List of Thomas & Friends characters

This is a list of all characters from the British children's television series Thomas & Friends and the reboot series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

Name	Number	Description	Based on	Voiced by (UK)	Voiced by (US)
Thomas^[1]	NWR 01/LBSCR 70	A little blue 0-6-0 tank engine who initially worked as the station pilot at Knapford. After helping to rescue James from an accident, Thomas was rewarded by being permanently assigned to the Ffarquhar branch line with his two coaches, Annie and Clarabel.	LB&SCR E2 class (with extended side tanks)	Ben Small (2009–2015) John Hasler (2015–2021) Aaron Barashi (All Engines Go first and second series) Shaun Jemmett (All Engines Go third and fourth series)	Martin Sherman (2009–2015) Joseph May (2015–2020) Meesha Contreras (All Engines Go first and second series) David Kohlsmith (All Engines Go second series) Kai Harris (All Engines Go third and fourth series)
Gordon^[1]	NWR 04	A big blue tender engine; his main task is to pull the railway's express train, but has occasionally pulled goods trains, which he dislikes as he believes that these are below him. He is Flying Scotsman's older brother and Spencer's cousin. Gordon works on the main line and shares duties with Rebecca from the twenty-second series to the twenty-fourth series.	LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3	Keith Wickham (2009–2021) Will-Harrison Wallace (All Engines Go)	Kerry Shale (2009–2020) Neil Crone (All Engines Go)
James^[1]	NWR 05	A red mixed-traffic tender engine. He does not like pulling trucks, and feels superior to the others except the big engines. James is an experimental version of the class, having an extended running board and front pony truck. The experiment failed and he was soon bought by Sir Topham Hatt.	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Class 28	Keith Wickham (2009–2017) Rob Rackstraw (2017–2021) Tom Dussek (All Engines Go)	Kerry Shale (2009–2015) Rob Rackstraw (2015–2020) Luke Marty (All Engines Go)
Percy^[1]	NWR 06	A green saddle tank engine. He was first brought to Sodor while Gordon, James and Henry were on strike and later became the station pilot at Knapford. Following the renovation of the New Harbour, Percy was relocated to Thomas' branch line, where he now works as a goods engine.	GWR No. 1340 Trojan	Keith Wickham (2009–2015) Nigel Pilkington (2015–2021) Henri Charles (All Engines Go first and second series) Oliver Milchard (All Engines Go third and fourth series)	Martin Sherman (2009–2015) Christopher Ragland (2015–2020) Charlie Zeltzer (All Engines Go)
Emily^[1]	NWR 12	An emerald tender engine. When Emily was new to Sodor, she borrowed Annie and Clarabel without Thomas' knowledge, to the shock of the other engines. The matter was resolved after she saved Oliver from a nasty accident and she was rewarded with two new coaches.	GNR Stirling 4-2-2	Teresa Gallagher (2009–2021) Marie Ekins (All Engines Go)	Jules de Jongh (2009–2020) Kayla Lorette (All Engines Go)
Nia^[2]	NWR 18	An orange tank engine from Kenya, Nia often helps out at the Sodor Animal Park on the Brendam Branch Line.	KUR ED1 class	Yvonne Grundy (2018–2021) Sade Smith (All Engines Go)	Yvonne Grundy (2018–2021) Talia Evans (All Engines Go)
Rebecca^[1]	NWR 22	A yellow tender engine, Rebecca works on the main line, and either pulls the railway's express or mixed-traffic trains.	SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes^{[citation needed]}	Rachael Miller

Name	Number	Description	Based on	Voiced by (UK)	Voiced by (US)
Edward	NWR 02	A blue mixed-traffic tender engine. He runs the Brendam Branch Line with BoCo and is one of the oldest engines on Sodor.^{[citation needed]}	Furness Railway K2 class	Keith Wickham (2009–2020)	William Hope (2009–2020)
Henry	NWR 03	A green mixed-traffic tender engine. He originally had a smaller firebox and needed special Welsh coal. Following his accident when pulling the Flying Kipper, Henry underwent an extensive rebuild, giving him a new shape and better performance.^{[citation needed]}	LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3/GNR Class C1 (large boiler) (hybrid) (old shape; Henry I) LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (new shape; Henry II)	Keith Wickham (2009–2020)	Kerry Shale (2009–2020)
Toby	NWR 07	A brown tram engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway. He used to work on a tramway between Lower Arlesburgh and Arlesdale End, before being bought by Sir Topham Hatt after his line closed down to run the tramway to Ffarquhar Quarry. His line would later be reopened as part of the North Western Railway, with Toby being reallocated to his old shed. He has a coach named Henrietta.^{[citation needed]}	GER Class C53	Ben Small (2009–2015) Rob Rackstraw (2015–2021) Toby Hadoke (All Engines Go)	William Hope (2009–2020) Edward Glen (All Engines Go)

