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Hannah is a "hasty" tram coach that once travelled with Toby. Her sister is Henrietta.
Biography
Hannah was brought to the Island of Sodor to work with Toby while Henrietta's upholstery was being refurbished at the Steamworks. However, much to Toby's displeasure, Hannah turned out to be boisterous, headstrong and reckless. This led to her ordering him to go faster than his usual speed, soon making Toby soar down the line and pushed him down Gordon's Hill, nearly making him derail. At last, Toby became fed-up with Hannah and abandoned her on a siding beside the main line.
When Toby later returned to the siding to collect Hannah, he found her flying down the line behind James. Hannah was excited and ordered James to go faster, but she went so fast that the high speeds began breaking her apart. Hannah broke away from James and crashed into a siding, the impact damaging her. Hannah was then sent to the Steamworks to be mended, where she was reunited with Henrietta and revealed to Toby that they were sisters. Soon after, Toby began working with Henrietta once again. [1]
Sometime later, Duck was looking for a coach to take some children home from Knapford School as Daisy refused to take them. He was going to use Hannah but Toby came up and said he needed her because Henrietta was under repairs at the Steamworks again. [2]
Personality
Hannah is rowdy, excitable and near-maniacal, loving to fly down the line at high speeds. However, after tagging along with James and nearly being torn apart, Hannah learned her lesson about going too fast, but her impatience failed to subside. Because of how she likes to get things done fast, her sister often calls her "Hasty Hannah."
Technical Details
Basis
Hannah is based on a Great Eastern Railway (GER) Wisbech and Upwell Tramway 4-wheel coach. From the beginning, the Wisbech & Upwell used its own special passenger stock. Initially, only four wheelers were used, but bogie coaches were introduced in 1884. The coaches had balconies at each end and a drawbridge type gangway between coaches. Each balcony had an emergency hand-brake wheel. The coaches looked squat and low-lying due to the need to handle raised track and the absence of platforms at some of the depots. All the four-wheeled coaches were scrapped by 1948, but the bogie coaches survived into British Railways ownership. One of them, Irene, No. 7, has been preserved by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society.
Henrietta is also based on this coach.
Livery
Hannah is painted amber with red bufferbeams, black handrails and a grey rooftop.
Appearances
Trivia
- Hannah's model is a modified version of Henrietta with the only changes being her bodywork (which is painted yellow-orange) and an added tail-lamp on her side, which Henrietta does not have.
- Hannah is the first character to be introduced under Mattel Television.
- Hannah is one of the three rolling stock characters to appear in one episode in two series, the other two being Bradford and Hector.
Merchandise
- Capsule Plarail
- Bachmann (N scale) (coming soon)
References
- ↑ T&F S21 #7 “Hasty Hannah”
- ↑ T&F S22 #11 “School of Duck”
| Locomotives | Steam | Thomas | Percy | Toby |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | Mavis | |
| Former | Glynn | Coffee Pots | Daisy | |
| Rolling Stock | Passenger | Annie and Clarabel | Henrietta | Hannah |
| Non-Rail Vehicles | Terence | Bertie | Harold | Bulgy | Caroline | Bulstrode | Tiger Moth | Elizabeth | The Hot Air Balloon | Cleo | |
| People | Mrs. Kyndley | Farmer Finney | Farmer McColl | Farmer Trotter | Ruth | |
| Affiliates | Toby's Branch Line | Ffarquhar Quarry Company | |
| Infrastructure | Stations | Knapford | Dryaw | Toryreck** | Sports Field Halt** | Elsbridge | Maithwaite** | Hackenbeck | Ffarquhar | New Harbour* |
| Sheds | Elsbridge Engine Sheds (Carriage Shed) | Hackenbeck Shed | |
| Tunnels and Bridges | The Valley Bridge* | Elsbridge Viaduct | Bulgy's Bridge* | The Watermill | Hackenbeck Tunnel | |