Caitlin

"Don't you streamlined engines ever stop?"

- Gordon, Calm Down Caitlin, seventeenth season

   Caitlin   Caitlin, is a character that first appeared in the 2013 special, King of the Railway.
 * Class: Baltimore and Ohio P-7 Class
 * Designer: Baldwin Locomotive Works
 * Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works
 * Configuration: 4-6-2

Bio
Caitlin is a streamlined engine from the Mainland designed for speed. She loves to challenge the other engines to a race and has a tendency to get a little-overexcited. She, along with Connor, regularly transport passengers from the Mainland to Ulfstead Castle.

Along with Connor, Thomas, Percy and James, she also helped with the search of Stephen before Ulfstead Castle's opening. Caitlin once had to spend the night on Sodor and became too excited to listen to advice. During her night on Sodor, she took the mail train and the Flying Kipper. Unfortunately, she did not take others into consideration and ended up waking lots of people up.

Persona
Caitlin is a streamlined engine, designed for speed. Along with her friend Connor, Caitlin is an excitable and energetic character, who likes to be busy and loves to race. Both Connor and Caitlin are friendly and eager to get other engines to join in the fun with them. Caitlin is particularly impatient and restless if she has nothing to do. She would rather be racing than sit in a station and be idle. Connor and Caitlin were introduced to the island to bring passengers from the mainland. They zip on and off the island frequently using the Vicarstown Rolling Bridge.

Basis
Caitlin is based on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad streamlined President Class.

Livery
Caitlin is painted a pinkish-purple colour with grey lining.

Television series
Specials:
 * Season 17 - Calm Down Caitlin
 * Season 18
 * King of the Railway

Trivia

 * Caitlin is too large for the British loading gauge.
 * Caitlin has her own rake of coaches painted in a similar colour scheme to her own.
 * Caitlin's valve gear and siderods aren't animated properly. Their movement would be jammed in real life.

Voice Actors

 * Rebecca O'Mara (UK/US)
 * Merete Brettschneider (Germany)
 * Ewa Serwa (Poland)
 * Sakura Yoshioka (Japan)
 * Sarah MacDonald Berge (Norway)

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * TrackMaster
 * Take-n-Play