British Railways Steam Engines

Percy's friends
"Silly things."

- Henry, "The Eight Famous Engines", page 8

These four are tank engines from the Other Railway.

Bio
Percy once met the first four at Vicarstown and told them of the time he braved a flood to help Thomas, when Henry came along and told them to go away.

Appearances
The tank engines only appeared in "The Eight Famous Engines".

Basis
The tank engines are on the 1377 Class 1F 0-6-0 tank engines, who were nicknamed 'Half-Cabs'. Only one member of the 'Half-Cabs' survived into preservation which is No.41708. This tank engine is currently based at the Barrow Hill Roundhouse Museum, but it requires an overhaul.

Merchandising

 * Take-Along model (2010)

Final cut
The tank engines were replaced by Bill and Ben in the second season episode "Percy Takes the Plunge".

The Foreign Engine
"Silly thing. I've no patience."

- Gordon, "The Eight Famous Engines", page 24

The Unnamed Foreign Engine (known as the Big City Engine in Learning Curve merchandise) is a tender engine from the LMS.

Bio
The Foreign Engine once stayed the night in Tidmouth with Gordon and Duck. When Gordon remembered a trip to King's Cross in his youth, the foreign engine told him he went to Euston, and Duck replied he really went to Paddington. (In fact, all three were right, but that's another matter). The argument continued even after the Foreign Engine had left.

Appearances
The Foreign Engine only appeared in "The Eight Famous Engines".

Basis
The Foreign Engine is based on a LMS "Patriot" 4-6-0 with bigger boiler and smaller chimney/dome. He also has a very four-square firebox and straight smoke deflectors.

Sadly, none of the original "Patriot" 4-6-0s survived into preservation. However, there is a "brand new" Patriot going to be built with it's name and number already revealed: LMS "Patriot" 4-6-0 No. 45551 "The Unknown Warrior". It will be built at the Llangollen Railway in North Wales.

Livery
The Foreign Engine is portrayed in the standard British Railways express passenger locomotive livery of lined green. He is painted dark green with red lining and a BR logo on his tender.

Trivia
The Foreign Engine is the first engine to have smoke deflector.

Merchandising

 * LC Wooden (retired)

Jinty and Pug's Other Railway Companions
The Other Railway Engines are five engines from the Other Railway.

Bio
These five engines came to Sodor with Jinty and Pug to run the line while the engines were on display in England.

Final cut
The engines were replaced by Oliver, BoCo, Mavis, Bill, Ben, Donald and Douglas in the fourth season episode "Thomas and the Special Letter".