Fergus

"Do it right!"

- Fergus, "Bill, Ben and Fergus", seventh season

    Fergus the Railway Traction Engine

Fergus is an railway traction engine. He was built by Aveling and Porter in 1926 and arrived on Sodor in 2003. He was painted green with gold boiler bands at first, but he was repainted navy with gold boiler bands and red wheels when he came to Sodor.

Bio
Fergus mainly works at the cement works, and thus calls himself "The pride of the Cement Works". Although he vaguely resembles Trevor, Fergus runs on rails.He always loves to work at the cement works and he thinks there is no better place to be.

Fergus knows the rulebook off by heart, and his catchphrase is "Do it right!" His insistence on doing everything absolutely according to the rules can annoy the other engines, but he is a decent engine at heart and will not hesitate to help others in trouble.Fergus is also a hard worker and he is always there to help.

His flywheel can be hooked up to machinery. This feature is first seen in the seventh season episode "Salty's Stormy Tale", when he used it to save a ship from crashing into the rocks by powering the lighthouse lamp generator.

Basis
Fergus is based on an Aveling and Porter railway traction engine, of which there is only one left in the world. Since Fergus' introduction, the locomotive has been dressed up as him on special occasions.

Appearances
Fergus only appeared in the seventh season. There had been no mention of him after the seventh season. According to a statement he returns for Season 13.

First Railway Traction engine
Fergus is the first Railway Traction engine on sodor.

Trivia
Fergus is the second engine with a royal blue body and red wheels, the first being Mallard. He is also the second steam engine to have no siderods, the first being Iron Duke in Thomas and the Great Railway Show.