There have been several engines both from and outside of the Island of Sodor that have appeared in the TV series, Thomas & Friends, and the book series, the Railway Series, but they don't have as much of a significant role in The Railways of Crotoonia.
Bear[]
Bear (originally known by his number, Diesel 7101) is a green (originally blue) mixed-traffic diesel engine From The Island of Sodor. His name comes from the growling noises his engine makes, which makes him sound like a bear.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Bear is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 35 "Hymek" Bo-Bo. one-hundred and one members of this class were built from 1961 to 1964. They were known as "Hymeks" because of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units. They were withdrawn between 1971 and 1975, a short life caused by British Railways designating diesel-hydraulic engines non-standard following the withdrawal of steam. Four "Hymeks" have been preserved by heritage railways, such as the East Lancashire Railway in North West England.
Bear's original number, 7101, is an in-joke: the Class 35s was only numbered up to 7100. As Beyer, Peacock and Company was the only company to build the Class 35, all were built in numerical order. Therefore it is safe to say Bear was built after D7100, who entered service on 5 February, 1964.
Livery[]
When he first arrived on Sodor, Bear was painted in the BR Rail Blue with yellow window surroundings livery. He also had yellow warning panels on his front and back end.
When he became part of the North Western Railway, Bear was painted in the BR Deep Bronze green with a narrow band of lime along the bottom of his sides and cream window surroundings livery. His yellow warning panels on his front and back end became smaller. His rooftop is painted grey. His number was painted on the sides of his cab in white (D7101) on his original livery and (D3) on his current livery.
Appearances[]
Crotoonia Timbits[]
- Paxton's Dockside Shunting
Billy[]
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William (better known by his nickname Billy) is a small orange tank engine who works on Sodor and at the salt mines in Bartlett Bay.
Biography[]
He is seen in Tracy the Harbour Engine shunting a line of vans as Mr. Noisy calls out to Ten Cents about the freight delivery from Gridinia Bay Junction, and later seen with Porter and Samson witnessing Tracy's crash off the ferry quayside. He is also seen in a Crotoonian Shoots short at the Bartlett Bay Salt Mines as a loaned engine.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Billy is based on a Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0ST. Charlie is another member of this class.
Livery[]
Billy is painted orange with green and yellow lining. He has black nameplates with his name in gold on each side of his saddle tank.
Whistle[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy the Harbour Engine | Active |
BoCo[]
BoCo is a large green mixed-traffic diesel from the Island of Sodor.
Biography[]
He makes a cameo in Beached Wheels, being rerailed by Calley at Breakwood Park and another one in Cheesy Livi as he passes McCrakenton Freight Depot pulling a train of refrigerated boxcars.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
BoCo is based on a BR Class 28 Co-Bo diesel-electric engine.
Livery[]
BoCo is painted NWR apple green with red bufferbeams. The number "D5702" is painted on his cab sides in white.
Horn[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Cheesy Livi | Active |
Trivia[]
- BoCo's name is derived from his wheel arrangement.
- Boco's horn sound is an altered version of Mavis'.
BR Class 08s[]
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
These diesels are based on a BR Class 08. Over seventy members of this class survive today in preservation, while around 100 remain in service on the national rail network. They were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world, with 996 of them built. Ruth, Arry, Diesel, Bert, Splatter and Dodge are also based on this class.
Livery[]
The diesels are painted in the Britsh Railways black livery with yellow warning panels and black hazard stripes, which was the standard livery for many engines from 1948 until the mid-1960s.
Audio Files[]
Horns[]
Diesel #01
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Snow, Snow, Snow Music Video | Active | To be added |
Diesel #02
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Snow, Snow, Snow Music Video | Active | To be added |
City of Truro[]
City of Truro is a famous tender engine from the Great Western Railway. He is believed to be the first engine to reach a speed of 100 mph. He briefly appears in Stepney's flashback in Russ Gets Rollin'.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
City of Truro is based on the real locomotive of the same name, built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway (GWR). He briefly appears in Russ Gets Rollin' as one of the engines in Stepney's flashback.
Livery[]
City of Truro is painted in his original GWR green with orange and black lining and dark red and brown frames.
D199[]
Diesel 199 nicknamed "Spamcan" and "Old Reliable", is a diesel engine from British Railways.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
D199 is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 46 "Peak" 1Co-Co1 diesel-electric engine. The Class 46s never made it up to D199. They were numbered between D138 to D193. Fifty-six of them were built from 1961 to 1963, with three of them preserved by heritage railways, such as the Midland Railway - Butterly, while one (46009) was destroyed in the nuclear flask crash test at Old Dalby in 1984.
Livery[]
D199 is painted in the BR Rail Blue livery. He has yellow warning panels on his front and back end. The BR Double Arrow logo is painted on his sides in white and "D199" is painted on the sides of his cab, also in white. His rooftop is painted light grey. His buffer beams are painted red with black buffers.
