Non-Thomas characters

This page is for characters not from the Thomas franchise.

## Bob the Builder

The Bob the Builder characters are commonly seen in multiple productions, and while the main five machines are based on their classic designs, and their voices and the designs for the humans originate from the reboot version (for the voices, the UK version specifically). A few of the classic and reboot mannerisms also surface.

## Scoop

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Yellow

**Scoop** is a bright yellow backhoe, and one of Bob's main 5 construction vehicles.

#### Personality

scoop was notably immature during his younger years, always up for reckless actions or something fun in favor of a monotonous task. he eventually grew out of it, however, and became the de-facto leader of the team whenever Bob or Wendy are unavailable. Scoop can be competitive and slightly obsessed with order, but he always looks out for his friends, especially when they need each other.

#### Appearance

Scoop's original design was freelanced, meaning he had no specific basis. In the original series, his design was a caricature of various backhoe loader designs throughout the 20th century. In the 2015 reboot, Scoop was given a new design more heavily based on a JCB 3CX-15. The design used in series is heavily based on the classic version, with several elements carried over from the reboot model. His main body is painted bright yellow, while his exhaust pipe and hydraulics (and grill) are silver. His tires, cab frams and a few bolts are black, while a bright orange flasher sits atop his cab roof.

#### Trivia

* In the original series, Scoop was voiced by Rob Rackstraw in the UK. Rackstraw had become one of the most prolific cast members of the *Thomas & Friends* series, voicing numerous characters (namely James in both english dubs and Toby in the UK) after he joined in 2015. In the US dub of *Ready, Steady, Build!*, David Menkin provided the voice of Scoop. Menkin had voiced characters such as Jack, Porter and (briefly) Stanley in the US dub of *Thomas & Friends*, and was offered the role of Thomas before Martin Sherman made him decline the role.
* The creator currently uses a modified Take Along Scoop, which he intends on replacing with a 3D printed model of his own design.
* Due to Scoop having a grill mouth, his facial expressions function very similarly to the original *Bob the Builder* series. As a result, his mouth does not move to his speech patterns in the same manner as Lofty, and morphs into mouth shapes inspired by his classic mouth designs. Much like Muck, Dizzy and Roley, Muck's voice was filtered to give the impression he speaks through a speaker, particularly his grill mouth.
* While Scoop's design sticks very closely to the original series, his additional modifications take more inspiration from the 2015 reboot design. For example, like the reboot design, the *Universal Rides*/*Adventure Squad* Scoop features lights in front of his cab roof, the sides of his engine cover have black vents, and he has actual doors and a cab interior.

## Muck

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Red

**Muck** is a large tracked digger with a dumper bed behind his cab, and one of Bob's main 5 construction vehicles.

#### Personality

Muck is generally good natured and up for fun, and true to his name is very fond of getting covered in mud (or getting messy in general). Although he is more used to it than before, Muck absolutely despised getting washed in the past, and as such got along very well with Sandy over their shared interests in getting dirty. He used to be nyctophobic, and once refused to move in a dark area. Afterwards, however, he became used to the dark, and retained his good-natured personality.

#### Appearance

Muck's original design was freelanced, meaning he had no specific basis. Unlike the rest of Bob's machines, a machine designed for purposes similar to Muck isn't built to his scale in real life, namely due to impracticality. The design used in series is heavily based on the classic version, with several elements carried over from the reboot model. His main body is painted red, while his dumper bed and digger bucket are a reddish-shade of orange. His caterpillar tracks are black in color, with his hydraulics being painted silver.

#### Trivia

* In the original series, Muck was voiced by Rob Rackstraw in the UK. Rackstraw had become one of the most prolific cast members of the *Thomas & Friends* series, voicing numerous characters (namely James in both english dubs and Toby in the UK) after he joined in 2015.
* The creator currently uses a modified Take Along Muck, which he intends on replacing with a 3D printed model of his own design.
* Due to Muck having a grill mouth, his facial expressions function very similarly to the original *Bob the Builder* series. As a result, his mouth does not move to his speech patterns in the same manner as Lofty, and morphs into mouth shapes inspired by his classic mouth designs. Much like Scoop, Dizzy and Roley, Muck's voice was filtered to give the impression he speaks through a speaker, particularly his grill mouth.
* While Muck's design sticks very closely to the original series, his additional modifications take more inspiration from the 2015 reboot design. For example, like the reboot design, the *Universal Rides*/*Adventure Squad* Muck features lights in front of his cab roof, his dumper bucket has hydraulic pistons and a tailgate, and he has actual doors and a cab interior. He was the second of the Can-Do Crew's machines to be redesigned by the creator.
* Much like the UK dub of the original continuity and both English dubs of the reboot, Muck is male in both narrations, whereas the character was depicted as female in the US dub of the original series.

## Dizzy

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Orange

**Dizzy** is an orange tilting-drum cement mixer, and one of Bob's main 5 construction vehicles.

#### Personality

Dizzy is energetic, curious and cheerful and a bit of a know-it-all. Like Roley, she enjoys music, but unlike the steamroller only listens to music instead of singing. Dizzy can be impatient when something has her attention, but overall has a soft spot for all of her friends, doing whatever she can to help out when needed.

#### Appearance

Dizzy's original design was freelanced, meaning she had no specific basis, though uniquely, neither of her designs were based on real models. The design used in series is heavily based on the classic version, with several elements carried over from the reboot model. She is painted orange with with black tires. Like the reboot model, she has central wheel hubs and a turning crank colored gray (alongside parts of her drum frame), while a black stripe from her original design also makes an appearance.

