Animals

Several animals have appeared in the Railway Series and the television series.

=Animals in the Railway Series=

This section is for animals that first or only appeared in the Railway Series, listed in chronological order.

The ram
The Fat Controller once leant out of a carriage window to cheer for Edward and Henry, but his top-hat was blown into the ram's field and quickly devoured.

The circus animals
The circus which visited in "Troublesome Engines" owns several animals, like elephants, bears, ponies and camels.

The elephant
An elephant who somehow escaped from the circus and took up residence in Henry's Tunnel. Henry encountered him while investigating a block in the tunnel. The workmen fed the elephant on sandwiches, cake and water, but Henry startled the elephant and was rewarded by a stream of water being squirted over his smokebox.

Champion
An inquistive bull who once strayed from some farm labourers and ran away. He eventually came across the railway and, seeing grass on either side, began to eat. Daisy tried to shoo him away, but was intimidated by Champion and backed away.

The cow
An annoying cow that keeps straying onto the line to eat grass. Mike has encountered her several times. On one occasion, he whistled so loudly at her that his whistle shot off into a field.

The spider
This spider spun a web in the basment of the Knapford Junction signalbox before moving on to greener pastures. However, her web caused a problem on the day of the Railway Series' Golden Jubilee, as it shorted the electrics in the signalbox just minutes before Pip and Emma came into the Junction with the guests.

The grass snakes
Daisy sometimes sees these near the railway. Daisy was intrigued by their way of moving without legs, but Percy was frightened of them.

The eels
Daisy once brought several crates of eels up to Ffarquahr for a restaurant. Unfortunately, a boy accidentally knocked a crate onto the platform, causing the eels to fall onto the line and give Daisy such a fright that she blew a fuse.

=Animals in the television series=

This section is for animals that only appeared in the television series.

The foreman's dog
The foreman from the Other Railway that tried to stop Oliver from escaping had a black dog.

The hungry ram
Percy once encountered this ram on the line, and was lured away by the Driver with some cabbage. When Maithwaite station was later vandalised and several boys were trapped in the waiting room with the ram it was suspected to be the culprit, but the terrified boys confessed it was their fault and promised to help clean up. The Fat Controller gave the ram a pumpkin as a reward, but his top-hat was blown away by Harold and was muched up by the ram. The Fat Controller, happily, made lgiht of the situation.

The Fat Controller's cat
The Fat Controller owns a grey cat, as seen in one episode.

Alice's dog
Alice, the girl who lives at Hill Farm, owns a white dog with a black spot.