The Red Engines

Two unnamed red engines have been featured in The Railway Series. Two more unnamed red engines appeared in the Thomas & Friends magazine stories and another unnamed red engine appeared in a mini book. The last one appeared in a promotional video.

=The Railway Series=

The First Red Tender Engine
The first red engine teased Edward for his size and age. It is unknown what happened to him after this event.

Basis
The exact basis for the first red engine is unknown. He is depicted as a 4-6-2 by William Middleton, however he has a substantially smaller boiler than Gordon as well as a different cab. In C. Reginald Dalby's illustrations, he bears a similar shape to 98462, albeit with a taller and thinner chimney and dome.

Livery
This engine is painted red with yellow lining. He has red wheels and his dome switches between red and black in illustrations.

Appearances
Railway Series=

The Railway Series

 * The Three Railway Engines - Edward's Day Out and The Sad Story of Henry

Companion Volumes

 * 1950 - Scenes from The Three Railway Engines
 * 1972 - The Railway Series: Surprise Packet
 * 1995 - The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines
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Video Releases

 * 1995 - The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
 * 2015 - Secret Journey of Thomas the Tank Engine

Trivia

 * In the original Middleton illustrations, the first and second red engines were depicted as the same character, hence them having the same wheel configuration.
 * The engine's role in the Thomas & Friends adaptation of The Sad Story of Henry was filled by Thomas and James in The Adventure Begins.

The Railway Series
Main Series

The Second Red Tender Engine
The second red engine once tried to push Henry out of a tunnel, but without success (C. Reginald Dalby illustrations). It is unknown what happened to the engine following this event.

Personality
This engine, unlike the first, seemed to be quite helpful, seeing as he tried to push Henry out of the tunnel after being asked.

Basis
Exactly like James, this engine is based on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender engine designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and built by Horwich Works between 1909 and 1912.

It was a rebuild of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a Belpaire firebox, a Schmidt/"twin-plug" superheater and the extension of the footplate and front sandboxes and a Fowler tender.

Livery
This engine is painted red with black lining and yellow boiler bands. His dome is painted red and his rooftop is painted black. His front and driving wheels are red while his tender wheels are black. Unlike James, he does not have handrails.

Appearances
Railway Series=

The Railway Series

 * The Three Railway Engines - The Sad Story of Henry

Companion Volumes

 * 1995 - The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection

Trivia

 * Awdry's original sketches for The Sad Story of Henry depict this engine as a 4-4-0 rather than a 2-6-0.
 * In the original Middleton illustrations, the first and second red engines were depicted as the same character, hence them having had the same wheel configuration.
 * This engine was originally illustrated to be James. However, children wrote to the Reverend W. Awdry asking why James was red before his repainting in the third book. With all the confusion, Awdry decided that it was not James, but a different character altogether.
 * The engine's role in the Thomas & Friends adaptation of The Sad Story of Henry was replaced by Thomas. Ironically, James took his role in the special, The Adventure Begins, in his original black livery. In the 1953 adaptation of The Sad Story of Henry, his role was also replaced by James.
 * A similar-looking engine also appears in Henry the Green Engine. This is actually James incorrectly drawn with red wheels due to the fact that his dome is brass instead of red.

The Railway Series
Main Series

=Thomas & Friends=

The Third Red Tender Engine
A Red Tender Engine once appeared on a photograph in the Fat Controller's office.

Basis
This engine has no precise basis, however it appears to be either a 2-6-0 or 0-6-0 with no dome. The engine also has a Fowler tender.

Livery
This engine is painted red, with black lining and a black smokebox.

The Red Tank Engines
Two Red Tank Engines appeared in a magazine story. They were never named and their origins are unknown.

Basis
These engines do not appear to be based on any specific design.

Livery
These engines are painted red with yellow lining and black wheels.

Appearances
Other Media=

Magazine Stories

 * These engines appear in a "Counting Time" activity from the 1998-1999 Fun to Learn magazine.

Trivia

 * They appear to be an illustration error of James portrayed as two different engines.

The Red Tank Engine
The Red Tank Engine makes a cameo appearance in Adventures on Sodor. It is seen travelling over a bridge near Dryaw station.

Basis
The Red Tank Engine is based on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 0-6-0 E2 class with extended side tanks. Thomas shares the same basis and modifications.

Livery
The Red Tank Engine is painted red with black lining, cab door, running board and wheels.

Appearances
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Videos

 * 2019 - Adventures on Sodor

Trivia

 * The Red Tank Engine is a pre-textured render of Thomas and reuses James' whistle sound.
 * It resembles the Bachmann Junior red livery 0-6-0T '2005' steam locomotive, which is a recolour and retooling of the Bachmann Thomas model.
 * On the Czech Rise and Shine DVD menus, a mirrored image of Thomas is photoshopped to look painted red and James' face is edited onto Thomas' smokebox.

Audio Files
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