#### Trivia

* The creator currently uses a modified Take Along Dizzy, which he intends on replacing with a 3D printed model of his own design.
* Due to Dizzy having a grill mouth, her facial expressions function very similarly to the original *Bob the Builder* series. As a result, her mouth does not move to her speech patterns in the same manner as Lofty, and morphs into mouth shapes inspired by her classic mouth designs. Much like Scoop, Muck and Roley, Dizzy's voice was filtered to give the impression she speaks through a speaker, particularly her grill mouth.
* While Dizzy's design sticks very closely to the original series, her additional modifications take more inspiration from the 2015 reboot design. For example, like the reboot design, the *Universal Rides*/*Adventure Squad* Dizzy features lights over her eyes, and she makes electric motor noises while moving.

## Roley

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Green

**Roley** is a green steamroller, and one of Bob's main 5 construction vehicles.

#### Personality

Roley is a heavy, cheerful machine who can get excited and loves to "rock and roll"! He's shown to be very musical and usually makes up songs when he has the time, even singing them during work. He spins his eyes when he's excited and is also fond of animals. At times though, Roley has a bit of an obsessive nature and always aims for perfection, often delaying a build if he is determined enough. He is however, generally more relaxed, though he is sometimes a little loud when excited.

#### Appearance

Roley's original design was freelanced, meaning he had no specific basis, though roughly, he resembled a Zettelmeyer diesel road roller. However, in the reboot, he was redesigned, and he now resembles a JCB Compactor Vibromax VM115D, particularly the closed cabin model. The design used in series is heavily based on the classic version, with several elements carried over from the reboot model. He is painted green with gray rollers that were eventually replaced with black ones. He also has a silver grill-shaped mouth, and numerous metallic silver surfaces along with several panels covered in wasp stripes. Like Scoop, he has an orange emergency light on his roof.

#### Trivia

* Roley was voiced by Neil Morrisey in the UK dub of the original series. Morrisey had narrated trailers for *Thomas and the Magic Railroad*.
* The creator currently uses a modified Take Along Roley, which he intends on replacing with a 3D printed model of his own design.
* Due to Roley having a grill mouth, his facial expressions function very similarly to the original *Bob the Builder* series. As a result, his mouth does not move to his speech patterns in the same manner as Lofty, and morphs into mouth shapes inspired by his classic mouth designs. Much like Scoop, Muck and Dizzy, Roley's voice was filtered to give the impression he speaks through a speaker, particularly his grill mouth.
* While Roley's design sticks very closely to the original series, his additional modifications take more inspiration from the 2015 reboot design. For example, like the reboot design, the *Universal Rides*/*Adventure Squad* Roley features warning flashers on his front roller, rear taillights and bumper, and an actual cabin interior.

## Lofty

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Blue

**Lofty** is a blue mobile crane, and one of Bob's main 5 construction vehicles.

#### Personality

Lofty is timid, shy and nervous but always rises to the occasion and holds up his end of the job. Plus, he is kindhearted and friendly. Lofty is probably the strongest among the Can-Do Crew, since he is a crane, and is bigger than the other 4 of his group, though he often forgets how strong he is at times. He never causes trouble, but does make some mistakes. He takes his work both seriously and at a relaxed pace, though for a long time he had a fear of mice. Deep down inside, he has a strict side when things go too far. Ironically for a crane, Lofty was acrophobic, which meant for the longest time he was afraid of heights. He eventually overcame this, and to this day is more relaxed, calm and chatty, though he is also easily startled. Lofty does, however, blame any sort of strange incident on aliens, but he does follow any following logic.

#### Appearance

Lofty's original design was freelanced, meaning he had no specific basis, though roughly, he resembled a TATRA 815-CKD AD-28 mobile crane. However, in the reboot, he was redesigned, and he now resembles a 40t Grove TMS500E Truck Crane. The design used in series is heavily based on the classic version, with several elements carried over from the reboot model. He is painted royal blue with black tires. He also has a sky blue bumper-shaped mouth with black vents and a black rear bumper.

#### Trivia

* Lofty was voiced by Steven Kynman in the UK dub of the reboot. Kynman had voiced several Thomas characters prior to voicing Lofty, including Duck, Peter Sam and Ryan among others. Neil Morrisey, his original UK voice actor, also narrated trailers for *Thomas and the Magic Railroad*.
* The creator originally used a modified Take Along snow covered Lofty, which was replaced with a 3D printed model of his own design. He was the first of the Can-Do Crew's machines to be redesigned by the creator.
* Lofty is unique among the main *Bob The Builder* machine cast in that he features an actual working mouth instead of a grill. As a result, his mouth is more expressive than the other machines and he speaks with a clear unfiltered voice, while the other machines have their voices filtered to give the impression they speak through speakers.
* The Creator's Lofty model features roof lights, vents and rear detail inspired by the reboot design.

## Pilchard

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Green

**Pilchard** is a housecat owned by Bob.

#### Personality

Pilchard is generally a lazy cat. She's loved by Bob, Wendy, and the machines. Pilchard is also shown to be somewhat ungrateful as seen in *Bob's White Christmas*, where she looks at a present placed in front of her then pushes it away without opening it. In Season 1, Pilchard was known to be very adventurous as well, showing up to the job sites without being noticed. She is, however, very particular in demands, and is easily irritable. She is still very loving, though.

#### Appearance

In the original continuity, Pilchard is a light blue cat with black striped markings along her back and tail. She has two long black whiskers on each cheek and tiny black eyes. Her nose is the same colour as her fur.

In the reboot series, Pilchard's body is roughly much more realistic in design, but proportion-wise her head is much larger and her legs and tail much longer compared to her body. Her black stripes are now a slightly darker shade of blue, while a lighter shade is used for her muzzle. Unlike the classic series, the reboot Pilchard's eyes and the inside of her ears are pink, while she also has visible white sclera and now wears a collar, which is green with a golden tag.

