Shankar

Shankar is an Indian diesel shunter. He works in the shunting yard on the Indian Railway.

Basis
Shankar is based on a TGM23 class diesel shunter from Russia. He has been regauged from "Russian" broad gauge to standard gauge. Ivan is another member of this class.

Livery
Shankar is painted orange and brown with a white stripe down his side. His running board is painted brown, and his handrails are painted gold.

Thomas & Friends

 * Season 22 - Trusty Trunky and Tiger Trouble

Specials

 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures! (cameo)

Voice Actors

 * Sanjeev Bhaskar (UK/US)

Trivia

 * He uses a recoloured version of Ivan’s model.
 * His name means "beneficent" in the Sanskrit language.