An An and Yin-Long (Mandarin: 安安和银龙/銀龍) are two Chinese coaches who help transport passengers on the Chinese Railway.
Biography
Thomas met An An and Yin-Long during his visit to China. The coaches usually work with Hong-Mei and Thomas during his Chinese passenger runs. Occasionally, Yong Bao pulls them.
An An and Yin-Long once told Thomas about pandas in China and how they are hard to find in the wild. [1] They also told Thomas about the many uses of bamboo and the importance of a water wheel. [2]
Personalities
An An and Yin-Long are both cheerful and bring out an engines' friendliness, and due to working all around China, they have extensive knowledge of the country's routes.
Technical Details
Basis
Although An An and Yin-Long are Chinese coaches, they are actually based on British LB&SCR Stroudley coaches, designed by William Stroudley and built at Brighton Works between the early 1870s and late 1880s. Several coaches of this type are preserved on the Bluebell Railway and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Annie and Clarabel are also based on these coaches along with several orange branch line coaches.
Livery
An An and Yin-Long are painted sea green with neon yellow wheels and dark grey rooftops. Underneath their windows, they both have four lime green stripes with three lime yellow symbols painted in the middle of them. These three symbols are the Shou, a word that means "longevity".
Appearances
Annual Stories
- 2019 - Thomas and the Dragon
- 2020 - Thomas in the Wild
Books
- 2021 - Friends Around the World
Voice Actors
An An:
- Siu-see Hung (UK/US)
- Erina Yamazaki (Japan)
- Franciska Friede (Germany)
- Amanda Hinojosa (Latin America)
- Hanna Mönkäre (Finland)
- Gabriela Milani (Brazil)
- Olga Kuznetsova (Russia)
Yin-Long:
- Windson Liong (UK/US)
- Kunihiro Kawamoto (Japan)
- Oliver Hermann (Germany)
- Francisco Klee (Latin America)
- Tuukka Leppänen (Finland)
- Ricardo Fábio (Brazil)
- Daniil Eldarov (Russia)
- Miguel Ángel Poison (Spain)
Trivia
- Yin-Long's name means "silver dragon" in Mandarin.
- Some promotional articles for the twenty second series refer to Yin-Long as ZiLong while the 2019 annual refers to him as Lin Yong. The 2020 annual also referred to him as Yin-Lang at one point.
- An An and Yin-Long's models are both modified versions of Annie's, as Yin-Long lacks a guard's compartment.
- In the twenty-third series, both An An and Yin-Long's faces were reduced in size.
Merchandise
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Motorized Railway
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References
| Locomotives | Yong Bao | Hong-Mei | The Big Mean Engine | The Small Mean Engine | Da Li | Xiao Hu | Yen | The Chinese Diesel | |
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| Rolling Stock | An An and Yin-Long | Lei | |
| Locations | Real Landmarks | Great Wall of China | Zhangye Danxia | Himalayas (Shunting Yard) | Chang Jiang River |
| Fictional Landmarks | Cherry Blossom Runby | The First Chinese Station | The Chinese Railway Bridge | Chinese Railway Sheds | The Second Chinese Station | The Chinese Town Halt (Tunnel) | The Bamboo Forest (Nature Reserve) | Tu Zi Quan | Town Square | The River Station | |