In the *Universal Rides*/*Adventure Squad* series, Pilchard is depicted as a slate grey Russian Blue Cat, wearing a similar collar to her reboot design.

#### Trivia

* Pilchard is the only featured *Bob the Builder* character not to draw any physical traits from the classic continuity. Instead, she is portrayed as a more realistic animal.

## Budgie the Little Helicopter

A few characters from the show were featured (more prominently Chuck).

## Chuck

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
blue

**Chuck** is an American twin rotor helicopter from the Harefield airfield. He is an old accomplice of Thomas.

#### Personality

In his earlier years, Chuck's size and strength more often than not lead him to be cocky, brash and arrogant, something his superiors found to be a constant bother. At times, though, he was also petty, idiotic and clueless. However, he soon matured into a jokey, responsible and hard-working gentle giant, and often advises the others.

#### Appearance

Chuck is based on the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, an American twin-engined, tandem rotor, heavy-lift helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol (later known as Boeing Rotorcraft Systems). The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of modern-day Washington state.

The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107. Around the same time, the United States Department of the Army announced its intention to replace the piston engine-powered Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave with a new, gas turbine-powered helicopter. During June 1958, the U.S. Army ordered a small number of V-107s from Vertol under the YHC-1A designation; following testing, it came to be considered by some Army officials to be too heavy for the assault missions and too light for transport purposes. While the YHC-1A would be improved and adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps as the CH-46 Sea Knight, the Army sought a heavier transport helicopter, and ordered an enlarged derivative of the V-107 with the Vertol designation Model 114. Initially designated as the YCH-1B, on 21 September 1961, the preproduction rotorcraft performed its maiden flight. In 1962, the HC-1B was redesignated CH-47A under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.

The Chinook possesses several means of loading various cargoes, including multiple doors across the fuselage, a wide loading ramp located at the rear of the fuselage and a total of three external ventral cargo hooks to carry underslung loads. Capable of a top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h), upon its introduction to service in 1962, the helicopter was considerably faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters, and is still one of the fastest helicopters in the US inventory. Improved and more powerful versions of the Chinook have also been developed since its introduction; one of the most substantial variants to be produced was the CH-47D, which first entered service in 1982; improvements from the CH-47C standard included upgraded engines, composite rotor blades, a redesigned cockpit to reduce workload, improved and redundant electrical systems and avionics, and the adoption of an advanced flight control system. It remains one of the few aircraft to be developed during the early 1960s – along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft – that had remained in both production and frontline service for over 50 years.

The military version of the helicopter has been exported to nations across the world; the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force have been its two largest users. The civilian version of the Chinook is the Boeing Vertol 234. It has been used by civil operators not only for passenger and cargo transport, but also for aerial firefighting and to support logging, construction, and oil extraction industries.

Chuck sports several modifications compared to the real thing. He is missing the main frontal navigation nodes and several of his windows were removed, as are several windows and doors along his sides.

Chuck is painted matte blue with cyan components and a tan cabin. He has grey rotors and an extension above his head resembling a cap.

#### Trivia

* Chuck is from the British series *Budgie the Little Helicopter*, and is voiced by Kerry Shale, who also voiced Harold, James, Henry and Gordon in the US dub of the original series.

## Budgie

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
blue

**Budgie** is a small helicopter from the Harefield airfield. He is a friend of Chuck's and often works smaller jobs that the bigger helicopter would cause problems doing.

#### Personality

During his earlier years, Budgie was cheeky and fussy, often finding disappointment in having to go through the heli-wash. He also has a competitive streak, something that often leaves him butting heads with Pippa, and a tendency to deviate from his jobs often leaves him on the receiving end of Lionel's scoldings. Despite these shortcomings, he has proved his worth, and often ends up saving the day in one way or another. He eventually matured over time, but his cheeky nature often appears when in conversation.

#### Appearance

Budgie is based on the Bell 206, a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its plant in Mirabel, Quebec. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter program, it was not selected by the Army. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger. The new design was eventually selected by the Army as the OH-58 Kiowa. Bell also developed a seven-place LongRanger, which was later offered with a twin-engined option as the TwinRanger, while Tridair Helicopters offers a similar conversion of the LongRanger called the Gemini ST. The ICAO-assigned model designation "B06" is used on flight plans for the JetRanger and LongRanger, and the designation "B06T" is used for the twin-engined TwinRangers.

Budgie sports several modifications compared to the real thing. He is missing several small external components and his structure is more cartoonish than a real Bell 206. Additionally, instead of a door, on the right side of the cabin is a compartment where he keeps Snowy, a white stuffed bear (though on one occasion this compartment held 2 lollipops).

Budgie is painted bright blue with silver skids and a tan cabin. He has grey rotors and an extension above his head resembling a cap. His upper cabin assembly is painted yellow, as are the fins on the side of his tail. A black letter B can be found above his cap brim, and he also wears yellow skid protectors.

#### Trivia

* Budgie is the title character of the British series *Budgie the Little Helicopter*.

## Pippa

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Green

**Pippa** is a small plane from the Harefield airfield. She is a friend of Chuck's and often works passenger errands and short deliveries.

#### Personality

During her earlier years, Pippa was usually cheerful and giggles a lot whenever it comes to Budgie's antics. However, she doesn't like it when Budgie gets a bit cocky to her when he has to go through the Heliwash (she loves going through the Heliwash, unlike Budgie) or when Budgie gets into mischief. At times, Pippa does easily fret for Budgie's safety, such as when he had to deliver a pregnant woman to hospital in a snowstorm, or when Budgie gets lost somewhere. In Blown Up, Let Down, she cried in tears after telling Del what happened to Budgie after she tricked him into thinking she has gone to America.

