James is a red mixed traffic engine from The Island of Sodor.
Personality
James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. He thinks himself superior to the others and can be shallow, boastful, overconfident, naughty, and vain, particularly to those who appear old-fashioned, weak, slow, or dirty. This has caused him to have somewhat of a rivalry with Edward, Percy, Toby and Duck. However, on a number of occasions, he has found himself in need of help from those whom he has insulted and is, in the end, apologetic. Despite everything else, James has shown a caring side, is normally hard-working and like every other engine, wants to be responsible, reliable and really useful.
Technical Details
Basis
James is an experimental member of the L&YR Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender locomotive designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and built by Horwich Works between 1909 and 1912. He is fitted with a front pony truck (thus making him a 2-6-0 instead of an 0-6-0) and a Fowler tender.His front sandboxes also appear to be mounted underneath his footplate rather than his splashers.
Livery
James is red with yellow lining on the boiler and black lining on the tender, as he does on the 'Thomas and Friends' show. However his splashers have dark blue lining as he did in 'The Railway Series'. James also has a gleaming brass dome and black wheels. He has yellow lettering with black outlines and his windows have yellow lining.
Biography
James first debuted in Tracy's Heavy Haul telling Tracy that he knew she likes to do big jobs, stating that Rodrick and Humphrey told him at her yard.
James makes an appearance near the end of Tillie's Tricky Travels, when he passes Tillie worried about her condition when she climbs the hill.
Trivia
- There are two James models used in Crotoonia. The first one was used in the first two Crotoonia music videos.