Name	Number	Description	Based on	Voiced by (UK)	Voiced by (US)
Duck	NWR 08	A green Great Western pannier tank engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway. Duck’s real name is Montague. Montague goes by "Duck" because some engines say that he waddles. He thinks that there are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way and the wrong way. He runs his own branch line along with Oliver.	GWR 5700 Class	Steven Kynman (2013-2019)
Donald and Douglas	NWR 09 and 10	A pair of black tender engines from Scotland who live and work on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway. Originally, Sir Topham Hatt had only ordered Donald to work on his railway, but Douglas stowed away with him to avoid being scrapped. After many misadventures, both engines were kept. They tend to work together, although they can be argumentative.	Caledonian Railway 812 and 652 Classes	Donald \| Joe Mills (2015–2016) Rob Rackstraw (2016–2018) Douglas \| Joe Mills (2015-2018)
Oliver	NWR 11	A green Great Western tank engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway. After being saved from scrap by Douglas, he runs the Little Western with Duck and his own brake van, Toad.	GWR 1400 Class	Joe Mills (2014-2018)
Bill and Ben	SCC 01 and 02	A pair of yellow saddle tank engine twins belonging to the Sodor China Clay Company. They both work in the china clay pits, and at Brendam Docks, where they shunt trucks.	"Alfred" and "Judy"^{[citation needed]}	Bill \| Jonathan Broadbent (2013–2016) Tim Whitnall (2018) Rasmus Hardiker (2018–2020) Ben \| Jonathan Broadbent (2013–2016) Matt Wilkinson (2018–2020)
Diesel^[3]		A black diesel engine who originates from the Mainland, and is the first standard gauge diesel to have ever arrived on Sodor. He has an oily, devious, scheming, and malicious nature, and holds a grudge against the steam engines. He was originally sent there for bad behaviour, but after many attempts to return there, he joins the North Western Railway.	British Rail Class 08^{[citation needed]}	Kerry Shale (2010–2021) Henry Harrison (All Engines Go)	Michael Brandon (2010–2012) Martin Sherman (2013–2014) Kerry Shale (2015–2021) Shomoy James Mitchell (All Engines Go first series only) Will Bhaneja (All Engines Go second series onwards)
Daisy^[4]		A green diesel railcar who came to work on the Ffarquhar Branch Line in place of Thomas after he crashed into the Stationmaster's house. She now works on the Harwick Branch Line carrying out passenger duties, while Ryan runs the goods duties.	British Rail Class 122	Teresa Gallagher (2015–2016, specials only, 2018) Tracy-Ann Oberman (2016–2021)
BoCo	BR D5702	A green mixed-traffic diesel engine who primarily works on Edward's Branch Line and occasionally on the Main Line. He, along with Edward, are mentors to Bill and Ben.	British Rail Class 28
City of Truro	GWR 3440	A famous tender engine from the Great Western Railway, who once visited the Island of Sodor. He is one of the three real-world tender engines to have appeared in the main series. In the episode "Gordon & the Famous Visitor", he is only referred to as "The Famous Engine", although a banner outside the sheds features his name and number. He normally resides at the STEAM Museum on the Mainland.	GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro
Mavis^[2]	FQC 01	A privately owned diesel shunter who works at the Ffarquhar Quarry, mainly rearranging trucks in different sidings, and previously the Sodor Slate Quarry.	British Rail Class 04	Teresa Gallagher (2010–2017)	Jules de Jongh (2010–2012) Teresa Gallagher (2013–2017)
Flying Scotsman	LNER 4472	An LNER Class A3 Pacific. Flying Scotsman holds the record for being the first engine to officially run at over 100 mph. In addition, Flying Scotsman has been described as the world's most famous steam locomotive. Flying Scotsman is named after a service that runs from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley. He is Gordon's younger brother.	LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman	Rufus Jones (2016-2018)