Pippa is always happy to see that the important thing is, that Budgie was safe and sound. She regularly looks up to Budgie from the day they first met. Her catchphrase was "Oh, Budgie!". She and Budgie is always quick to be full curiosity.

In recent years, Pippa had matured and often talks with whoever she meets. She still retains a slight hint of mischief, though, and often laughs at minor mishaps.

#### Appearance

Pippa is based on the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use. The PA-28 family of aircraft comprises all-metal, unpressurized, single-engined, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear. They have a single door on the right side, which is entered by stepping on the wing.

The first PA-28 received its type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1960 and the series remains in production to this day. Current models are the Warrior, Arrow, Archer TX and LX, and Pilot 100 and i100. The Archer was discontinued in 2009, but with investment from new company ownership, the model was put back into production in 2010.

The PA-28 series competes with the high-winged Cessna 172 and the similarly low-winged Grumman American AA-5 series and Beechcraft Musketeer designs.

Piper has created variations within the Cherokee family by installing engines ranging from 140 to 300 hp (105–220 kW), offering turbocharging, retractable landing gear, constant-speed propeller and stretching the fuselage to accommodate six people. The Piper PA-32 (initially known as "Cherokee Six") is a larger, six-seat variant of the PA-28. The PA-32R Saratoga variant was in production until 2009.

Pippa sports several modifications compared to the real thing. Most notably, whereas the real plane features a propeller on it's nose, Pippa lacks this feature, and is noticably more ballooned and short, with a smaller wingspan. By the time the Global Transit Terminal had begun operations, Pippa's front propulsion system had been replaced with upgraded communications and navigation equipment. Her front propellor, which had been missing in her original appearances, had been replaced with twin wing-mounted turboprops, based on those from a King Air B200. Her wingspan had also increased to accommodate them.

Pippa is painted green with pink wheel housings and a tan cockpit. She has pink stripes going across her wings and a tuft of blonde hair, a black nose and a big pink and white polka dot bow. Her vertical stabilizer has pink trim along the front, while her nacelles are painted pink with silver propellers.

#### Trivia

* Pippa is from the British series *Budgie the Little Helicopter*, and compared to Chuck, Budgie and Lionel is the most heavily changed from the source material.

## Lionel

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Brown

**Lionel** is a military helicopter and the aircraft in charge at Harefield Airfield. He is the one responsible for issuing out orders to other aircraft, and also security of the airfield.

#### Personality

During his earlier years, Lionel was strict a serious, and does not take kindly to Budgie, Pippa, or especially Chuck causing trouble and making themselves nuisances, but he keeps things in order with his patient but firm ways while trying to keep things running smoothly. Because of his work-based nature, Lionel hates not being busy or unable to work, but does appreciate a decreased workload now and then. He also insists on all aircraft being clean 24/7, putting him at odds with Budgie, who hates using the heliwash. Despite this, he enjoys a good laugh.

In recent years, Lionel has softened his tone and is more flexible than previous times, knowing that curiosity is inevitable in younger people. He still holds his dedication to his job, which now includes security.

#### Appearance

Lionel is based on the Westland Lynx, a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants. The Lynx went into operational usage in 1977 and was later adopted by the armed forces of over a dozen nations, primarily serving in the battlefield utility, anti-armour, search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare roles.

The Lynx is a fully aerobatic helicopter with the ability to perform loops and rolls, something Lionel was never seen doing. In 1986, a specially modified Lynx set the current Fédération Aéronautique Internationale's official airspeed record for helicopters (category excludes compound helicopters) at 400.87 km/h (249.09 mph), which remains unbroken as of 2019.

Several land and naval variants of the Lynx have been produced along with some major derivatives. The Westland 30 was produced as a civil utility helicopter; it was not a commercial success and only a small number were built during the 1980s. In the 21st century, a modernised variant of the Lynx was designed as a multi-role combat helicopter, designated as the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat; the Wildcat is intended to replace existing Lynx helicopters. The Lynx remains in production by AgustaWestland, the successor to Westland Helicopters.

Lionel sports several modifications compared to the real thing, but as he has connections to a Navy aircraft carrier, he possesses wheels instead of landing skids, much like most Navy helicopters. He also lacks a majority of the real aircraft's external equipment, losing much of the weapons on a real world Lynx. His cabin also has a ridge running around the seam connecting his cockpit to the fuselage, resembling a collar on a dress shirt.

Lionel is painted mustard brown, while his doors and rear landing struts are a lighter shade. His cockpit is painted tan, and his front landing strut is painted violet, which combined with his collar-like ridge gives the appearance of a necktie. He also has a red nose and brown mustache, and grey rotors. He wears a brown general's cap with a grey brim and golden badge.

#### Trivia

* Lionel is from the British series *Budgie the Little Helicopter*.

## Smokey

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
REd

**Smokey** is a fire engine who works at Harefield Airfield. He is in charge of fire safety at Harefield.

#### Personality

Smokey is a confident old fire engine who takes his job seriously, though at times he can overestimate his abilities when he helps out in simpler jobs.

#### Appearance

Smokey has no specific basis, but resembles a Dennis Brothers Limited 1953 F8 Fire Water Tender made by Dennis Brothers Limited. He is painted red with silver fenders, and wears a large yellow fireman's helmet. He also has silver water cannons and grey fire hoses.

#### Trivia

* Smokey is from the British series *Budgie the Little Helicopter*.
* Smokey is portrayed with fire engine models from *Thomas & Friends*.

