Several other real standard gauge tender locomotives have appeared in Thomas & Friends media.
BR Standard Class 4MT No. 75029 The Green Knight[]
The Green Knight is a tender engine. It appeared in the Mr. Perkins' Railway segments and works at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
After a crack in the firebox was discovered in 2015, The Green Knight was taken out of service and the engine's restoration began in summer of 2017.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
The Green Knight is painted in British Railways' Deep Bronze green livery with red buffer beams.
BR Standard Class 4MT No. 76017[]
76017 is a steam locomotive that appears in the end credits of the first half of Thomas and the U.K. Trip.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Built at Horwich Works, it was allocated to British Railways' Southern Region, where it was primarily used on goods trains between Eastleigh and Southampton and Bournemouth. Taken out of service in 1965, it was sold to the Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry, Wales and remained there until 1974, when it was sent to Quainton and underwent some restoration. In 1978, it was moved to the Mid Hants Railway, where its restoration was completed. Returning to steam in 1984, in 1995 it remained out of service due to a dispute between the owners of the locomotive and the Mid Hants Railway. In 2009, an agreement was concluded and 76017 underwent an overhaul, returning to steam in 2016.
BR Standard Class 4MT No. 76034[]
76034 is a tender engine which appears in Character Encyclopedia.
Trivia[]
- In Character Encyclopedia, 76034 is misidentified as Belle's basis. Her true basis is the 2-6-4T variant of the 4MT class.
BR Standard Class 5MT No. 73096[]
Appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia
Trivia[]
- 73096 has been used to portray Henry at Days Out with Thomas events on the Mid Hants Railway.
Gallery[]
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BR Standard Class 7MT No. 70000 Britannia[]
Britannia is a steam locomotive owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. She appears in a 1998 annual story.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. She was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class.
Britannia was withdrawn in May 1966, after 15 years of service. She is currently owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.
Livery[]
Britannia is currently painted with the British Railways' dark green livery with orange and black lining. Her number is painted on the sides of his cab in cream. In addition, she has red and gold nameplates on the side of her smoke deflectors.
Appearances[]
BR Standard Class 8P No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester[]
Duke of Gloucester is a preserved steam locomotive. It is mentioned in Sodor: Reading Between the Lines.
A waybill was deliberately altered by railwaymen so that No 71000 Duke of Gloucester was moved to Dai Woodham's Yard in Barry, from where it was possible to save the locomotive, rather than some other scrapyard where the engine would have immediately been cut up.
BR Standard Class 9F No. 92214 Cock O' The North[]
Cock O' The North is a tender engine which appeared in the Mr. Perkins' Railway segments.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Cock O' The North is painted in BR black livery.
Trivia[]
- Murdoch is another member of this class.
CR 812 Class No. 828[]
828 is a preserved CR 812 tender engine that works on the Strathspey Railway in Scotland that makes an appearance in the Character Encyclopedia. It is the sole survivor of the CR 812 locomotive class.
Donald and Douglas and Edward's Ghost Engine are other members of this class, although the latter does not have a tender.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Appearances[]
The Railway Series
Companion Volumes
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Books
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Trivia[]
- 828 has previously been used to portray Donald at Days Out with Thomas events.
- In 2022, 828 attended a Scottish themed event at the Spa Valley Railway alongside the Mid Hants Railway's replica of Douglas created for Days Out with Thomas events.
- In Thomas Goods Encyclopedia, the illustration is based on 828 in its LMS livery. It is incorrectly illustrated with a fictitious number 1758, whereas the correct LMS number is 17566.
Gallery[]
China Railways RM Class No. 1247[]
China Railways RM Class No. 1247 is a steam locomotive that appears in The Making of The Great Race.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Built in 1958 by the Sifang Workshops (China) this steam locomotive was used mainly on fast passenger service on the Chinese National Railways for most of its career.
It was retired from active service in the 1990s and put in storage and it is now preserved at the Shenyang Railway Museum for public display.
Trivia[]
- Yong Bao and the Mean Engine are other members of this class.
- This is one of three remaining steam locomotives from the China Railways RM series.
Cumberland Valley No. 972[]
Cumberland Valley No. 972 is a class D-10j 4-6-0 steam locomotive that was seen at the Strasburg Rail Road while sits in storage in 10 Years of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1912 for the Canadian Pacific Railway it was used for pulling branch line and mainline freight trains for the Canadian Pacific Railway, until it was removed from service in 1959, and it was subsequently stored in front of the Weston shops with several other steam locomotives in the form of a scrap line.