Stepney	LBSCR 55	A tank engine, named after a district in London, who was saved from scrap by Rusty and lives on the Bluebell Railway. His friendly, enthusiastic attitude makes him a welcome visitor on Sir Topham Hatt's railway.	LB&SCR A1 class^{[citation needed]}
Class 40	BR D261	A big green diesel engine who once visited the North Western Railway on loan from British Railways. He was brought to Sodor to help the other engines. He intentionally sucked in an inspector's bowler hat through his air intake, which lead to his engine failing. Afterwards, he was sent away in disgrace, leaving behind "a rather nasty smell, and a battered bowler hat".	British Rail Class 40
Derek		A large green diesel engine who is known for his initial "teething" troubles. He was not officially named until merchandise was released. He is friends with Bill and Ben and works for the Sodor China Clay Company.	British Rail Class 17
Iron 'Arry and Iron Bert		Twin diesel shunters who work at the Sodor Ironworks.	British Rail Class 08	Kerry Shale (2010–2011, 'Arry and Bert) (2012–2017, 'Arry) William Hope (2012–2017, Bert)
Diesel 10		An evil diesel engine with a claw whom he named "Pinchy".	British Rail Class 42	Matt Wilkinson
Salty	BR 2991	A crimson red dockside diesel shunter who works at Brendam Docks. He speaks like a stereotypical pirate and enjoys telling stories revolving around the sea and fantasy.	British Rail Class 07	Keith Wickham (2010–2021) Guy Harris (All Engines Go)	Keith Wickham (2010–2021) Scott McCord (All Engines Go)
Harvey	NWR 27	A merlot crane tank engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway.	Shelton Iron & Steel Works No. 4101, or "Dusby" * ^{[citation needed]}	Keith Wickham
Fergus		A small railway traction engine who works at the Sodor Cement Works.	Aveling & Porter 2-2-0WT "Blue Circle"
Arthur		A large maroon tank engine originating from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway who runs the line to the Fishing Village. He was very proud of his spotless record, which was broken when he crashed into Duck's goods train after Thomas tricked him.	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T
Murdoch		An orange tender engine that pulls heavy goods trains.	BR Standard Class 9F
Spencer		The Duke and Duchess of Boxford's silver streamlined tender engine from the Mainland and is Gordon's cousin and arch-rival.	LNER Class A4^{[citation needed]}	Matt Wilkinson	Glenn Wrage
Molly		A powerful, yellow mixed-traffic tender engine who primarily works on the Main Line of the North Western Railway.	GER Class D56
Neville	BR 33010	A kind, ubiquitous, black square-shaped tender engine, who has a bridge named after his brutal accident.	SR Q1 class
Dennis	11001	A lazy diesel who dislikes hard work, but enjoys making other engines do it for him.	British Rail 11001
Rosie	NWR 37	A lively little tank engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway. She originally wore a lavender livery and primarily worked at Knapford Yards. She has since been repainted red and is now the head shunter at Vicarstown.	S100 SR USA class	Teresa Gallagher (2010–2012) Nicola Stapleton (2017–2020)	Jules de Jongh (2010–2012) Nicola Stapleton (2017–2020)
Whiff	NWR/NER 66	A grubby green tank engine who wears glasses. His main task is to collect rubbish and scrap, which explains his dirty appearance and smell.	NER 66 Aerolite	Keith Wickham (2010–2018) Matt Coles (All Engines Go)	William Hope (2010–2018) Joe Pingue (All Engines Go)
Billy		An enthusiastic but impatient and immature orange saddle tank engine with prominent buckteeth.	Manning Wardle
Stanley		A silver saddle tank engine who works as a shunting engine on the North Western Railway.	Hudswell Clarke's 0-6-0ST	Matt Wilkinson (2011–2018) David Menkin (2015) Rob Rackstraw (2020)	Kerry Shale (2011) Ben Small (2011–2015) David Menkin (2015) Rob Rackstraw (2016–2020) John Schwab (2016)
Hank		A large, strong American tender engine who is both helpful and confident. When he first arrived on Sodor, a welcome party was shortly thrown for him.	Pennsylvania Railroad class K4
Flora		A bright yellow steam tram who works for Sodor Tramways in Great Waterton. She has her own tramcar, which is her pride and joy.	Mostly Road Steam Tram
