Mike

"Take no notice. It's an Improper Engine."

- Rex, Small Railway Engines

    Mike  Mike is a strong red engine who prefers goods trains to passengers. His temper matches his paint, and he can often be hot-headed.
 * Based on: Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's River Mite
 * Builder: Clarksons of York
 * Built: 1966
 * Configuration: 2-8-2
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1967

He is proud of his whistle, which he once lost trying to shoo a cow.

Bio
Mike worked on an unnamed line in England until 1967, at which time their line closed down and he, Rex and Bert, were sent to Sodor to work the Arlesdale Railway.

Basis
Mike is based on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's River Mite.

Livery
Mike is painted in the NWR's crimson livery and blue-and-yellow lining. He has a brass dome, red nameplates with yellow writing mounted each side of his smokebox and "Arlesdale" written on his tender in yellow.

Appearances

 * "Small Railway Engines"
 * "Oliver the Western Engine" (cameo)
 * "Duke the Lost Engine" (does not speak)
 * "Jock the New Engine"
 * "Wilbert the Forest Engine" (does not speak)

Merchandising

 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * Take-Along (discontinued)