Apperances[]
- Season 1 (refreshed series) - Safety First! (Cameo)
D5701[]
Diesel 5701 is a blue mixed-traffic diesel engine who works for British Railways.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
D5701 is based on the real British Rail (BR) Class 28 Co-Bo diesel-electric engine of the same number. The BR Class 28s were initially used on the "Condor" express freight services but the class's Crossley engines quickly proved problematic. They suffered frequent failures, and in 1961 the entire class was handed back to the manufacturer for remedial work on the engines, and to cure problems with cab windows falling out while running. Upon return to service in 1962, all members of the class were allocated to Barrow-in-Furness. The BR Class 28s were withdrawn and scrapped by the end of 1969 with only one engine, D5705, surviving preservation. BoCo is also a member of this class.
Livery[]
D5701 was painted in the BR Rail Blue livery. He has yellow warning panels on his front and back end. His rooftop was painted light grey. He was the only Class 28 to be painted in Rail Blue.
Dennis[]
Dennis is a lazy gray diesel who dislikes doing any work at all and would rather let other engines do it for him.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Dennis is based on British Rail (BR) 11001, a prototype Bulleid diesel built at Ashford Works, England in 1949 and scrapped in 1959.
Norman is also based on BR 11001.
Livery[]
Dennis is painted two-tone grey with dark grey wheels, gearboxes, roof, running board and front. His number 11001 is painted on his sides in white, and his jackshaft is red.
Derek[]
Derek, also known as Paxman Diesel and The Paxman, is a large green diesel who is known for his initial "teething" troubles.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Derek is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 17, also known as the Clayton Diesel-electric Type 1. 117 members of this class were built between 1962 and 1965. Derek's problems were undoubtedly inspired by those of his basis, as the twin Paxman engines of the real Class 17s were unreliable, being prone to problems with the camshaft, cylinder head and other areas. Because of these problems, all Class 17s were withdrawn by the end of 1971, after less than 10 years of service. One Class 17, D8568, is preserved at the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway in South Oxfordshire, England. According to David Maidment, Derek (then known as Paxman) was originally envisioned as a BR Class 14 (also known as the D95XX series, nicknamed "Teddy Bears") diesel-hydraulic locomotive. Fifty-six of these engines were built at Swindon Works between 1964 and 1965. Some of these engines worked as bankers at Ebbw Vale and had a tendency to run hot, leaving the Class 37 diesels to pull both the train and the banker to the top. These incidents became the basis for the story of Derek's debut in Double Teething Troubles. A total of 19 engines of this class are preserved on various heritage railways around the United Kingdom.
Livery[]
Derek is painted in the BR Deep Bronze green livery. He has yellow warning panels on his front and back ends. He has white lining on his window frames and he has the BR Ferret and Dartboard crest on his sides.
Apperances[]
- Season 1 (refreshed series) - Safety First! (Cameo)
Fergus[]
Fergus is a small railway traction engine from the Island of Sodor.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Fergus is based on the Aveling and Porter 2-2-0WT 'TJ' class railway traction engine No. 9449 "The Blue Circle", the last standard gauge traction engine to ever be built. Like Fergus, "The Blue Circle" worked at a cement works, Snodland Cement Works, between 1926 and 1962. It was presented to the Bluebell Railway in April of 1964, but was deemed "too slow" and loaned to a group at Quainton Road in 1997. In 2001 it was officially sold to them, and then later in 2005 to the Chinnor Princes and Risborough Railway. In 2007, it was sold to the Battlefield Line at Shackerston. In January 2015, it then moved to the Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway. After being bought again in 2019, it moved to work on the Nene Valley Railway.
Livery[]
Fergus is painted reflex blue with gold boiler bands and red wheels. He has a brass funnel cap and bronze buffers.
Apperances[]
Crotoonia Timbits[]
- Mixed Traffic at Gridinia Bay Junction
Murdoch[]
Murdoch is an orange tender engine from Island of Sodor.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Murdoch is based on a BR Standard Class 9F with a BR1G Standard type tender, which was used for fast and heavy goods trains. The class was the last of the BR Standards and the final steam engine class built by British Railways, with the last one, "Evening Star", built in March 1960. Due to the size and shape of the class, they were given the nickname "Spaceships". "Evening Star" and eight other 9Fs are preserved. One 9F, "Black Prince" holds the record for hauling the heaviest steam-hauled train in all of England, Scotland and Wales, at 2,198 tons. "Evening Star", the very last steam locomotive built by BR, is also part of the National Collection.
Livery[]
Murdoch is painted dull orange with green and red lining. He has smoke deflectors, on which he wears red nameplates with his name in gold.
Audio Files[]
Norman[]
Norman is an orange diesel from with a unibrow from Island of Sodor.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Norman is based on British Rail (BR) 11001, a prototype Bulleid diesel built at Ashford Works, England in 1949 and scrapped in 1959.