In 1971, No. 972 visited the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg to promote the future opening of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. On October 25, 1975, No. 972 led a double-headed excursion train in front of Ex-Florida East Coast (FEC) 4-6-2 No. 148 from Bethlehem to South Plainfield, New Jersey. That trip was a "Farewell to the Lehigh Valley" trip, since the LV was to be merged into Conrail the following year. However, that trip was also plagued by the poor condition of the trackage they rode on, and rain was downpouring across the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey that day.
No. 972 subsequently returned to Jim Thorpe to continue pulling excursion trains throughout Carbon County. The locomotive returned to the Strasburg Rail Road to pull a tourist train for the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) in March 1979. In October 1983, during the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Reading Company, No. 972 was re-lettered to 'Philadelphia and Reading', and it was selected to pull an excursion train in commemoration of the occasion, since none of the preserved Reading steam locomotives were available at the time. After Andrew Muller founded the Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad (BM&R), No. 972 began pulling trains out of Reading. In 1985, No. 972 was re-lettered again to 'Cumberland Valley' to pull commemorative trains for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Cumberland Valley Railroad (CV). By the end of that year, however, the locomotive was removed from excursion service, since Hart's contract with the city of Jim Thrope expired. While making negotiations with the city to renew his contract, Hart moved No. 972 back to Strasburg for a heavy rebuild.
Today it's still at the Strasburg Railroad but it's stored outdoors and disassembled in the Strasburg Railroad's yard. As a result of this, Hart had gave up on steam locomotive preservation, and he sold off all of his equipment.
DB Class 10 No. 10 001[]
Appears in Meet the Contenders - Frieda of Germany (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Frieda is a member of this class.
D&H Stourbridge Lion[]
Stourbridge Lion is an early locomotive which appears in an annual.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
Appearances[]
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México No. 2708[]
Appears in The Making of The Great Race
Trivia[]
- During The Making of The Great Race, 2708 was seen as a proposed basis for Carlos. He would be later based on Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México No. 903 in the final film.
FR K1 Class No. 45[]
Furness Railway No. 45 is an former Furness Railway locomotive who was built in 1881 as part of the FR K1 class.
Appears in The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Trivia[]
- Edward is a member of the K2 Class, nicknamed "Larger Seagulls ", which superseded the K1 Class.
FR D1 Class No. 115[]
Furness Railway No. 115 is an former Furness Railway locomotive who was built in 1881 as part of the FR D1 class.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
No. 115 was built at Sharp, Stewart & Company in 1881 for the Furness Railway. One day, she was busy shunting when the driver, Thomas Postlethwaite, saw cracks opening up in the ground right below. Knocking off steam, he jumped for his life, no sooner clear than the earth opened up to expose a sheer-sided hole 30 feet (9.1 m) across and similar in depth. The driver and his fireman stared in disbelief as their locomotive fell into it front first, the funnel and front part embedded, with only the tender remaining visible above the surface. The rails on which the engine had been standing were snapped off and went down with it, while the supporting baulks under the main lines were laid bare. The adjacent up passenger line was left hanging lopsidedly, its ballast having cascaded into the abyss.
After the rescue operations, only the tender of No. 115 was recovered while the locomotive kept falling further still until the earth closed over it and eclipsed it from sight. As of today, the current depth of subsidence of the locomotive is currently unknown and is subject to speculation.
Livery[]
No. 115 is painted in the Furness Railway's Indian-red livery.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
Companion Volumes[]
- 1980 - Annual: The Engine Which Disappeared (does not speak)
- 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- The incident has been the inspiration for "Down the Mine", the third story from the Rev. W. Awdry's eighth Railway Series book, Gordon the Big Engine published in 1953, where Thomas ignores the danger sign and falls into a mine shaft and later rescued by Gordon.
G&SWR 403 Class No. 403[]
Gallery[]
GER Class D14 No. 1900 Claud Hamilton[]
Claud Hamilton
Appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia
Trivia[]
- In Thomas Goods Encyclopedia, the author of the book said that thinks that the GER D14 Class is more resembles to Edward. His true basis is the Furness Railway K2 Class.
GWR 111 The Great Bear[]
Appears in The Thomas The Tank Engine Man (mentioned) and Thomas Goods Encyclopedia (mentioned)
GWR 2884 Class No. 3802[]
3802 is a GWR 2884 class tender engine which appeared in the Down at the Station segments. It is owned by the Llangollen Railway.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
3802 is painted in the BR black livery livery.
GWR 2900 Class No. 2915 Saint Bartholomew[]
Appears in The Thomas The Tank Engine Man (mentioned)
GWR 3031 Class No. 3046 Lord of the Isles[]
Trivia[]
- David Eves originally intended for Lady to be based on the GWR 3031 Class. However, Britt Allcroft wanted her to be a small engine[1].
- The Hornby Emily was inaccurately manufactured using a repainted GWR 3031 Class, specifically No. 3046 Lord of the Isles. This is due to Hornby not producing a model of the GNR Stirling Single, Emily's true basis[2].
