Rosie

### Family

Thomas Billinton (fiance, in the fanfic), William Jr. and Claudia Lawrence (parents, in the fanfic), William Sr. and Anne-Marie Lawrence (paternal grandparents, in the fanfic), George and Joanna Engelstad (maternal grandparents, in the fanfic), Georgina Lawrence (younger sister, in the fanfic), Celine Billinton (soon-to-be sister-in-law, in the fanfic), Stepney Rodham, Stanley Davidson, Eugenia Davidson-Petersen, Damien Petersen, Flora Davidson, Oliver Wellington, Duck and Marianne Wilton (cousins-in-law, in the fanfic), Arthur Sarkisian (soon-to-be brother-in-law, in the fanfic), Olivia and Oswald Billinton (soon-to-be twin niece and nephew, in the fanfic), Rowan and Aurelia Billinton (parents), Eugene and Thelma Billinton and Arthur and Louise Rodham (soon-to-be grandparents-in-law, in the fanfic), Winifred Rodham (soon-to-be aunt, in the fanfic), unnamed soon-to-be uncle-in-law (deceased, in the fanfic), Mr. and Mrs. Davidson (soon-to-be aunt-in-law & uncle-in-law, in the fanfic)

### Friends

Thomas (love interest), Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Stanley, Ryan, Sonny, Diesel, Daisy, Salty, Porter, Paxton, Sidney, Philip, Victor, Skarloey and Rheneas, Whiff, Marion, Skiff, Hiro, Kenji, Mavis, Annie and Clarabel, Charlie, Billy, Terence, Bertie, Bulgy, Cleo, Ruth, Donald and Douglas, Cranky, Carly, Judy and Jerome, Elizabeth, George, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Mighty Mac, Duncan, Freddie, Duke, Owen, Merrick, Harvey, Millie, Luke, Stephen, Glynn, Shane, Aubrey and Aiden, Tamika, Ace. Isla, Spencer, Henrietta, Hugo, Rocky, Harold, Flynn, Captain, Butch, Belle, Nelson, Jack, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobelle, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy, Kevin, Oliver, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan, Shankar, Charubala, Lorenzo, Beppe, Gina, Stefano, Ester, Gabriela, Gustavo, Raul, Marcia and Marcio, Fernando, Hank, Sam, Gator, Norman and Dennis, Hong-Mei, Yong Bao, An-An and Yin-Long, Den, Dart, Beau, Toad, Duchess, Lexi, Theo, Hurricane, Merlin, Frankie, Beresford, Caitlin, Connor, Ferdinand, Bash and Dash, Emerson, Lei, Natalie, Cassia, 'Arry and Bert, Bert, Rex, Mike**All Engines Go!:** Kana, Sandy

**Fanfic:** Ten Cents, Sunshine, Theodore, Emily, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Top Hat, Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zorran, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lucy, Phillip and Filmore, Hank, George

### Likes

Thomas, shunting trucks, having lots of fun, being painted red like James

### Dislikes

James' showoffs and arrogance, rudeness, being teased

## Character's Bio

### Full name

Roseanna Aileen "Rosie" Lawrence (fanfic, as a human)

### Nicknames

Rosie the Little Purple EngineSilly Rosie (by Thomas)

### Birthdate

1943 (built)
7th June 1958 (fanfic, as a human)

### Birthplace

United States of America (built)
Island of Sodor (fanfic, as a human)

### Race

English, Scottish, Norwegian (fanfic, as a human)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)Light blue (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

Lilac with light grey tank panels, red lining and gold boiler bands (cartoon, formerly)
NWR cherry red with dark raspberry tank panels, gold boiler bands and light grey lining (cartoon, currently)
Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Rosie** is one of *Thomas & Friends* characters. She's a lively little tank engine whom Thomas had been idolized by and fall in love with, which sometimes she bothers him. She works as both a shunting engine and a mixed traffic engine. She used to work mainly at the Knapford Shunting Yards, but is now based at Vicarstown.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

Rosie began idolizing Thomas to the point of hero-worship and imitation. Though this is said to be the most sincere form of flattery, it only served to irritate Thomas whilst he was trying to deliver a special birthday post train to Alice at High Farm. He even started to try and avoid her, but after Thomas had an accident in the course of delivering this train, Rosie helped him and he started to respect her.

