Thomas

Thomas is a cheeky little engine on the Island of Sodor. He has six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome. he is from the LB&SCR E2 Class in Brighton on the Mainland along with his mother Marie, his father Payne, Calvin, Eddy, Wilfred, Bob Geoffrey, and Timothy (oil burning).

Basis
Thomas is based on the Billinton E2-Class 0-6-0T locomotives built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway between 1913 and 1916. He is apparently one of the last batch built as only these engines featured his distinctive extended side-tanks, projecting forward over the leading wheels and little down sweeps at each end of the footplate. The E2s were introduced in 1915 to replace earlier members of the E1 class, which had been scrapped. The last five in the ten strong class had extended side tanks to give a greater water capacity, but all engines had two inside cylinders and driving wheels 4'6" in diameter.

Livery
Thomas is painted in the North Western Railway's standard blue livery with red-and-yellow lining and the number "1" painted on his tank sides in yellow with a red border. In the Railway Series, he carries two builder's plates on the sides of his cab.

When Thomas first arrived on Sodor in The Adventure Begins, he was painted teal-green with white-and-yellow lining. He had LBSC lettering painted on his tanks in yellow with a red border and had the number "70" painted in the same colours on the sides of his bunker. Upon his first visit to the Steamworks for a repaint, his metal frame devoid of paint is seen before being applied with a pink undercoat to keep water out from him, which would cause permanent rust damage.

Apperances

 * Season 1: Catch of the Day, Diesel of the Railway, Peter Sam's Patience, Thomas' E2 Class Family, Sir Topham Hatt's Farewell/The Fat Controller's Farewell, Hugo and Skiff, Thomas and Ashima, Not Any Help At All, Beauty and the Tank Engine, Thomas, Ryan, and Daisy's Special Day, and Samson's Brake Van