Toby

Toby is a brown steam tram engine who works on Thomas' Branch Line with his faithful coach, Henrietta. Toby is old and wise, and is always willing to share his experience and knowledge with the other engines. He is careful in everything he does, which means he very rarely has any accidents.

In the Railway Series, Toby and Henrietta are also accompanied with a coach called Victoria and a luggage van named Elsie.

## Trivia

* Toby is Christopher Awdry's favourite engine. This is because while on a trip in Yarmouth, he and his father got to ride in the cab of a J70 tram, thanks to Wilbert's good friend, the late Reverend Charlie Rand.
* Due to an illustration error in Thomas Comes Home, the illustrations of "Toby's Megatrain" show Toby with a face at the rear cab as well as the front cab. This is the only time in the Railway Series that Toby has been illustrated with two faces.
* One of Toby's models is currently on display in Japan at the Hara Model Railway Museum (previously on display at Nitrogen Studios) and is currently wearing his scared face mask. Another was previously on display at Drayton Manor but the model was stolen from the display in early 2011.
* In the fifth season episode Baa!, Toby revealed that his favourite station is Maithwaite.
* In an interview with SiF, Andrew Brenner stated that Toby was one of his favourite characters, along with James, Bill, and Ben.
* His second-third season bell sound was heard after Ryan stops the pirate ship during the wide shot of Arlesburgh Harbour in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
* Toby, along with Edward and Henry, are the first characters to be removed from the Steam Team.
	+ Of those three, Toby is the only one to not be replaced with a new engine.
* When Toby was still in the Steam Team, he was the only member not to have a berth at Tidmouth Sheds.
	+ This seems to be the very reason Toby was removed from the Steam Team: since it was established that Nia and Rebecca replaced Edward and Henry to bring the gender ratio of the "core Steam Team who live at Tidmouth Sheds" from six boys, one girl to a near 50/50 split, it inadvertently describes Toby as not being part of the Steam Team at all.
* Toby went through several aesthetic changes in the television series:
	+ Season 2:
		- His bell sound changed.
		- His front lamp was lowered down.
	+ Season 4:
		- His bell sound returned back to it's original sound.
		- He had an unseen whistle (which is actually Percy's from the third season; which is actually in a whole step lower in pitch).
	+ Thomas & the Magic Railroad:
		- His wheels become black.
	+ Hero of the Rails:
		- His side-rods and pistons disappeared.
		- His bell sound changed to a similar one that Flora uses.
		- His cabs appear to be blackened out.
		- He has decreased in size and is the same height as Henrietta.
	+ Season 14:
		- His driver was positioned at the back of Toby's cab, where the fireman shoveled coal into Toby's firebox.
	+ Blue Mountain Mystery:
		- His driver had returned back to his rightful position at the front of Toby's cab.
* He was confused for being electric by Bridget Hatt in the first season episode, Toby and the Stout Gentleman and for being a diesel boxcab by Philip in the twentieth season episode, Toby's New Friend.
* Toby's screen used sleeping face mask is now owned by Twitter user ThomasTankMerch.
* Even though he has six wheels, some merchandise of him has four.
* In the arcade game "Magical Truck Adventures", two J70 tram engines were seen at the first level, each with a "7", bearing a strong resemblance to Toby.