Characters / The Stories of Sodor

Nor' Easters

Thomas

• Deadpan Snarker: Very much; especially when dealing with the Midis.
• Death by Adaptation: He suffers this in "Fallout" after being caught in a fuel tanker explosion that also kills Benson.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Fallout".
• The Mentor: He's the one who shows Percy the ropes when the later arrives on Sodor.
• Official Couple: With Kate as of “Shunted.” Then, they break up in "Relationships." Later, in "Preservation," they make up for their fight and agree to be Just Friends.

Edward

”My name is Edward, and these are the Stories of Sodor.”

• Cool Old Guy: Is in his forties around the time the first two seasons take place, (which IS old for a locomotive,) but can pull his weight just as well as the younger engines.
• Irony: In canon, he was The Mentor to Thomas; here it's vice versa.
  • He lampshades this in "Sabotage" and "Prejudice," stating that, as much as he doesn't like media bias, it does help put away Jacob Burke and send the British Union packing.
• Narrator: He is the series' narrator.
• Not So Above It All: He does get into trouble a lot.
• Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: In "Combat":

  Edward: C’mon, engines! Let's give 'em hell!

• Shell-Shocked Veteran: He is traumatized after seeing the horrific experiments inside Shed 17 at the concentration camp, although not to the same extent as Adam.

Henry

• Adaptational Nationality: Has a thick Scottish accent in this series.
• Age-Gap Romance: With Emily. As revealed in the Sodor Shorts series, she is 25 years his senior.
• Big Guy: Is the Nor’ Easter’s heavy goods engine.
• Happily Married: To Emily. You read that right.
• Misblamed: Douglas blames Henry for Lily's death, as if he hadn't broken down, Lily wouldn't have had to put herself between Henry and a live artillery shell. Henry argues that he didn't break down on purpose. "Amends" later reveals that Douglas thought Lily was cheating on him with Henry, to which Henry argues that Lily would have sacrificed herself had Thomas, Edward, or Gordon been in his position.
• Violent Glaswegian: in "Combat."

Gordon

• Character Development: He starts out as a pompous Spoiled Brat who only cares for pulling coaches. By the time Season 2 rolls around, he's pulling freight trains with ease.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Is pompous, demeaning and self-absorbed, but he does care about his fellow Nor' Easters and takes his duty as resident express engine very seriously.
• The Rival: To Reginald, being an express engine of a rival company.
• Upper-Class Twit: This is how he started out. Now he only sounds like one.

James

• Dark and Troubled Past: Back when James worked on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, he had a girlfriend/partner named Amanda. When working with rail-mounted artillery one day, James buffered up to a battery that was loaded due to a communications failure among the workers. Upon his buffering up to it, the gun fired into the nearby munitions factory, not only putting James himself into a month-long coma, but also killing 43 workmen, and damaging Amanda beyond repair, thus condemning her to scrap.
• The Lost Lenore: His dead partner Amanda, a mixed traffic engine who was the same class as Edward, but with purple paint and black wheels.
• The Rival: To Douglas until the events of “Carriages.” The two would constantly be at each other’s metaphorical throats within moments of seeing one another. Made all the more pathetic when the truly petty origins of their feud are brought to light.
• Trrrilling Rrrs: Just listen to the way the letter R is said in his words.

Percy

• Cheerful Child: Despite being the youngest of the Nor’ Easters, and arriving on Sodor during the Great Depression, he’s quite an optimistic and happy chap.
• Kid Has a Point: In "Smuggling," he points out that the island is too big for one company to handle, and given the roster of the companies occupying the island at the time, his words are surprisingly accurate.
• Tag Along Kid: Downplayed insofar as that, while he IS portrayed as the youngest member of the Nor’ Easter’s Sodor fleet, he is just as important as the rest.

Toby

• Cool Old Guy: Was built in 1879, (putting him in his late fifties/early sixties when the series begins), yet has absolutely no designs on retirement.
• Cunning Linguist: He's fluent in Spanish, which turns out to be quite helpful when ships of Spanish immigrants arrive on the island during the Spanish Civil War.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: "Espionage" reveals that he had a close call with explosives in World War I.

Eric

”Hello, I’m Eric, you must be Thomas. Real nice to meet you!”

• The Ditz: His IQ is about on equal level with Colin's.
• Dumbass Has a Point: He's not wrong when he calls Jeffreys an idiot.
  • Or how about when he called the rivalry between James and Douglas petty in "Carriages?"
• Kindhearted Simpleton: Eric is NOT an intelligent fellow, but he is very compassionate towards others.
• Official Couple: With Molly as of “Affection.” Later Subverted when it was revealed that were never actually a couple, having concluded they were better off as Just Friends.
• Replacement Goldfish: He briefly is this to Henry after landing him in the works.

