Victor

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* CGI
* Live-action

**Victor** is a character featured in *Thomas & Friends*. He is a narrow gauge tank engine from Cuba who is owned by the North Western Railway. He lives and works at the Sodor Steamworks, where he shunts and collects new parts, oversees any and all repairs, and watches over his assistant Kevin.

**Victor** is a character who appears in *Thomas & Friends*. He is a Cuban narrow gauge tank engine who works for the North Western Railway at the Sodor Steamworks, where he collects engine parts, oversees major repairs and watches over Kevin. He is generally treated as being the manager of the Steamworks.

## History

### CGI era

Victor worked at a sugar plantation in Cuba, and was originally painted yellow and could only speak Spanish. At some point, he was told he was needed on Sodor and travelled on the same ship as Luke. During the voyage, a strong wave broke the chains securing Victor to the deck, causing him to roll around dangerously. When the ship docked at Brendam Docks, Victor tried to warn the men of his dilemma, but as they did not speak his language, his warnings went ignored. As he was being taken off, Luke swayed about and bumped into Victor, causing him to roll off the deck and fall into the sea. Victor was fortunate enough to land on a jetty, but due to the bad weather he could not be immediately rescued. By the time Victor was finally lifted out, he was in a terrible mess and covered in moss and seaweed.

Victor was taken to the Sodor Steamworks to be repaired. Realising that nobody could understand him, Victor decided that he would have to learn English. His first word was "red", which was the colour he chose to be painted in; "a bright new colour for [his] bright new life on Sodor." He now works full time at the Steamworks, where he fetches engine parts, oversees any major repairs, supervises Kevin, and carries out weekly inspections on the Skarloey Railway.

## Technical details

### Livery

Victor is painted maroon with yellow wheels and lining. He sports black and yellow hazard stripes on his front buffer beam and the rear end of his cab, and the Sodor Steamworks logo is painted on the sides of his cab inside a yellow square.

In *Blue Mountain Mystery*, when he first came to Sodor, Victor was painted yellow with green wheels and lining. He wore his number and a sun insignia on the sides of his cab, and his buffer beams were painted dark red. After being taken to the Steamworks, Victor asked to be painted red, leading to him being given his current paint scheme.

## Trivia

* Victor is the only narrow gauge engine owned by the North Western Railway, the only one to be seen wearing a snowplough, and the only one to appear in every series from the show's transition to CG animation to its end.
* Victor is the first character in the series to speak a language other than English.
	+ In the Brazilian, French and Spanish dubs, Victor speaks Greek instead of Spanish.
* Victor has the most merchandise of any narrow gauge character.
* Victor was the last character introduced in the My First Thomas range.
* Due to his design being scaled down to narrow gauge, Victor's cab is significantly smaller than that of his basis. As a result, his crew have never been seen entering or exiting his cab, presumably because it is too short for them to stand upright.
* In his yellow livery, Victor's smokebox saddle tank is painted yellow instead of black. Most merchandise of him in this livery, however, depict it as black.