GWR 4073 Class No. 5029 Nunney Castle[]
Nunney Castle is a preserved steam locomotive from the Great Western Railway. It appeared in the second half of Thomas and the U.K. Trip when Gachapin and Mukku were visiting a few heritage railways.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Built by the Great Western's Swindon Works as one of its Castle class locomotives, Nunney Castle was used to haul passenger trains out of Old Oak Common, London. It also worked on segments of the Great Western out of Newton Abbott, Laira and Cardiff.
The engine was withdrawn from service in December 1963. In 1964 it was sold to Woodham Brothers Scrapyard, where it remained until 1976, when it was rescued and brought to the Didcot Railway Centre to undergo restoration.
It returned to steam in 1990 and began operating on the main line. After another overhaul which saw the addition of air brake equipment and changes to its tender to increase water capacity, it returned to steam again in 2008. After its boiler ticket expired in 2017, it went to Crewe to undergo repairs to its boiler, with a completion date unknown.
GWR 6000 Class No. 6011 King James I[]
King James I was a Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 class 4-6-0 tender engine who worked alongside Duck in the days when he worked at Paddington.
Biography[]
The Railway Series[]
King James I was built in 1928, withdrawn in 1962, and was scrapped at Swindon Works in 1964. Duck once compared him to James. [3] Like the other engines in his class he is named after an English King, him being named after King James I of England.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
King James I was painted in the British Railways Deep Bronze green livery. The BR Lion and Crown crest was on the sides of his tender. When he worked on the GWR, King James I was painted in the GWR Mid Chrome green with orange lining livery.
Appearance[]
The Railway Series[]
- James and the Diesel Engines - Crossed Lines (mentioned)
Companion Volumes[]
- 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection (mentioned)
Gallery[]
GWR 6000 Class No. 6023 King Edward II[]
King Edward II appears in Character Encyclopedia and poster in Maron station in Season 6
Hunslet Austerity No. 2890 Douglas[]
The Mid Hants Railway's Douglas replica appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia.
Technical Details[]
Originally named Foggia, 2890 is a Hunslet Austerity tank engine rebuilt by the Mid Hants Railway to resemble Douglas, with an LMS Fowler tender rebuilt and attached behind.
Real-life History[]
The locomotive ran as Douglas for several years at the Mid Hants, before being sold to a private owner and moved to the Ribble steam Railway, then to the East Lancashire Railway and at the time of writing is based at the Spa Valley Railway.
Livery[]
"Douglas" is painted in BR black. In the real world it carries 2890 in yellow and red on the tender.
Trivia[]
- Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class (minus tender).
- In 2022, 2890 took part in a Scottish themed event at the Spa Valley Railway alongside 828, the sole survivor of the Caledonian Railway 812 class.
- 2890 was ironically on brake van rides.
John Bull (replica)[]
John Bull is a historic British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, and became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution ran it under its own steam in 1981.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
The replica was built in 1939 by the PRR's Altoona, Pennsylvania workshops it was used for further exhibition duties, as the Smithsonian desired to keep the original locomotive in a more controlled environment.
As the railroad prepared for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, it was clear the "John Bull" was too precious for continued operation, so the Juniata works at Altoona, PA, produced this replica.
Following the fair, the locomotive went into storage along with the rest of the Pennsy collection, although it made a number of public appearances, for example, in PRR's 1942 promotional film Clear Track Ahead and at the 1948-49 Chicago Railroad Fair.
Work to restore the replica locomotive to working order began in 1982. The replica has steamed within the museum, as well as on the neighbouring Strasburg Rail Road in the 1980s and 1990s when it made several appearances while running under steam. It appeared at the Great Steam Expo in Vancouver, part of Canada's 1986 World's Fair.
In 1999, it also steamed at the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum, Steamtown and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Apparently, the replica rode much like the original and is surprisingly powerful for its size. It joined many other famous operating locomotives to steam on several days at Railfair '99 at the California State Railroad Museum.
Since 2008, however, the replica’s boiler has not been certified as operational and it appears unlikely, without a further injection of funding, that it will steam again. It is now on static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Trivia[]
- The original John Bull was built in 1831 by Robert Stephenson and Company, and it used to run at the Camden and Amboy Railroad (C&A), the first railroad in New Jersey. Now it resides at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C..
- It made an appearance in a Shining Time Station episode "Show and Yell".
- The boiler of the John Bull is an unusual design specified by Robert Stevens.
- Originally, the steam dome on the John Bull consisted of a brass casting that was mounted on top of the boiler dome. The throttle and the dry pipes were also remounted on the back of the new dome on the outside of the boiler, resulting in thermal inefficiencies.
- The smokestack on the replica wears a wider funnel while the original one wears a straight stack.
