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Who is Thomas the Tank Engine?
Thomas the Tank Engine is the central character in HIT Entertainment's Thomas & Friends. Thomas can be found in toys, books, videos and even a feature film. Millions of children around the world enjoy the magical world of Thomas the Train. That's because Thomas and his friends are more than just trains—they are a child's true blue friends. The adventures of Thomas and Friends help your child learn the important lessons of teamwork, fair play and the value of friendship.
The award winning Wooden Railway System offers little engineers the opportunity to recreate their favorite adventures and invent new ones. Playing with the railway will help develop physical, social and cognitive skills, as well as a sense of accomplishment. Your child will be inspired to believe that little people – like little engines - can do BIG things!
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Thomas the Train History
Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends are based on the Railway Series of books written by the Reverend W. Awdry (1911–1997). The stories were created in 1942 to entertain the Reverend's son, Christopher, who was confined to bed with the measles. That Christmas, a simple wooden train named Thomas was made for Christopher. This led to the creation of even more stories about Thomas Train and his railway friends. Eventually, at his wife's encouragement, The Reverend found a publisher for the stories and in 1945 The Three Railway Engines was published. The stories in this book featured Edward, Gordon and Henry. (Thomas isn't featured until the second book, Thomas the Tank Engine.) Reverend Awdry published 26 books before retiring in 1973. In the early 1980s, Christopher continued in his father's footsteps. He began creating Railway stories for his own young son, Richard, and published his first story in 1983. In all, 40 Railway Series books were published. (You can read more about the Reverend and Christopher at the Awdry Family Web Site.
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Non-Televised Characters: (These are Characters who were in the books, but never made it to the TV screens.)
WILBERT
Wilbert lives in the Forest Of Dean Railway, and named after The Rev. W. Awdry. He was glad to help at Sodor when Donald and Douglas couldn’t manage the goods work alone, when he found his line too short. However, he temporarily had to help out on Thomas’ Line when Percy had an incident with some porridge, but went to Duck’s line afterward to help Donald and Douglas. He’s a stronger engine than he seems and is very organized when handling difficult, hard jobs.
SIXTEEN (16)
A main character from a story Wilbert told, this engine (Who only had a number for a name) worked in a steelworks, and went “cab over wheels” down an embankment when he disobeyed a DANGER notice.
IVO HUGH
The newest Skarloey Engine to have been built and named after the Chief Engineer of the maintenance Crew. Not much is known of his personality as he only featured on the last page of the last book of the Railway Series.
NEIL
Built in the 1860s , Neil was part of the Sodor and Mainland Railway and helped to ferry Skarloey from the port of Kirkronan to his home at the Skarloey Railway terminus of Crovan's Gate. Very little is known of the engine, or what happened to it following the amalgamation of the S&M with the other railways on Sodor to become the NWR and fell under the control of Sir Topham Hatt. Undoubtedly the engine was most probably scrapped when deemed to be outdated or incapable of dealing with the more modern day workloads.
FLYING SCOTSMAN
The last surviving locomotive of the A3 class, (with the exception of Gordon), and the first locomotive to go 100 Miles Per Hour came to Sodor in 1968 prior to being shipped to America for a number of years by owner Alan Pegler. Flying Scotsman proved popular with the engines, however, did spark a little jealousy with Henry, who proved envious of his two tenders! He provided Gordon and the others reassurance at a time when steam on the mainland was officially being abolished in favour of modern Diesel traction. Flying Scotsman is now out of private ownership and was bought by the National Railway Museum in York in April 2004.
D199
D199 came from the Other Railway along with 7101, and managed to cause uproar in the sheds amongst the engines.
But during his stay, the arrogant Diesel failed, which led to Henry having to form a “Super Rescue” by hauling both him and 7101 and their trains to the nearest station.
Diesel 199 was terribly embarrassed—he was called names from “Spamcan” to “Old Reliable”, and thus was sent home immediately.
BEAR
Bear started out in life as an engine on the Other Railway, numbered 7101, who came to Sodor along with 199 for a loan period. He did not approve of his companion's comments toward the engines they were staying with and duly told him so.
During a run with the Limited, in which ironically both Diesels failed and had to be brought home by Henry, 7101 struck up a friendship with the big green engine and won a second chance with the Fat Controller. The other engines gave him the nickname of Bear because of the way his engine growled, although this cannot be helped, Bear doesn't mind and accepts the nickname as a term of endearment.
OLD STUCK UP
This haughty visitor was very rude about the steam engines, who complained that they were “dirty, slow Smokey things”. Quite resembling Diesel 199, he’s actually very different from him, except that he was more of a stuck up! However, he was taught a lesson when he slipped on oily rails and crashed into the back of shed at Tidmouth.
PIP & EMMA
Philippa (or Pip for short) and Emma are an Intercity High Speed train, who were brought to stand in for Gordon when he took a special to Charlsie. Although that they suffered problems when they tried to help, the other engines took an instant liking to their kindness they received from them. Following Privatisation, the Fat Controller has decided to buy Pip and Emma and use them for work on his Railway to allow for a faster service on Express trains.
REX
Rex is painted green and has a remarkable personality. He’s cheeky and thinks himself as a “know-it-all”—strangely he and Mike enjoy teasing each other, especially when Rex mentioned that when they were painted red, passengers thought he was Mike!
BERT
Bert the blue engines is younger than Mike and Rex, and is often bossed about by either of them. He’s a good worker, but can be rather temperamental if not maintained properly
MIKE
Mike is red and is a very conceited engine indeed! He thinks he’s the best engine to run the line, and doesn’t let the others forget it! However, he considers himself as a goods engine as he enjoys pulling trucks rather than passengers. He finds the coaches to be awkward!
FRANK
Frank is the only diesel on the Arlesburgh Railway who is mentioned in the books, the others are mentioned below. He tends to get grumpy if he doesn’t get what he wants and his bad behaviour often lands him in a sticky spot. But he’s actually a kind-hearted engine who knows how important teamwork is on a railway.
JOCK
Jock is the newest engine on the Line, from having been built to help out of Rex, Bert Mike fail or if Frank can’t manage their work alone. He was named “Jock” thanks to an idea by Douglas, who mentioned that the engines he saw ion the Highlands were painted yellow and were called “Jocks”. He’s a much harder worker and can pull heavier trains than the others, but is always willing to lend a buffer in an emergency.
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