Frieda

**Frieda the Grumpy German Engine** is a supporting character from the Seventyverse and hails from Germany.

## Backstory

(To be updated with info regarding Frieda on the Rails Again)

Frieda was selected to participate in the Great Railway Show as part of the Strength Competition and was on the same ship as Ashima, Rajiv, Shane, Yong Bao, Etienne, Axel, Vinnie, Gina, Ivan, Carlos, Raul and Gabriela. Unfortunately, they would end up stranded on Sodor when the ship they're on breaks down. During this time, the engines help around the island, but Frieda proved to be grumpy and off-standish towards the male engines. During the Great Railway Show, Frieda was in the lead when Vinnie got his driver to throw a lunch box into Frieda's motion, causing to make a sudden stop (Vinnie was disqualified for cheating). Then, to the surprise of everyone, Henry pushed Frieda over the finish line and this changed Frieda's views on males. After the Great Railway Show, Frieda was taken back to Sodor to be repaired at the Steamworks and stayed on Sodor for a while (to be updated with Frieda on the Rails Again) before returning to Germany with Hugo.

Two years later, Frieda would once again compete in the Strength Competition, and came second to Gustavo. She was surprised to be complimented by him even if she didn't win.

## Personality

Frieda is a sleek, blue streamlined engine from Germany. Aside from being described as beautiful and strong, she can show to prove that anything the boys can do, the girls could do better. Frieda is also a rather grumpy engine, who does not smile much, and does not suffer fools gladly. Prior to the events of the Great Railway Show, Frieda did not approve of males, believing them to be domineering but after Henry helped her over the finish line, Frieda changed her tune.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Frieda is based on the DB Class 10 built by Krupp in 1957. They were built to pull express passenger trains with the Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War. The class was nicknamed 'Black Swans' ('Schwarze Schwäne') because of their shaping.

One of the two locomotives, 10 001 is preserved at the German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.

### Livery

Frieda is painted blue with yellow and redlining and red wheels. She has the number "409" painted on the sides of her tender in red, and the German flag painted on both the sides of her streamlined casing and tender. She used to wear the number 10 002. Sadly, this engine was withdrawn in 1967 after it's siderod broke.

## Differences between the episodes and the series

* In the original special, Frieda was mostly a background character with just one spoken line. In the adaptation, Frieda was given a character where she did not trust males until Henry helped her after she was sabotaged by Vinnie.
* Furthermore, it's not revealed what place Frieda came in during the actual special. In the rewrite, Henry intinally helps her take fourth place. But with Vinnie's disqualification, she took third place and Henry took fourth place.

## Trivia

* Although Frieda has a canon voice actress, the preferred voice actress for Frieda is Diana Kruger who played Abigail Chase from *National Treasure*. This is because Frieda's face was modelled upon Kruger's.