## Tugs

The *Tugs* characters originated from the sister show of *Thomas & Friends*, featuring mainly watercraft as opposed to locomotives or road vehicles. As the show was branched from *Thomas & Friends*, *Tugs* features coastal railways, it's creators having worked on *Thomas & Friends*. The majority of the characters are the Star Tugs and Z-Stacks, with minor characters here and there.

## Ten Cents

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Blue

**Ten Cents** is Captain Star's first tug and switcher. He is used for a wide variety of tasks around Bigg City Port. Ten Cents' capabilities range from towing barges to liner docking operations.

#### Personality

Ten Cents was one of the younger and braver Star Tugs. He has a tendency to be somewhat cheeky at times, but is strong-willed, and it takes a lot to break him. He is quick-witted and takes action swiftly without hesitation. He never lets other tugs bully him, never fails to stand up for others, and is always willing to set aside his own safety for the sake of others. He has a bit of a short temper, but he is also smart enough to listen to the advice of the older, more experienced tugs. He also shows a great deal of respect and kindness to others around him, by tooting his whistle all the time and greeting other tugs such as Boomer, or even the likes of the Z-Stacks.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Ten Cents proved to be wiser and wittier than his younger self, but still has his trademark cheekiness and friendly nature. He gets along well with Thomas, who often trades jokes with him.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Ten Cents is based on the tugs of San Francisco from the 1920s, and his name reflects his American origins. He is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast, and an American flag-styled red, white, and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "1" on his funnel. He wears a blue cap.

#### Trivia

* Ten Cents is the mascot character of Tugs.
* Ten Cents' original voice actor, Simon Nash, co-starred alongside John Hasler in 1983's *Breakout*. Hasler had taken over the role of Thomas in the UK as of 2015.

## Big Mac

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Blue

**Big Mac** is Captain Star's second tug. He is used for a variety of tasks around Bigg City Port. Usually, because he is one of the strongest tugs, it means he is supporting heavy loads.

#### Personality

Big Mac can come across as a rude and stubborn tug, but he has a heart of gold, despite his tendencies to be gruff at times. He is very much willing to set aside his own safety for the sake of others, and usually remains level-headed when undergoing a strategy. Big Mac works mainly with his brother Warrior, and the two tugs have an extremely close friendship. Even though Warrior's clumsiness and simple thinking occasionally frustrate him, he still respects and cares for him. He also stands up for Warrior if anyone, especially the Z-Stacks, makes fun of him. He is the second strongest tug of the fleet and uses his great strength to help whenever he can. He also has a strong protective streak for the Star switchers, particularly if the Z-Stacks are mocking them.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Big Mac joined OJ and Hercules as one of the wiser Star Tugs, bringing his distinctive gung-ho attitude with him. He enjoys trading stories with the elder vehicles, and helps keep troublemakers in line.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Big Mac is based on the tugs of San Francisco from the 1920s. He is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast, and an American flag-styled red, white, and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "2" on his funnel. He wears a navy blue cap.

## O.J.

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Blue

**O.J.** (an abbreviation of **Old Jones**) is Captain Star's third and oldest tug. He is indeed capable of a variety of tasks, but is sometimes restricted by his age and mechanical condition.

#### Personality

As the Star Fleet's wise elder, O.J. possesses unbeatable wisdom. He has extensive knowledge and experience of harbour life and manoeuvres, and because of this, Captain Star often places him in charge of large operations, such as ocean liner docking manoeuvres. On various occasions, O.J. has demonstrated his ability to devise swift and clever strategies to help himself and his fellow Stars out of predicaments. He does not stand for nonsense, and is quick to correct the younger tugs if they make mistakes. Despite his occasionally harsh approach, O.J. cares for his fellow Stars as a grandparent would for their grandchildren. In addition to being wise, O.J. is also quite sharp, like in Sunshine where he admitted that he was suspicious as to why Zorran showed up almost instantly after Sunshine lost control with the Duchess, or in Quarantine where he suspected foul play when Nantucket lowered his quarantine flag even though there was no coast guard in sight.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, O.J. chose to remain as an inspection boat and serves the fleet in pilot duties. He is very proud of being useful despite his age, making him well-liked by others.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, O.J. is based on the tugs of San Francisco from the 1920s. He is also based on the Eppleton Hall, the last surviving Tyne-built paddle tug. Built in 1914, she was designed to tow seagoing colliers from sea to wharf side and back, primarily in the River Wear and to and from the River Tyne. In 1952, she was modified to be able to carry passengers. Eppleton Hall was retired in 1967 and partially scrapped. It was preserved by the San Francisco Maritime Museum in the USA, after a two year dispute with the British National Maritime Museum. She was extensively modified in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean under her own power, a journey which she completed in 6 months, arriving in San Francisco in late March 1970. She is now moored at the Hyde Street Pier.

O.J. is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, brown mast, white paddle-wheel housings and an American flag-styled red, white and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "3" on his funnel. He wears a light brown boater hat with a red band on it.

#### Trivia

* O.J. was the only Star Tug (and tugboat in general) to appear in *Thomas & Friends*, though his model was given several modifications following purchase. He was renamed as the boat known as the Lakesider III, which made random cameos throughout the fourth series on the Skarloey Railway. The model is currently configured as O.J., but the main body remains in the colors of the Lakesider III.

