Adam

"*Oay! Lily! Look what's living along the tracks!*"
— Adam, Thief

**Adam** was a tank engine who used to work on the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway, which later was merged into the LMS.

## Biography

Adam was built in 1882 and served as a suburban passenger engine on the London and South Western Railway. In the autumn of 1885, he, along with Colin and Lily were purchased by the newly formed Wellsworth & Suddery Railway to begin constructing the line. The company opened within a year and the trio set to work. When Toby arrived at Brendam in 1904 after his old tramway closed down, the three engines weren't very happy with his arrival, just like the engines of the Sodor and Mainland Railway had given them a cold reception when they first arrived.

After Duck came to Sodor, Adam and the other LMS engines made fun of his nickname. One day, Diesel had a plan, Adam and Colin went to the Lumber Yard and talked to Henry to attract his attention while both talking to him, Colin's Fireman setting the points against him which knocked him off the rails. When Percy was helping on a important job on his first day, Diesel was working on a plot. Adam with Colin and Douglas was not happy, but helped taking the important job with Diesel and Douglas. Adam was later greeted by Mr. Zorro.

When Percy was going to get a delivery from the Mid-Sodor Railway Adam forced Stuart, letting him take his goods to Brendam, The Nor' Easters called it stealing. But Adam could not keep his mouth shut as he told Percy that he took it, However, a Policeman noticed that and forced them to stop him. Adam was forced to return to Tidmouth where he and Percy and their crews had a chat. In the end, Percy got the train back, but Adam' actions could not be confirmed as stealing it.

In Combat, he and Lily, along with Peter and Douglas volunteered to serve in the army along with Edward, Gordon, Henry and Thomas into the 110th Platoon of the Steam Reserve Corps.

In Atrocity, he looked into a shed at the old sawmill and was traumatised by what he had seen. He later avenged the deaths of his two friends by pushing a coach that had German prisoners into the sea. The other engines on his platoon were furious about his actions, but Adam still refused to admit what he did was wrong. Consequentially, their platoon was disbanded and the engines returned to Sodor. For several months after the war, he continued to not admit what he did was wrong. However, upon learning that one of those prisoners he had drowned was a brother of Radick Zolenka, a new porter working on the Mid Sodor Railway, he began to question his actions and wondered if any of the prisoners deserved to die. For years afterwards, he feared that he would be arrested for his war crimes. A few months after Peter's trial for war crimes and being sentenced to fifteen years in Rail Gate Prison, he asked Joey why the UN hadn't arrested him yet. Joey told him that all the prisoners he had drowned were indeed Nazi war criminals, who were very vile. Despite all this, Adam still felt conflicted about if he was still right to do what he did and Joey told him that if he didn't come to a conclusion on his own, he would have to live with it for the rest of his life.

In the winter of 1957, Adam began to feel sick with a severe cough while talking with Diesel and Eric, Adam kept saying it was a slight cough. Two months later, he was going to take a goods train out of Brendam Docks when his wheels slipped and his engine blew out. Mickey took him to the works where it was discovered that Adam had come down with a severe case of metal fatigue. He rejected having an overhaul and instead decided to go for the final firing. A few days later, Diesel, Edward, Sir Topham Hatt, along with Mr. Zorro visited the works to attend Adam's final firing. As the black water is poured into his system, Adam says his final goodbye to his friends and passes away shortly after. 1 week later his remains would be taken to the scrapyard and melted down.

## Persona

Adam was a hard worker and was a good engine at heart, but he could sometimes come off as rash or bitter towards other engines, particularly towards the nor'easters.

However, during the Second World War, he develops a darker side after he and Edward witnessed the Atrocities the Nazis committed against Jewish people which led him to drown an entire coach of Nazi POWs.

Despite this, after the war he still maintained his good-hearted personality and still remained friends with both the Midis and Nor’easters (after their companies had been nationalized) despite a few arguments now and then. He was a true engine friend to everyone on Sodor as they all mourned his peaceful passing; none more than Diesel who mentioned that he regarded Adam as his best friend as it was thanks to him he got over being prejudice towards steamies.

## Livery

Adam was the traditional W&S burgundy with gold lining, gold dome, and "W&S" written on his tanks and the number 3 written on his bunker in gold.

## Basis

Adam, as his name implies, was an Adams Radial Tank engine. One has been preserved.

## Trivia

* Adam is not to be confused with Adams from the Railway Series.
* In The Stories of Sodor episodes based on episodes from TUGS, Adam takes the role of Zak, with the exception of Percy, where he instead takes the role of Zug.
	+ In Percy, a few of Adam's lines are based on lines of dialogue from Zak in the TUGS episode "Sunshine".
* Adam was the final engine to die of the 3 W&S Engines. He was also the first main character to die on-screen, and in the main series (not counting the Stories of War miniseries), and the first character to use the ‘final firing’.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Prologue *(cameo)*
* Percy
* Legality
* Fire *(cameo)*
* Goods *(cameo)*
* Branch Lines *(cameo)*
* Mainline
* Scrap
* Ghost *(cameo)*
* Cows *(does not speak)*
* Carriages *(cameo)*
* Sting
* Luck *(cameo)*

#### Season 2

* Visitor *(cameo)*
* Inspection
* Thief
* Trapped
* Strike
* Spectre
* Sabotage *(cameo)*
* Maintenance *(cameo)*
* Shunted *(cameo)*
* Armaments *(cameo)*
* Affection
* Parade

#### Stories of War

* Evacuation *(cameo)*
* Blitz
* Combat
* Espionage
* Atrocity

#### Season 3

* Aftermath
* Replacements
* Management *(cameo)*
* Controller *(cameo)*
* Reshuffle
* Books
* Amends *(cameo)*
* Industry *(cameo)*
* Services *(cameo)*
* Trial
* Extension
* Fog

#### Season 4

* Diesel
* Modernisation *(does not speak)*
* Robbery
* Diagnosis *(death)*
* Prototypes *(mentioned)*
* Lamp *(mentioned)*
* Return *(flashback appearance)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Song *(cameo)*
* Rivalry *(cameo)*
* Preview *(in the preview)*
* Siege *(does not speak)*
* Spinoff
* Glitch
* Club
* Unexpected

#### Sodor Specials

* Non-Faceless Vehicles *(cameo)*
* A History of its Railways *(cameo)*

## References

* https://wildnorwester.fandom.com/wiki/Adam