Toby the Tram Engine.

Toby is a fictional tram engine from The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry, as well as the TV Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He works on the same Ffarquhar branch line as Thomas the Tank Engine. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... 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. ... Ffarquhar is a fictional town on Thomas The Tank Engine series Thomas is the best known engine at the town the station has only got one platform and 1 single track. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ... Thomas the Tank Engine This article is about the fictional tank engine. ...

He is a tram engine with cowcatchers and sideplates covering his wheels. His main job is taking stone to and from the quarry with his coach Henrietta, but he also helps with other jobs on the line (from collecting hay to shooing bulls off the line). He is old and wise, and is always willing to help other engines with the benefit of his experience. He is often the one responsible for resolving arguments between Thomas and Percy. In Railway Series continuity, he now also works with Victoria. and the two of them with Henrietta form the "vintage train" that takes workers to and from the quarry. In railroading, the pilot is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles from the track that might otherwise derail the train. ... Rock redirects here. ... For other uses, see Quarry (disambiguation). ... // This article profiles the significant characters of The Railway Series by Rev. ... For other uses, see Hay (disambiguation). ... The Railway Series book, featuring Percy, which also carries Percys name. ... // The Railway Series by Reverend W.V. Awdry and Christopher Awdry has many characters within its stories. ...

He is equipped with a loud bell, but only has small water tanks. For this reason, he is unable to make long journeys on his own, and needs help to do so. One time, Toby ran out of water on the main line and had to be helped to the work station by James while pulling his express. The latter was disgusted because some children thought that James couldn't pull the express and that Toby needed to help him.

Toby and Henrietta used to work on a branch line in East Anglia. Unfortunately, buses and lorries arrived and took all their work, and so the branch line was doomed to close. But luckily a stout gentleman arrived on a holiday with his family. Toby thought the gentleman was very nice, but little did he know that he was none other than Sir Topham Hatt, the Fat Controller. When Sir Topham needed an engine with cowcatchers and sideplates, he immediately arranged for Toby and Henrietta to come to Sodor. Toby was very grateful, and since then has more than proved his worth with his expertise in all branch line matters. He made friends with fellow branch line engines Thomas and Percy. However, the big engines like James were rude to Toby because he was different but Toby always outsmarts his bullies. Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... Autobus redirects here. ... Lorry Look up Lorry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Can mean: A truck, in the sense of a commercial large goods vehicle. ... Sir Topham Hatt, the Fat Controller is the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...

He first appeared in the Railway Series in Toby the Tram Engine (1952), and appeared in several subsequent books. In 1988 he appeared in the second book devoted to him, Toby, Trucks and Trouble by Christopher Awdry. He appeared in the first season of the television series and is considered to be one of the central characters. 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. ... This list consists all of the Railway Series books by both the Rev. ... This list consists all of the Railway Series books by both the Rev. ... Christopher Awdry (born 1940) is a British author best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his father Rev. ... Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British childrens television series, first broadcast on Anglia Television in 1984. ...

Colm Feore provided the voice of Toby in the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. He is voiced by Yasuhiko Kawazu in the Japanese version of the film and TV Series. Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958, at Boston, Massachusetts) is an Canadian-American actor raised in Canada of Irish and Italian extraction. ... Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 film based on the well-known TV series and its American spinoff. ... Yasuhiko Kawazu (川津泰彦 Kawazu Yasuhiko) is a Japanese seiyū. Harukas father in Rumbling Hearts Huang Zhong and Zhang Jiao in Dynasty Warriors 3 and 4 Fredrick Ades in Gundam Seed Brocken Jr. ...

Toby is one of the few characters to have his own song ('Toby'), based upon his theme by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell. Mike ODonnell is a film and TV composer; his main claim to fame was writing the scores for the childrens TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (between 1984 and 2003) and Tugs, with his partner Junior Campbell. ... William Campbell who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK on May 31, 1947 well known for his stage name, Junior Campbell. ...

Prototype

The prototype for Toby is a J70 class tram engine from the Great Eastern Railway. His cowcatchers and sideplates allow him to run on roadside tramways, which other engines are not allowed to do for safety reasons. J70s were used for light duties, such as branch line work and dock shunting. His original number was 68221. The J70 was a tramway locomotive used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway from the 1930s to the 1950s. ... The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ... A shunt in general is a sort of relief valve, or diverter. ...

