Lady

"Lady, you're a Really Helpful Engine!" "And helping each other brings to life the magic in all of us!"

- Thomas and Lady, Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Lady is a small, Victorian-styled tank engine who serves as the guardian of The Magic Railroad, using her magic to keep the worlds of Shining Time and Sodor alive. She is owned and protected by Burnett Stone, her driver.

Bio
Lady once came to the Island of Sodor a long time ago, when she was found by Diesel 10, an evil diesel engine who wanted to destroy her. Lady and Burnett both ran away from Diesel 10, but during the chase, Burnett used up all her coal and made her go too fast, causing Diesel 10 to catch up and crash her. Lady was taken back to Muffle Mountain and stored inside Burnett's workshop, where he spent years desperately trying to restore her to working order, but he did not have the right coal to make her steam.

Years later, Lady was still out of service, and without her, the Magic Railroad began to lose its magic. That all changed when Lily, Burnett's granddaughter, and Thomas brought a truck of coal from Sodor to Muffle Mountain, which proved to be the coal necessary to make her steam. Lady came back to life and returned to Sodor, where she was once again chased by Diesel 10. Lady, Burnett and Thomas successfully managed to escape Diesel 10, and she gave the Conductor Family the gold dust they needed.

When the steam and diesel engines were facing a fallout, Lady and Rusty both appeared to Thomas in a dream of his, where she told him how to resolve the conflict between the two kinds of engines.

Basis
Lady appears to be a freelance design, with no real known locomotive prototype. However, her design does bare some resemblance to the GWR 101 Class, and the 3½ gauge LBSC Tich 0-4-0 side tank locomotive.

One of Lady's concept art images depicts her as a 2-2-2, resembling Gazelle, a Dodman & Co 0-4-2 Well Tank locomotive from the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway.

Livery
Lady is painted red-purple with gold head lamps on her front footplate, tail lamp, gold buffers, smokebox, funnel top, dome, whistle, side rods, lining and her name on each side in gold. She is also painted a very dark purple on her cab roof, lower funnel section and her footplate.

Appearances
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Specials

 * 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad
 * 2005 - Calling All Engines!

Music Videos
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 * Together

Books

 * 1999 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad (manga)
 * 2001 - Diesels and Engines, Diesel 10 Means Trouble (does not speak), Little Engines Can Do BIG Things (does not speak), Thomas and the Magic Railroad (activity book), Thomas and the Magic Railroad (book), Thomas and the Magic Railroad (sticker book)
 * 2005 - Calling All Engine!, Calling All Engines! Colouring and Activity Book
 * 2006 - Thomas' Sticker Express
 * 2007 - Thomas' Read-Along Storybook
 * 2011 - The Big Book of Engines

Video Games
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 * 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad Print Studio and Thomas and the Magic Railroad (Board Game)
 * 2005 - Calling All Engines

Voice Actors

 * Britt Allcroft (UK/US; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Marina Watanabe (Japan; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Miyu Matsuki (Japan; Calling All Engines!)
 * Blanche Ravalec (France and French speaking Canada; Calling All Engines!)
 * Rita Engelmann (Germany; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Gabriela Gómez (Latin America; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Lupita Leal (Latin America; Thomas and the Magic Railroad; TV Version)
 * Hadar Shachaf Ma'ayan (Israel; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)

Trivia

 * Lady is the first standard-gauge steam engine in the television series not to be created by the Rev. W Awdry.
 * She was the first female steam engine and tank engine introduced in the television series and the third female engine overall, the first being Daisy and the second being Mavis.
 * Her face is only visible on Sodor.
 * Altogether, three different-size models were used in the making of the film:
 * Gauge 1-size model, used in the scenes of Island of Sodor.
 * Life-size model, used in a lot of scenes.
 * CGI model, used in a scenes passing through the Magic Railroad.
 * Lady has a coupling on her back, but not on her front.
 * Lady has a cover for her coal bunker.
 * Originally, Lady was not going to have a speaking role in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, her only way of communicating was "telepathically" with Thomas when he was on Muffle Mountain and her whistle. She was later given lines to help smooth over cuts made to the film.
 * One of her concept art images depicts her as a 2-2-2, with several design changes.
 * Lady's ERTL prototype toy was a repaint of Rheneas.
 * Lady's whistle sound was reused for Millie.
 * One of Lady's replica models is currently on display in Japan. Two of her nameplates are currently in possession of ThomasTankMerch on Twitter.

Quotes

 * "She's as precious as gold."

- Burnett Stone describing Lady


 * "So Burnett, you didn't forget about magic, it's safe inside you."

- Lady to Burnett, Thomas and the Magic Railroad.


 * "Well Lady, this is your Shining Time too."
 * "With your help!" (Uncut Version) "I hope so!" (Edited Version)

- Burnett and Lady, Thomas and the Magic Railroad.


 * "We always finish our jobs when we work together."

- Lady to Thomas, Calling All Engines!

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (discontinued 2000, 2003 and battery powered; reintroduced 2014 "limited release")
 * Take Along (discontinued normal and metallic)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
 * TrackMaster (discontinued)
 * My First Thomas (talking)
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)
 * Mini Die Cast Collection (discontinued)
 * Thomas Town (discontinued)
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * Woody Capsule Series
 * Wind-up (normal and metallic)
 * Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)
 * Brio (discontinued)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)