- To protect the locomotive's crew from the weather, the C&A added a cab to the locomotive, and C&A workshop crews added safety features such as a bell and headlight.
- In 1884 the locomotive was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution as the museum's first major industrial exhibit.
- On November 12, 1931: The Smithsonian celebrates the locomotive's 100th "birthday," using compressed air to operate the stationary engine (stabilized on jacks) within the museum's exhibit hall.
- After being on static display for 42 years, the Smithsonian commemorated the original locomotive's 150th birthday in 1981 by firing it up; it was then the world's oldest surviving operable steam locomotive.
Gallery[]
Killingworth Colliery Blücher[]
Appears in 1979 annual
L&MR No. 14 Jupiter[]
Jupiter is a 2-2-0 tender locomotive from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Appearances[]
L&YR Class 27 No. 52322[]
Appears in Character Encyclopedia
Trivia[]
- James is a member of the L&YR Class 28's, which superseded the Class 27's.
- In Character Encyclopedia, 52322 is misidentified as James' basis.
LCDR Acis Class No. 123 Phyllis[]
London, Chatham & Dover Railway No. 123 Phyllis appears in Sodor: Reading Between the Lines
Trivia[]
- The incident has been the inspiration for "Percy's Predicament", one of the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series book Branch Line Engines published in 1961, where Percy collides into a train of stone trucks. After the book was published, Awdry got a letter from an ex-railwayman claiming that the crash in Percy's Predicament could not happen, so he sent the man a picture on the inspiration.
LMS Fowler Class 4F No. 44422[]
44422 is an LMS class 4F locomotive that appeared in Thomas and the U.K. Trip. 44422 was built in October of 1927 for the LMS and was later withdrawn in June 1965. The locomotive is currently on long term lease to the West Somerset Railway, as of December 2014, following an overhaul at the Crewe Heritage Centre.
Gallery[]
LMS Coronation Class No. 6220 Coronation[]
Coronation is a streamlined tender engine from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway which appears on various posters in the television series.
Appearances[]
Thomas & Friends
Music Videos
Learning Segments
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Trivia[]
- Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Loughborough are other members of this class.
LMS Ivatt Class 4MT No. 43142[]
43142 is a 2-6-0 steam locomotive.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- 43142 is the real-life engine who's accident from August 8th, 1952 inspired Off the Rails in Gordon the Big Engine.
LMS Johnson Class "3F" No. 3512[]
3512 is an 0-6-0 tender engine originating from the Midland Railway. It would later become part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).
It appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia
Trivia[]
- In Thomas Goods Encyclopedia, the author of the book said thinks that the LMS Johnson Class "3F" is more resembles to James. His true basis is a modified L&YR Class 28.
- In the 2015 release, it is re-illustrated with the number 2012 on its cab and 12027 on its smokebox door.
- The Hornby James was manufactured using a Triang LMS 3F with altered moulding around the smokebox, extended frames and added pony-truck.
Gallery[]
LMS Jubilee Class No. 5596 Bahamas[]
Bahamas is a preserved British steam locomotive.
Biography[]
The Railway Series[]
Henry mentioned that he met Bahamas at Crewe during his overhaul in Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines.
Technical Details[]
Real-life history[]
5596 was built in 1935 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. He was named Bahamas in 1936 after the Bahamas, which were then part of the British Empire. After nationalisation in 1948, Bahamas was renumbered by British Railways to 45596 and transferred to Edge Hill, Liverpool.
In 1961, he was usually fitted with a double blastpipe and chimney and was returned to traffic and based at Carlisle. He was transferred to Stockport in July 1962, from which he was withdrawn from traffic in July 1966.
Now based at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, he is owned by the Bahamas Locomotive Society. Until the end of 2012, Bahamas was on loan to the National Railway Museum in York as a display inside the Great Hall, after taking part in the NRM's Railfest. Having raised funds for his next overhaul, the society is planning a special farewell event for Bahamas on 18th May 2013 at Ingrow station prior to dismantling their engine for overhaul. On 28th September 2018, Bahamas' overhaul was completed and the Jubilee moves under his own steam since his last run in 1994.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
- Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines - Birdstrike (mentioned)
Companion Volumes[]
- 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection (mentioned)
LMS Stanier Class 5 No. 4767 George Stephenson[]
Appearances[]
Annuals
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Trivia[]
- Henry is another member of this class.
LMS Stanier Class 5 No. 5157 The Glasgow Highlander[]
The Glasgow Highlander is a tender engine. It appeared in the Thomas Goods Encyclopedia.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
The Glasgow Highlander is painted in the British Railways' lined black livery, with red and black lining.
Trivia[]
- Henry is another member of this class.