Hiro	51	An old and wise Japanese tender engine who is famously known as the "Master of the Railway".	JNR Class D51	Togo Igawa (2009–2021) Dai Tabuchi (All Engines Go)	Togo Igawa (2009–2020) Kintaro Akiyama (All Engines Go)
Charlie	NWR 14	A playful purple saddle tank engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor on the North Western Railway. He loves to tell jokes and have fun, and works as a shunter in Knapford Yards.	Manning Wardle^{[citation needed]}	Matt Wilkinson (2009-2014) Steven Kynman (2016)	Glenn Wrage (2009–2011) Ben Small (2012–2014) Steven Kynman (2016)
Bash and Dash		Fun-loving grey and yellow tank engine twins who live on Misty Island with Ferdinand.	Bear Harbor Lumber Company No. 1	Matt Wilkinson (Bash) Keith Wickham (Dash)	William Hope (Bash) Kerry Shale (Dash)
Ferdinand		A humble, dark teal tender engine who lives on Misty Island with Bash and Dash. His catchphrase is "That's right!"	Climax Class C	Ben Small	Glenn Wrage
Scruff		A boxy tank engine who works at the Waste Dump with Whiff.	Sentinel 969 0-4-0 Industrial Locomotive	Matt Wilkinson	Kerry Shale
Belle^[3]	6120	A large blue tank engine who is part of the Search and Rescue Team and has a bell and water cannons on top of her tanks.	BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T	Teresa Gallagher
Flynn^[3]		A fire engine who is part of the Search and Rescue Team and is a road-rail vehicle.	Oshkosh W800 ARFF	Rupert Degas (2011–2013) Ben Small (2013) Kerry Shale (2015) Rob Rackstraw (2015–2019)
Marion^[2]		An orange rail-mounted steam shovel. She usually works at the Clay Pits with Bill, Ben, and Timothy, although she can be at any digging site on the North Western Railway.	Marion Model 40	Olivia Colman (2014–2018) Lucy Montgomery (2020)
Ashima^[1]		A large pink tank engine who worked on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and then Indian Railways.	Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class	Tina Desai (2018–2020) Sandeep Garcha (All Engines Go)	Tina Desai (2018–2020) Diya Kittur (All Engines Go)
Gina^[5]		A small Italian tank engine.	FNM Class 200	Teresa Gallagher (2016) Anna Francolini (2019-2020)
Yong Bao^[1]		A Chinese tender engine.	China Railways RM	Dan Li (2018–2019) Chris Lew Kumi Hoi (2020–2021) Lobo Chan (All Engines Go)	Dan Li (2018–2019) Chris Lew Kumi Hoi (2020–2021) Patrick Kwok-Choon (All Engines Go)
Shane^[1]	520	An Australian tender engine.	South Australian Railways 520 class	Shane Jacobson
Rajiv^[1]		An Indian tank engine.	Fairy Queen locomotive	Nikhil Parmar
Hong-Mei^[2]	CR 01	A Chinese tank engine Thomas met during his stay in China. She has her own pair of coaches named An-An and Yin-Long, whom are occasionally used by Thomas. One of her main jobs is to pull the Mail Train.	China Railways GJ	Chipo Chung
Noor Jehan^[1]		A diesel engine who works on Indian Railways. She takes visitors on a tiger safari in a set of express coaches painted in the same livery as her.	Indian locomotive class WDM-2	Sheena Bhattessa
Lorenzo^[5]		An Italian tender engine from Verona. He was lost in a mine for several years before being rediscovered by Thomas. He has a coach named Beppe.^[5]	FS Class 743	Vincenzo Nicoli
Gustavo	04	A large electric engine who works on the Brazilian Railway.	Little Joe loco	Francisco Labbe
Marcia and Marcio		Two wood-burning tender engines who work on the Eucalyptus Railway in Brazil.	ABPF No. 215 Maria Fumaca	Laura Cucurullo (Marcia) Federico Trujillo (Marcio)
Kana^[6]		A lavender Japanese bullet train who lives and works on the North Western Railway and the first bullet train to live on Sodor. She has two passenger coaches painted in the same livery as her. She loves to race, and often creates gusts of wind due to her speed. Kana sometimes has some trouble with burning out her batteries.	E8 Series Shinkansen	Chloe Raphael (All Engines Go)	Ava Ro (All Engines Go)
Sandy^[6]		A pink rail speeder who lives and works on the Island of Sodor. She is close friends with Carly and works with her at their maintenance yard. The two of them share the railway's repair duties.	Rail Speeder	Holly Dixon (All Engines Go)	Glee Dango (All Engines Go)

