11, but displays his ex-GWR number, 1436) is an 0-4-2 T ex-Great Western Railway 1400 Class locomotive, who 'escaped' from the Other Railway where he was due to be scrapped. Although the Fat Controller had only purchased one engine and intended to send the other back to Scotland, he changed his mind after hearing how hard they worked clearing the lines of heavy snow, and decided to keep both engines. Knowing that one of them would have been scrapped if left behind, they made quiet arrangements with their crews to travel together minus visible numbers and hope for the best. 8, but displays his ex-GWR number, 5741) is an 0-6-0 PT ex- Great Western Railway 5700 Class locomotive.ĭonald and Douglas (Numbers 9 and 10) ĭonald and Douglas are identical black 0-6-0 ex- Caledonian Railway locomotives of the 812 Class who arrived on Sodor from Glasgow, Scotland in 1959. Toby is a blue and brown 0-6-0 tram engine, of the Great Eastern Railway's class C53.ĭuck (real name Montague No. Gordon is a blue 4-6-2 ('Pacific') ex- London and North Eastern Railway Gresley Class A1 locomotive. Awdry claimed that it was a case of oversensitivity on the part of the race relations board, but he apologized and changed the offending sentence to "as black as soot", which has been used in subsequent editions of the book.
In 1972, articles in the British press raised this as an example of racism. In 'Henry's Sneeze', the character blasts some troublemaking schoolboys with soot and they "ran away as black as niggers".
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Henry was the central character in a controversial Railway Series story. Henry is painted green with red stripes, and can sometimes come across as arrogant and rude, but he does work hard and has even been called an "'enterprising engine'". After getting various letters from children about the character, Awdry changed his mind and in the sixth book, Henry the Green Engine, Henry is damaged in an accident and rebuilt offsite at Crewe Works to the design of the Stanier "Black Five". Reginald Dalby's drawings made him look too similar to Gordon. There have been two Railway Series books devoted to him Henry the Green Engine and Henry and the Express.Īwdry had wanted to write Henry out of the series, because C. He was built circa 1919 and arrived on Sodor in 1922 when Sir Topham Hatt was swindled into buying him. Henry was originally a 4-6-0 designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. He is the first character to appear in The Railway Series. Thomas is a blue 0-6-0 T ex- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E2 class locomotive.Įdward is a blue 4-4-0 ex- Furness Railway K2 class locomotive. These are the main rolling stock of the North Western Railway (NWR), commonly referred to as the Fat Controller's railway: Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert Awdry when he was developing the characters and setting for his stories these notes are cited in his publication The Island of Sodor: Its People, History, and Railways. 5.5 Wilbert (Dean Forest Railway, ex-National Coal Board No.5.3 Bill and Ben (Sodor China Clay Company numbers 1 & 2).5.2 Neil (Sodor & Mainland Railway Number 2).
5.1 Stepney (Bluebell Railway, ex-London, Brighton and South Coast Railway No.1.1.9 Donald and Douglas (Numbers 9 and 10).
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