Gallery[]
LMS Stanier Class 5 No. 5428 Eric Treacy[]
Appearances[]
Annuals
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Trivia[]
- Henry is another member of this class.
LMS Stanier Class 5 No. 44871[]
Appears in The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
LMS Stanier Class 5 No. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier[]
The Lancashire Fusilier is a tender engine. It appeared in the Mr. Perkins' Railway segments.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
The Lancashire Fusilier is painted in the British Railways' lined black livery, with red and black lining.
Trivia[]
- The nameplate the engine carries is named after a regiment that was in the British Army.
- This engine was once painted in the Furness Railway Indian Red Livery.
- Between 2000-2003 and 2018, it masqueraded as No. 45157 "The Glasgow Highlander"'.
- Henry is another member of this class.
LNER Class A3 No. 2544 Lemberg[]
Lemberg was an LNER Class A3 Pacific.
Biography[]
Lemberg was built at Doncaster Works in July 1924 as an LNER A1. He wore the number 2544. Lemberg was one of the first A1s to be rebuilt to an A3, in December 1927. Under Edward Thompson's renumbering scheme of 1946, he was renumbered 45. During British Railways service, he was numbered 60045. In 1958/9 he was fitted with a Kylchap blast pipe and smoke deflectors. He was finally withdrawn in November 1964 and was scrapped in January 1965.
The Elderly Brake Van once mentioned Lemberg, along with his sister Pretty Polly, saying they were named after racehorses who won the Derby. He referred to their names as silly for engines.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
Lemberg was originally painted in the LNER "Apple Green" livery with black and white lining. He was repainted in the LNER "Wartime Black" livery in 1942. After the war was over, he returned to his original "Apple Green" livery in 1947. Upon nationalisation in 1948, he was painted in the experimental BR "purple" livery with black and white lining. In 1950 he was repainted into BR express blue and was finally repainted in BR Deep Bronze green livery with black and orange lining in 1952.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
- Enterprising Engines - Tenders for Henry (indirectly mentioned)
- James and the Diesel Engines - Fire-Engine (indirectly mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Gordon, Flying Scotsman and Flying Thistle are other members of this class.
Gallery[]
LNER Class A3 No. 2560 Pretty Polly[]
Pretty Polly was an LNER A3 Pacific mentioned by the Elderly Brake Van in the annual story, Galloping Sausage. She was named after a female racehorse; the brake van commented that it was a silly name for an engine.
Biography[]
Built in April 1925 as an LNER A1 Pacific, Pretty Polly was rebuilt into an A3 in May 1944. She was first numbered to 2560, renumbered to 61, and finally 60061 under British Railways. Pretty Polly was withdrawn in September 1963 and scrapped soon afterward. She was Gordon, Lemberg and Flying Scotsman's sister and Green Arrow, Mallard, Spencer and the Flying Thistle's cousin.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
Pretty Polly first wore the LNER "Apple Green" livery with black and white linings until she was repainted in LNER "Wartime Black" livery in 1942, during World War II. After the war was over, Pretty Pretty retrieved her original "Apple Green" livery in 1947. During the nationalisation of British Railways was in 1948, the engine received BR Express Blue with black and white linings livery in 1950. She was finally repainted in BR Deep Bronze green with black and orange linings livery in 1952.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
- Enterprising Engines - Tenders for Henry (indirectly mentioned)
- James and the Diesel Engines - Fire-Engine (indirectly mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Gordon, Flying Scotsman and Flying Thistle are other members of this class.
Gallery[]
LNER Class A4 No. 2509 Silver Link[]
Silver Link was the first London and North Eastern Railway A4 Class locomotive, built in 1935 to pull a new train called the Silver Jubilee.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Appearance[]
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
LNER Class A4 No. 4464 Bittern[]
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Livery[]
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- Spencer and Mallard are other members of this class.
- Bittern has been used to protray Spencer (wearing Mavis' face) at Days Out with Thomas events on the Mid Hants Railway.
Gallery[]
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LNER Class A4 No. 4488 Union of South Africa[]
Union of South Africa is a streamlined tender engine.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Union of South Africa was built at the LNER's Doncaster Works in 1937 and entered service in June of that year carrying the number 4488. Under Thompson's 1946 renumbering scheme, the engine was renumbered 9 after the Second World War. After nationalisation, British Railways renumbered the engine 60009. Union of South Africa was withdrawn from service in June 1966.
The engine was later purchased by John Cameron the following month and 60009 was preserved on the now-defunct Lochty Private Railway in Fife, Scotland, travelling the 1.5 miles of track near Anstruther.
In 1973 the loco left the Lochty Private Railway by road and was taken to Ladybank to be placed back on the National Network. From there, it was taken to Kirkcaldy and was based in the former goods shed, from where it worked occasional tours from the Fife town. After a few years at Kirkcaldy it moved to Markinch and took up residency in the former goods shed, where it stayed until May 1994 – with the exception of a couple of years in a shed in the yard at nearby Thornton.
