Ashima (AEG)

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For other uses, see Ashima.

Ashima of India
Background Information
First appearance	Ashima's Amazing Arrival (2022)
Creator(s)	Andrew Brenner Ian McCue
Voice Actors
UK voice actor	Sandeep Garcha
US voice actor	Diya Kittur
Character Overview
Name	Ashima
Gender	Female
Eye colour	Brown
Country	India
Technical Details
Basis	NMR X class
Power type	Steam
Vehicle	Locomotive
Type	Tank engine
Configuration	0-6-2T
Wheels	8
Railway	Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Ashima is a colourful tank engine from the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in India.

Personality

Ashima is a friendly and cheerful engine, and always enjoys seeing her friends, particularly the Sodor engines. She is also fond of dancing, gladly taking the offer when asked. Ashima doesn't mind getting her beautiful paintwork dirty, as long as it means being a really useful engine.

Technical Details

Basis

Ashima is loosely based on a Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) X class, particularly the oil-burning version of the engine.

Ashima's basis

Livery

Ashima is painted hot pink with white and dark blue lining. Her front buffer beam is also painted reflex blue. She bears several bright green, white and orange patterns, inspired by Indian textiles and Henna Tattoos.

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

• Series 2 - Ashima's Amazing Arrival and More Than a Pretty Engine
• Series 3 - Nia's Green Surprise
• Series 4 - Sheep Stampede, The Berry Best (cameo) and Diesel's Bad Day (cameo)

Specials

• 2024 - The Christmas Letter Express (cameo)

Songs

• Series 2 - Welcome to Sodor (does not speak)
• Series 4 - Stay on Track with Yourself

Annual Stories

• 2025 - Ashima's Amazing Arrival (does not speak)

Books

• 2022 - Meet the Engines and Thomas the Tank Engine Character Encyclopedia
• 2023 - Let's Learn Opposites
• 2024 - Meet Team Thomas!

Audio Files

Whistle

First used	Last used	Sound Effect
Series 2	Active

Trivia

• Ashima's name is now pronounced correctly, stressing the first syllable of her name rather than the second.
• Unlike most of the other engines, Ashima's existence in All Engines Go was first revealed in undisclosed promotional material.
• Ashima is one of only six engines from the original series to still have cab doors, the others being Toby, Whiff, Diesel, Kenji and Duck.
• Ashima is the first tank engine in All Engines Go to be portrayed as an adult rather than a child.

Merchandise

• Motorized (discontinued)
• Push Along (discontinued)

References

International Characters

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✦ Changed location

Europe	Spain	Farona and Frederico
Africa	Kenya	✦Nia
Asia	China	Yong Bao | The Big Mean Engine
	India	Ashima
	Japan	Hiro | ✦Kenji | ✦Kana