## Top Hat

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Blue

**Top Hat** is a railway tug and Captain Star's fourth tug.

#### Personality

Top Hat is an uppity and snobbish character with a monocle, vintage top hat (hence his name) and looks down on everyone, friends and foes alike, thinking that he is the best tug in the Star Fleet. He is an obsessive neat freak, and prefers doing jobs that don't make him dirty. Top Hat cares mainly about himself and saving his own neck. He may pretend to be cool and collected, but when he is actually faced with a threat or is placed in danger, he will panic and complain. He is often ridiculed by his companions for this, particularly Ten Cents and the villainous Z-Stacks. Despite his self-absorbed and arrogant demeanour, Top Hat has proven himself on numerous occasions and can cope fairly well in an emergency, and although he very rarely shows it, he cares deeply for the Star Fleet.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Top Hat's arrogance and snobby behavior almost immediately subsided. He still criticizes major mistakes, but is now more forgiving and apologetic when he realizes he wronged someone.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Top Hat is based on the tugs of San Francisco waters from the 1920s, although he also resembles John-A.-Dialogue-&-Sons-built New York Central Tugboat 13, which is also a railway tug, built in 1887 in Camden, NJ, USA by John A. Dialogue & Sons. She was undergoing renovation at Garpo Maine in Tottenville, Staten Island, NY. She was built for the NYCR to push car floats, carrying cars and other freight across the New York Harbour waterways. She had three engines: a 232 horsepower steam engine, and in the 1950's two general 6-110 diesel engines, they sit back-to-back, and drive a central Falk gearbox, which turns the propeller, and two new keel coolers from fernstrum were installed in a recessed hull box to cool them. In 1965, GM Diesel became Detroit Diesel Engine Division. Her hull is riveted and wrought iron based.

Top Hat is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast and an American flag-styled red, white and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "4" on his funnel. He wears a black vintage top hat and a monocle.

## Warrior

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Blue

**Warrior** is Captain Star's fifth tug.

#### Personality

Warrior is extremely hardworking, despite the fact that his inherent clumsiness sometimes leads to problems. He is also quite loyal, strong-willed, determined, and never gives up. Despite Warrior's shortcomings, he has proved himself to be a valuable member of the Star Fleet. Captain Star has referred to him as a striker. Even though he's not the smartest tug on the fleet, Warrior can occasionally come up with bright (if unusual) ideas in dire situations. Whenever he makes a mistake, Warrior is determined to set things right.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Warrior's intelligence grew and he became less clumsy. He enjoys talking to other powerhouses, and as such, he gets along with Decka and Herman.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Warrior is based on the tugs of San Francisco from the 1920s. He is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast, and an American flag-styled red, white, and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "5" on his funnel. He wears a blue cap.

## Hercules

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)Blue

**Hercules** is Captain Star's sixth, largest and strongest vessel. He is often used for large-scale operations and important contracts. During periods of bad weather, he is out at sea answering distress calls, and is often sent out to escort large vessels into the port. He is often considered to be one of the fleet's main leaders, and is often placed in charge of large operations.

#### Personality

Hercules is a cool-headed fighter. He speaks with a clear, soft tone and a politically correct British accent, but his words are often hard. Although he can be strict and serious with his comrades, he also displays a gentler side and a sense of humour on occasion. Nothing can break him and not even the antics of the Z-Stacks and Bluenose can set him back. He is held in high regard by most of the tugs in the harbour, and even Zorran knows that he cannot win a confrontation with Hercules. He is not as seen as often as the other Star Tugs, mainly due to him being on his own missions. Hercules is famously known for referring to his colleagues as "m'dears", "old darlings", and "sweetheart". He is the only Tugs character to have sideburns, and one of the few to have hair underneath his hat for that matter. He is recognised for his "discreet" relationship with Heather, and his "lady's man" persona.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Hercules is based on the tugs of San Francisco from the 1920s, and is also based off of a real tugboat bearing the same name. Much like her namesake, the *Hercules* was a steam driven tugboat built in 1907 for ocean towing. It mainly towed logs and barges up and down the US Pacific coast, and supplies to build the Panama canal. In 1924, the Hercules was converted into a railroad tug to ferry car floats across San Francisco Bay, before she was retired and refurbished as a national landmark in the 70s. She currently resides at the San Francisco Maritime Museum.

Hercules is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast and an American flag-styled red, white and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "6" on his funnel. He wears round yellow tinted glasses and a blue and white sailor's cap.

## Sunshine

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Red

**Sunshine** is Captain Star's 7th and youngest tug, a small switcher who is used for a wide variety of tasks around Bigg City Port.

#### Personality

Sunshine can be occasionally cheeky at times, but she is very strong willed nevertheless. She is quick-witted and takes action swiftly without hesitation. She is generally level-headed and cheerful, and takes on most jobs with little complaining. Sunshine also can figure things out very quickly, and is also more open-minded about unusual phenomena (such as ghosts) than Ten Cents is.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Sunshine joins the younger members of the crews in discussions, often helping to keep tensions low.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Sunshine is based on the tugs of San Francisco from the 1920s. She is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast, and an American flag-styled red, white, and blue funnel. Her name is painted on the sides of her bow in white and she has the number "7" on her funnel. She was originally painted in the Salvage Fleet's white livery. She wears a red cap.

#### Trivia

* While Sunshine draws most of her material from *Tugs*, the character was originally male in the show itself. Her female gender comes from *Salty's Lighthouse*, where she is depicted as Ten Cents' younger sister, something that was dropped by the creator. This was done so that Sunshine would fit in with the creator's original female tugs, as Sunshine was the only one of the original Star Tugs who could pass off as female.

## Grampus

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Silver

**Grampus** is a small submarine, who was bought by Captain Star from the navy. He is a grandfatherly figure and a close friend to the other Star Fleet vessels, helping them out with various situations.

#### Personality

Grampus is an elderly submarine who works at night and mainly sleeps in the day. Compared to the likes of Bluenose, Grampus is more well-mannered, and puts common sense and caring for others in front of his life.

