George

**George** is a grumpy steamroller whose interactions with engines generally lead to trouble. He is owned by the Sodor Island Council.

## Appearance

George is a steamroller painted green with red lining, gold boiler bands, and black smokebox and funnel with a brass cowl. His front-forks are painted bright red and his name is painted on the sides of his boiler in white.

## Personality

George is a grumpy, bad-tempered and mean steamroller who dislikes all of the engines, even the ones who try to be nice to him. He is no friend of the railway, often heard rebelling that "railways are no good" and that they should be pulled up and turned into roads. George is happiest when he is rolling, but enjoys causing bother for the engines across the island too. He is grouchy, disagreeable and his unpleasant and unfriendly attitude towards the engines and stubborn nature are often the cause of chaos and disruption, an example being when he crashed into Sir Handel's train for calling him a "great clumsy road-hog". He also does not get along with many road vehicles, either, as he insulted Caroline after she broke down. Unlike Bulgy or the Horrid Lorries, who simply attempt to take over the engines' jobs, George often takes more direct approaches, often by physically damaging the rails or blocking an engine's path if he feels he can intimidate them. Much like Bulgy and the Lorries, however, George's actions only end badly for him in the long run, but he rarely learns his lesson and often retries his tatics.

It was likely that George was given a second chance and was very important in helping the steam engines and diesel engines in repairing the runway at the Sodor Airport, so that the first aeroplane could land. This shows that even he has a good side in him.

## Trivia

* George Carlin gives George a Brooklyn accent.
* George was meant to appear in Thomas and the Magic Railroad as one of Diesel 10's lackeys, but his model was never brought to Canada for filming and as a result, his role never passed the storyboard stage and original script. He was supposed to have been used to destroy the buffers on Sodor to find the ones that led to the Magic Railroad and in return, he could destroy the Tidmouth Sheds turntable and make it into a roller rink. However, he later switched sides and stopped Splatter and Dodge.
* In the French narration of the fourth and fifth series, George's name was *Georges*.
* George has occasionally been seen driven by Jem Cole, who is referred to as his driver in the fifth series episode, "Lady Hatt's Birthday Party".
* George's television series model is currently on display at Drayton Manor Theme Park and wearing his furious face.
* George was the first character to call Thomas a 'Blue Puffball'. The second being Diesel 10.
* George's original whistle sound is James' whistle from the fourth to fifth series and the Kids Station game, but twelve steps higher-pitched. It is also Duck's, but nineteen steps higher-pitched and Trevor's original, but four steps lower-pitched.
	+ It was also used for Ben in the same game.
	+ Bill also had this whistle in the same game, but at two steps higher in pitch.
* George's whistle in the interactive game Sir Topham Hatt's Helping Hand is Donald's original, but twelve steps higher-pitched.
* George's Ertl toy depicts him with his name printed on his smokebox like in *The Railway Series*. However, the rest of his merchandise features his nameplate in the middle of his boiler like in the television series.

## Quotes

* **Railways are no good! Turn them into roads! Pull 'em up! Turn them into roads!**
* **I don't move for imitation steam rollers.**