Duck the Great Western Engine
as portrayed in the TV series.

Duck the Great Western Engine is a fictional steam engine from The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry and the spin-off television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He is a green 0-6-0 Pannier Tank locomotive and lives and works on the Island of Sodor. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... Great Western Railway No. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a fictional railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor and the engines that lived on it. ... Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (June 15, 1911 – March 21, 1997), better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and childrens author. ... Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British childrens television series, first broadcast on Anglia Television in 1984. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... A tank locomotive (occasionally tank engine, especially in England, notably used in reference to Thomas the Tank Engine) is a steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water on it, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. ... A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ...

Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) bought Duck from The Other Railway in 1955 to take Percy's place as station pilot at Tidmouth. (See Percy the Small Engine). Since Sir Topham had been apprenticed at Swindon, he allowed Duck to return to his original Great Western livery, and retain his number '5741', which Duck wears proudly on cast brass numberplates on his cab sides. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In the childrens books The Railway Series, by the Rev. ... The Railway Series book, featuring Percy, which also carries Percys name. ... An EMD SD39 and slug in switching service. ... The fictional borough of Tidmouth is the largest town on the fictional Island of Sodor created by The Rev W Awdry as a setting for his Railway Series childrens books. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... BR standard class 2 tanks 82039 and 82038 under construction in Swindon, 1954. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...

Duck is not actually his real name. When he first arrived, he explained that his real name was Montague, but he was usually called Duck because everyone said he waddled. Although he claims this was not true, he prefers Duck to Montague, and now that is what everyone calls him.

The arrival of Duck allowed Percy to move to Thomas' branch line to help Thomas with his goods traffic. The Railway Series book, featuring Percy, which also carries Percys name. ... Thomas the Tank Engine This article is about the fictional tank engine. ...

Despite an incident when a devious engine called Diesel spread lies about him, the Fat Controller realised what a useful engine he had in Duck, and eventually gave him a branch line of his very own. This article lists, and also profiles, the regular Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ... Sir Topham Hatt, the Fat Controller is the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ...

Duck's branch line runs between Tidmouth and Arlesburgh and is nicknamed The Little Western, as all the locomotives and coaches have been restored to Great Western Railway livery. Duck shares the passenger duties with Oliver, but has his own two autocoaches: Alice and Mirabel. A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ... The fictional borough of Tidmouth is the largest town on the fictional Island of Sodor created by The Rev W Awdry as a setting for his Railway Series childrens books. ... A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... This article lists, and also profiles, the regular Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ... GWR Autocoach preserved at Didcot Railway Centre The GWR Autocoach was a type of coach used by the Great Western Railway. ... // The Railway Series by Reverend W.V. Awdry and Christopher Awdry has many characters within its stories. ... // The Railway Series by Reverend W.V. Awdry and Christopher Awdry has many characters within its stories. ...

Duck sometimes helps on other lines. He makes friends easily, and the Fat Controller says that he makes everything run like clockwork. "There are two ways of doing things," Duck says, "the Great Western Way or the wrong way." This has been known to annoy the other engines. Gear with escapment mechanism For other uses, see Clockwork (disambiguation). ...

Duck (1986-2003)

In the TV Series, when he arrived on Sodor, Duck was given the number 8, his official North Western Railway number. The Great Western number worn in the books never appears. He was repainted in the livery of the Great Western Railway, although the shade of green used was the same as that of Percy. A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...

He worked as a dock shunter, among other duties, until he received his branch line in the episode 'Donald's Duck' (set, in the television series, before the arrival of Oliver).

Duck is voiced in the Japanese version of the TV Series by Kōzō Shioya. Kōzō Shioya (塩屋浩三 Shioya Kōzō, born August 18, 1955) is a veteran seiyÅ« born in Kagoshima Prefecture. ...

Duck has not appeared in any episodes since the seventh season, but has appeared in a song which was broadcast alongside the tenth season. Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ... Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, later renamed Thomas and Friends is a childrens television series, based on the Railway Series, and which was first broadcast in 1984. ...

Origins

The nickname "Duck" comes from Rev. W. V. Awdry's OO scale model railway. He had bought a GWR Pannier tank engine manufactured by Gaiety as a spare engine for his model railway, but one of the wheels was not quite concentric, and the model had a pronounced waddle, earning the nickname "Duck" which stuck long after new wheels had been fitted. The Reverend W. V. Awdry OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and childrens author, best known as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. ...

Duck is based on the 57xx class built by the Great Western Railway and still carries the colours of the GWR. These engines were designed to shunt and to work branch lines, and many were still working beyond the end of steam on British Railways. Several are preserved on steam railways up and down the United Kingdom, where they have proved as useful and versatile as Duck himself. 9729 at Highbridge Yard after the Western Rgeion had taken over the S&D. 11 engines of the 5700 Class, nos 9700-10 were turned out with various modifications for working along the Metropolitan Line. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... A modern US switcher, an EMD SW1500. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ...

In the biographical work The Thomas the Tank Engine Man, Rev. W. Awdry recalls seeing pannier tanks at work on the Great Western Railway at Box in Wiltshire, where he lived as a child. These would not have been 57xx tanks, but might have been an early influence nonetheless. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...