Edward

Edward is a blue tender engine who works on the Wellsworth-Brendam Branch Line.

Edward
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Number	2
Designer	Pettigrew
Builder	Sharp, Stewart and Co.
Configuration	4-4-0
Arrived on Sodor	1915

Bio

Edward was built in 1896, and worked on the Furness Railway before being brought to Sodor in June 1915. He helped build the Wellsworth-Brendam Branch Line, but by 1923, he was no longer needed and shunted into the shed. He was let out again, and soon given the Wellsworth Branch to himself. He came back to the Main Yard (now Tidmouth) after Gordon, Henry, and James refused to shunt their own coaches.

Despite his age, Edward has proven on a number of ocassions, he is still capable of many things. Such examples, would be when some boys meddled with James's controls and he ran away without his Driver or Fireman, and when he brought his train home on one piston.

He is usually kept busy on his Branch Line, but sometimes helps out at Tidmouth.

Persona

Edward is kindhearted and always keen to help a friend in need. The small engines trust him to lend a listening ear and sympathetic advice. He is a hard worker too, and always does his best to finish a job.

Sadly, the big engines often see Edward as old-fashioned and slow. While it is true he is the oldest engine on the North Western Railway - it must be noted he helped build it - he has proved time and time again that he is more than capable of working as hard as any engine, but he is a more clever and wiser engine, too.

In the second season of Sudrian Stories, Edward begins to reveal a more nihilistic side that was not frequently seen before. He became a much more stubborn and pessimistic engine after he saved Diesel. Eventually, it was revealed that he really didn’t care much for his life, and was fine with it ending.

Basis

He is based on the Furness Railway's 'Larger Seagull' but Crovan's Gate has made modifications to him.

Livery

He is painted NWR blue with red lining and a yellow '2' on his tender with a red border. Before coming to Sodor, it is assumed he was painted FR red with yellow lining and the FR logo on his tender.

In Thomas the Slender Engine

Edward is an antagonist in Thomas the Slender Engine. He inhabits The Space Station.

Appearences

Adventures on Rails

• Season 11 - Old Iron, Nix the Loaned Engine, and Edward Returns.
• Season 12 - Diesel Does it Again (cameo), David's Restoration, Bowled Out (does not speak), Freedom at Last! (mentioned), and Clever Thinking.
• Season 13 - Diseasel, Edward's Exploit, Tenders for Henry (cameo), Enterprising Engines Part 1 (cameo), and Enterprising Engines Part 2.
• Season 14 - Edward to the Rescue, Gordon Takes a Tumble, Dirty Tricks, and Something Fishy (mentioned).
• Season 15 - Points of No Return, Thomas' Christmas Party, Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (does not speak), and The Fireworks Display.
• Season 16 - Dodger and the Avalanche (cameo), Dodger's New Routine (mentioned), Edward and Rocky, and Henry and the Express (cameo).
• Season 17 - Sir Topham Hatt's New Car, The Three Little Engines Part 1, The Three Little Engines Part 3, The Football Special (cameo), Wildfire, and Best Dressed Engine (cameo)
• Season 18 - Disappearing Diesels, Percy's Big Mistake (cameo), Percy and James' Accident and James Goes Foreign.
• Season 19 - Rescue Mission, Most Beautiful Station, Diesel Shunters, Middle Engines, and Stepney's Visit.
• Season 20 - Den and Dart Save the Day, It's Great to Be Down By the Seaside!, The Special Delivery, Sir Topham Hatt's Birthday Present, An Ordinary Day on Edward's Branch Line and Ceremonium.

Specials:

• Percy and Old Slow Coach
• Thomas vs. Stanley
• Percy and Kevin's Adventure
• Saving Donald
• Nix's Determination
• The End of Sodor

Shorts

• James and Percy
• The End of the North Western Railway
• Thomas, the Really Useful Engine
• James and the Fat Controller
• Saving the Mountain Engines
• Very Famous Engines (mentioned)
• That's What Friends Are for
• Home Sweet Home
• Best Engines Ever
• You Lucky Engine
• Visiting Engines

Other

• The Legend of the Gold Train

The New Adventures on Rails

• Volume one - Dirty Sidings, Tenderfirst, Stuck in the Snow, Old and New (mentioned), Record Breaker, Saving Edward, Nose-diving, The Trouble with the Enthusiasts (mentioned), The Monster of Brendam (mentioned), and Christmas with Friends.
• Volume two - Taking Toby to the Works, Gordon's Last Run, New Livery, Gordon's Buffers, Trevor's Visit, Quarantine, Edward's Brass Band, Molly's Idea, Emily's New Route, and Christmas Help.
• Volume three - James and the Pipes, The Back of the Train, The Goods Train (mentioned), Banker Engine, Edward and Jenna, Pilot Engines, Help Wanted (mentioned), James and the Tar Wagons, Jessie and the Coaches, The Queue, Station Closing, Molly and the Empty Trucks, A Bad Lot of Coal, Edward, James, and the Snow, and The Christmas Wall.
• Volume four - As the Deer Longs, The Waiting, Toby and the Whistling Woods, Edward and the Special Train, Thomas and the Storyteller, Market Day.

Stories From Sodor

Season 1:

• Emily to the Rescue (cameo)
• Saving Benjamin (does not speak)
• Rosie, Jacob, Sierra, and the Troublesome Trucks
• Insignificant (does not speak)

Specials:

• The Search for the Controllers

The Many Adventures on the Island of Sodor

• Season 1 - Double Diesel Trouble (cameo), A Bad Day for James, Daisy the Green-Eyed Railcar (cameo), James and the Railway Inspector, The "Special" Visitors, The Joke's on Them (cameo), One of the Family (mentioned), Bertie Rides the Rails (cameo), Brake Van Bother, A Friend in Ferdinand (cameo), Franklin the Forklift, and Franklin All Around Sodor
• Season 2 - BoCo's Return (mentioned), BoCo’s Boxcab Bother, Bill and Ben's Big Mistake, Rosie Takes Over (cameo), Henry Knows Best, Edward’s Escapade, Second Rate Engines, The Search for Neil (cameo; flashback), Diesel's Good Deed (does not speak), True or False?, Paint the Town Red (does not speak), and All for Thomas (cameo)

Specials:

• Thomas' Wonderful Life

Sudrian Stories

• Season 1 - Steamie Stakeout, True Blue, Hard Hatt, A Cousin's "Love" (mentioned), and Derek & Marion
• Season 2 - Diesel's Redemption, The Cursed Brake Van (mentioned), Hank's Hero, James and Daisy (cameo), No Funny Business (mentioned), BoCo and the Branch Line - Part 1, BoCo and the Branch Line - Part 2, BoCo and the Branch Line - Part 3, The Lost Spirit (mentioned), Alyssa, Alaric’s Secret, and Interrogation

Specials:

• Saving Diesel
• Sodor’s Final Frontier

Lukeillie's Series

• Season 1 - Ask Cranky Day, Bad Luck Emily (flashback), and Percy's Mail Problems
• Season 2 - Double Crane Trouble (does not speak), Diesel of Change, and Famous Little Engine (cameo)
• Specials - Attack of the Philips

PH's Railway Videos Series 1

• Series 1 - Bill and Ben's Trick

Tales of Sodor

• Series 1 - Bulleid the Leader, Bagnall Trouble, Royals (Cameo)

Trivia

• He, Henry and Toby are the only characters introduced in the Classic Series not to appear in Thomas The Tap Engine.

Gallery

Emily and Edward

Edward with Norman and Stanley

Edward with Gordon and James

Edward with Henry in All Engines Go!