Middies

Diesel/Bruce

• Adaptational Heroism: Well, not really heroic. More that he lacks the Fantastic Racism against steam engines of his cannon counterpart, as he is shown to be fond of his fellow Midis, who, as of the first two seasons, are all steam engines. Additionally, he vehemently opposes modernisation's policy of ending all steam.
• Big "NO!": Drops one upon Colin's death.
• Card-Carrying Villain: At least until the second half of season four.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • When James reveals his Dark and Troubled Past in “Armaments,” he, Gordon and Percy are rendered speechless. For once, Diesel can’t bring himself to mock James, instead somberly admitting that he should be more careful with the rail-mounted guns in future.
  • "Prejudice" shows that he's not too fond of the BUF.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Although he was frequently rude to Colin and belittled him for being The Ditz, he was greatly upset by his Death.
• Schemer: Like his cannon counterpart, he's very devious and cunning, and willing to resort to underhanded methods to get what he wants.

Colin

• Cool Old Guy: Fits this trope by technicality, being a hardworking engine built in the 1880’s.
• The Ditz: Several of the Nor' Easters and even his fellow Middies are quick to point out how dumb he is.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He risks his own life to save Thomas from a burning shed after the later burst a safety valve.
• Harmless Villain: His lackluster intelligence often causes more trouble for his fellow Midis than their Nor’ Easter competitors.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He dies in the Nazi bombing of Knapford while pulling a gunpowder train away from the station.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Blitz".

Lily

• Affably Evil: The Middies' number 2 is no stranger to mockery or rude behavior, but she is willing to work with the Nor’ Easter’s if the situation demands it, and she’s on friendly terms with Gordon.
• Cool Old Lady: Fits this trope by technicality, being a hardworking engine built in the 1880’s.
• Heroic Sacrifice/Jumping on a Grenade: She dies protecting Henry from a live mortar shell after his safety valve jammed.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Atrocity".
• Love Across Battle Lines: Somewhat downplayed, being in a more business context rather than actual warring factions. Lily seems to have a crush on Gordon.

  • Subverted as of "Affection."

• Official Couple: With Douglas as of “Affection.”
• The Smurfette Principle: Downplayed. She is, thus far, the only female character among the main cast. Other female characters, such as Kate, Molly and Colleen (an antagonistic van), while currently supporting characters, have made several prominent appearances.

Adam

• Cool Old Guy: Fits this trope by technicality, being a hardworking engine built in the 1880’s.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: While not "evil," Adam does work for the LMS, the primary antagonists of the series, and has a distinct raspy tone to his voice. Though, this is likely due to his age.
• Face Death with Dignity: After finding out he has metal fatigue (a condition that affects older/overworked non-faceless vehicles and requires a very expensive, time-consuming, and potentially lethal overhaul to treat), Adam chooses to accept the 'final firing'.
• Grumpy Old Man: Being among the oldest of the Middies, and given his somewhat hostile and jaded demeanour, he fits this trope.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Diagnosis". He chooses to undergo the 'final firing' after finding out he has metal fatigue, which is basically the non-faceless vehicle version of cancer.
• Meaningful Name: His locomotive class is called “Adams.”
• My God, What Have I Done?: Has this in spades after finding out that the coach he dumped into the sea had civilian conscripts in it. Downplayed later on when he learns the prisoners were all despicable human beings who partook in the Holocaust.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: In Atrocity, he discovers some of Josef Mengele's horrific experiments inside Shed 17 and is traumatized by it, enough to push a coach full of German prisoners of war into the sea as revenge.
• Sole Survivor/Last of His Kind: As of "Atrocity", he is the last Wellsworth & Suddery engine still remaining. He dies peacefully in "Diagnosis", making the railway fleet extinct.

Donald

• Violent Glaswegian: He assaults Dominic when he heard how the later caused trouble for his twin.
• Token Good Teammate: Unlike most of the Middies, Donald is a pleasant engine who can usually hold a conversation with the Nor’ Easters.

Douglas

• Nerves of Steel: When the ghost of Dominic confronts him, Douglas tells him off for murdering an innocent man and driving another insane, before THREATENING HIM and then telling him to return to Hell and never come back. To the shock of everyone present, it works.
• Official Couple: With Lily as of “Affection.”
• Token Good Teammate: Like his twin, Douglas is a friendly and pleasant engine, but he and James used to constantly fly into rows.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Isn't too happy with Donald for getting himself shunted, despite the fact that he stood up for him.

