Frankie

Frankie is a diesel shunter who works on the Mainland with Hurricane.

Biography
When Thomas arrived to the Steelworks while looking for Bridlington Goods Yard, Hurricane and Frankie and welcomed him in their hottest place in town. They let him sleep in there, and Hurricane took his train to Bridlington. When Thomas woke up, they told him that he should help them, as they helped him. However, they wanted him to help them forever. Because Thomas wanted to go home, he ran away from Steelworks to a forest, where he found an engine named Merlin. Day after that, James arrived in his search of Thomas. Hurricane and Frankie told him that Thomas will come back to the Steelworks, and that James can help them while he waits for Thomas. With the help of Theo, Lexi and Merlin, Thomas found James while Frankie and Hurricane were distracted. However, they weren't fooled by Theo and Lexi, who pretended to have an accident, and when they saw Merlin, they followed him to Thomas and James. A short chase happened, but resulted into Lexi and Merlin saving James, Frankie and Hurricane crashing to some trucks with pipes and Theo trying to save Thomas, who was grabbed by a magnet. After the magnet dropped him, he crashed to ladle trucks. Before the slag from the trucks could melt Thomas' wheels, Hurricane pushed him out of the way, but he wasn't able to save himself in time, so the slag melted his wheels. Frankie then admitted why she was imprisoning engines: she and Hurricane were overworked and they needed some help. Thomas then told her that experimental engines could stay and help. With help of Merlin, Theo and Lexi, Frankie and Hurricane did their jobs easily. In Misadventures, she accidentaly crashed with some trucks into Doc.

Basis
Frankie is based on the Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 diesel shunter.

Appearances
Misadventures of Sodor's Vehicles:

Season 1: Fergus