Rheneas

"You're a gallant little engine!"

- The Thin Controller, Gallant Old Engine

   Rheneas   Rheneas is the Skarloey Railway's second engine.
 * Number: 2
 * Built: 1865
 * Builder: Fletcher, Jennings and Co.
 * Configuration: 0-4-0WT
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1866

Bio in Railway Series
Rheneas was built by Fletcher, Jennings, and Co. at Whitehaven and arrived on the Skarloey Railway sometime around 1866.

Unlike Skarloey, Rheneas was stern and thoughtful and fell out with Skarloey after the latter called him a "stick-in-the-mud" following an argument over cabs. The two reconciled after Rheneas saved Skarloey from a landslide.

Rheneas literally saved the railway by keeping service through a very lean period in the late 1940s. By 1950, Skarloey was in need of repairs, leaving Rheneas to run the line. He managed to pull a full train home one rainy day despite jammed valve gear and was rewarded with an overhaul. His overhaul took place in 1961 and was returned to the Skarloey Railway soon after.

Bio in Television Series
Rheneas has always been a gallant engine. In the fifth season, he, Skarloey, and Rusty were chased by boulder when it had rolled off from its cliff. In the sixth season he was able to save the Skarloey Railway from near abandoment with the help of Elizabeth, Rusty, and Skarloey.

In Blue Mountain Mystery, he had to encounter the collapsing Blondin Bridge, but made it down safely. He is currently working at the Blue Mountain Quarry, along with Skarloey, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, and Rusty.

Persona
Rheneas has been called a "gallant old engine" before and deserves such a title. Rheneas is highly determined, brave, courageous, and long-time friend of Skarloey. He is a tough, committed worker despite his age and takes great responsibility in his work. He is keen to keep his friends smiling and, although he is a level-headed engine, he can be a bit of an adventurer too. Though he may often try to struggle on alone, Rheneas knows when it is time to call on the help of his friends. Nevertheless, Rheneas is always highly dedicated to the task at hand.

Basis
Rheneas is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Dolgoch. In the Railway Series, Dolgoch is Rheneas's twin.

Livery
In the Railway Series Rheneas is painted in the Skarloey Railway's red livery and blue and yellow lining. In the television series, he is painted vermilion with gold and black lining. In early magazine illustrations, he was painted carmine. This carried over to nearly all his merchandise. In Blue Mountain Mystery, he was repainted yellow with blue lining to play a joke on Thomas. He was painted back into his original colours soon afterwards.

Appearances
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Railway Series

 * Four Little Engines (does not speak)
 * Gallant Old Engine
 * Mountain Engines
 * Very Old Engines
 * Duke the Lost Engine (does not speak)
 * Great Little Engines
 * New Little Engine

Television series

 * Season 4 - Granpuff (cameo), Sleeping Beauty (cameo), Four Little Engines (does not speak), A Bad Day for Sir Handel (does not speak), Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady (cameo), Trucks! (cameo), Special Funnel (cameo), Steam Roller (cameo), Passengers and Polish (does not speak), Gallant Old Engine, and Fish (cameo)
 * Season 5 - Bye George! (does not speak in US version), Toby's Discovery (cameo), and Rusty and the Boulder
 * Season 6 - Dunkin Duncan, Rusty Saves the Day (does not speak), and Faulty Whistles
 * Season 7 - Toby's Windmill (cameo), The Old Bridge, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop (cameo), Rheneas and the Roller Coaster, The Runaway Elephant (cameo), The Grand Opening (cameo), and Trusty Rusty (cameo)
 * Season 9 - Tuneful Toots (does not speak), Rheneas and the Dinosaur, The Magic Lamp (cameo), and Skarloey the Brave
 * Season 10 - Follow that Flour (cameo), Duncan Drops a Clanger, Fearless Freddie, Which Way Now? (cameo), Wharf and Peace, and Missing Trucks
 * Season 11 - Thomas and the Big Bang (does not speak), Sir Handel in Charge (cameo), Cool Truckings (cameo), Skarloey Storms Through, and Wash Behind Your Buffers
 * Season 12 - Mountain Marvel (cameo), The Party Surprise (cameo), Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon (cameo), The Man in the Hills, and Push Me, Pull You
 * Season 16 - Don't Bother Victor! and The Christmas Tree Express
 * Season 17 - Luke's New Friend and The Switch
 * Season 18 - Disappearing Diesels (cameo)

Specials:
 * The Great Discovery (does not speak)
 * Blue Mountain Mystery
 * King of the Railway

He also cameoed in an eighth season song.

Magazine stories

 * 1998 - Really Useful Rusty! (cameo)
 * 2000 - Creepy Cutting!
 * 2002 - Big Ideas! (does not speak)
 * 2004 - Windsurfing, and The Grand Opening (cameo)
 * 2006 - Rheneas and the Dinosaur
 * 2007 - Cliff Ride, and Works Outing
 * 2008 - Wash Behind Your Buffers!
 * 2009 - Thomas and the Big Bang (does not speak)
 * 2010 - Big Ideas (does not speak)
 * 2011 - The New Works and Flight Sight
 * 2012 - The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 645) (cameo) and Blue Mountain Mystery (speaks in speech bubble only)
 * 2013 - Don't Bother Victor! (does not speak) and Christmas Tree Express

Rheneas also appeared in the magazine stories, Boat Bother, Duncan Gets Upset, Hello, Skarloey!, Rusty's Plan, The Balloon Race, The Colourful Engine, and The Mountain Railway. }}

Voice Actors

 * Ben Small (UK/US; sixteenth season onwards)
 * Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japan; fourth-seventh seasons)
 * Daiki Nakamura (Japan; ninth season onwards)
 * Jesse Grimm (Germany)
 * Anders Sundstedt (Norway; sixteenth season only)
 * Stig Krogstad (Norway; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)

Trivia

 * In New Little Engine Rheneas is depicted as an 0-4-2.
 * His name is Sudric for "Divided waterfall".
 * In the ninth season, Rheneas gained a tail lamp.
 * Until the sixteenth season, Rheneas had no visible whistle, despite it being heard.
 * In the sixteenth season, Rheneas' whistle budges up and down.
 * One of Rheneas' models is currently in the possession of Nitrogen Studios.
 * From the seventeenth season onward, Rheneas has a permanent lamp.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (normal and metallic; discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (normal and repainted versions)
 * TrackMaster (normal and repainted versions)
 * Take-Along (discontinued)
 * Take-n-Play (normal and repainted)
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
 * Bandai (several versions; discontinued)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * Wind-up Trains (normal and metallic)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)