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Caroline the Car
Background Information
First appearance	Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine (RWS) Train Stops Play (T&F)
Last appearance	Duke the Lost Engine (RWS) Bold and Brave (T&F)
Creator(s)	Rev. W. Awdry
Overview
Name	Caroline
Title	Caroline the Vintage Car
Gender	Female
Country	Island of Sodor England (built)
Affiliation	Elsbridge Cricket Club Thomas' Branch Line Stepney
Technical Details
Basis	Morris Oxford Bullnose Cabriolet 1926
Vehicle	Road vehicle
Type	Vintage car
Fuel type	Petrol
Drivetrain	4x2
Wheels	4
Designer(s)	W R Morris Limited
Builder(s)	Morris Motors
Year built	1926
Registration number	URA 1 (RWS)
Owner(s)	Elsbridge Cricket Club

Caroline is an elderly car owned by a cricketer from the Elsbridge cricket club.

Biography

The Railway Series

Caroline always refers to her driver as "Master". She does not like high speeds as they overheat her motor. One day, Stepney passed the Elsbridge Cricket Field when a batsman hit a ball that landed in one of his trucks. Unfortunately, Stepney and his crew did not hear the cricketers shout, so four of them piled into Caroline and raced after them. At Ffarquhar, they found the missing ball. But as Caroline was exhausted, Stepney transported them all back with Caroline on a flatbed and the cricketers in a brake van and stay to watch the match.

Thomas & Friends

As in the Railway Series, Caroline and the cricketers went in pursuit of Stepney and the missing cricket ball.

Caroline later helped the Fat Controller to Lady Hatt's birthday, until she broke down again. She was then insulted by George, who later took the Fat Controller to Thomas until he had his own accident. The Fat Controller promised to get help for Caroline after he left.

Personality

Caroline enjoys taking leisurely drives along the beautiful Sudrian countryside. She dislikes being pushed along too fast, as it will overheat her engine. She is very calm in nature and appreciates the engines. She loves the occasional picnic where she is parked for the duration. She used to think railway engines were silly until she discovered how they can save the wear and tear on her wheels.

Technical Details

Basis

Caroline is based on a 1926 Morris Oxford Bullnose saloon.

Caroline's basis

Livery

Caroline is painted red with black fenders, a gold radiator and a grey rooftop. Her name is written on her sides in white.

In the video game Railway Adventures, some magazine stories, and some promotional art, her rooftop is depicted red.

Appearances

• Railway Series
• Television Series
• Other Media

The Railway Series Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine - Train Stops Play Companion Volumes 1976 - Famous Engines 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)

Thomas & Friends Series 4 - Train Stops Play Series 5 - Lady Hatt's Birthday Party, Toby and the Flood (cameo) and Toby's Discovery (cameo) Series 8 - Thomas and the Circus (cameo), Chickens to School (cameo) and Percy and the Magic Carpet (cameo) Series 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting (cameo) and Bold and Brave (cameo) Specials 2005 - Calling All Engines! (learning segment cameo) Learning Segments Series 8 - The Children Wait for Gordon (cameo) Calling All Engines! - Which Diesel Engine with Which Steam Engine? (cameo) Music Videos Series 5 - Harold the Helicopter Series 8 - A World Around You and Determination Calling All Engines! - Trying Series 9 - Party Time Series 10 - Engine Roll Call (Rock 'n' roll Version)

Magazine Stories 1998 - The Big Speech! 2001 - Dents All Round!, A Song for Caroline (does not speak), Railway Ride! and Lorry Trouble 2002 - Good as New! 2003 - Broken Bridges (does not speak), Where's Wag? (does not speak) and Milk and Motors! 2004 - Train Stops Play and Road Ride 2006 - Caroline's Cruise and Percy and the Painting (cameo) 2007 - The Best Smile (does not speak) and In for Treatment 2009 - Night Light Train and New Delivery (cameo) 2010 - Thomas Takes Off! and The New Delivery (cameo) 2011 - Caroline Camps Out, Caroline's Christmas, Racing on the Rails, and Mirror, Mirror (not seen) 2012 - Message Mix-Up! 2013 - A Friend in Need Caroline also appeared in the magazine stories, Double Attraction, Fun With Friends, Parking? No Problem!, Road Ride, Slow Down, Bertie!, Slow Tow, Spotting Shapes, The Best Bridge, and The Open Top Bus. Video Games 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad Print Studio 2001 - Railway Adventures 2008 - Begins Educational Learning

Audio Files

Horn

First used	Last used	Sound Effect
Series 4	Series 5

Trivia

• Caroline is the first female Road-Vehicle character in the series.
• Caroline's television series model did not have moveable eyes.
• Both George Carlin and Alec Baldwin gave Caroline a Southern accent.
• Her face design is a standard on cartoon cars (nose and mouth on the grill and eyes where her headlights would be).
• Caroline's horn sound was reused for Bertie's current horn sound, even though he used it since the fourth series episode Rusty to the Rescue.
• Most merchandise incorrectly gives her a yellow radiator, probably due to use of gold paint being too expensive.
• When she crosses the tunnel in the fourth series episode Train Stops Play, she makes the same coughing and spluttering engine sound FX as D261 from the fourth series episode, Bowled Out.

Merchandise

• ERTL (discontinued)
• Wooden Railway (discontinued)
• Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
• TrackMaster (discontinued)
• Capsule Plarail (normal, plated, and glitter)
• Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)
• Royal Hampshire (discontinued)
• Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)
• Trading Cards (discontinued)
• My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
• Nakayoshi (only with Bulgy)

References

Non-rail vehicles

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* RWS only | ** T&F only | *** Other Media only

Ffarquhar Branch Line

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* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	Steam	Thomas | Percy | Toby | Bloomer*
	Diesel	Daisy* | Mavis
	Former	Coffee Pots | Glynn**
Rolling Stock	Coaches	Annie and Clarabel | Henrietta | Victoria* | Thomas' Special Coach* | The Quarryman's Coach* | Observation Saloon Coaches*
	Trucks	Quarry Trucks | Elsie* | Old-King Coal*
Non-Rail Vehicles		Terence | Bertie | Caroline | The Orange Caterpillar Crane* | Cleo** | Harold | Tiger Moth** | Bulstrode
People		Mrs. Kyndley | Farmer Finney | Kevin Volley* | Farmer McColl** | Farmer Trotter** | Ruth**
Affiliates		Toby's Branch Line**
Locations		Knapford (Harbour, Airfield) | Dryaw (Goods Station, Airfield, Goods Yard**, Football Club**) | Toryreck (Lead Mines, Engine Shed**) | Crowe's Farm | Elsbridge (Dairy, Viaduct, Cricket Field, Trek and Leisure) | Hackenbeck (Bridge, Tunnel, Cottage) | Finney's Farm | Ffarquhar (Engine Sheds, Mountain**, Loop**) | Ffarquhar River Bridge | The Quarry Tramroad | Anopha Quarry | The Windmill** | McColl Farm** | Sports Field Halt** | The Watermill** | Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm** | Maithwaite** (Quarry Mine, Forest, Showground) | The Narrow Gorge** | Arlesdale End** (Engine Sheds)