Charubala

Ian McCue

### Family

Unnamed husband (in the fanfic), 4 unnamed daughters (in the fanfic), 4 unnamed sons-in-law (in the fanfic), several unnamed grandchildren (in the fanfic)

### Friends

Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, 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, 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**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

Running the Indian Railway, her engines were hardworking, drinking a coconut, tigers

### Dislikes

Being disappointed that the coconuts were gone, the two poachers tried to catching tigers

## Physical Apearance

### Status

Alive

**Charubala** is one of *Thomas & Friends* and *The Railway Series* characters. She was the female controller of the Indian Railway.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

Charubala was first seen at a shunting yard when Thomas and Nia are heading to Sodor.

While Thomas was working on the Indian Railway, he followed Charubala's orders. One day, she introduced him to the Director of a Bollywood movie that was being filmed on the railway, as he had a job for him. She was later present on the set during the filming of the movie.

When Charubala told Thomas to collect and deliver a truckload of coconuts, he became lost at the Monkey Palace. When Thomas arrived at Varkala Railway Station, Charubala was disappointed that all the coconuts were gone and she asked Thomas to go and get some more. Thomas managed to get more coconuts with the help of the monkeys and he delivered the coconuts to Charubala on time.

Later, when Thomas and Rajiv were excited and wanted to take passengers on Noor Jehan's jungle tour to see tigers, she reminded them that they still had their own jobs to get done first. Thomas later brought her with a pair of police officers to apprehend two poachers that hired Rajiv to help them find and capture a tiger, but were lured into a trap by Thomas, Rajiv, and Shankar instead. She was very impressed with Thomas and Rajiv for helping protect the tigers, before sharing a laugh when it was discovered that Shankar had disappeared in the meantime.

Later, she comes to visit Rajiv in the sheds with Thomas, Ashima, and the others, having heard about his little mutiny over refusing to work without his crown, but although Rajiv apologizes for his failure to do his jobs and be Really Useful, Charubala also congratulates him for his heroism with saving Shankar when Noor Jehan was having trouble with her brakes, and returns his crown to him, fully polished and looking like new.

Some time later, she asked Thomas, who arrived early to Varkala Railway Station, to deliver some silk to a famous tailor in a distant part of the Indian Railway, providing instructions to Thomas on how to get there. However, when Thomas discovers he left the silk at the wrong station, Ashima suggests telling Charubala, but fearful of her reaction to his mistake, Thomas tries to fix it himself, but causes more trouble, until Noor Jehan suggests he tell Charubala about what happened. With little choices left, Thomas goes to tell her everything, and Charubala shows that Thomas had nothing to be afraid of, as she understands he messed up and should have told her sooner before things escalated. She assures him that with the support of the station staff, and her engines in Ashima, Noor Jehan, and Shankar, Thomas can fix everything. By evening, the silk has been recovered and delivered to the tailor, and everything else has been mended as well. Charubala congratulates Thomas and her engines for a job well done, before everyone shares a laugh when Ashima asks if anyone wants to go for a swim after hearing an elephant trumpet, as it was seeing some elephants swimming that caused Thomas to mess up in the first place due to daydreaming and missing his original turnoff.

## Personality

Charubala is a kind lady and she likes taking charge of the Indian Railway however, when ever needed she can be stern, she once scolded Rajiv for not doing his jobs because of his crown getting lost and Charubala found his crown.

## Physical Appearance

Charubala has light olive skin tone, wavy dark brown-black hair tied in a bun and brown eyes. She wears a white dress, a blue sweater as well as a purple scarf.

### Fanfic

Charubala was now in her mid 70's, she has grey hair tied in a bun and brown eyes. She wears a pale lavender dress, indigo sweater and purple scarf that she usually wore as a young.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Charubala was appeared in the fourth series, she was now in her mid 70's and still active to running the Indian Railway. Later, Percy, James and the others came to India to tell her, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan and Shankar about Thomas, who has been seriously ill due to the incident while working with Hiro and Kenji on the Japanese Railway. Nia was also told them that Thomas becomes asthmatic and had a heavy fever.