Thomas the Tank Engine Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Advertisement
Register
Thomas the Tank Engine Wiki
Thomas the Tank Engine Wiki
16,063
pages
in: Television Series-only characters, Magic Railroad characters, Steam locomotives,
and 12 more
English

Lady

View source

“We always finish our jobs when we work together.”
― Lady to Thomas[src]

Lady is a small, Victorian-styled tank engine.

Biography[]

Thomas and the Magic Railroad[]

Lady belonged to the Conductor Family and was entrusted to Burnett Stone to keep her safe. When she later came to the Island of Sodor, she was found by Diesel 10, the evil diesel engine who wanted to destroy her. Lady and Burnett Stone both ran away from him, but during the chase, Burnett used up all her coal and made her go too fast, causing Diesel 10 to catch up and crash her. Lady was taken back to Muffle Mountain and stored inside Burnett's workshop, where he spent years desperately trying to restore her to working order, but he did not have the right coal to make her steam.

Years later, Lady was still out of service, and without her, the Magic Railroad began to lose its magical energy. That all changed when Lily, Burnett's granddaughter, and Thomas brought a truck of coal from Sodor to Muffle Mountain, which proved to be the coal necessary to make her steam. Lady's face was revealed when she came back to life and she and Thomas returned to Sodor, where they were once again chased by Diesel 10, excluding Splatter and Dodge. Lady, Burnett, and Thomas successfully managed to defeat Diesel 10 and she gave the Conductor Family the Gold Dust they needed.

Calling All Engines![]

In Calling All Engines!, when the steam and diesel engines were facing a fallout, Lady and Rusty both appeared in a dream sequence of Thomas'. She told him how to resolve the conflict between the two kinds of engines, by working together regardless of their differences.

Personality[]

Lady is a kind, wise engine who is respectful to others. She tries her best to help others either directly or through dispensing sage advice. She appears to be friends with Thomas.

In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Lady is a very special engine who holds the secret to the Magic Railroad. When she moves along the rails, she spreads Gold Dust with her special powers. She has been known to help Thomas and his friends, when there is no one else to turn to.

Technical Details[]

Basis[]

Lady is a freelance design, created by the designers on Thomas and the Magic Railroad.[2]

One of Lady's concept art images depicts her as a 2-2-2 resembling Gazelle, a Dodman & Co. 0-4-2WT locomotive from the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway.

David Eves originally intended Lady to be based on the GWR 3031 Class. However, Britt Allcroft wanted her to be a small engine.[3] Coincidentally, the Hornby Emily was manufactured using a repainted GWR 3031 Class.[4]

Livery[]

Lady is painted in a red violet colour with gold headlamps on her front footplate, tail lamp, gold buffers, smokebox, funnel top, dome, whistle, side rods, lining and her name on each side in gold. She is also painted a very dark purple on her cab roof, lower funnel section and her footplate.

Appearances[]

Thomas & Friends[]

Specials[]

Music Videos[]

Official Description[]

From Official Website[1]

“ Lady: Lady is a very special engine who holds the secret to the Magic Railroad. With her use of the magic gold dust, she was able to travel to the Island of Sodor and help Thomas defeat Diesel 10.


Fun Fact: Lady's face will only appear when she is on the Island of Sodor.

”

Audio Files[]

Themes[]

In Thomas and the Magic Railroad Print Studio only, Lady reuses Annie and Clarabel's theme from the first series.

Only used Composers Theme
Thomas and the Magic Railroad Print Studio Mike O'Donnell
Junior Campbell

Whistle[]

Only used Sound Effect
Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Bell[]

In Calling All Engines! (Leapster), Fun Cubes and her ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Lady is portrayed with a bell that would later be reused for Flora.

First used Last used Sound Effect
Calling All Engines! (Leapster) Fun Cubes

Trivia[]

  • Lady is the first of a few things:
    • The first standard-gauge steam engine in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends not to be created by the Rev. W. Awdry.
    • The first female steam engine and tank engine introduced in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and the third female engine overall, the first being Daisy and the second being Mavis.
    • The first character to be voiced by an episode writer. Aiden would later be the second.
  • Her face is only visible on the Island of Sodor and the Magic Railroad, but not in Shining Time.
  • Lady's ERTL prototype toy was a repaint of Rheneas/Smudger, albeit using a different, unused face.
  • Several promotional images and toys incorrectly depict her cab roof, lower funnel section and her footplate black instead of dark purple. Both ERTL and Brio depict her lower funnel section gold instead of dark purple.
  • Lady has a coupling on her back, but not on her front. The same would later happen with Lexi and Beau.
  • Unusually, Lady has a cover for her coal bunker.
  • In the original script and original cut of Thomas and the Magic Railroad, P.T. Boomer was the real culprit who crashed Lady, not Diesel 10. When Burnett and Boomer were young, the latter did not believe in or understand anything about magic and was jealous of Burnett and Tasha's relationship. He took revenge when he found Lady and threatened to destroy her if Burnett did not let him drive her. Burnett gave in to the bully and Boomer drove Lady, subsequently crashing her. After Boomer left, Burnett took Lady to his workshop in Muffle Mountain to fix her. Forty years later, Boomer returned as a dark and bitter character, bent on finding Burnett and digging into the mountain to find Lady and destroy her to complete his revenge.
  • According to the statements of Stefan Knothe, Lady was originally called Damsel in the Polish dub of Calling All Engines!
  • Lady is the first magical engine to be introduced in Thomas & Friends, the second being Proteus.
  • Lady's whistle sound would later be reused for Millie.
  • Unlike every other character in the Thomas & Friends television series, Lady is outright portrayed as supernatural and mystical in nature, whereas every other character is rooted in realism.

Quotes[]

“She's as precious as gold.”
― Burnett Stone describing Lady
“So Burnett, you didn't forget about magic, it's safe inside you.”
― Lady to Burnett, Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
“Well Lady, this is your Shining Time too."
"With your help!" (Uncut Version) "I hope so!" (Edited Version)
― Burnett and Lady, Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
“Lady, you're a really helpful engine."
"And helping each other brings to life the magic in all of us!”
― Thomas and Lady, Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
“We always finish our jobs when we work together.”
― Lady to Thomas, Calling All Engines!

Merchandise[]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Diesel 10 Means Trouble"
  2. ↑ @TomsProps on Twitter
  3. ↑ "Davis Eves on Lady's original basis" (dead link)
  4. ↑ "Hornby Emily"


Deutsch Español עברית Magyar 日本語 Polski Русский
*Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
More Fandoms
Advertisement

Fan Feed

More Thomas the Tank Engine Wiki