Reginald

• Adaptational Expansion: Is the foreign engine from the railway series book that argued with Gordon and Duck about London's big station.
• Happily Married: To Samantha as of "Relationships."
• I Have No Brother: Since it was his brother, Randolph's rumour that cost Reginald his life on his old railway, Reginald had completely disowned his brother and held him in contempt ever since.
• Mistaken for Gay: It’s up to interpretation on whether he believed it or not, but Randolph started this dangerous rumour when everyone noticed Reginald was more focused on work and wasn’t interested in romantic relationships. As homophobia was at a dangerous peak in the 1930's, said rumour cost Reginald his job and home on his old railway.
• Named by the Adaptation: In canon, he is simply known as the "Foreign Engine" or "Big City Engine". Here, he has a name and a developed personality.
• Not So Above It All: Unlike many express engines, Reginald has absolutely no problem with fetching his own coaches, even calling Gordon and Alfred out on their snobbish dispositions at Barrow.
• The Rival: To Gordon, being a fellow Express engine for a rival company.

Peter

• Gentle Giant: Being a Stanier 8F, Peter is quite large, but is a very kind engine. When he’s sent to Railgate for war crimes, he’s come to regret his actions. After his parole, he still looks at his actions with utter disdain.
• Killed Off for Real: In Revenge, he gets shot, and this only killed him due to having mild metal fatigue.
• Precision F-Strike: After being pressured into confessing the reason for blowing up a German hospital.

  Gustav: In fact, it wouldn’t have mattered how many civilians were in that hospital.

  Hodges: Objection!

  Gustav: Not when they'd likely help contribute to the German war effort.

  Hodges: Your Honor!

  Gustav: They were just faceless Nazis in your mind; unfit to live.

  Hodges: Your Honor, I object-

  Peter: You’re right! That’s all they were! Everyone keeps banging on about how they were innocent and sick! Who’s to say they didn’t help make bombs and bullets? The whole bloody country was so devoted to Hitler, they'd do whatever he'd say! And all Nazi soldiers started as Nazi civilians! FUCK GERMANY AND EVERY DAMN PERSON WHO LIVES THERE!!!

• Put on a Bus: In "Trial", Peter is found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to 15 years in Railgate. This will take him out of the series for at least two seasons.
  • The Bus Came Back: He gets early parole from Railgate in "Return."
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: His motivation for shelling a hospital full of Nazis and innocent civilians.

  Peter: There’s something oddly satisfying about revenge.

• Token Good Teammate: The Middies’ heavy goods engine has a heart as big as his boiler, as shown when he willingly helped Edward over Gordon’s hill when the later was sick from clogged pipes. Then, in "Trial," he’s found to be a war criminal who blew up a hospital the Nazis were occupying out of revenge for the deaths of his fallen friends.

Arthur (I)

• Adaptational Villainy: Is portrayed here as an arrogant jerk who lords his spotless record over pretty much everyone he meets. In canon, he's a very polite and soft spoken engine. Subverted with his successor.
• Jerkass: As mentioned, he was a prick.
• Posthumous Character: The original Arthur was long dead by the time he is introduced into the story.

Geoffrey

• Alternative Character Interpretation: In canon, he was just an imaginary engine thought up by Thomas to get out of trouble; here he's a scheming engine that later redeems himself after committing corporate sabotage.
• Heel–Face Turn: After serving time, he returns to Sodor to fill in for an injured Peter and makes quite the effort to make amends to Midis and Nor’ Easters alike.
• Killed Off for Real: In Vandalism. While substituting for Henry in pulling the Flying Kipper, he ran over a piece of pipe on Gordon’s Hill, causing him to violently crash and kill him and his crew.
• Replacement Goldfish: He serves as this to Peter after the Stanier 8F's accident caused by Dominic. And also his 15-year sentence in Rail Gate.
• Verbal Tic: Tends to preface his sentences with "M'yes, quite."

Skarloey Railway

Skarloey

• The Determinator: Once saved some workmen during a storm by plowing into some flooded tracks.

Rheneas

• The Determinator: Saves his passengers from a falling tree despite maintenance problems.

Ivo Hugh

• Age Lift: Sort of. Ivo in the source canon was the youngest member of the SKR having being built in 1999. Here he has been around for nearly as long as Skarloey and Rheneas.
• Only Sane Man: Engine variant.