Rosie was later called to help Thomas shunt trucks until Hector frightened her away.

Rosie was charged with acting as a back-engine to Emily with the funfair special. Wanting to take the train herself and thinking she was doing Emily a favour, Rosie succeeded only in creating confusion and delay on a grand scale, but eventually set things right.

Rosie rescued Thomas when his fire went out after playing a game of "Splish, Splash, Splosh".  She later let Diesel take her train of flowers which was headed for market.

One day Rosie had a cracked wheel, so Thomas and Butch brought her a new one.

On Sodor Surprise Day, Thomas bumped some coal trucks to surprise Gordon, but ended up surprising her instead. She was later cleaned up with Whiff at the washdown and joined Gordon and Thomas at Callan Castle to see Harold decked out in bright lights to make Gordon laugh.

Sometime after she was repainted into her red livery, James challenged her to a race. When Rosie realised that there was something wrong with James' brakes, she warned him to go to the Steamworks to have them checked before they got worse. James did not follow her advice and as a result, when he sped down Gordon's Hill, his brakes would not work and he went on a runaway until he crashed into the wall at the end of Tidmouth Sheds.

Soon after, James went to Vicarstown Goods Yard, looking for Henry's train to take to the Mainland. Rosie told him that she knew they were important and that was why Thomas came to take them earlier.

During Valentine's Day, Diesel bumped her just as Cranky was loading her flatbed with a crate of roses, which ended up crashing on the tracks. Bill and Ben later saw Thomas telling off Diesel, causing the twins to think they were attracted to each other, much to their embarrassment. A bit of teasing and a meet-up with Thomas at the washdown caused her to avoid him for fear of humiliation and she was not exactly pleased to know that she was heading to the same place he was. After a brief conversation with Edward, she rushed off so fast that she took the shunter's pole with her before it was moved out of the way. Thomas and Rosie ended up front to front at Vicarstown, where they made up for recent events and found that their specials were for Lady Hatt's Valentine's Day surprise.

Rosie later heard from Paxton that there was due to be a railway show for little engines at Ulfstead Castle and passed on the news to Thomas to attend. Though she was not physically seen at the show, she did abandon her duties at Vicarstown to attend, leaving Henry to shunt his own train and causing him to be late.

Rosie warmly greeted Sonny when he first arrived on the Island of Sodor, however his cold demeanour left her feeling upset.

## Personality

Rosie is a friendly, respectful and helpful tank engine who likes 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 levelheaded and mature, serving as a voice of reason to James' arrogance. She also stands no nonsense for teasing or rudeness, although she does have a good sense of humour and likes a friendly joke.

Rosie still manages a healthy relationship with Thomas, despite some incidents that unintentionally worry, annoy, or even embarrass her.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Rosie is based on an USATC S100 Class/SR USA Class, designed and built for shunting duties in Europe during the Second World War. After the war ended, fifteen of these engines 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). Both classes were replaced by British Rail (BR) Class 07 diesels (Salty's class) in 1962, though members of the class remained in service on departmental duties until 1967.

Over one-hundred of the USATC S100 Class still remain, or are preserved, in various conditions in some European countries, the United States, China and Egypt. Four members of SR USA Class are preserved, including one at the Bluebell Railway. 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.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

From her debut up until *The Great Race*, Rosie was painted lilac 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.

### Fanfic

As a human, Rosie had pale skin tone, blonde hair tied in a low bun, light blue eyes and light freckles on her cheeks and nose. She wears cherry red blazer with gold lining on each lapel and her light silver grey number 37 was on the left side, white shirt, black necktie, cherry red skirt with gold belt, white tights and black ballet flat styled shoes.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Rosie appears in the fanfic as a human, she was one of the train drivers and she worked at Vicarstown. She also lives with her younger sister Ginnie and their parents in Crovan's Gate. She told Edward what happened to Thomas. Eventually, he tells her that Thomas has been seriously taken ill while working at the Japanese Railway with Hiro and Kenji in Japan. She was devastated when she worries about Thomas.