Livery[]
Union of South Africa is painted in British Railways Deep Bronze green livery.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
LNER Class A4 No. 4489 Dominion of Canada[]
Dominion of Canada is a streamlined tender engine.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Dominion of Canada was built at the LNER's Doncaster Works in 1937 and entered service in June of that year carrying the number 4489. Under Thompson's 1946 renumbering scheme, the engine was renumbered 10:after the Second World War. After nationalisation, British Railways renumbered the engine 60010. Dominion of Canada was withdrawn from service in May 1965.
Livery[]
Dominion of Canada was painted in British Railways Deep Bronze green livery when it arrived at the Canadian Railway Museum. But it was restored with LNER Garter Blue when it returned to the UK for a 2-year period to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the record-breaking run of its classmate Mallard.
Appearances[]
Appears in 1999 annual (mistaken as Mallard)
Trivia[]
- Spencer and Mallard are other members of this class.
- In the 1999 annual, Mallard incorrectly has the number 4489, which belongs to classmate Dominion of Canada. Dominion of Canada is unique in that it has a brass bell mounted on the smokebox, directly below the funnel and flush with its whistle.
Gallery[]
LNER Class A4 No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley[]
Sir Nigel Gresley is a streamlined tender engine, named after the man who designed its class.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
It is the 100th Gresley pacific built. In May 1959, Sir Nigel Gresley broke the record for fastest postwar steam locomotive at 112mph. Sir Nigel Gresley first appeared in Hello Thomas and James, when P-Chan was visiting the Watercress Line. It later appeared in the Mr. Perkins' Railway segments.
At the time of when the locomotive's respective Mr. Perkin's Railway segment was filmed, the locomotive was preserved at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in daily operation. It is owned by the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Preservation Trust Ltd. and operated by the A4 Locomotive Society Ltd. on behalf of the Trust.
60007's boiler ticket has now expired and the locomotive was withdrawn from service for overhaul in September 2015. The overhaul is being carried out in public view at the National Railway Museum in York. In 2021, The National Railway Museum said that they wanted 60007 removed from their workshop to make way for other restoration projects. 60007's overhaul is likely to be completed in Crewe.
Livery[]
Sir Nigel Gresley is painted in British Railways' express passenger blue livery with black and white lining.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
LNER Class D49 No. 258 The Cattistock[]
Appears in The Thomas The Tank Engine Man (mentioned)
LNER Thompson/Peppercorn Class K1 No. 62005[]
Appearances[]
Annuals
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LNWR Bloomer Class No. 1009 Wolverton[]
Appears in Run! Thomas & Friends "Steam Locomotive is Alive"
Trivia[]
- Bloomer is another member of this class.
LSWR S15 Class No. 825[]
825 is an LSWR S15 class tender engine. 30506 is also a member of this class. It appeared in the Mr. Perkins' Railway segments.
LSWR S15 Class No. 30506[]
30506 is an LSWR S15 class tender engine that appeared in Hello Thomas and James, on the Mid Hants Railway. 825 is also a member of this class. The engine was withdrawn from service in January of 1964 and was bought by The Urie Locomotive Society. 30506 underwent a major overhaul in 1998 and is currently undergoing another one.
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NER Class T2 No. 63395[]
63395 is a tender engine. It appeared in the Mr. Perkins' Railway segments.
This engine's boiler ticket expired at the end of 2016 and is currently having a ten year overhaul before it could return to the line.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
63395 is painted in British Railways' black livery.
Trivia[]
- This engine was the very last in BR days to be given a heavy/general overhaul at Darlington Works, hence it was selected for preservation.
NER Class Z No. 706[]
Appears in The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
NYC J-3a Class No. 5450[]
The New York Central No. 5450 was a J3a class 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive built in 1938 by Alco for the New York Central railroad.
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Real-life History[]
5450 was built in 1938 by Alco for the New York Central Railroad.
This streamlined locomotive was used for high-speed passenger service on the New York Central's own crack passenger trains, such as the 20th Century Limited.
The engine wore the streamlining which applied to the locomotive as built, but it was removed by the late 1940s.
By the 1950, the locomotive was retired from active service and it was scrapped shortly after.
Livery[]
Apperances[]
Appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia (2015)
Trivia[]
- Connor is a member of this class.
- This is one of 9 locomotives that wears the streamlining which was designed by Henry Dreyfuss.
- The locomotive apparently suffered a boiler explosion in 1943.
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PRR G5s No. 5741[]
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5741 is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive that appears in A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie.
