Steam Team

''“I’m here to introduce to you, the new Steam Team! We all have different roles to play but when we work together, we are the best team ever! We’re called the Steam Team because we’re all steam engines. We live here at Tidmouth Sheds on the Island of Sodor. So, let’s meet the team! James is the number 5 red engine! He’s really funny, although he knows it, and can be a bit of a showoff. He’s always talking about his splendid, shiny red paint, which is fair as it is red and shiny... but it’s not as splendid as being blue! Then there’s my best friend, Percy! He’s the kindest, sweetest engine you’ll ever meet. Percy is green with the number 6 on his side. Percy can worry too much, but he’s the most trustworthy friend anyone can wish for! One of my newest friends is Nia, who’s from Kenya in Africa. She’s a tank engine like me! She’s orange and has a beautiful pattern painted on the sides. Nia is a great friend, and she loves working with the team! Gordon is blue like me, and wears the number 4 on his tender! Tenders are where bigger engines keep their coal and water because they don’t have tanks like tank engines. Gordon is a big and fast engine, and he pulls the Express coaches! He can be grumpy sometimes, but maybe it’s because he’s not as useful as me! Someone who can cheer even Gordon up is our new friend Rebecca! She came over from the Mainland, and is the newest member of the Steam Team. She’s painted a bright sunshine yellow which matches her sunny outlook on life. Rebecca makes everyone feel good! Finally, there’s Emily the emerald green engine! She doesn’t have a number, but that’s not something she worries about. Emily is clever and thoughtful, and a really useful engine! So there you have it... hang on, I forgot about me, Thomas! I’m the seventh member of the Steam Team, but I’m the number 1! Just don’t tell Gordon... no, I’m just being cheeky. No one‘s the leader, and we all make a great team!” -'' Thomas‘ introduction to the Big World! Big Adventures! Steam Team.

The Steam Team is the collective term for the seven engines who live at Tidmouth Sheds who serve as the series’ main cast.

Trivia

 * James is the only member to be antagonist in a special, Tale of the Brave.
 * Edward, Henry and Toby are the only members to not have berths at Tidmouth Sheds. Edward lives at Wellsworth, Toby at Arlesdale End, and Henry at Vicarstown/The Mainland.
 * Nia is the only member to come from a country other than England. She is also the only member voiced by a person of colour, and the only member introduced in a special.
 * Thomas and Toby are the only male members to have not been voiced by Keith Wickham at any point in the UK dub.
 * Emily’s inclusion over Duck, and later Nia and Rebecca joining in place of Edward and Henry respectively, was done in order to address criticism from feminist and social justice groups over a lack of female members in the main cast.
 * Counting current and previous members, Edward, Henry, Gordon and Emily are the only members to have retained the same voice actors since the start of the CGI series. Toby also kept the same voice actor from 2009, but only in the US dub.
 * Percy is the only member other than Thomas to be main protagonist in a special, in this case, Day of the Diesels and Tale of the Brave.
 * Before the introduction of Nia and Rebecca, Emily was the only female member, the only member not created by Rev. W. Awdry, the only member not introduced in Season 1, and the only member to not originate from the Railway Series.
 * Thomas, Percy, James and Toby are the only members to have changed voice actor through the CGI series’s run, though the latter was only for the UK dub.
 * Emily is the only member to not have a number and the only female member to not have eyelashes and visible lips on her face.
 * Nia is the only member whose snowplough isn’t the same colour as themselves. While her livery’s main colour is orange, her snowplough is black.
 * Henry is the only original member to not appear in the Go Go Thomas! game.
 * James, Nia and Rebecca are the only members to have the same voice actor in both dubs - Rob Rackstraw (as of Season 21-present), Yvonne Grundy and Rachael Miller respectively.
 * Nia and Rebecca are the only members to have not been introduced in the model series. They are also the only members to have their names written on them, with Nia having her name in the middle of the African patterned stripe on her tanks, while Rebecca has a nameplate on her smoke deflectors.
 * Despite Toby being demoted alongside Edward and Henry, he was retained in the Engine Roll Call song in order to retain the song's verses and chorus being 8 lines at a time.