#### Appearance

Grampus is based on the USS Grampus (SS-4), which was named after the Grampus, a type of blunt-nosed dolphin. This submarine was sunk as a target in January 1922. He is painted grey with his name painted on in white.

#### Trivia

* Grampus is from *Tugs*, and is the only Star Fleet member not to be a tugboat. He was also the only submarine featured before new ideas were drafted.

## Zorran

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Crimson

**Zorran** is regarded as the cunning leader of the Z-Stacks and is Captain Zero's first tug of the fleet. He is renowned for his deviousness and scheming prowess. He, alongside Star Fleet rivals O.J., Big Mac, Warrior, and his Z-Stack companions Zak and Zebedee, is a harbour tug.

#### Personality

Zorran is looked up to in fear from most of the other tugs, because they know that he is a tug not to be messed with in the best of times! However, though being able to generally get what he's looking for, Zorran is depicted as a very pragmatic tug, who will be devious only as far as common sense and necessity allows.\ Although he is undoubtedly the most intelligent Z-Stack, his plans usually end up backfiring: either through the incompetence of the other Z-Stacks or his own overconfidence. Zorran has shown to regularly employ fellow Z-Stacks Zip and Zug to carry out his operations, which more often than not results in adverse consequences. He currently mocks the Star Fleet, mostly the Star switchers, but they usually manage to pluck up courage to fend him off in the end.

The other Z-Stacks are secretly afraid of him, but Zorran himself doesn't appear to be afraid of anyone other than Hercules, and has even been known to show insolence towards his boss, Captain Zero. Despite his maligned characteristics, there is a very good reason for Zorran's role as the head Z-Stack - he's easily, when not scheming, the most competent and sensible of the fleet, best shown when he's given responsibility for overseeing a large delivery of explosives. Zorran ensured the other Z-Stacks followed all correct safety precautions and saw that the job was carried out efficiently. Later at the naval pool he sided with O.J. when arguing with officious Navy tug Bluenose over common sense against orders, and when a massive fire broke out he urged rival tug Ten Cents to escape the danger, this shows he has a kinder side to the Star Tugs. True to his opportunistic nature, however, Zorran then sat back to enjoy the impromptu fireworks display as Navy tramper Kraka-Toa blew herself apart. He has also been shown to scold the other Z-Stacks for slipping up.

Despite his cunning and sinister behaviour, Zorran, at times, has been known to portray rather cowardly tendencies. This is shown best at times such as when he is in the presence of Hercules or confronted with a situation beyond his control. He can be superstitious, as shown when he was overwhelmed by the sight of the White Fleet; coincidentally, however, Izzy Gomez and most of the Star Fleet were also terrified.

If there is one example of bravery from Zorran, it is when he had been ordered by Fire Tug to push a fire barge towards Kraka-Toa; he may have been skeptical about this idea, but he was willing to help out nonetheless. To his credit, he only backed away from the danger at Fire Tug's command.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Zorran softened up significantly and although he is still a rough character, he can still hold a civil conversation with a Star Tug or anyone else, often cooperating with his former rivals.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Z-Stacks, Zorran is based off the Moran Fleet of New York City. He is painted in the Zero Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a dark crimson maroon superstructure, white mast, and a black funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "1" on his funnel. He wears a black hat of unknown design with curved brims and a white band.

## Zebedee

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Crimson

**Zebedee**, nicknamed **Zeb** or **Zebby**, is a conflicted member of the Z-Stacks. He is Captain Zero's second tug and Zorran's right hand tug. Despite working for the Z-Stacks, there is little malice in him compared to his colleagues.

#### Personality

Zebedee is one of the more complex Tugs characters, an easy-going tug who winds up the Star Fleet for a reason or another—rude and vindictive on the outside, but on the inside there is much more to his personality than just being devious. Beneath his tough and sinister exterior is the only Z-Stack to have a conscience.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Zebedee no longer acts as a Z-Stack, being much more expressive and taking more time to make friends and be useful.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Z-Stacks, Zebedee is based off the Moran Fleet of New York City. He is painted in the Zero Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a dark crimson maroon superstructure, white mast, and a black funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "2" on his funnel. He wears a flat black bowler hat with a white band.

## Zak

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Crimson

**Zak** is the third member of Captain Zero's Z-Stack fleet.

#### Personality

Zak often acts as second-man to Zorran, and as such is often seen as a snide, brutish thug. He often insults the Star Tugs whenever the opportunity arises, and while he thinks of himself as a genius, his mindset is pretty much dim-witted, often causing trouble before he even realizes it. Zak also has a cruel sense of humor, and once inferred that he'd willing sink a vessel for pure enjoyment.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Zak's behavior vastly improved. He is now more well-mannered, and thinks carefully and responsibly for his friends.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Z-Stacks, Zak is based off the Moran Fleet of New York City. He is painted in the Zero Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a dark crimson maroon superstructure, white mast, and a black funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "3" on his funnel. He wears a flat black bowler hat with a white band and wider brim.

## Zug

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Crimson

**Zug** is an ambitious, young tug who is Captain Zero's fourth tug, and one of the Z-Stack switchers.

#### Personality

Zug mainly works with Zip, and likes to think of himself as the intelligent one. Compared to Zip, he certainly is intelligent and practical, but he is not as smart as the other tugs. He is a scheming sort of tug, though his plans rarely if ever work as planned. With Zip, Zug basically commands him, who's too frightened to make any good suggestions. Zug is sneaky, cowardly and he needs the other Z-Stacks around for courage. He is intimidated by the main Z-Stack Zorran and has a tendency to be somewhat nervous and jittery around him and the other harbor tugs. However, he did initially keep his cool while around Zorran a few times, only to panic when Zorran's impatience landed the smaller tug in trouble.

