Toad

From Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia

Toad
Class: GWR 20-ton brakevan

Toad is a Great Western brakevan who escaped from scrap with Oliver and Isabel.

Contents 1 Bio 2 Persona 3 Basis 4 Livery 5 Appearances 6 Merchandising 7 Trivia 8 Gallery

Bio

Toad worked with Oliver on the Great Western Railway before being threatened with the prospect of scrapping. Oliver, Toad and an autocoach named Isabel ran away for the greener pastures of the North Western Railway, but Oliver ran out of coal en route. Luckily, they were rescued by Douglas and brought back to Sodor, where Toad asked to be Douglas' brakevan to thank him.

When Scruffey began to start a trend of disrespecting the engines, Toad had the idea for Oliver to show Scruffey and his lieutenants the error of their ways. This turned out better than expected, for Oliver pulled Scruffey apart and won back the respect of the trucks.

Persona

Unlike the rest of the trucks, Toad is devoutly respectful of the engines - he even addresses them as "Mr." - and incredibly polite. Toad is also somewhat imaginative and a bit of an optimist.

Basis

Toad is based on a GWR Standard 20-ton brakevan.

Livery

Toad is painted gray with "GW 56831" written on the side in white.

Appearances

In the Railway Series, Toad only appeared in "Oliver the Western Engine"; he previously appeared in "Enterprising Engines" with no dialogue.

In the television series, Toad was introduced in the third season, but only had speaking roles in the fourth, fifth, seventh and twelfth seasons. He also made a cameo in the eighth season.

Merchandising

• ERTL (discontinued)
• Learning Curve Wooden (re-introduced in 2006)
• Bandai Tecs
• TOMY/Trackmaster
• Take-Along
• Hornby

Trivia

• Toad's name originates from a nickname given to brakevans on the Great Western Railway.
• In the television series, Toad remains Oliver's brakevan.
• Toad's original Learning Curve model incorrectly stated that he was a 16-ton breakvan.
• Toad's model is on display at Drayton Manor without a face.

Gallery

			Toad in Season 7
Toad derails	Toad is grubby	Toad in the pond
	Toad Stands By	Toad and the derailed trucks	ERTL Toad
Hornby Toad	Take-Along Toad	Wooden Toad	Real Toad

North Western Railway rolling stock
Annie and Clarabel • Henrietta • Elsie • Toad • Isabel and Dulcie • Alice and Mirabel • S. C. Ruffey • Fred Pelhay • Rickety • Victoria • Helena • Thomas' special coach • Troublesome Trucks • "The Flying Kipper" • The spiteful breakvan • The ballast spreader • The circus trucks • Cattle trucks • China Clay trucks • Ffarquhar Quarry Co. trucks • Flatbeds and wellwagons • The breakdown train • Brakevans
The Chinese Dragon • Mail coaches • Old Slow Coach • Gordon's snow machine • Rocky • Hector • Emily's coaches • James' new trucks • Thomas' old trucks • Thomas' new trucks • Toby's museum coach • Gordon's special coaches • Flora's tram car • Express coaches • Old coaches • Orange coaches • Milk wagons • Tar wagons • Red coaches • Bolster wagons • Fuel tankers • Spencer's private coaches • Oil tankers • The fireworks vans • Cream tankers • Jam wagons • The dining coach • Raspberry tankers • The toffee tanker • Funfair trucks
The elderly brakevan • Bennett and Co.