Donald and Douglas

Donald and Douglas are twin standard gauge tender engines who work for the N.W.R. on the island of Sodor.

## BTS info

### Modeler(s)

Sodor Workhops (pilot's only), Simply Suddrian (s1-s2, ep6), Sodor Pro (s2,ep7-onwards)

## General info

### Livery

Blue with red and white lining, numbers painted yellow with red outlining on tenders. Originally black with red and white lining, numbers painted yellow with red outlining on tenders.

### Number

Donald: 9 (57647 originally). Douglas: 10 (57648 originally).

### Affiliantion

Sir Topham Hatt, Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Duck, Oliver, Toad, Emily, Judy and Jerome, Isobel, Dulcie, Marriable, Alice (coach), Alice, Patrick (diesel), Philip, Mike, Rex, Bert, Jock, Frank, Sigrid of Arlesdale, Olivia, Marion, Kevin, Victor, Geoff, Daisy, Ryan, Bill and Ben, Harvey, Rocky, Henrietta, Spencer, Bear, Skarloey, Rheneas, Duncan, Duke, Sheffield, Peter Sam, Rusty, Owen, Owen (diesel), Evan and Edwin, Caden, Rebecca, BoCo, Rosie, Jinty, Stephen, Max and Monty, Jack, Alfie, Oliver (excavator), Byron, Buster, Porter, Carly, Big Mickey, Cranky, Bell, Flynn, Culdee, Cathern, Wilbert, Molly, Bash and Dash, Ferdinand, and Dash.

### Company(s)

B.R. (formally), N.W.R., Arlesdale Ballast Co., S.C.Rufffy Co.

## Technical info

### Owner(s)

B.R. (formally), N.W.R. (Sir Topham Hatt)

### Bio

Donald and Douglas are a pair of Scottish twin tender engines who work on the N.W.R., primarily along "The Little Western" (Duck's branch line) and Bredham branch (Edward's branch line), but more often then not, help out with the work along the mainline. As the twins are mixed traffic, they mainly help by pulling passenger and goods trains, while helping shunt in the yards, from time to time. Before coming to Sodor, the twins worked on the mainland, first for the Caledonian Railway, before it becoming part of B.R. Around the time of modernization Sir Topham Hatt purchased Donald to help out with the workload, Douglas on the other hand was arranged to be sent for scrap. In an attempt to avoid the cutters torch, he ran-away with Donald to Sodor. Lucky for them they didn't have their nameplates at the time, just their original numbers (Donald: 57647, Douglas: 57678). Which the claimed they connivingly lost on the way to Sodor. After a series of events and proving how useful they were clearing snow, Sir Topham Hatt agreed to keep the two engines. Upon the diction to stay on Sodor, the two were repainted from black to blue, along with new nameplates.

### Personas

#### Donald:

Donald is the youngest of the two, he can be a bit feistier then Douglas, and be more ambitious. But he dose care deeply for his brother and tries to be really useful.

#### Douglas:

Douglas is the oldest of two, though he can be somewhat timid, be isn't shy to help his brother when he's in trouble. Though due to the age difference, he can somewhat get easily annoyed by Donald. But despite that he cares deeply for his brother and tires his best to be really useful.

### Technical info

Donald and Douglas are based on the Caledonian Railway Class 812/652.

#### Livery

Donald and Douglas are painted blue with red and white lining, with their numbers painted yellow with red outlining. Prior to coming to Sodor, the twins were painted black with white and red lining.

### Modeler(s)

* Sodor Workshops (pilots only)
* Simply Suddrian (s1-s2, ep6)
* Sodor Pro (s2, ep7-onwards)

### Appearance(s)

#### Tales from the Island of Sodor

* Season 1 - Construction (Donald only, dose not speak), Sheffield's First Day (Donald only, dose not speak), Two Blue Railway Engines, Out with a Bang.
* Season 2 - Bash and Dash (dose not speak), Brothers (dose not speak)

#### Adaptations

* Season 1 - Super Rescue (Donald only), Harvey to the Rescue (Donald only, dose not speak).

### Trivia

* Donald and Douglas have gone through several visual changes over the course of the series:

1. S2, ep7 - They gain reverser levers, brake shoes, sanding gear, lamp irons on their front and tenders, the loose the block under their boilers, they gain a cutout in their running board exposing their inside motion, their faces change in design, their cab interior detailing changed, their couplings, lamps, and boilers change in design, they gained permanent tale lamps, and they lost tops on their sand boxes.

* Donald has hand the most appearances then out of the two.