![]() Henry was the central character in a controversial Railway Series story. Henry is painted green with red stripes, and can sometimes come across as arrogant and rude, but he does work hard and has even been called an "'enterprising engine'". After getting various letters from children about the character, Awdry changed his mind and in the sixth book, Henry the Green Engine, Henry is damaged in an accident and rebuilt offsite at Crewe Works to the design of the Stanier "Black Five". Reginald Dalby's drawings made him look too similar to Gordon. There have been two Railway Series books devoted to him: Henry the Green Engine and Henry and the Express.Īwdry originally planned to write Henry out of the series, because C. ![]() He was built circa 1919 and arrived on Sodor in 1922 when Sir Topham Hatt was swindled into buying him. Henry was originally a 4-6-0 designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. He is the first character to appear in The Railway Series. Thomas is a blue 0-6-0 T ex- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E2 class locomotive.Įdward is a blue 4-4-0 ex- Furness Railway K2 class locomotive. Steam engines The Eight Famous Engines Thomas (Number 1) These are the main rolling stock of the North Western Railway (NWR), commonly referred to as the Fat Controller's railway: Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert Awdry when he was developing the characters and setting for his stories these notes are cited in his publication The Island of Sodor: Its People, History, and Railways.
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