The Great Railway Show

Promotional image of the Great Railway Show contestants, excluding Henry, Hiro and Spencer

The Great Railway Show is an annual international competition involving engines from all over the world. The engines compete in events of speed, strength and skill. During the events of The Great Race.

It is not to be confused with the event of the same name from Thomas and the Great Railway Show.

Staff

• The Teacher (Judge)
• The Lady in the Pink Shirt (Judge)
• The Judge (Judge)
• The Announcer (Events Announcer)
• The Flagman (Flagman)
• Mrs. Kyndley (Refreshments)

Events

The Strongest Engine Competition

This competition was held in the south-western yard of the venue, at 12:30 PM. The competition involves five steam locomotives, who are coupled to large flatbeds of bricks and must pull them over an inclined track. During the very first Railway Show, Carlos was the winner of this competition.

The contestants for this competition include Henry, Hiro, Frieda, Shane and Vinnie. The winner of this event was left unknown, although Henry confessed he came in fifth place.

The Best Decorated Engine Parade

This competition was held in the main yard of the railway show venue, at 1 PM. In contrast to the other events in the Railway Show, this event was more of a parade than a race, and is the only event of its kind in the show. Engines are decorated or painted in or decorated with vibrant and elegant designs, and pass through the main yard with a brass band while the judges determine who the best decorated engine is.

The contestants for this competition include James, Emily, Rajiv, Carlos and Yong Bao. Rajiv was the winner of this event.

The Great Race

This race was held outside of the main railway show venue, and took place at 1:30 PM. Five engines race against each-other to determine who can reach the finish line first. The race is simply a circuit, thus the starting line is also the finish line. During this event, Gordon's boiler burst when his safety valve was not fitted.

The contestants for this competition include Gordon, Flying Scotsman, Spencer, Axel and Etienne. Etienne was the winner of this event.

The Shunting Challenge

This competition is another race-like event, and takes place in the main yard at 2 PM. Five shunting engines are lined up and must race to see who can shunt a train of trucks first. In the competition, engines arrange different types of rolling stock such as box vans, tankers, flatbeds, and brake vans, arranging three box vans, three tankers, three flatbeds and a brake van, making the total number of trucks ten.

The contestants for this competition include Thomas, Ashima, Gina, Ivan and Raul. Percy was originally chosen for the shunting challenge, but dropped out to allow Thomas to compete. Although Thomas ended up losing the event when he gave up his chance of winning, both he and Ashima were declared the winners of the event.

Contenders

• Ashima (India)
• Axel (Belgium)
• Carlos (Mexico)
• Emily (Sodor)
• Etienne (France)
• Flying Scotsman (England)
• Frieda (Germany)
• Gina (Italy)
• Gordon (Sodor)
• Henry (Sodor)
• Hiro (Japan)
• Ivan (Russia)
• James (Sodor)
• Rajiv (India)
• Raul (Brazil)
• Shane (Australia)
• Spencer (England)
• Thomas (Sodor)
• Vinnie (America)
• Yong Bao (China)

Other Engines

These engines did not participate in any of the events, and only served as either shunting engines arranging trains in the yard, taking visitors around the yard or representing their team's country.

• Percy
• Stephen
• Philip
• The Mainland Diesels

Trivia

• The Great Railway Show is based off of the Olympic Games, where thousands of contenders from around the world also participate in several competitions. The Great Race was also released in the same year as the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
• The Meet the Contenders videos feature the contestants in the show, with the exceptions of James, Hiro, Stephen and the Great Railway Show Diesels.
• Ivan and Etienne are the only non-steam engines respectively, to participate in the Great Railway Show respectively.
• The Best Decorated Engine Parade was originally called The Best in Show. It was revealed in The Great Race Behind the Scenes Video.
• Henry and Percy are the only Sudrian contenders who did not have their appearance modified prior to joining their respective competitions.
• Sodor has the most representatives out of any country, with a total of five (excluding Percy, Stephen and Philip).
• The Great Railway Show was mentioned in Big World! Big Adventures! when Yong Bao mention that he met Thomas at the show.

Galleries

Strength Competition Participants

Henry (Sodor)

Hiro (Japan)

Vinnie (United States)

Frieda (Germany)

Shane (Australia)

Best Decorated Parade Participants

James (Sodor)

Emily (Sodor)

Rajiv (India)

Carlos (Mexico)

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Yong Bao (China)

Great Race Participants

Gordon aka "The Shooting Star" (Sodor)

Flying Scotsman (England)

Spencer (England)

Axel (Belgium)

Etienne (France)

Shunting Challenge Participants

Thomas (Sodor)

Ashima (India)

Gina (Italy)

Raul (Brazil)

Ivan (Russia)

Percy (Sodor, dropped out)

Other Engines

Stephen (Pulling the brass band around)

Philip (Sodor flag carrier)

Three of The Mainland Diesels (Preparing the events)