Thomas

Thomas the Tank Engine is a blue cheeky little engine on the Island of Sodor. He has his own branchline and two coaches named Annie and Clarabel.

Biography in the show and RWS
Thomas is a cheeky little tank engine who works on the Ffarquhar Branch. He used to work as the station pilot at Knapford Station. After rescuing James, The Fat Controller awarded him with his own branch line and his own coaches named Annie and Clarabel. This line used to be worked on by the Coffee Pot Engines. He sleeps at the Ffarquhar sheds with Toby and Percy. Over the years he has gotten into many mishaps, such as falling down a mine and crashing into a station master's house. He was the first and only Sodor Engine to go to the Great Railway Show in York. He competed in the shunting event in the Mainland's international Great Railway Show in Percy's place.

Biography in Misadventures and other series
Before coming to the island, he was brown, but was painted green to make a good impression. In one of the episode of the Misadventures of Sodor's Vehicles, he was pulling a goods train when the brakevan failed, causing the trucks to crash him. Billy took his place while he was away.

Basis
Thomas is based on an LBSC E2 Class Tank Engine, which have been all sadly scraped.

Models used
Thomas has several different model used throughout Ronniethe14xx channel. At first, an Adventures model was used, this model is modified with red on the wheel, a black running board, a golden funnel rim, and silver buffers. There is also a muddy Adventures Thomas model with the same modifications. A Bachmann model has been built with several modifications shown in it's own video. The original Thomas model was given a white running board and white buffers. A Take Along model was obtained in a lot, and was given the same modification as the Adventures Thomas, except the running board is white. A Steelworks Thomas was modified with a white running board, red side rods, and lamps. The Sparking Trackmaster Thomas was given the same modifications, although it hasn't been in any series yet.

Appearances
Misadventures of Sodor's Vehicles:

Season 1: Billy

Other: The Great Railway Gala