Ernest

 Railway Series=   Ernest    Ernest is a mountain engine on the Culdee Fell Railway. Like the other mountain engines, he has his own coach used for passenger services.
 * Number: CFR 2
 * Builder: Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
 * Built: 1900
 * Gauge: 2ft 7 1⁄2in
 * Configuration: 0-4-2RT
 * Top Speed: 7.5 mph
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1900

Bio
Ernest was built at the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1900. Soon afterwards, he arrived on Sodor.

When Culdee returned from the works in Switzerland, Ernest and Wilfred informed him about the changes that happened to the railway.

According to Sodor: Reading Between the Lines, he and Wilfred were superseded by the more modern Nos. 6-8 in 1964 and were falsely stated to not have appeared in the stories, although this could be a mistake.

Persona
It is implied that Ernest is an old and wise mountain engine.

Basis
Ernest is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway's Enid.

Livery
Ernest is painted purple with orange lining. The number "2" is painted on the sides and back of his cab in yellow and he has red nameplates, with his name in gold, on the sides of his tanks.

Appearances
Railway Series= {{Scroll box|

The Railway Series

 * Mountain Engines - Mountain Engine (not named; mentioned), Bad Look-Out (not named; mentioned), Danger Points and "Devil's Back" (not named; mentioned)

Companion volumes
}}
 * 1972 - The Railway Series: Surprise Packet (mentioned)
 * 1976 - Famous Engines and Railway Map of the Island of Sodor
 * 1979 - Annual (mentioned)
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned)
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
 * -|Other Media=

Video Releases

 * 2015 - Secret Journey of Thomas the Tank Engine

Trivia

 * Like most of mountain engines, Ernest is equipped with a face at each end.

Quotes

 * Later, Culdee met two old friends. Ernest, number two, and Wilfred, number three.
 * After some happy gossip, Culdee asked. "Who is Lord Harry?"
 * "He's one of the new engines," they said, "who came while you were away; he's number six. Alaric and Eric are seven and eight, they're nice quiet engines, but old Harry's a terror!"

- Ernest and Wilfred talking about the new engines, Danger Points, Mountain Engines.