#THE RAILWAY SERIES CHARACTERS SERIES#

In 'Henry's Sneeze', the character blasts some troublemaking schoolboys with soot and they 'ran away as black as niggers'.

#THE RAILWAY SERIES CHARACTERS SERIES#

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 runs his own branch line with a diesel named BoCo, which travels from Wellsworth to Brendam. He is a blue mixed-traffic tender engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 2 engine. He is the first character to appear in The Railway Series. Edward (Number 2)Įdward is an old blue 4-4-0 ex- Furness Railway K2 class locomotive. Thomas is a blue 0-6-0 T ex- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E2 class locomotive.

Wilbert (Dean Forest Railway, ex-National Coal Board No.

Bill and Ben (Sodor China Clay Company numbers 1 & 2).

Neil (Sodor & Mainland Railway Number 2).

Stepney (Bluebell Railway, ex-London, Brighton and South Coast Railway No.

This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of The Railway Series by the Rev. For the characters who appear in Thomas & Friends, see List of Thomas & Friends characters.

The railway series characters