Name	Number	Description	Based on
Skarloey	SR 01	A red narrow gauge saddle tank engine and is one of the oldest engines on the Skarloey Railway.	Talyllyn
Rheneas	SR 02	A vermillion narrow gauge well tank engine and the Skarloey Railway's second engine. Rheneas has the nickname "Gallant Old Engine", after saving the railway from closure.	Dolgoch
Sir Handel	SR/MSR 3	A blue narrow gauge saddle tank engine originally of the Mid Sodor Railway, where he was named "Falcon". He now works on the Skarloey Railway.	Sir Haydn
Peter Sam	SR/MSR 04	A green narrow gauge saddle tank engine originally of the Mid Sodor Railway, where he was named "Stuart". He now works on the Skarloey Railway. Following an accident with some slate trucks, Peter Sam lost his funnel and was fitted with a special funnel as a replacement.	Edward Thomas
Rusty	SR 05	A kind orange little narrow gauge diesel engine who carries out maintenance work and odd jobs on the Skarloey Railway.	Midlander
Duncan	SR 06	A grumpy yellow Scottish narrow gauge well tank engine on the Skarloey Railway. He came to the Skarloey Railway as a spare engine after Peter Sam's accident with some slate trucks.	Douglas
Freddie	SR 07	An old narrow gauge tank engine on the Skarloey Railway.	Russell
Duke	SR 08	An orange-brown narrow gauge tank-tender engine who is widely respected and considered a hero amongst all the engines. He is also one of the oldest engines on Sodor, having been ordered by and named after "His Grace" the Duke of Sodor for the Mid Sodor Railway. He was left in his old shed after his railway closed down, but was eventually rediscovered and put to work on the Skarloey Railway.	Festiniog Railway 0-4-0TT
Smudger		An olive green narrow gauge tank engine who used to work on the Mid Sodor Railway. He was later turned into a generator due to his tendency to misbehave and derail frequently.	Dolgoch
Bertram		An old narrow gauge tank-tender engine who worked at the mines. His real name is "The Old Warrior", but was nicknamed "Bertram" because of his bravery. He lived on a remote part of the Island that was once rarely visited. His railway has since been restored as a fairground and he now pulls passenger trains on it.	Festiniog Railway 0-4-0TT
Mighty Mac		A blue double-ended engine and conjoined twins. Mighty is the "older" of the two and is distinguished by a small flick of hair. Mac is the "younger" half and is distinguished his youthful features, round nose, and freckled cheeks. Despite the opposing personalities of the two ends, they are technically one engine.	Fairlie locomotive
Proteus		A legendary yellow narrow gauge saddle tank engine with a magic lamp hung upon his funnel.	Sir Haydn
Victor		A dark red narrow gauge tank engine from Cuba who works at the Sodor Steamworks with his assistant, Kevin.	Minaz Co., No. 1173
Luke	SR 22	A green Irish narrow gauge saddle tank engine who works primarily at the Blue Mountain Quarry on the Skarloey Railway.	'Peter Pan', a 'Wren' class locomotive
Millie		A light blue narrow gauge engine from France. She helps run Sir Robert Norramby's Estate Railway at Ulfstead Castle. Her duties include assisting the Groundskeeper and taking visitors on tours of the estate. For this, she has her own set of open-topped coaches.	Decauville No. 8069 Tabamar

Name	Description	Based on	Voiced by
Rex	A green miniature tender engine who lives and works on the Arlesdale Railway. He is a natural leader but can be very cocky at times.	River Esk	Tom Stourton
Mike	A red miniature tender engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway. He prefers goods to passengers.	River Mite	Tim Whitnall
Bert	A blue miniature tender engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway.	River Irt	Keith Wickham

List of Thomas & Friends characters

Standard gauge engines

Steam Team

Current members

Former members

Other engines

Narrow gauge engines

Minimum gauge engines

Rolling stock

Non-rail vehicles

Sodor Construction Company

Humans and animals

References

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