Duncan

• Adaptational Dye-Job: Keeps his red livery from The Railway Series. After Andreas’ death, he changes into his yellow livery from the show.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Duncan first worked on the Barnhill Railway, a corrupt enterprise that exploited its workers and paid off the police to look the other way. The abuse, overwork and infighting amongst the workers all contributed to form Duncan's bad attitude, which he never shook off even after Barnhill was finally shut down and he was bought by Sir Peter Sam.
• Everyone Has Standards: He may be a jerk and a complainer, but even he draws a line to Stanley's racism towards the Germans.
• Freudian Excuse: Before coming to the SKR, Duncan used to work on the Barnhill Railway, also known as the Rotten Railway, where he was overworked and abused. No wonder he was such a grump until Andreas’ death.
• The Eeyore: The SKR's number six finds the worst in everything and complains non-stop, even when there's nothing to gripe about.
  Andreas: Tell me something, Duncan. What would you do if you couldn't complain?
  Duncan: Complain anyway.
  Andreas: (Looks at viewer) Ask a stupid question.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Because Duncan won't stop complaining about practically everything, the other engines on the Skarloey Railway have a hard time connecting with him. However after Duncan changes his attitude due to Andreas saving his life and opening up about his past, this is no longer the case.
• Perpetual Frowner: Duncan never smiles in any of his appearances. That being said he's not a complete grump. See When He Smiles below. After the death of Andreas, Duncan starts smiling more often.
• Survivor's Guilt / My God, What Have I Done?: He initially feels responsible for Andreas' death in "Expansion", until Sir Handel Brown reassures him.
• When He Smiles: They're rare, but Duncan is capable of being happy and smiling:
  • When the MSR engines joined the Skarloey Railway, which meant less work for him;
  • Another time was when he cracked jokes about the Culdee Fell engines being Swiss and of their mountain being haunted;
  • Lastly when Duncan called Stanley a dead man walking after he got in trouble for being a racist.
  • And during "Revelations" when the MSR engines apologize to him after Andreas dying and them blaming him.

Duke

• Affectionate Nickname: Stuart and Falcon call Duke "Grandpuff," obviously taking a jab at his old age.
• Cool Old Guy: Duke is the oldest engine on the Mid Sodor Railway. He's the most reasonable of the bunch and offers the younger engines advice from time to time.
• Expy: A comment on "Aftermath" likens his voice to Martin Crane's.

Falcon

• Adaptational Name Change: Falcon never gets his name changed to Sir Handel, even after the MSR engines move to the Skarloey Railway. This is likely because his namesake in canon is an established character in the series thus far.
• Adaptational Personality Change: He doesn't have the conceited attitude from his early RWS days.
• Everyone Has Standards: He may be a prankster, but both he and Stuart chew out Andreas for making a generator joke about Stanley.
• Those Two Guys: He and Stuart share a lot of screen time together.

Stuart

• Adaptational Name Change: He is never referred to as Peter Sam.
• Everyone Has Standards: He enjoys pranks probably more than Falcon, but he isn't exactly laughing at the generator crack about Stanley by Andreas.
• Those Two Guys: He and Falcon have a lot of screen time together.

Andreas

• Heroic Sacrifice: He dies after pushing Duncan out of the way of a landslide in "Expansion".
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Andreas can be rather pompous with something of a ego but he’s a good engine who cares for his friends.
• Jerkass to One: Was this to Altas until the events of “Closure.”
• Killed Off for Real: In "Expansion".
• Upper-Class Twit: He's got the accent down pat.

Atlas

• Oh, Crap!: Atlas gives one of these, right before he gets rammed by a train of slate.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Atlas is the smallest on the Mid-Sodor Railway, and later, on the Skarloey Railway, but he's still a capable and hard-working engine.

Stanley

• Adaptational Heroism: Is a lot nicer than canon.
• Adaptational Nationality: He has an Irish accent rather than American and this would be explained In-Universe. Stanley was built in 1917 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania, and in that same year, he was shipped off to Europe to take part in the first world war. However, when he arrived, he wasn't in a serviceable condition. It took over a month to fix him, in which he received his First-Firing and got his accent.
• The Big Guy: Stanley's the largest engine on the MSR, and later, the Skarloey Railway. His strength allows him to pull heavier trains, and his size could pass himself off as a standard gauge engine if he was put on the tracks.
• Fantastic Racism: In Diplomacy, Stanley reveals he hates Germans after what they did in World Wars I and II; he flat out told a German family to "bugger off back to Bavaria."
  • To make things worse, Stanley's words resonated with the other people on the platform, and they started to shame the poor family. Skarloey states that if the porters hadn't come, they might have been lynched, and Stanley would have been okay with it.
  • He also supports the splitting of Germany, believing that they won't start another war divided and weak.
• Laser-Guided Karma: After saying cruel remarks to a German family, Sir Handel (who's half-German) threatened to turn Stanley into a generator if he said anything like that again.
• Mythology Gag: Sir Handel threatened to turn Stanley into a generator for what he said to a German family. Which is a fate that happened to him in the original storybooks, but for vastly different reasons.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: Stanley served in World War I, and while he did come out of it okay, it did leave him with a hatred of Germans.

Rusty

• Nice Guy: Yes, he is.
• Token Minority: Like in canon. He is the only diesel in the SKR’s fleet.

