Rosie

## Bio

### *Everything's Rosie*

When Rosie met Emily on her first day, she really admired her. However Rosie's admiration for her wouldn't last long. She eventually befriended Molly, a shy but kind engine. They would often talk about Emily behind her back much to Emily's dismay. However the three engines gradually become good friends over the course of the series.

## Personality

Rosie is

is a friendly, respectful, clever and helpful tank engine with a good sense of humour. She idolizes Thomas very much. She and Thomas like to have fun and also like to help each other when they are working. She also enjoys racing just as much as she loves to be really useful, and is very eager to prove her worth, as evidenced by her wanting to help Thomas deliver Alice's birthday presents, or even attempting to pull a special train on her own. Rosie can be described as a feisty, energetic and free-spirited tomboy who is not afraid to do hard work.

With the passage of time, Rosie became more focused and mature, serving as a voice of reason to James' arrogance. She also stands no nonsense for teasing or rudeness, and although she still has her tomboyish personality, she still does have a good sense of humour, and she still likes a friendly joke.

Rosie still manages a healthy relationship with Thomas, despite some incidents that unintentionally go wrong. In Thomas Sets Sail, when the sail of the boat can’t go under the bridge, Rosie gets worried. In Thomas and the Runaway Car, when Thomas unintentionally pushed Sir Topham Hatt's Car down Gordon's Hill, Rosie just left the washdown when the car passed by and covered her with mud which made her annoyed. In Rosie is Red, Thomas pretends not to remember sticking up for Rosie because he does not want to be teased. This ends up embarrassing Rosie and is one of the only times where she is embarrassed.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Rosie is based on the Southern Railway (SR) USA Class. The class originated as the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S100 Class, which were designed and built for shunting duties in Europe during the Second World War. After the war ended, fifteen of the S100s were sold to the Southern Railway, who modified them for use as dockyard shunters at Southampton. There, they worked alongside the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) E2s (Thomas’ class). The SR USA Class was replaced by British Rail (BR) Class 07 diesels (Salty's class) in 1962, however some members of the class remained in service on departmental duties until 1967.

Four members of SR USA Class are preserved, including one at the Bluebell Railway. Over one-hundred of the USATC S100 Class - of which the SR USA Class are a derivative of - still remain, or are preserved, in various conditions in some European countries, the United States, China and Egypt. In addition, several Yugoslavian-built copies of the S100 design also exist, including two that have been shipped to England and modified to represent USA Class members.Template:Ref

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### Livery

From her debut up until *The Great Race*, Rosie was painted lavender with light grey tank panels, red lining and gold boiler bands. Her wheels were red with light grey rims.

Starting from the twenty-first series onwards, Rosie is painted in the North Western Railway's livery of cherry red with dark raspberry tank panels, gold boiler bands and light grey lining. The area above her wheels and around her ladder are painted gold. Rosie has her company's initials (NWR) painted on her tank panels in light grey with a gold shadow, along with her number 37 also in light grey with gold shadow under her side cab windows. She still retains her original red buffer beams and wheels with light grey rims, however.

The font style of Rosie's NWR initials and number 37 is the same font that is used on fellow SR USA Class, Vulcan 4446, now No. 30072 of Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

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## Audio Files

### Whistles

At Drayton Manor Theme Park on the Thomas, Rosie, and Percy Engine Tours attraction, Rosie is incorrectly portrayed with Thomas' whistle when she was new.

At Tidmouth Sheds at Drayton Manor Theme Park since 2014, Rosie is incorrectly portrayed with Gordon's whistle.

## Trivia

* Rosie is the first engine of several things:
	+ The first engine of an American class introduced in the television series and the second such engine (after Stanley) introduced in the franchise overall.
	+ The first engine in the television series to have their debut livery changed permanently and the second character in the television series overall, the first being S.C. Ruffey.
	+ The first engine in the television series to receive a number who did not already have one, the second being Emily.
	+ The first engine in the television series to be lettered for the North Western Railway. She is the second in the franchise overall after Emma.
* Rosie is the fourth female steam engine introduced in the television series and the sixth female engine in the television series overall.
* In Red for Rosie, one illustration incorrectly depicts her with a tender.
* A magazine fact file states that she works on Thomas' Branch Line, although she has never been seen doing so in the television series.
* Rosie, along with Rocky, are the only characters introduced in the tenth series to be in CGI.
* Most merchandise lines depicted Rosie without the lip gloss and blush that she had worn prior to the twenty-first series.
* Since her debut, Rosie has appeared in every series and special except The Adventure Begins, which was set before she arrived on the railway and the twentieth series, possibly due to her model being reworked for the twenty-first series and Journey Beyond Sodor.
* In the twenty-first series, Rosie was given the number **37**, this is a reference to her being the **thirty-seventh** standard gauge engine to be introduced in the television series.
* Due to loads of fan mail asking for more Rosie, she was overhauled taking four months. The production team decided to completely rebuild her from scratch. [1]
* According to Sodor Island Fansite (SiF), Rosie was intended to have at least one other episode in the twenty-first series. This episode, along with seven others, were cancelled to make way for production of the twenty-second series.
* According to another tweet from SiF, other liveries considered for Rosie when she was updated for the twenty-first series, including blue and green. However, these were eventually rejected in favour of the red livery. [2]
* The My First Thomas & Friends' Railway Pals variant of Rosie was the first piece of merchandise to introduce her in her new red livery.
* Since her recolour, most merchandise ranges depict Rosie's wheels and buffer beams as being cherry red, although in the show, they still retain their original light red colour.
* One of Rosie's television series models is on display at Drayton Manor and is wearing her smiling face mask.
* Rosie's whistle is Thomas', but twelve steps higher pitched.
* Rosie’s normal whistle sound was incorrectly reused for a few different engines:
* Thomas had Rosie’s whistle sound, but only in the Thomas Land advert from 2008.
* Emily had Rosie’s whistle sound, but only in one scene in Misty Island Rescue.
* Gordon had Rosie’s whistle sound at Tidmouth Sheds at Drayton Manor Theme Park since 2014.
* Scruff had Rosie’s whistle sound in the mobile app, Read and Play!
* Rosie is one of the three engines in the franchise to have the initials NWR painted on her. The others are Emma and Rebecca.
* In real life, Rosie and Thomas' basis worked at dockyards on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway until they were replaced by Salty's class.
* In Drayton Manor Theme Park from 2008 to 2014, Rosie had her normal whistle sound, but in 2014, she and Gordon swapped sheds and she incorrectly has Gordon's whistle sound, while Gordon incorrectly has her whistle sound. Also, she has Gordon’s low pitched whistle from the first series episode, Down the Mine to the ninth series episode, Thomas and the Birthday Picnic and Thomas gets his own Branch Line.
* Unlike many other characters, Rosie was not outright stated as being a new engine.
* Rosie had a total of six facial expressions during the model series era.
* Despite being lavender in the actual series before her redesign, Rosie has been incorrectly stated to wear other colours.
	+ Her Take Along card and Calling All Engines! segment claimed that she was pink.
	+ Her Story Library Book stated that she is purple.
	+ James claims that she is lilac in The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor.

## Quotes

> Rosie was a cheerful, chirpy little tank engine. She was always pleased to meet Thomas. She liked him so much that she wanted to be just like him.
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> The narrator introducing Rosie, Thomas and the Birthday Mail, tenth series

> Hello, I'm Rosie. I want to/wanna be just like Thomas, a really useful engine.
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> Rosie's website audio