Edward (AEG)

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Edward the Blue Engine
Background Information
First appearance	Dragon Run (2021)
Creator(s)	Rev. W. Awdry
Character Overview
Name	Edward
Title	Edward the Blue Engine
Gender	Male
Eye colour	Hazel
Country	Island of Sodor
Technical Details
Power type	Steam
Vehicle	Locomotive
Type	Tender engine
Fuel type	Coal
Configuration	6-6-0
Wheels	16
Number	NWR 2
Railway	North Western Railway

Edward is a blue mixed-traffic tender engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor and is the North Western Railway's number 2 engine. He is one of the oldest engines on Sodor.

Personality

Edward is one of the oldest engines on the Island of Sodor. He is patient, wise, kind and very hardworking. With years of experience under his buffers, he is ready for anything. Edward enjoys stories set in the past, but dislikes being teased about his age.

Technical Details

Basis

Edward in All Engines Go is an almost completely freelanced design, as the 6-6-0 wheel arrangement was never used on a real locomotive, though he still retains elements from his original series appearance.

In The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends, Edward is based on a heavily modified Sharp, Stewart and Company "Larger Seagull" K2 class, supplied to the Furness Railway in 1896.

Edward's original basis

Livery

Edward is painted blue with red lining on his cab, splashers, tender and boiler and yellow lining around his windows. His number (2) is painted on his tender in yellow with a red outline. His running board, bufferbeams and valences are all red.

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go Series 1 - Dragon Run (not named, does not speak), No Power, No Problem! (not named, does not speak), Thomas and Percy's Eggsellent Adventure (not named, does not speak), Letting Off Steam (cameo), Nia's Perfect Plan (cameo) and Song of Sodor (cameo) Series 2 - For All the Marble (cameo) Series 3 - Bells Are Ringing (cameo), Overcommitted (cameo), Travels with Terence (cameo) and The Smells of Sodor (cameo) Series 4 - Windmill Woes (not named, does not speak) and Baaa-tastrophe! (cameo) Specials 2024 - The Christmas Letter Express (cameo) Songs Series 1 - Blowing Off Steam (cameo, music video only) and Song of Sodor (cameo, music video only) Series 3 - The Smells of Sodor (cameo) The Christmas Letter Express - Christmastime on the Rails (cameo) Series 4 - Good Friends Will Help (cameo)

Books

• 2022 - Meet the Engines
• 2023 - Let's Learn Numbers
• 2024 - Sticker Book

Audio Files

Whistle

First used	Last used	Sound Effect
No Power, No Problem!	Active

Trivia

• Along with Henry, he was referred to by name for the first time in All Engines Go in the Meet the Engines book.
• While he is depicted with a 6-6-0 wheel arrangement in All Engines Go, Edward's die-cast Metal Collection toy depicts him with the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement he originally sported in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends.
• Unlike Thomas and Gordon, Edward's eye colour is not a variation of his primary colour.

See also

• Edward in The Railway Series
• Edward in Thomas & Friends

North Western Railway

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