Other Engines

Alfred

”Ah, Gordon, there you are. I was about to attend a search party.

• Adaptational Heroism: Big time.
• Adaptational Personality Change: Isn't a Mad Bomber.
• Fantastic Racism: He thinks that little engines should shunt and that express engines shouldn't pull freight. He does cease this prejudiced attitude after a while.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He dies while pushing a supply train (which was rigged with a time bomb by a rogue British Union member) away from the Harbour.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Espionage".

Kate

”I’m Kate, the new shunter.”

• Adaptational Dye-Job: Unlike Lady, who’s painted purple, Kate has a bright red livery, though she does keep her golden stripes and lettering. Then at the end of “Training,” she gets a green livery to match her teammates on the Little Western.
• Adaptational Name Change: Is named “Lady” in canon. Here, her name is Kate.
• Alternative Character Interpretation: In canon, she’s Lady the Magic Engine. In Victor's series, she’s a custom-made industrial shunter.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: In "Mountain," she gives a Death Glare at Samantha when she sees her chatting with Thomas at the coal mine. It heats up to the point where they break up after a rumour about Kate’s name from Terence is brought up.
• Official Couple: With Thomas as of “Shunted.” Though they unceremoniously break up as of "Relationships." But, they do reconcile in "Preservation," albeit being Just Friends.

Joey

• Original Character: One of few (for now) that were thought up by Victor.
• Police Are Useless: Averted HARD in pretty much all of his appearances, handling his duties with absolute seriousness and professionalism, and being quite the skilled inspector.

Mickey

• Heroic Sacrifice: He makes one in "Fallout" to protect Donald from a bomb.
• Original Character: Again, one of few (for now) that were thought up by Victor.
• Ship Tease: He has one with Daisy in "Affection", but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.

Alice

• Nice Guy: She's very kind to everyone, especially Henry.
• Ship Tease: Courtesy of James, who asks Henry if he should leave them alone. Later subverted when Alice says she and Henry are Just Friends, and that Henry has designs on a certain Stirling engine...
  • She has another one with Winston courtesy of William, although it's implied that she was joking.

Benson

• Catchphrase: “ATTENTION! Attention!”
• Drill Sergeant Nasty: Oh very much so.
• Expy: Of Bluenose from TUGS.
• Jerkass Has a Point: There are two instances were some characters are forced to admit that he's right:
  • In "Evacuation," Gordon admits that Benson's right for telling him, Colin, and Henry off for talking about the war and that the soldiers in the front lines need to be well supplied.
  • In Combat, despite telling him off, Mr. Zorro agrees with him that Diesel and Adam need to get a move on to finish the project...not that Diesel and Adam are unhappy with Mr. Zorro telling them this.
• Kick the Dog: He disgraces Colin's memory in "Combat."
• Killed Off for Real: In "Munitions".
• Laser-Guided Karma: "Combat" gives us two instances:
  • Although we don't see it, he no longer works at the fort, which is how we are introduced to Rosie.
  • After claiming that heroes live to brag about heroic deeds and deeming Colin as not such, Mr. Zorro lays into him about mocking Heroic Sacrifices and telling him to shove off.
• Original Character
• Pet the Dog: He does have the decency to admit that if he was wrong about Peter being late, then he would apologize. Unfortunately, we never see him do it or hear if he did it.
  • In "Choices", it's mentioned that he tried to talk Whiff out of volunteering to be used for target practice.
  • In "Lamp", he initially confiscates the eponymous lamp from Stanley with the intent of returning it to the military, denouncing its supposed luck on account of it being standard issue; it's only when he learns the lamp used to be his from during the war that he realizes the lamp may be lucky after all (as losing it prevented him from heading into an area that was being shelled by chlorine gas) and, given it was officially lost, gives it back to Stanley. Perhaps his only moment of sincerity, as he also apologizes to Stanley and offers a genuine smile, though he tells Stanley to keep it between them as he has a reputation to keep.
• Shout-Out: Averted actually, while he does have the same name and personality of a certain park manager, Victor later admitted that he never saw that show.
• Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Do not go to him for sympathy when your peer pulls a Heroic Sacrifice. He'll just say that said peer isn't a hero for not living to brag about it and do it again.

Whiff/Ignatius

• Adaptational Name Change: In canon, he's just called Whiff, but in Stories of Sodor, his real name is Ignatius.
• Mad Scientist: He's this in the shorts. It's kind of a Running Gag.
• Meaningful Rename: Everyone referred to him as Whiff after he rolled down a hill and into a rubbish tip. Then they could tell he was coming because of said 'whiff' and everyone soon forgot his real name.

Glen

• Adaptational Name Change: Originally called Sixteen; here he's called Glen.
• Decomposite Character: Originally Sheffield was Sixteen who had redeemed himself; here, he's Sixteen's, or rather Glen's brother.

