Trevor

"You're very nice Trevor, but you wouldn't make a very good flagpole."

- Henry, "Henry and the Flagpole", ninth season

    Trevor the Traction Engine Trevor is a traction engine. He was built in 1920.

Bio
Trevor used to work on farms doing odd jobs like threshing corn and sawing timber, but his owner thought him old-fashioned and sent him to the scrapyard. Edward luckily befriended him and convinced Rev. Charles Laxey to purchase him. Trevor now lives in the Wellsworth vicarage orchard, but is often borrowed by his old driver Jem Cole to do odds jobs.

Persona
Trevor is very friendly and gets on like wildfire with the engines. He is also helpful and ready to give anybody advice. Trevor loves children in particular, especially giving them rides in his cart.

Basis
Trevor is based on a William Foster and Co. eight-ton traction engine built in the 1920s for farm work and hauling heavy loads, and previously owned by the Reverend W. Awdry's friend the Reverend Teddy Boston.

Appearances
In the Railway Series, Trevor appeared in "Edward the Blue Engine" and "Thomas and the Twins".

In the television series, he first appeared in the second season and has appeared in every season since, except the eleventh. He also appeared in "The Great Discovery" with no lines.

Livery
In "Edward the Blue Engine" Trevor was painted black with gold boiler bands and chimney cap. In "Thomas and the Twins" he was painted green with bright yellow boiler bands.

Throughout the television series, Trevor is consistently painted dark green with red wheels and lining, a black smokebox and gold boiler bands.

Merchandising

 * ERTL (Scrap Trevor with flatbed; discontinued)
 * LC Wooden
 * Bandai Tecs
 * ERTL Miniatures (discontinued)
 * My First Thomas
 * Take-Along