the other engines.

## Appearances

### Thomas & Friends

* **Season 4** - Rusty to the Rescue (not named) and Bowled Out (not named)

## Trivia

* Class 40's Railway Series livery is inaccurate as none of the Class 40 diesels received British Railways two-tone green livery.
* Class 40 is called "**Diesel 261**" in Japan.
* According to some VHS descriptions for Bowled Out, Class 40 was brought to Sodor to take over Daisy's work while she was ill.
* His Hornby model depicts him as a Class 37 diesel which still has an inaccurate number for a locomotive of this type.
* His Railway Series number is completely fictional, none of the Class 40's wore this number.
* In the Days Out with Thomas events, Class 40 wore Toad's face.