Characters in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Bad Ending.
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Human staff of the Railways of Sodor
Charlene Bellis
Art of Charlene by ABoringUsername
Charlene is a young lesbian woman who has taken over as the Controller of the North Western Railway after Sir Topham Hatt Resigned in Disgrace. She is a beautiful, smart, and committed Team Mom to her engines.
- Affirmative-Action Legacy: While the Fat Controller was a bald, portly, Caucasian straight man, Charlene has full black hair, is nowhere near as portly, has a darker skin tone, and is a lesbian woman.
- Berserk Button: A good way to anger her is to threaten to scrap one of her engines.
- Hat of Authority: Averted, as unlike Sir Topham Hatt, Charlene doesn’t wear a hat as part of her causal attire.
- Legacy Character: She is the NWR’s new controller after the resignation of Sir Topham Hatt.
- Team Mom: Charlene is this to the engines of the NWR.
- Twofer Token Minority: A lesbian POC.
Cindy Jones
A young woman and one of Charlene’s closest friends. She is the new librarian at Knapford Station.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: A friendly, energetic young woman with pink hair.
Mister Peregrine Percival/The Thin Controller
Still running the Skarloey Railway.
Even after the Fat Controller’s resignation following the Harwick Disaster, Mister Percival continues to work as the Controller of the Skarloey Railway. Norman Spencer
A member of the Railway Board. Based off the character of the same name from Sodor: The Modern Years by wildnorwester.
- Adaptation Distillation: Unlike in Sodor: The Modern Years, Norman is married.
- Adaptational Heroism: In Sodor: The Modern Years, Norman Spencer planned to modernise the NWR and send its steam engines to museums, heritage railways, or scrapyards and replace them all with diesels, before having a Heel–Face Turn after reading The Railway Series and realising why the steam engines are beloved. This Norman Spencer, however, has no such aspirations and is a good guy from the beginning.
- Adaptational Job Change: This Norman Spencer works for the Railway Board, instead of being the director of the North West Package Express and former deputy controller of the NWR like in Sodor: The Modern Years.
Francine Spencer
A member of the Railway Board and Norman’s wife.
Robert Collins
Michael Grady
Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller
Engines of the North Western Railway
Edward the Blue Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 2 engine and one of the oldest members of the fleet.
- Cool Old Guy: He remains one of the oldest and wisest engines on the NWR.
Henry the Blue (formerly Green) Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 3 engine. Before the events of the Bad Ending, his life was the same as in both the Railway Series and the television series, but after the Harwick Disaster, Sir Topham Hatt’s resignation, and Gordon’s downfall, he has been repainted blue and is now one of the main express engines on the NWR.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: He’s been blue in The Railway Series before, but that was before his rebuild into a Black 5. Here, he’s painted blue once more, but this time to honour the memory of the late Gordon and Thomas.
- Blue Is Heroic: Henry was already a hero when he was green, but he now has a new blue livery!
- Emergency Transformation: Henry’s backstory, including his crash with the Flying Kipper and his subsequent rebuild at Crewe, remains unchanged.
- Legacy Character: He, alongside Spencer, James, and Rebecca has replaced Gordon in pulling such express trains as the Wild Nor' Wester. Arthur has taken over his former job pulling the Flying Kipper, with Henry’s full support.
- Passing the Torch: He did this to Arthur, who has replaced him as the main engine pulling the Flying Kipper.
James the Red Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 5 engine.
- Red Is Heroic: He is still the same red colour here.
Percy the Small Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 6 engine.
Toby the Tram Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 7 engine.
Montague/Duck the Great Western Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 8 engine.
Donald and Douglas the Scottish Twin Engines
The North Western Railway’s number 9 (Donald) and 10 (Douglas) Scottish Twin Engines.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Just like in canon, they can be identified by their nameplates, numbers, and Douglas’ deeper-sounding whistle.
Oliver the Great Western Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 11 engine.
- A Day in the Limelight: The Search for the Mail Vans
features him helping Charlene look for Percy’s stolen mail vans. The culprit, a diesel named Holmes working for the Barrow Union of Diesels, threatens to scrap Oliver, but fortunately, Charlene literally slaps some sense into the diesel.
Emily the Stirling Single Engine
Sodor’s resident Stirling Single Engine.
Nia the Kenyan Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 18 engine.
Rebecca the Yellow Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 22 engine. She was bought by Charlene to pull express trains alongside Henry, James, and Spencer.
- Adaptational Backstory Change: Canon Rebecca was brought to the Island of Sodor to fill Henry’s spot in Tidmouth Sheds after he moved to Vicarstown. This Rebecca was purchased by Charlene to replace the late Gordon as an express engine alongside Henry, James, and a reformed Spencer.
Spencer the Silver Engine
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Downplayed. Spencer is still silver, but he now has yellow N.W.R initials on his tender.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: This Spencer was once a massive jerk like his canon counterpart, but following the downfall of Gordon, he was consumed with guilt for his actions in the past, and is now a humbler, friendlier engine.
- The Atoner: Spencer, after he took a level in kindness, seeks to atone for his rude behaviour in the past.
- Legacy Character: He is this for Gordon as one of the NWR’s express engines.
- Took a Level in Kindness: After Gordon’s suicide, Spencer was struck with grief for his cousin, and guilt for his actions (especially those in Hero of the Rails), and he decided to take up Gordon’s legacy. He is now much kinder and humbler than he was in the past.
Arthur the LMS Tank Engine
The big red tank engine who runs the Norramby Branchline, Arthur is now the main engine pulling the Flying Kipper after Henry retired from it to focus on pulling express trains.
- Legacy Character: As Henry has moved into Gordon’s former position as a full-time express engine, Arthur is now the main engine pulling the Flying Kipper.
- Passing the Torch: He was on the receiving end of this from Henry when the latter stepped down from taking the Flying Kipper.
Ryan the Purple GNR Engine
Molly the Yellow Engine
Sixteen the Steelworks Engine
Samantha the Austerity Engine
A version of The Stories of Sodor character of the same name. Samantha is a new addition to the fleet on Edward’s Branchline.
- Adaptational Nationality: She’s English here, not Welsh.
Harvey the Crane Engine
The North Western Railway’s number 27 engine.
Murdoch the Orange Engine
Eagle the Red Engine
James’ older brother from The Railway Series, Eagle worked on the Caledonian Railway in Scotland after leaving Sodor, but has since returned to the Island to work on Edward’s Branchline.
- Red Is Heroic: Like his brother, James.
Rolling Stock of the North Western Railway
Annie and Clarabel
Thomas’ former coaches, still dealing with the loss of their engine. Now they are pulled by other engines, sometimes on their own, sometimes with other coaches.
- Those Two Girls: Annie and Clarabel remain this.
Visiting Engines
The Flying Thistle
