Thomas

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## Background information

 ### First Appearance

 * Meet the Crotoonians#(Thomas VS. Bertie)

 ### Creator(s)

 Rev. W. Awdry

## Voice Actors

 ### UK Voice Actor

 • Liam Fitzgerald

 ### US Voice Actor

 • GeebMachine (TheWiseTenderEngine2001's Redub)• Jonathan Asiamah (Dueling Express's Redub)• Jessie Ortiz (Taylor Z.'s Redub)

 ### UK/US Voice Actor

 • Holden Stafford (NostalgiaDude1998's Redub)• Dueling Express (Liam Fitzgerald's Redub)

 ### Other Voice Actors

 Ryan the Blue Pony

## Character Overview

 ### Name

 Thomas

 ### Title

 Thomas the Tank Engine

 ### Gender

 Male

 ### Affiliation

 * North Western Railway
* Ffarquhar Branch Line
* Inkblotia-Celgreb City Branchline
	+ Percy
	+ Toby
	+ Daisy
	+ Annie and Clarabel
	+ Bertie
* True Blue Steam Team

## Technical Details

 ### Basis

 LB&SCR E2 class

 ### Gauge

 4'8½" (1,435 mm; standard gauge)

 ### Power type

 Steam

 ### Vehicle

 Locomotive

 ### Type

 Tank engine

 ### Fuel type

 Coal

 ### Configuration

 0-6-0T

 ### Wheels

 6

 ### Top speed

 50 mph

 ### Designer(s)

 L.B. Billinton

 ### Builder(s)

 Brighton Works

 ### Year built

 1915

 ### Number

 * NWR 1
* LB&SCR 70 (formerly)

 ### Railway

 * North Western Railway
* London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (formerly)

 ### Owner(s)

 Sir Topham Hatt

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Thomas is a tank engine that works on both The Island of Sodor and Crotoonia's Inkblotia-Celgreb City Branchline.

## Personality

Thomas is a cheeky, fussy little engine who very often ends up getting into a scrape or two! A hard working, but sometimes mischievous friend, he runs a branch line on his home (the Island of Sodor) and helps run another on Crotoonia, which travels from Celgreb City to Inkblotia Castle! Even though he may seem like a really cheeky and fussy engine, he's a kind and positive-thinking friend who always tries to put things right.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Thomas is based on an LBSCR E2 Class, more specifically the version with the extended side tanks, these tank engines were built at Brighton Works between 1913-1916 to replace the E1 Class.

They were used for shunting duties and short-distance goods trains in London and on the south coast, and last worked at Southampton Docks. None were preserved.

However in Crotoonia, a replica of his class works at Pinewood Island.

Thomas' basis
### Livery

Thomas is painted in the North Western Railway's sky blue livery with red lining. His number is painted on the sides of his tanks in yellow with red lining and the lining around his cab windows is yellow.

In The Adventure Begins, Thomas was originally painted teal-green with white lining. He had the initials "LBSC" and the number 70 painted on the sides of his tanks and cab respectively in yellow with red lining and his wheel rims were white.

In the first three seasons of the television series, Thomas had red lining on the back of his coal bunker, but during production of the third season episode, All at Sea, the lining was removed for unknown reasons. The lining was later re-added to him in The Adventure Begins.

## Trivia

* Thomas was the first character in the Railway Series to have a number. According to Brian Sibley, Awdry used the number one because it was the easiest to draw.
* Thomas was the first character introduced in the television series.
* Christopher Awdry lost the original Thomas toy when he was in the United States. However, it was recreated in 2015 for a 70th anniversary sizzle.
* Thomas' LBSC number, 70, was actually carried by a real LB&SCR locomotive, an A1 named "Poplar" currently preserved by the Kent & East Sussex Railway. The number also represents the 70th anniversary of the Railway Series.
* According to Sir Topham Hatt on the 2001 Official Website, Thomas was given his name by the engine workshop which built him.
* Thomas is one of the few characters to appear and speak in every season and special.
* A Wooden Railway toy of Thomas along with one of Stepney's appeared in the second season of the Big Bang Theory in the thirteenth episode, The Friendship Algorithm.
* An ERTL toy of Thomas along with one of James' also appeared in the sixth season of Full House in the fifteenth episode, Be True to Your Preschool.