Timothy

"You and your oil burning ways!"

- Bill, No Steam Without Coal, eighteenth season

    Timothy    Timothy is a little oil burning tank engine, who works at the Sodor China Clay Company with Bill, Ben, and Marion.
 * Builder: Bell Locomotive Works, Inc.
 * Configuration: 0-4-0ST

Bio
Timothy loves to work at the China Clay Pits with Bill and Ben, but his naïvety can sometimes lead to the twins playing tricks on him. Despite this, Timothy just dismisses them as silly and gets on with his job.

Bill and Ben once teased Timothy for being an oil-burning engine instead of a regular coal-burning engine. Timothy started to get upset by this, but ended up having the last laugh when the clay pits ran out of coal. Timothy collected some coal from Brendam Docks and the twins finally apologised for their teasing.

Persona
Timothy is friendly, helpful, and loves being really useful, but can also be naïve and gullible.

Basis
Timothy is based on an open cab oil burning steam locomotive built by Bell Locomotive Works, Inc. of New York City. These engines, which were built in a variety of gauges, were used throughout the United States, Cuba, Central America, and South America in construction and industrial work.

Livery
Timothy is painted dark blue with red lining. He has "SCC" written on the sides of his water tank.

Television series

 * Season 18 - Marion and the Pipe (cameo), No Steam Without Coal, and Spencer's VIP

Specials:
 * Tale of the Brave

Magazine stories

 * 2014 - Leaves on the Line! (does not speak)

Voice Actors

 * Tim Whitnall (UK/US)
 * Paul Disbergen (The Netherlands)

Trivia

 * Timothy has been modified for use on British railways with loose couplings, added buffers, and a brake pipe.
 * Timothy has the same whistle sound as Thomas, but at a different pitch. He has a different whistle sound on the Tale of the Brave minisite, however.

Merchandise

 * Take-n-Play
 * Wooden Railway
 * TrackMaster
 * Collectible Railway (coming soon)