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Real-life History[]
Built in 1924 at the PRR's Juniata Shops for the Pennsylvania Railroad it was the most powerful ten-wheeler produced in the US and became the standard PRR commuter locomotive until superceded by diesels in the 1950s.
Today it's on static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Trivia[]
- This engine coincidentally shares Duck's Great Western number from the Railway Series.
- The G5s class was designed by William F. Keisel, the railroad's chief engineer, for commuter service - a task which required speed, power and the ability to stop and start frequently.
S&DR Locomotion No. 1[]
Locomotion No. 1 (originally named Active) is an early steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1825 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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Real-life History[]
Locomotion No. 1 was ordered by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company in September 1824; its design benefitted from George Stephenson's experience building his series of Killingworth locomotives.
In September 1825, Locomotion No. 1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and became the first locomotive to run on a public railway. On 1 July 1828, it was heavily damaged when its boiler exploded at Aycliffe Lane station, resulting in the death of its driver. It was rebuilt but, as a consequence of the rapid advances in locomotive design, Locomotion No. 1 became obsolete within a decade. It was used on the railway until 1850, after which it was converted into a stationary engine. The locomotive was later preserved in 1857 and put on display.
The locomotive is currently on static display at the Locomotion museum in Shildon. A working replica of Locomotion has also been built in 1975 and following years of operation at Beamish Museum is now on display at the Head of Steam museum.
Livery[]
Locomotion No.1 is currently painted dark brown with black wheels and funnel.
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SECR D class No. 731[]
Appears in The Making of The Great Race
SNCB Type 12 No. 12.004[]
Appears in The Making of The Great Race
Trivia[]
- Axel is another member of this class.
SR Lord Nelson Class No. 850 Lord Nelson[]
SR Lord Nelson Class 850 Lord Nelson appears in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel
SR V Class No. 925 Cheltenham[]
SR No. 925 'Cheltenham' appears in Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel
SR U Class No. 31625[]
31625 is a Southern Railway U Class.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
1625 was built at Ashford Works in March 1929 for the Southern Railway. All members of the class entered British Railways service in 1948, and it was renumbered as 31625. In January 1964, the locomotive was withdrawn from service and 5 months later moved to Barry Scrapyard. On March 1980, it would be purchased from Barry Scrapyard and moved to the Mid-Hants Railway, where it would be restored for preservation and mainline rail tours.
The Mid-Hants Railway would repainted the locomotive into the livery of James the Red Engine for Days Out with Thomas events. The engine retained this colour scheme for many years and participated in The Railway Series golden jubilee celebrations at the National Railway Museum. It was the only replica Thomas character to be certified to run on the mainline in the UK.
It departed the Mid-Hants Railway in August 2014 following the expiration of its loan agreement and is currently stored at the Swanage Railway following cosmetic restoration.
Livery[]
31625 is currently painted in British Railways mixed-traffic lined black livery with red, cream and grey lining and the British Railways crest on the tender. It was previously painted in the livery of James the Red Engine.
From 1928, the entire class was painted in Maunsell's lined Southern Railway Olive green with yellow markings and "Southern" on the tender.
Appearances[]
Appears in Hello Thomas and James and Thomas Goods Encyclopedia
SR West Country Class No. 34105 Swanage[]
Swanage is a Southern Railway West Country class steam locomotive that appears in Thomas and the U.K. Trip. Rebecca is another member of its class.
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Real-life History[]
The locomotive spent its career based primarily at Bournemouth and pulling express trains from London's Waterloo Station to Bournemouth and the Somerset and Dorset line to Bath. Taken out of service in 1964, it was sold to Woodham Brothers Scrapyard at Barry, Wales, where it remained until 1978 when it was bought by Richard Hedder and moved to the Mid Hants Railway. Returning to steam in 1987, it was taken out of service in 1997 to undergo an overhaul. It is currently at the Watercress Line for overhaul.
Trivia[]
- Rebecca and Winston Churchill are other members of this class.
Strasburg Railroad No. 90[]
Strasburg Railroad No. 90 is a steam locomotive owned by the Strasburg Railroad in Strasburg, Pennsylvania that appears in one of the interview segments of 10 Years of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, as well as Storytime with Thomas.
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Real-life History[]
Built in 1924 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA it originally worked for the Great Western Railroad in Colorado, hauling sugar beet trains 40 to 50 cars long.
It was purchased by the Strasburg Railroad in 1967, and is now one of the last operating Decapod type locomotives in the United States.
Trivia[]
- In addition, it also appears in a Shining Time Station episode, "Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station".
- In 1968, it double headed with former Canadian Pacific Railroad 4-6-2 No. 127 (Formally No. 1278) to help out with Ross Rowland's excursions along the steep grades.
- No. 90 was the Strasburg Railroad's largest locomotive.
- Following WWII, the locomotive was used primarily in the Autumn during the harvest season.
