Stanley

"Oh my! Whatever will Thomas say?"

- Henry, The Great Discovery

    Stanley    Stanley is a silver tank engine.
 * Class: Hudswell Clarke/Kitson No. 5459 "Austin I" hybrid
 * Designer: Hudswell Clarke/Kitson
 * Builder: Hudswell Clarke/Kitson
 * Configuration: 0-6-0ST
 * Built: Sometime after 1934
 * Arrived on Sodor: March 1955

Bio
Stanley was brought to Sodor to take care of Thomas' workload during the restoration of Great Waterton. Upon his arrival, Stanley became very popular and enjoyed the company of the engines.

Stanley's popularity caused Thomas to feel jealous and later neglected. Thomas felt that Stanley was newer, bigger, and stronger than he - and would take over his place on the railway. Thomas then planned to make Stanley look weak - the trick backfired and caused Thomas' friends to consider him mean and incompetent.

When Thomas later went missing, Stanley was the first to realise Thomas' feelings. He searched for Thomas until he finally managed to find and rescue him. Then, both became friends and with a combined effort made it back to Great Waterton in time to prepare for the opening celebrations.

Stanley later worked in the yards with Thomas and James during the winter and helped with the rebuilding of the Sodor River Bridge. Also, he went to Great Waterton with Gordon to pick up passengers.

Stanley was amongst the engines at Knapford who were worried about Percy's whereabouts when Percy was spending his time with the Diesels at the Dieselworks. Later on in the winter, he suffered from a faulty firebox and Thomas came to his aid once again.

In more recent seasons, Stanley can be seen working at the Shunting Yards, China Clay Works, and Ffarquhar Quarry. Salty also mentioned that Stanley, in one of his spooky stories, was an old engine who lost his flatbeds while climbing a hill, and ever since then his flatbeds haunt the rails.

Persona
Stanley is the "boy-next-door" of the Fat Controller's Railway. Cocky, cool, and cheery, he is a little bit bigger, a little bit newer, and a little bit stronger than Thomas, which, at first, made Thomas jealous when all focus seemed to be on this shiny, new arrival, especially when he began helping with the restoration of Great Waterton. However, even Thomas was soon won over by Stanley's positive attitude, charm, and friendliness and came to see why he was so popular and well-liked among the other engines. As such, Thomas and Stanley are now firm friends. There is nothing Stanley would not do for another engine. And if he could not do it, he would find someone who could. He is sleek, smart, and stylish and his silver and light grey appearance, with striking red wheels and a shining smokebox certainly makes him look the part as he eagerly goes about his work.

Basis
Stanley is a hybrid cross of a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST engine and Kitson's No. 5459 "Austin I".

Livery
Stanley is painted in a non metallic silver livery with a metallic silver smokebox, red wheels and lining. He has a red running plate with a dark grey basecoat, and his name on each side of his saddletank.

Appearances
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Television series

 * Season 12 - James Works It Out, Gordon Takes a Shortcut, and Thomas Puts the Brakes On
 * Season 14 - Thomas' Tall Friend (cameo), Merry Winter Wish (cameo), and Thomas and the Snowman Party (cameo)
 * Season 15 - Percy's New Friends (cameo), Surprise, Surprise, and Kevin the Steamie (cameo)
 * Season 16 - Ol' Wheezy Wobbles (cameo), Percy and the Monster of Brendam (cameo), Flash Bang Wallop! (cameo), Thomas and the Rubbish Train (does not speak), Salty's Surprise (cameo), Emily's Winter Party Special (cameo), and Muddy Matters (cameo)
 * Season 18 - Flatbeds of Fear (not named; does not speak), Disappearing Diesels (cameo), Signals Crossed (cameo), Toad's Adventure (cameo), Thomas the Quarry Engine (cameo), Marion and the Pipe (cameo), Missing Gator (cameo), Samson at Your Service, and Timothy and the Rainbow Truck (cameo)

Stanley is likely to appear in Season 19 in a space-centered episode.

Specials:
 * The Great Discovery
 * Misty Island Rescue (cameo)
 * Day of the Diesels
 * Blue Mountain Mystery (cameo)
 * Tale of the Brave (cameo)

Magazine stories
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 * 2013 - Gordon's Shortcut

Voice Actors

 * Matt Wilkinson (UK; fifteenth season onwards)
 * Ben Small (US; fifteenth - eighteenth seasons)
 * Hiroshi Tsuchida (Japan)
 * Christoffer Staib (Norway; fifteenth season only)
 * Stig Krogstad (Norway; Day of the Diesels onwards)
 * Adrian Perdjon (Poland; Day of the Diesels onwards)
 * José Luis Rivera (Mexico; Day of the Diesels onwards)

Trivia

 * One of Stanley's models is currently on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
 * Stanley's popularity with the public has grown following an online video called "A Toy Train in Space", in which a Wooden Railway model of him was sent into space. As a result, a Take-n-Play "Stanley in Space" is set for release.
 * Stanley's smoke box is silver, however in real life, UK locomotives have black smoke boxes.
 * Stanley's whistle sound is Thomas' at a lower pitch.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway (normal, two-pack, and Talking Railway versions, discontinued)
 * Take-Along (regular and metallic; discontinued)
 * Take-n-Play (normal and with space helmet)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
 * TrackMaster (normal and remote-control, remote-control model discontinued)
 * My First Thomas (talking)
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
 * LEGO (discontinued)
 * Mega Bloks (discontinued)
 * Wind-up (normal and metallic; Japan and Australia only)