They were most famously used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, which local residents have erroneously claimed was the inspiration for Toby. In actual fact, inspiration for the character came from the Rev. W. and Christopher Awdry watching a J70 at work at Great Yarmouth, but all official biographies of the character state that he did come from that line. The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway was a rural standard gauge tramway in East Anglia. ... Christopher Awdry (born 1940) is a British author best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his father Rev. ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ...

In the Railway Series, Toby received a new livery of chocolate brown with blue sideplates (his colour remained the same in the TV series). This livery was designed to mimic that which he would have worn on the Great Eastern Railway. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ...

Unfortunately, no J70s survive in preservation, but the Battlefield Line has constructed a diesel powered replica of Toby as have the East Anglian Railway Museum The museum and station The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. ...

On the Rev. W. Awdry's model railway, Toby was represented by a Y6, a locomotive similar to but smaller than the J70. Awdry wrote an article for Railway Modeller magazine on the construction of this locomotive.

Christopher Awdry has said that Toby is his favourite character, partly because he was there when his father received the inspiration to create him, but also because as a child he had travelled in the cab of two J70s. Christopher Awdry (born 1940) is a British author best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his father Rev. ...

Henrietta

Henrietta is Toby's faithful coach. As she is charmingly introduced in the book: "Toby is attached to Henrietta". She worked with Toby on their old railway, and when that line closed Toby could not bear to leave her behind. The stationmaster had wanted to turn her into a henhouse, but the Fat Controller agreed that "that would never do." The two are absolutely inseparable, and whenever they are apart they worry about each other. Sir Topham Hatt, the Fat Controller is the head of the railway in The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...

Henrietta carries passengers and is used to bring quarry workers to and from work. She has even been used as the Fat Controller's private coach. For other uses, see Quarry (disambiguation). ...

In the Railway Series books Henrietta was the only named character not to be shown with a face, until book 41 of the series, Thomas and Victoria. In this book, Henrietta is depicted with a small rectangular face where a window on the end doors would be. It is the same colour as her cabin, like the other coaches. 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. ... This list consists all of the Railway Series books by both the Rev. ...

In the TV series, Henrietta is also modelled without a face until Season 11. Similarly, Henrietta is depicted with a small rectangular face where a window on the end doors would be. It is particularly gray. Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British childrens television series which was first broadcast in 1984. ... 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. ...

Henrietta is based on a Wisbech and Upwell Tramway four-wheeled coach.

Elsie

Toby also has a brake van named Elsie, mentioned in The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways and the 1979 Thomas the Tank Engine Annual. However, she has not yet appeared in any stories. According to Rev. W. Awdry, she is based upon a Wisbech and Upwell Tramway luggage van and shares a shed with Henrietta. This list consists all of the Railway Series books by both the Rev. ... This list consists all of the Railway Series books by both the Rev. ...

Full Size Replicas

Replica Toby and Henrietta

Toby replica on Avon Valley Railway

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There are at least two replica Toby locomotives in the UK.

One is based at the East Anglian Railway Museum. However unlike the J70 steam loco that Toby is based on, the replica Toby is in fact a diesel-hydraulic 0-4-0 shunter with a metal casing over it. When this diesel was converted a replica Henrietta was built from scratch. The underframe was taken from an old box van, but the body was a complete new build. The museum and station The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. ... A locomotive (from lat. ...

Toby and Henrietta can be seen running on the Museum's Thomas & Friends days and also at some other preserved railways around the country from time to time.

Another replica tours the country; pictured here at the Avon Valley Railway on their 'Thomas Day' in May 2007. The Avon Valley Railway is a two mile long heritage railway between Oldland Common and Bitton in South Gloucestershire, England. ... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Toby in the television series

• In Toby and the Flood, although Toby had different drivers, one resembles Ringo Starr.

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Toby in Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Toby is first seen reminding the other engines that they must not let Diesel 10 push them. Later, after Diesel 10 overhears Thomas and Percy's conversation about how Mr. Conductor travels to Sodor, Toby manages to stall Diesel 10 by ringing his bell. Diesel 10 attempts to attack Toby by means of his claw, but instead brings a shed down on himself and his cronies.^[1]

References

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External links

• A fansite page on Toby the Tram Engine.
• The Real Lives of Thomas the Tank Engine page on Toby.
• The Real Lives of Thomas the Tank Engine page on Henrietta and Elsie. This section also includes a link to the article on Toby from the Railway Modeller.