Justin

• Ascended Extra: Downplayed, as he gets more dialogue than his original counterpart Jinty, who only appeared as a voiceless extra in the literary version of "Thomas & the Special Letter."

Paul

• Ascended Extra: he's based off of Pug, who was just a one shot character from the book version of "Thomas and the Special Letter."

Hurricane

• Adaptational Dye-Job: in Journey Beyond Sodor his size was cut down to fit in the steelworks. Here, he retains being big enough to keep his rear driving wheels.

Arthur (II)

• Identical Stranger: He looks exactly like the original Arthur.
• Nice Guy: Compared to his predecessor.

Murdoch

• Adaptational Jerkass: In canon, he was only rude when things were too loud; here, he's rude to Toby, Henry, Donald, and Reginald as he sees them as outdated rubbish when compared to his 9F class. That said, he does make amends by the end of "Modernization."

Cuthbert/Johnny Cuba

• Accidental Murder: How he dies. After his capture, the SCP Foundation meant to pour green water into his boiler to sedate him, but accidentally poured in black water due to a mix-up. The result ended with Cuba’s pipes and boiler exploding.
• Asshole Victim: Of a mix-up with green and black water. Given the misery he brought with him, no one would miss him.
• Our Demons Are Different: Revealed at the end of the "SC Ps of Sodor" story "A Troublesome Engine" to have been brought to life via an Australian cult sacrifice. He also comes around when other people are killed and are carved specifically with the letters on his tender.
• Walking Spoiler: He's a bit difficult to talk about.

Diesel 10/Joshua

Joshua: Not at all. I'm a Class 42, also known as a Warship. Samantha: Why Warship? Joshua: Maybe I was originally meant for the Navy.

• Adaptational Dye-Job: He doesn't have Pinchy in "Prototypes."
  • Truth in Television: This isn't without warrant, as many people point out, such an attachment would be illegal in real life.
• Adaptational Heroism: His prejudice against steam engines is toned down to just being the usual "make way for the future" attitude and he's apologetic when he realizes he crossed a line.
• Early-Bird Cameo: His first appearances were in the shorts "Mistake," "Justice," and "Rivalry," where he kept his claw and original name.
• Self-Deprecation: He's not above taking shots at his debut Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

Boco/Bobby Cooper

• Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed, as while he does come a bit standoffish when meeting Bill, Ben, and Edward, and he suspects Donald of fabricating a claim that he'll bring some workmen to examine him, he does apologize when he realizes that he was being paranoid.
• Early-Bird Cameo: His first major appearance was in the "Justice" short.
• Mistaken for Racist: Inverted; Donald promises to bring some workmen to examine him, but when he gets held up, Boco suspects Donald was trying to sabotage his efforts because he was a diesel, and when Bill and Ben play their usual trick on him, he thinks they're ripping him off. By the time Edward turns up, he thinks the steam engines have something against him.
• Reincarnation: Of a fallen SCP D-Trooper.

Emily

• Cool Old Lady: Built in the 1870's and yet is still more than capable at work.
• Happily Married: To Henry.
• Rescue Romance: According to Henry part of the reason he and Emily became so close was because she was always helping him when he broke down.

Theodore

• Flat Character: All he does is be smug and annoying, have his air intake foul up, and leave. That's it.
• Named by the Adaptation: He doesn't have much of a canon name; merchandise often refer to him as "D261," "Class 40," and "the Diesel."
• Smug Snake: Possibly even more so than in canon.

Randolph

• Must Make Amends: Visits Sodor to try and reconcile with Reginald. It doesn't really work.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He dies at the end of his only episode.

Great Eastern Railway

Molly

• Official Couple: With Eric as of "Affection." As mentioned in Eric's entry, this was Subverted in "Diagnosis", when Eric reveals they were Just Friends.

Winston

• Replacement Goldfish: Another one to Henry after a genuine accident in "Sabotage."

Great Western Railway

Duck

• Deconstruction: He doesn't prattle on about being Great Western.

Oliver

• Reading The Enemy's Mail: He was a code-breaking engine in World War II.

Wendell

• Tragic Villain: He never wanted to steal goods, but the Horrid Lorries forced him to work for them by threatening his friend William.

William

• Distressed Dude: He's threatened by the Lorries to force Wendell to steal goods.

Culdee Fell Railway

Ernest

Harry

• Adaptational Name Change: In the Railway Series, he was Lord Harry before being renamed Patrick. Here, he’s just called Harry.

Wilfred

Alaric

Rolling Stock

Annie & Clarabel

• Those Two Guys: Genderbent versions of this, anyway.

