The cast of Tales from the Other Railway.
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The Thin Git’s Engines/Rolling Stock
Diesel
A diesel (No kidding!), one of the very first to be built on the Other Railway - which explains that horrible clanking he's made since 1965. While he claims to be 'revolutionary' and know everything, he is in fact lazy and arrogant, only willing to work if there's something for him in return. Hates joy, hope and steamies.
- Amusing Injuries:
- Was pushed into a sewer by Troublesome Trucks (“Don’t Trust Diesel”).
- Had boiling soup thrown in his eyes and crashed into a mountain of scrap (“Triple Threat”).
- Ran headfirst into a goods train (“Diesel & the Community Service”).
- Crashed into the Thin Git’s private vat of vodka (“Proud Prats & Queen”).
- Gets thrown into a garbage barge by Cheeky and sets himself on fire (“Cheeky Buddies”).
- Blows himself up in a failed attempt to destroy a toy factory (“Dax Derps Up”).
- Runs into fuel barrels and blows himself up (“Diesel, Steamie and the Fuel”).
- Was thrown by into a field by Private Parts (“The Layabout”).
- Brief Accent Imitation: Picks up Bernard’s Irish to mock him in “Diesel & Bernard”.
- Epic Fail: Blows himself up in “Dax Derps Up” in an attempt to destroy Ginny Cotton’s toy factory.
- Fat Bastard: Is described several times as a fat diesel.
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First Appearance: “Diesel’s Day Out”. - Paper-Thin Disguise: His disguise as Dax in “Dax Derps Up” involves him having a pig trough nailed to his front and some caterpillar tracks thrown around his wheels.
- Ship Tease: Davey T. Narrator hints that he has a thing for Mavis in “We Need Another Engine By Court Order!”.
- Sore Loser: Smashes into Bernard after being beaten in a race by him in “Diesel & Bernard”.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Much ruder than his The Railway Series or Thomas & Friends counterparts.
- Villain Protagonist: A lazy, rude and sneaky diesel, yet still the main character.
”Old Stuck-Up”
The railway's chief express engine and local Upper-Class Twit of the Year for twenty years running. Old Stuck-Up is the ultimate personification of vanity, narcassicm and pretentiousness. He drinks only the finest oil and refuses to be rubbed down with anything other than £50 notes. For all his extravegance, however, he has not been granted membership to the DINING CLUB, for reasons best left unsaid. Loves himself, baiting paupers, himself, money and himself.
- Amusing Injuries:
- His wheels fall off (“Diesel’s Day Out”).
- Falls into a river of sewage (“Old Muck-Up”).
- Gets beaten up by Burberry Bill (“Chavs”).
- Smashes into a satellite tower while Multi-Track Drifting (“Two Cabs Good, One Cab Bad!”).
- Destroys his private station with his overinflated head (“An Awful View of Stuck-Up”).
- Attention Whore: Up to eleven in “Stuck-Up and the C-List Celebrity”.
- Epic Fail: "An Awful View of Stuck-Up" has his head inflate so much that he destroys his own private station.
- First Appearance: “Diesel’s Day Out”.
- Googling the New Acquaintance: Looks up information about Pip and Emma in “A Woman’s Touch” in order to embarrass them.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Refuses to work with Pip and Emma in “We Need Another Engine By Court Order!” due to them being female.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: While not siblings, Spamcan and Stuck-Up both look very similar which has caused the former to refuse to shave or bathe so they won’t be mistaken for one another.
- Karmic Thief: His driver takes out a massive loan under the Thin Git's name to build him his own private station in "An Awful View of Stuck-Up".
- Multi-Track Drifting: A shunting mishap in “Two Cabs Good, One Cab Bad!” results in Old Stuck-Up travelling across two lines and demolishing a satellite tower.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is never mentioned.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Much ruder than his The Railway Series counterpart.
D4711 “D261” “Bowler”
An uppity passenger engine with chronic hypochondria, made even worse after a visit to Sodor where he accidentally ingested an inspector's grubby bowler hat. Equal parts posh toff and paranoid twat, Bowler's idea of fun is having his buffers polished to the point of blinding all within a five yard radius. Phobias include children, animals, rain, mud, germs, dust, fumes, flowers, chocolate, milk, bluebottles, hair, stamps...
- Googling the New Acquaintance: Looks up information about Pip and Emma in “A Woman’s Touch” in order to embarrass them.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Refuses to work with Pip and Emma in “We Need Another Engine By Court Order!” due to them being female.
- I Have Many Names: According to "The Not-So-Sad Story of Bowler", Bowler’s real number is D4711, and D261 when he’s bored.
- In-Series Nickname: Class 40/D4711/D261 was never called Bowler in any form of Thomas & Friends media.
- Meaningful Name: His nickname of Bowler comes from an event where a bowler hat got sucked into his cooling system.
- Mythology Gag: His real number is D4711, but he is said to also go by D261 when he is bored. This is a reference to how his number was changed when he appeared in Thomas & Friends.
- Neat Freak: Suffers from ‘’extreme’’ hypochondria. In “Bowler Takes the Piss”, his wheels are so polished they disintegrate the rails.
- Only Known By His Nickname: His real name is only mentioned once.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Much ruder than his The Railway Series or Thomas & Friends counterparts.
Humans
Mrs. Cruelly
- Evil Counterpart: To Mrs. Kyndley what with her being a mean and nasty old crone who lives next to the railway which contrasts Mrs. Kyndley being a sweet and kind old lady.
- Evil Old Folks: She's elderly and just as cruel as her name would suggest. Such highlights include causing the biggest pileup in railway history, throwing shampoo in Diesel's eyes and then punching him in the face for nearly three hours when he crashed into a salon and nearly gave her a heart attack. and she was a increasingly nasty Gunnery Sergeant to the third Controller in the railways history.