However, like most of his crewmates, Zug is shown to have a good streak in him somewhere. At one point, Zorran callously abandoned him trapped Up River (with seemingly all the Star Tugs, but it turned out only most of them were trapped) when they accidentally crashed an old tramper across the river. Zug worked with the Star Fleet to get it out of the way since he was stuck on the other side, but he never complained. He was also shown to be very supportive towards O.J.'s plan to ram it with a line of barges, despite it not working as expected; he even helped out in the attempt. After they were all freed when Billy Shoepack effortlessly helped by blowing up the tramper with dynamite, Zug laughed at Zorran with the Star Tugs.

Zug has also proved to be suspicious and brave when trying to figure and capture the pirate after Ten Cent's barges keep disappearing. But when following Ten Cents, and Sunshine to see what they're up to, he and Zip end up finding a fright when they are chased by two green-eyed tugs.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Zug lost all his devious tendencies, and now enjoy the Star Fleet's company. He often joins the younger vehicles in discussion and planning, which hee often places in drafts.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Z-Stacks, Zug is based off the Moran Fleet of New York City. He is painted in the Zero Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a dark crimson maroon superstructure, white mast, and a black funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "2" on his funnel. He wears a flat black bowler hat with a white band and shorter brims.

## Zip

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Crimson

**Zip** is Captain Zero's second switcher, and is both the newest and youngest addition to the Z-Stacks.

#### Personality

Zip is often described as Zug, only worse. His head is often in the clouds, and he is well known for being a coward. He is easily scared and sometimes speaks out of turn, as well as being quick to back down when engaging in an argument, and is easily dominated. Zip could be described as being "slow in the head," for it will often take him a while to catch onto things. Even with basic terms and phrases such as "devious". He is never seen by himself and not even as often as the other Z-Stacks, though his roles in various episodes have always brought much-needed comic relief.

Whilst Zip and Zug are a similar wavelength, and have often been compared to or matched with Ten Cents and Sunshine, the star switchers, Zug is much more skeptical of the pair, whilst Zip is quite the opposite. He will often follow along with Zug's plans in any situation, even if the concept of doing so causes Zug to lose his nerves. Zug often takes advantage of Zip's naivety to keep himself out of danger. Through not without his naivety, Zip can be smarter than he lets on. When he has a small idea of how to get back at Zug like scaring him with a simple "psst", he likely takes it.

After moving to the Global Transit Terminal, Zip's nativity was put in the other direction. He now works to make sure everyone is safe and happy, and like chatting with younger vehicles.

#### Appearance

Like the rest of the Z-Stacks, Zebedee is based off the Moran Fleet of New York City. He is painted in the Zero Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a dark crimson maroon superstructure, white mast, and a black funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "2" on his funnel. He wears a black fedora with a white stripe.

## Puffa

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black (formerly)
Grey

**Puffa** is a grey tank engine who works on the Dock Railway with Little Owl the goods engine in Bigg City Port. The two of them were later sold to the Global Transit Terminal's locomotive fleet.

#### Personality

Puffa is a chatty engine who enjoys helping others, especially the Star Tugs and Little Owl, who he considers his closest friends. Puffa is always determined to help around in Bigg City Port, though he often rolls eyes whenever he hears of the Zero Fleet's antics.

#### Appearance

Puffa is based on a German DRG Class 80, but he has been modified with many American features, such as an oil-burning headlight, a diamond smokestack, a cowcatcher, and an American-style whistle. He also has rear buffers to accommodate the semi-British rolling stock in the show. These are only present on the back due to the cowcatcher occupying his front. Puffa is painted in a dull grey all over, excluding his black megaphone and silver wheels and lining.

#### Trivia

* While Puffa's character was original to *TUGS*, his original television series model first saw use in *Thomas & Friends*, being used to move rolling stock behind the scenes of the series. Prior to being modified for filming *TUGS*, Puffa's model was a stock-standard DRG Class 80 with modified couplings, before it was cut up for use as scrap dressing following the end of *TUGS*.
* Puffa's fan series model was made from a 2014 TrackMaster/Motorized Thomas model, but extensively modified for use as Puffa. The model has two LEDs to produce lighting for the headlamp and taillight, and is currently awaiting a new Spencer chassis. He was the creator's first primer-sprayed model, though additional work is needed before he is able to run.

## Little Owl

### Affiliation

Adventure Squad (Team)
Global Transit Terminal staff and visitors

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black

**Little Owl** is a black tank engine who works on the Dock Railway with Puffer in Bigg City Port.

#### Personality

Little Owl came to Bigg City Port as a shy and awkward engine before the comforting presence of Puffa and the Star Tugs made her prone to giggling fits when provoked. She feels exceptionally close to Puffa, having spent most of her life with him, and as such, she shares his preference of the Star Tugs over the Z-Stacks.

#### Appearance

Little Owl is based on New York Dock Railway numbers 6 and 7, a pair of 0-6-0 tank engines built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Her model was modified from a Marklin DRG Class 80 - the same class used to make Puffa - with the cab rear cut off. Her cylinders, side tanks, boiler, funnel, domes and steam pipes were all scratch-built. She is [ainted black with gold lining, with the words "Dock Railway" written on the sides of her tanks.

#### Trivia

* Little Owl wasn't referred to by her real name, only being called *The Goods Engine* in the show.
* Little Owl's fan series model was made from a TrackMaster Rosie model, but modified for use as Little Owl. Unlike the original model, the TrackMaster custom Little Owl has a custom made paper version of Emily's model series face.
* Like Sunshine, Little Owl's gender was changed for the fan series.