"I only have one thing to say to such a really useful engine - welcome, Stafford!"

— Sir Topham Hatt, Welcome Stafford, sixteenth season

Stafford
Number: 1917 Configuration: 4w

Stafford is a battery-electric shunting engine.

Contents 1 Bio 2 Persona 3 Livery 4 Basis 5 Appearances 5.1 Television series 5.2 Magazine stories 6 Voice Actor 7 Trivia 8 Merchandise 9 Gallery

BioEdit

When Stafford first arrived on the Island, Spencer was given the job of showing him around. Spencer failed to listen to a warning about Stafford's battery running out and when it did, Spencer did not notice. Spencer later ran out of coal and Stafford had to shunt him to Knapford. There Sir Topham Hatt called Stafford a really useful engine and welcomed him to Sodor.

PersonaEdit

Stafford is a humble, courteous little chap, who is a very different sort of engine from any other on the Fat Controller's railway. This is because Stafford is an electric battery engine; he is not a steam engine or a Diesel engine. Stafford is fueled by recharging his battery, which needs to be done frequently so he can go about his work as a shunting engine. Stafford is very patient, calm, and mannerly. He does not let the antics of the bigger, haughtier engines bother him too much, keeps level-headed as he goes about his day, and brushes off any troubles without much fuss. He is more than content with taking things slow and not having to travel long distances and he is more than proud to work on the Fat Controller's railway.

LiveryEdit

Stafford is made of veneered wood with yellow lining and his number and gold nameplates on his sides.

BasisEdit

Stafford is based on the North Staffordshire Railway's battery-electric No. 1.

AppearancesEdit

Television seriesEdit

• Season 16 - Welcome Stafford
• Season 17 - Steamie Stafford

Magazine storiesEdit

• 2012 - The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 648) and Welcome Stafford (speaks in speech bubble only)

Voice ActorEdit

• Keith Wickham (UK/US; sixteenth season onwards)
• Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Japan)
• Waldemar Barwiński (Poland)

TriviaEdit

• Stafford is the first electric engine introduced in the television series and the first ever named.
• Stafford's number comes from the year his basis was built.

MerchandiseEdit

• TrackMaster
• Wooden Railway
• Take-n-Play
• Wind-up (Japan only)

GalleryEdit

North Western Railway
Thomas • Edward • Henry • Gordon • James • Percy • Toby • Duck • Donald and Douglas • Oliver • Barry • The Austerity Engine • The Red Engine • Bill and Ben • Daisy • BoCo • Bear • Mavis • The Works Diesel • Pip and Emma • Peel Godred Engines
Harvey • Emily • Fergus • Arthur • Murdoch • Molly • Neville • Rosie • Whiff • Billy • Stanley • Hank • Flora • Victor • Charlie • Bash and Dash • Ferdinand • Scruff • Belle • Diesel • Derek • Diesel 10 • 'Arry and Bert • Salty • Dennis • Den • Dart • Sidney • Paxton • Norman • Flynn • Winston • Stafford