Toby is a steam tram engine who works on the Ffarquhar Branch Line.
Toby | |
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Number |
7 |
Basis |
LNER J70 Tram/GER C53 |
Designer |
James Holden |
Builder |
Stratford Works |
Built |
1914 |
Arrived on Sodor |
November 1951 |
Bio
He was built in 1914 and lived at Great Yarmouth Docks, Norfolk with his brothers, and later worked on an unnamed tramway line in East Angila. He took trucks from farms and factories but was later over-rided by lorries, but he never had an accident. After Thomas was cited for illegally travelling on the quarry tramway without cow-catchers and side-plates, he was brought to help on the Ffarquhar Branch in 1951.
Livery
He is painted NWR brown with blue side-plates, grey cowcatchers, and olive frames. He has a yellow '7' on his side with a red border. He previously was painted brown with grey cowcatchers and black side-plates saying GER/LNER on the BR logo.
Persona
Toby was old but hardworking and knew enough about running a branch line to justify running Thomas' with Thomas and Daisy after Percy's accident with the trucks. He is also savvy enough to control the trucks. However, his advanced age and design means that he is weaker than the other engines.
In Thomas the Slender Engine
Toby inhabits the Whistling Woods.
Appearances
Adventures on Rails
- Season 11 - Toby the Tram Engine, Dirty Objects, Nix the Loaned Engine, Nix and the Troublesome Boys (cameo), Edward Returns (cameo) and Duck the Great Western Engine (mentioned).
- Season 12 - Diesel Does it Again (non-speaking role), David's Restoration, and Percy's Important Job (mentioned).
- Season 13 - Enterprising Engines Part 2 and New Friends, Old Enemies (non-speaking role).
- Season 14 - Dirty Tricks (mentioned) and Ghost Train.
- Season 15 - Percy and the Brake Van (mentioned), The Strawberry Special, Thomas' Christmas Party, Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree, and The Fireworks Display.
- Season 16 - Dodger and the Avalanche (cameo), New Challenges, Thomas and the Great Railway Show Part 1 (non-speaking role) and Faithful Coaches (mentioned).
- Season 17 - The Three Little Engines Part 1 (mentioned), The Three Little Engines Part 2, The Three Little Engines Part 3 (non-speaking role), The Football Special (cameo), and The Drought.
- Season 18 - Toby and the Flood, Thomas and the Hurricane and Percy's Big Mistake.
- Season 19 - Most Beautiful Station, Flying Objects (cameo) and Stepney's Visit.
- Season 20 - It's Great to Be Down By the Seaside! and Ceremonium (cameo)
Shorts
- The Legend of the Ghost Train
- The Legend of the Gold Train
- The Hurricane (cameo)
- Thomas and the Avalanche (does not speak)
- Very Famous Engines (mentioned)
- That's What Friends Are for
- Work and Play
- Best Engines Ever
- You Lucky Engine
- Visiting Engines
- Which Engine Knows Best?
The New Adventures on Rails
- Volume one - Signals Crossed, Too Many Trucks, Down at the Station, Jessie and the Frozen Points, Emily and Molly (mentioned), Christmas with Friends (does not speak), and Thomas's Snowplough.
- Volume two - Taking Toby to the Works. Daisy, Ryan, and the Cows (mentioned), Percy and the Mud, Trevor's Visit, The Trouble with Sheep, Snow Rescue, Quarantine at Ffarquhar, and Christmas Help.
- Volume three - The Back of the Train, Pilot Engines, Thomas in Charge (mentioned), Toby and the Lorries, The Milk and the Post, James and the Tar Wagons, The Hose, Responsibilities (mentioned), and The Christmas Wall.
- Volume four - As the Deer Longs, Toby and the Whistling Woods, Ryan Helps Out (mentioned), The Bridge, Edward and the Special Train (mentioned), Thomas and the Storyteller, Market Day, Percy's New Dome (mentioned), Percy and the Special Truck, The Trouble with the Hay, Just Passing Through, Percy and the Level crossings, and Gordon and the Railtour.
- Volume five - Give Me a Brake, Railhead (mentioned), and Thomas's Shortcut.
- Volume six - Clearing Up, The Truth about Percy.
The Many Adventures on the Island of Sodor
- Season 1 - Double Diesel Trouble (cameo), A Bad Day for James, Duncan in Love (cameo), Daisy the Green-Eyed Railcar, James and the Railway Inspector (cameo), The "Special" Visitors, The Joke's on Them (cameo), One of the Family, Bertie Rides the Rails (does not speak), Toby Gets Tough, A Friend in Ferdinand, and Luke's Lucky Find (does not speak)
- Season 2 - Rosie Takes Over, Daisy Does it All (cameo), Second Rate Engines (cameo), Mother Mavis, Max and Monty's Wasteful Day (cameo), Slow and Steady, Paint the Town Red, and All for Thomas
Specials:
Sudrian Stories
- Season 1 - Thunder Strikes (does not speak) and Hard Hatt
- Season 2 - Diesel's Redemption (cameo), Double Trouble (cameo), Hank's Hero (cameo), No Funny Business, Alyssa, and Interrogation (cameo)
Specials:
- Saving Diesel (cameo)
- Sodor’s Final Frontier
Stories From Sodor
- Season 1 - Insignificant (cameo)
Lukeillie's Series
- Season 1 - Ask Cranky Day
- Season 2 - Saving Bulstrode, Famous Little Engine (cameo) and New Glasses for Whiff (cameo)
- Specials - Attack of the Philips