Colleen

• Lady Looks Like a Dude: Her face looks exactly the same as the male trucks'.
• Original Character: She's one of the few thought up by Victor.
• The Smurfette Principle: Downplayed insofar that she's the only female truck that we've seen.

Dominic

• Eviler than Thou: Edward describes his ghost as this to Arthur's.
• Evil Is Petty: Given all he does, Douglas isn't really exaggerating about him being as spiteful in death as he was in life.

Brian

• Back from the Dead: Brian insists that he was killed by a bomb during the Blitz. While he did have a pretty severe accident, it was nowhere what Brian thought it was, and his service record explains that he continued to operate during the time he was supposedly dead.
• Last of His Kind: The last of the original Wellsworth & Suddery Railway crew, following Colin and Lily's deaths and Adam's Final Firing.
• Survivor's Guilt: Mickey suggests that this is the cause behind Brian's insistence that he died. Learning of Colin and Lily's deaths, Brian constructed an elaborate fantasy of his own death as a coping mechanism.
• Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Suffered amnesia as a result of an accident, exacerbated by the guilt he felt from learning of Colin and Lily's deaths.

Non-Rail Vehicles

Trevor

• Flat Character: He doesn't have a whole lot to do in the series.

Bertie

• Adaptational Jerkass: He holds railways in more contempt than he did in canon. It doesn't last, though.
• Graceful Loser: As in canon, he congratulates Thomas on his victory in their race.

The Horrid Lorries

• Adaptational Villainy: In canon, they were just jerks who insulted the steam engines and got off easy with the injuries they received. Here, however, they're foul enough to kidnap, blackmail, and fence stolen goods.
• Named by the Adaptation: Two of them are called Arnold and Fred.

Harold

• Adaptational Nice Guy: Although Harold boasts about wings working wonders, he sounds more joking than genuinely contemptuous, and he bids Thomas and Percy good luck when they take the mail train.

Humans

Mr. Starr/King Godred

• Everyone Has Standards: He may take every advantage to get contracts for the LNER, but he doesn't approve of the method that Molly uses in "Affection."
• Given Name Reveal: 'John' in the prologue.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Espionage", he is killed on James' goods train when a rigged army supply train Alfred was pushing away from the Harbour exploded near his brake van.
• Original Character
• The Reveal: In The SC Ps of Sodor The Standing Stones, he's revealed to be King Godred!

Mr. Zorro

• Given Name Reveal: 'Nigel' in the prologue.
• Original Character
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: When Benson states that Colin is not a hero for sacrificing himself to save Knapford during an air raid because he didn't live to tell the tale and do it again, Mr. Zorro lays into him, revealing that his own brother died to save him during WWI and threatening to tell The Fat Controller about his horrid behavior. Not only is Benson rendered speechless, he even backs away mournfully.
• Incurable Cough of Death: Subverted. In "Replacements", he's diagnosed with lung cancer (due to his heavy smoking), but he makes it clear it was caught early, and will be undergoing a procedure to treat it, then take part in a clinical trial for chemotherapy. Either way, he resigns as controller. In "Diagnosis", it is revealed that the chemo was a rousing success, and he is now in remission.
• Killed Off for Real: Murdered in cold blood by Sean Creedy.
• The Bus Came Back: In "Diagnosis". He returns to witness the final firing of Adam, his former engine.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Downplayed insofar as it’s in a business context. While he is willing to use methods of...questionable legality to get ahead of the Nor’ Easters, Mr. Zorro ultimately wants what’s best for the LMS’ Sodor division.

Mr. Burke and Mr. Blair

• Expy: They're pretty much humanized versions of the two scavenger tugs with thier motivations changed.
• Given Name Reveal: In "Atrocity" Mr. Blair's given first name is revealed to be 'Tony' while "Sabotage" reveals Mr. Burke's name to be 'Jacob'.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Mr. Burke has an affair that comes to light which hinders the case he and Mr. Blair have on Mr. Starr to the point that they have to call it off. Things go downhill from there, FAST.
• Punch-Clock Villain: After he's found alive in "Atrocity," Thomas rips into him about everything he and his partner put the engines through, especially the sabotages. Mr. Blair denies any involvement with Mr. Burke's sabotaging and justifies the busy bodying as doing his job.
• Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: We never see Mr. Blair after the events of "Carriages."
  • The Bus Came Back: However, he returns in "Atrocity".

Sir Topham Hatt (aka the Fat Controller)

• Adaptational Job Change: He is a director of the Railway Board in this series and first comes to Sodor to conduct an inspection. He eventually becomes controller of Sodor in the third season episode "Management", to the surprise of everyone in-universe and no one among viewers.
• Big Eater: Where else would he get his rotund figure? This is lampshaded by Mr. Star and Mr. Zorro in "Trapped".
• Hat of Authority: His dashing top hat, to signify his supreme authority over the railways.
• Nice Guy: While he can be strict when the engines get out of line, he is a kind man nonetheless and cares for the engines.
• Punny Name: Sir Topham Hatt.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: He was the survivor of a hospital ship sinking during the first World War thanks to the lucky lamp which he later lost on a hospital train.
• Trauma Button: Happens to him upon seeing The Lucky Lamp.

