Hank

"Howdy everybody. Thomas is overloaded right now, so I'll whistle for him!"

- Hank, "Heave Ho Thomas", twelfth season

    Hank 
 * Class: Pennsylvania Railroad's K4 Pacific
 * Designer: Baldwin Locomotive Works
 * Builder: Matthias W. Baldwin
 * Build date: 1914
 * Configuration: 4-6-2
 * Gauge: 4' 8.5"
 * Length: 83' 6"
 * Weight: 468 000 lb
 * Driving wheel: 6' 8"
 * Fuel capacity: 16 tons
 * Water capacity: 7,000 gals
 * Boilure pressure: 205 lb/sq. in.
 * Cylinders: Two 27" x 28" (outside)
 * TE: 44 460 lb

Hank is a large American tender engine.

Bio


Thomas and Percy heard that Hank was arriving on Sodor and went to Brendam Docks to greet him. Thomas had his doubts about the strength of an engine from outside of Sodor, and when Hank called Thomas "one of the finest little engines [he'd] ever seen", Thomas became determined to pull all of Hank's loads himself. While Thomas tired himself out pulling the heavy loads, Hank insisted that he help Thomas with the train. With the strain, Thomas eventually cracked a cylinder, and finally decided to accept Hank's offer for help. Hank pushed Thomas to Knapford, where the other engines were waiting to greet Hank to the island. He aslo talks in an crude and annoying, stereotypical Southern USA Accent.

Persona
Hank is unique in being a very kind and very helpful amongst the big engines on the railway, and is willing to offer any assistance to any engine who is struggling with their loads.

Basis


Hank is based on the Pennsylvania Railroad's K4 Pacific.

Livery
Hank is painted dark blue with red wheels, a red cowcatcher and red lining.

Merchandise

 * Learning Curve Wooden model
 * Trackmaster model
 * My Thomas Story Library (released in 2009)

Trivia

 * The Learning Curve Wooden range depicts Hank as a 2-6-0.
 * On Hank's Trackmaster model, he has oval buffers. On the TV show, he has round buffers.