Livery[]
Norman is painted orange-red with yellow lining and a dark grey roof. His paint is chipped in places and shows signs of weathering.
Audio Files[]
Paxton[]
Paxton is a green diesel shunter from the Island of Sodor.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Paxton is based on a BR Class 08 diesel-electric shunter. Over seventy members of this class survive today in preservation, while around 100 remain in service on the national rail network. They were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world, with a total 996 of them built. Diesel, Splatter, Dodge, 'Arry, Bert, Sidney, and Ruth are also members of this class.
Livery[]
Paxton is painted green with yellow lining and black wheels.
Horn[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Paxton's Dockside Shunt | Active |
Porter[]
Porter is a dockside shunter who works on The Island of Sodor.
Biography[]
During a particularly busy day at Gridinia Bay Docks, Porter came by from Sodor to round up goods to take back, along with doing portions of shunting; he left for home later that evening.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Porter is based on the H.K. Porter 0-6-0ST, built in Butler, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. These mainly worked in the dockyards on the east coast of the United States. The Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Railroad, which served the dockyards in Brooklyn, New York, owned several examples of Porter's design, all of which were retired after the railroad started using diesel locomotives in 1963. One of these, B.E.D.T. 15, was rebuilt into an operating replica of Thomas by the Strasburg Railroad in 1998 for use during Day Out with Thomas events throughout the US. Porter appears to be directly based on B.E.D.T. 15 prior to its rebuild. Another engine, 14, is preserved at the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society in Arkville, New York.
Livery[]
Porter is painted viridian with yellow stripes and lining, brass fittings and gold nameplates with black lettering. He has a gold star on each side of his lamp and red window frames.
Whistle[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy the Harbour Engine | Active |
Proteus[]
Proteus is a legendary yellow narrow gauge saddle tank engine with a magical lamp.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Proteus is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Sir Haydn, a Hughes Falcon 0-4-2ST. Sir Handel shares the same basis.
Livery[]
Proteus is painted bright yellow with red lining and brass nameplates.
Ryan[]
Ryan is a purple tank engine who works on Sodor with Daisy. He has occasionally been seen hauling freight trains or shunting freight cars in the background.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Ryan is based on an GNR 0-6-2 N2.
Livery[]
Ryan is painted purple with white and gold lining. The initials "GNR" are painted on the sides of his tanks in gold and his number (1014) is painted on the sides of his bunker, also in gold. He also has brass nameplates on the sides of his boiler.
Whistle[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy the Harbour Engine | Active |
Samson[]
Samson is a cabless tank engine who lives in England. He visited Gridinia Bay Docks in Tracy the Harbour Engine to drop off freight with Bradford.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Samson is based on a Neilson 0-4-0 saddle tank engine that worked at the High Harrington Ironworks on the Furness Railway.
Livery[]
Samson is painted viridian with red lining. He has gold nameplates, number plates and handrails.
Whistle[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy the Harbour Engine | Active |
Sonny[]
Sonny is a well-tank engine who makes a brief cameo in Skipper Express shunting cars at Grofflen Harbour.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Sonny is based on the Haydock Foundry well-tank locomotive Bellerophon, built in 1874 and designed by Josiah Evans.
Livery[]
Sonny is painted dark navy blue with gold lining, white boiler bands and painted number, black running-board, dome, wheels, and safety-valve stand, and red and black buffers.
Whistle[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Skipper Express | Active |
Stafford[]
Stafford is a battery-electric shunting engine. He makes a very quick cameo in Russ Gets Rollin' shunting at Grofflen Harbour.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Stafford is based on the North Staffordshire Railway's battery-electric No. 1.
Livery[]
Stafford is made of veneered wood with yellow lining. The number "1917" and gold nameplates are on his sides.
Audio Files[]
Horn[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | N/A |
The Big City Engine[]
The Big City Engine is an express tender engine who works for British Railways.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The Big City Engine is based on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) "Patriot" Class 4-6-0.
Livery[]
The Big City Engine is painted in the British Railways livery of Brunswick green with red lining.
The Red Engine[]
The Red Engine is a red tender engine who briefly appears as one of the engines in Stepney's flashback in Russ Gets Rollin'.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The Red Engine is based on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 28. James is also based on this.
Livery[]
The Red Engine is painted red with black lining and yellow boiler bands.
| England/Uk | Spencer | Logan | Samson | Splatter and Dodge | BR Class 08 Twins | Diesel 5701 | Class 40 | D199 | |
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| USA | |
| Canada | Theodore | Hank | Emily | George | Foduck | Digby | Sigrid | |
| Mexico | |
| China | Mulan |
| Japan | Yaemon | |
| Russia | |
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| Switzerland | |
| Colombia | Gator |