Billy Shoepack

• Character Development: Unlike his alligator tug counterpart, who only had his miniscule appearances because TUGS lasted only one season, this version of Billy gets a does of Laser-Guided Karma by being incarcerated. In "Aftermath," he regards his actions in "Trapped" by deeming them stupid.
• Expy: He's pretty much the humanized version of the alligator tug.

Mrs. Kindley

• Meaningful Name: Kindley sounds like kindly, and she most definitely is. And it seems to run in the family.

Jeffreys

• Asshole Victim: he's poisoned in "Espionage," but it's highly unlikely that anyone will miss him.
• Catchphrase: "That's Station Master Jeffreys!"
• Hate Sink: He's a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk that insults the engines for no reason, constantly demands respect that he doesn't earn, and sends away an ambulance that had been called to Elsbridge for a Spanish refugee in labor.
• Killed Off for Real: In "Espionage", he dies from a (poison-induced) heart attack while arguing with Toby.
• Locked Out of the Loop: This is the excuse he uses to justify sending away the ambulance.

Franklin Merv

• Establishing Character Moment: Oddly enough, he doesn't even speak yet Edward tells us that he's a notorious penny pincher and confirms this by saying Mr. Merv thought it was cheaper for shunting fees to be paid at the Marston Heights Coal Mine rather than purchase a shunting engine.
• Laser-Guided Karma:
  • In "Ghost", the railway board force his hand to purchase a shunter for the coal mine (Kate) after who knows how long of raking in the shunting fees and having the Nor'easters and Midis leave trucks everywhere while arguing over who got to use the shoots first.
  • His miserly ways later culminate strikes.

Basil Corbett

• Greater-Scope Villain: He was the one who authorized Mr. Burke and Mr. Blair's delaying Toby's overhaul.
• Laser-Guided Karma: In "Management", he becomes Sodor's acting controller after Mr. Zorro resigns due to lung cancer. His penny-pinching causes the railway to lose a good number of passengers and goods contracts to roads (Truth in Television for Britain's railways in this era). It comes to a head when he defers James' repairs after a crash due to lack of funds (though he at least makes it clear he doesn't fancy the idea of allowing a damaged non-faceless vehicle to languish in the works). For this, as well as Samantha falling victim to the common backing signal prank courtesy of Diesel, leads him to lose the election for permanent controller.
• Put on a Bus: In "Reshuffle," James reveals that he resigned, with the word embezzlement involved.

Giles Freeman

• Break the Haughty: Losing the election for controller to Sir Topham Hatt is this for him.
• Eviler than Thou: Corbett demonstrates some decency when he admits to not liking keeping James in the works without having him repaired yet. Freeman, on the other hand, is sleazy as all get out. Heck, when Corbett says "May the best man win," Freeman responds "I will."
• Laser-Guided Karma: Like Basil Corbett above, he, too, gets his comeuppance by losing the election to become the permanent controller of Sodor's railways. They both lose to The Fat Controller.
• Put on a Bus: In "Reshuffle" James reveals that he resigned, with the philanderer involved.
• Small Name, Big Ego: One thing that makes Corbett slightly better than him.
• Villain with Good Publicity: being a public relations officer has its advantages.

Andrew Hodges

• One-Steve Limit: He shares the same first name as James' driver.

Dr. Wesley Anderson

• Mad Doctor / Psycho Psychologist: At first glance...
• Posthumous Character: He was killed in a prison brawl not long after the hospital closed.
• The Dreaded
• Shout-Out: His name is one to Wes Anderson.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: His extreme treatments were meant to help improves his patients' psyche.

Old Jackson Bailey/King Culdee

• Adaptation Expansion: Was a one off character in the TV series canon. Here he is not only a recurring character but very well likely appears to be King Godred. But in the SC Ps of Sodor episode The Standing Stones, he's revealed to actually be King Culdee.
• Ambiguously Human: According to the engines' comments, he doesn't appear to have aged in the last 80-odd years, and it turns out he is in fact an SCP. Possibly King Godred himself! But this is later found out that he's really King Culdee.
• Berserk Button: Don't ever call him Grandad.

  Old Bailey: Say that again!

  Other person: What?

  Old Bailey: Say! That! Again!

• Meaningful Name: Duke once claimed that he was called Old Bailey back when he was a young engine. His real name, "Culdee" means "man of the fog." Fitting for his new job as fogman.

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