In other cases, Thomas can be highly curious and positive, with slight hints of skepticism, stubbornness, and forgetfulness, including tendencies to daydream. While he might drive others away, Thomas is very good at luring back friends should the situation demand it.ĭespite all this, he does have his pride and will sometimes take wrong advice at the wrong time - such as from Sailor John or Ace, as well as refusing help even when he needs it.
He can, however, also get annoyed about being useful such as the time when Rosie followed him around because she idolised and loved him so much. He likes to be better than James and Bertie in races.
He lives to be a Really Useful Engine and encourages everyone else to do the same. However, he is also optimistic, idealistic and altruistic with a heart of gold.Ī friend to all engines and a popular member of the Fat Controller’s railway, Thomas is No.1 and does his best every day to live up to that through helping his friends and those that he cares about. If Thomas has one major character flaw, it is that he is forgetful and rather impatient. He loves teasing the others, especially the bigger engines, such as Gordon and on occasion brags about his superiority, but is always brought down to earth in due course by anyone willing to correct him, especially the Fat Controller and his two coaches, Annie and Clarabel. But clouds never last long in Thomas' life and he is soon bustling about again, playing his part in the yard and on his very own branch line, of which he is extremely proud. He often gets into scrapes, usually by being over-eager to do things best left to bigger and more sensible engines. Thomas is described as being a cheeky and fussy engine. The lining was reapplied in The Adventure Begins.
JIM LL PAINT IT THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE SERIES
This also happened in the Railway Series once Clive Spong took over as illustrator. In the first three series of the television series, Thomas had the red lining on the back of his coal bunker, but during the production of the third series episode, All at Sea, the lining was removed. He had the initials "LBSC" and the number 70 painted on both sides of his tanks and cab respectively in yellow with red lining and his wheel rims were painted white. In The Adventure Begins, Thomas was originally painted teal-green with white lining.
JIM LL PAINT IT THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE WINDOWS
The number 1 is painted on both sides of his tanks in yellow with red lining and the lining around his cab windows is yellow. Thomas is painted in NWR bright blue with red lining. In Branch Line Engines, his footplate was levelled out from smokebox to bunker. In the early volumes of The Railway Series and the television series, Thomas' footplate is dipped at the front, but oddly enough is not dipped at the back. He is much shorter in length than his original basis, he has two extra windows on the sides of his cab and he has wheel splashers, something the original E2 class lacked. Thomas has several major differences from the original E2 class. All of the E2s were scrapped, with none surviving into preservation. During their final working years, the E2 class worked as shunting engines at Southampton Docks alongside the USATC S100 Tank Engines (Rosie's basis), until they were replaced by the BR Class 07 diesel shunters (Salty's basis). These engines were built by Brighton Works between 1913-1916 to replace the ageing Stroudley E1 class and were primarily used for heavy shunting and short-distance goods trains in the London area and on the south coast. Thomas is based on an LB&SCR Class E2 0-6-0T, particularly the second batch of locomotives built with extended side-tanks.
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