Patrick Boomer

**Patrick Trevor Boomer** was one of the main antagonists in Sodor Then & Now. He was the crook builder who built Henry and is the father of Peter Boomer

## Biography

Patrick Boomer was born on December 9th, 1888. He spent his early years living a relatively normal childhood. In 1906, he was hired under Sir Nigel Gresley at Doncaster works and worked there until a feud rose between them. Boomer was fired and started initiating his revenge by stealing Gresley's blueprints for a new design. One of these designs was the LNER A1 prototype. After killing a burglar who broke into his workshop, Boomer began working on building his own engine.

Two years later, in 1919, he completed his prototype. Henry, a mixture of an LNER A1 prototype and a C1 Atlantic, was completed and came to sentience the night he was completed. He was painted an apple green with a red running board and was labeled with *Boomer's Railways*. Boomer left Henry alone that night to return home, but the next morning he was arrested by the police for theft. He received 17 years in prison.

Boomer was released from prison in 1937 to find a lot had changed. He ended up marrying a woman a few years younger than him. Two years later, his son Peter was born only for his mother to pass away in 1940. Boomer was enraged and heartbroken by this. After being released from prison, Boomer seemed to be on the right track, but his wife's death caused him to spiral into madness. He began drinking heavily again and in 1945, he found out that his old engine Henry was becoming something of a celebrity thanks to a series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry. Boomer was furious that his creation was getting all the fame alongside Sir Bertram Topham Hatt, Gresley, and the other Sodor engines. It was then that he began to plan his revenge. When he was old enough, Boomer enlisted his son Peter to help him build a prototype to a new type of diesel. In 1956, the two managed to build a sample model of a class 42 warship diesel with an added non-regulation hydraulic claw. He named the diesel Diesel 10.

A year later, he took Diesel 10 and Peter to a workshop and purchased three 08 shunters; Splatter, Dodge, and Diesel. That same year, he anonymously had Diesel rented out by Sir Bertram Topham Hatt and told Diesel to stir the pot so that the other three diesels could find a way over to Sodor and initiate Boomer's plan. Diesel failed to fully cause tension and was sent away after getting caught in his lies. Boomer's plan had to be put on hold, but he knew he was running out of time. Bertram would soon be retiring, and Boomer's plan relied on Bertram's passive leadership in order to succeed. So, after learning that Henry, James, and Douglas had been arrested, Boomer initiated his plan once again. This time, more of it was able to fall into place. Diesel 10, Splatter, and Dodge were sent to Sodor and stayed there until after Henry was hijacked by Boomer. Then, they began rounding up the steam engines. Boomer was reunited with his old engine and hijacked him after killing three police officers and wounding two others. Boomer and Henry returned to the workshop and had the bombs at Knapford Station and Knapford Sheds blown up. Boomer explained his plan to Henry and explained how this was revenge for all the plan Sodor and the world in general had caused him. Boomer's last phase of the plan would be to kill Sir Bertram, Charles, and the rest of the Hatt family. He succeeded in killing Bertram, wounding Lowham, and killing the bodyguards, but was killed by Mr. George Hugh before he could kill Charles. Boomer died in his workshop by two gun wounds on December 17th, 1959. He is survived by his son Peter Boomer and his grandson Adam Norman. He is known now as *The Sudrian Mad-Bomber*.

## Personality

Boomer started out as an ambitious young man looking to make a name for himself, but found himself wrapped up in his own emotions and allowed petty feuds and issues to consume him. In his first instance, his feud with Gresley caused him to spiral out of control and commit several crimes that landed him in prison. Things seemed to be looking up for his upon his release, but his wife's death only made things worse. He blamed Sodor and the world for his pain and suffering and felt the best thing to do was completely destroy Sodor, or at the very least, as much of the railway as he could. Though he appeared to be a decent father to Peter, he ultimately was responsible for the deaths of 53 people including himself and Sir Bertram Topham Hatt.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Sodor Then and Now 1: A New Beginning (S1, E1) (*Remastered Version Only*)
* Sodor Then and Now 2: He's Number One! (S1, E2)
* Sodor Then & Now 3: Prototype Failure (S1 E3)
* Sodor Then and Now 6: Little Engines (S1, E6)
* Sodor Then and Now 7: Old Faithful (S1, E7)
* Sodor Then and Now 8: The Work Begins (S1, E8)
* Sodor Then and Now 9: The Caledonian Engines (S1, E9)
* Sodor Then and Now 10: Boomer's Reign (S1, E10) (*death/final appearance*)

## Trivia

* Boomer was initially supposed to serve nearly 30 years in prison, but the sentence was reduced to give Peter time to be born.
* Patrick Boomer was a concept created when GTSH decided he wanted his series to begin in the early 1900's rather than the 50's or 60's.
* The name Patrick (and middle name being Trevor) was a reference to the character's basis P.T. Boomer. The same goes for Peter Timothy Boomer.
* Patrick was initially supposed to have an entire confrontation with Bertram, but the scene was deleted in the final draft in order to avoid a similar ending to the finale of *Sudrian Conflict*
* Charles was supposed to be the one to kill Boomer, but it was decided that Mr. Hugh would be the one to kill him due to Charles inheriting the Baronetcy.
* Boomer was initially supposed to shoot Charles in the arm, but this decision was changed due to how close Boomer ended up being to Charles.
* There was also an idea to have Peter kill Patrick, but GTSH worried that people would interpret that action as a redemption for Peter and the idea was quickly scrapped.
* Boomer is one of two main characters to die in the Season 1 finale.
* Boomer had absolutely no idea that he had a grandson, as Peter kept it a secret from him.