Union Pacific Big Boy[]
Union Pacific Big Boy are a series of of 4-8-8-4 simple articulated type of steam locomotive built specially for the Union Pacific railroad between 1941-1944.
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Real-life History[]
The Union Pacific Big Boy were designed to haul heavy freight trains over Sherman Hill and Wasatch mountains. They’re the elongated version of the early challengers by Arthur H Fetter.
During World War II in the 1940s, railroads in the US were in dire need of larger steam locomotives to deliver long and heavy trains (which became longer and heavier due to the stock market boom as a result of the US recovering from the Great Depression; aside from having more materials needed to built vehicles and weapons to supply troops in combat), to whom the economy skyrocketed after the Great Depression, and many companies relied on trains to deliver their goods.
Eight Big Boys are preserved, with one, No. 4014, in operational condition.
Livery[]
The Big Boy is painted in graphite black with grey smokebox.
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Trivia[]
- Big Boys were rarely occasionally assigned to passenger service.
- The Big Boy has more steam valve controls than any other type of steam locomotive.
- The Big Boys smokestack were actually two smokestacks combined and covered with smoke deflectors.
- The Big Boy was so big it could use more than 22 tons of coal and 12,000 gallons of water in just one hour.
- Most average people and train enthusiasts often confuse the Challenger and Big Boy for one another. The main differences are the position of the boiler number plate, and the wheel arrangements.
- A model of the Big Boy was seen in the Eyewitness Train book with a Thomas & Friends puzzle.
- They are the most iconic and best-known steam locomotives on the Union Pacific.
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Virginia and Truckee Railroad No. 20 Tahoe[]
Tahoe is a steam engine that once belonged to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. It appeared in A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Built in 1875 by the Baldwin Locomotive works for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad it spent its long life as a haul ore engine, as well as a passenger engine when it's needed.
In 1911, it was converted to an oil burner. After over fifty years service hauling ore as well as passenger trains, it went into storage at Carson City, NV, in 1926.
In 1942, "Tahoe" was sold for $2,000 to Clifford C. Bong Construction, and it helped build several railroad classification yards for the US Army Engineering Corps until 1944 when it was retired. After the war, it was stored in Bong's Arcadia, CA, yard until bought by the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in 1968. It was shipped back to Strasburg on a flat car, where the Strasburg Railroad shops later restored it to roughly how it would have appeared when delivered in 1875.
As of today it is still resides at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania while it sits Side-By-Side with Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5741.
Trivia[]
- The "Tahoe", like many a steam locomotive back then, had its fair share of incidents.
- The locomotive was nicknamed "The Mighty Mogul" because it was "better and stronger" than the lighter American-type 4-4-0 Dayton.
- In July 1887, it was hauling some ore cars uphill to Virginia City, NV, when some of the cars derailed near Eureka Mill siding. While the "Tahoe" was stopped there, the Dayton, pulling the local passenger train, came around the curve and ran head long into No. 20 causing severe damage.
- The Tahoe is the only V&T locomotive on display east of the Mississippi.
Leetonia Railway No. 1[]
Leetonia Railway No. 1 is a Shay locomotive that briefly appeared in A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie.
Technical Details[]
Real-life History[]
Built in 1906 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Enterprise Lumber of Sims, LA, as #4 it was used for logging operation until it was sold to Cherry River Boom & Lumber, Richwood, WV, as #16 in 1913.
In 1953 it was leased to Beech Mountain Railroad, Alexander, WV, then one year later in 1954 it was finally sold to Ely-Thomas Lumber in Fenwick, WV, where it worked as #2.
It was retired from service in 1964, and it is now seen on static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Trivia[]
- The locomotive was bought by the museum in 1966 and restored to look like one of the Shays that operated on the Leetonia Logging Railway in the Pine Creek area of Pennsylvania, although it never actually worked on the Leetonia.
- In 1949 it went to J. Natwick & Co., Alexander, WV; and in 1950 to F. C. Cook, Alexander, WV.
- This is one of two shays that appeared in "A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie". The other is Georgetown Loop No. 14
- Opened in 1899 it ceased operations in the early 1920's by which time most of the lumber had been milled out. None of the Shays that operated on the Leetonia has survived.
WD Austerity 2-8-0 No. 90733[]
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- Mallard -
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- Sir Gillemere -
- Stephenson's Rocket -
- Strasburg Railroad No. 475 -
- The Coalbrookdale Locomotive -
- The Dukes -
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- Union Pacific No. 844 -
- Virginian No. 906 -
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- Earl of Berkeley -
- 1638 -
- Evening Star -
- "Old Coppernob" -
- GNR No. 1 -
- Caerphilly Castle -
- Gladstone -
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- Winston Churchill -
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