Gordon (T&F)

"Oh, the indignity."

- Gordon's catchphrase Gordon is a big blue tender engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 4 engine. He is Flying Scotsman's brother and Spencer's cousin.

Gordon works on the Main Line pulling the Express. From the twenty-second series onwards, he shares this duty with Rebecca.

Biography
When Thomas first arrived on Sodor, Gordon often looked down on him and Edward However, he would soon find he needed help from Edward to be his banker after he got stuck on a hill with a train of trucks. He also needed Edward and Henry to pull his passenger train after he broke his safety valve in front of Henry's Tunnel.

Gordon often found Thomas very annoying for whistling rudely at him, so he taught him a lesson by bringing him along with his express train before he could be uncoupled. Thomas usually fetched the coaches for him, but then Thomas left the yard when he was given a branch line and Gordon, along with Henry and James, became infuriated when they soon found that they had to fetch their own coaches. After the big engines had several mishaps (one of which involved Gordon having to pull his train backwards), Gordon proposed that they all go on strike; they would only pull their coaches if another engine fetched them. Edward was the only engine left and since he was a tender engine and that Gordon proposed that tender engines do not shunt, they started to discriminate against Edward until the Fat Controller decided to leave them in the shed until they learnt the error of their ways.

After Gordon, Henry and James saw how silly they were, the Fat Controller let them out, reminding them to behave and bought a tank engine named Percy to help fetch their coaches. Gordon almost had a run-in accident with Percy when the latter carelessly stood on the Main Line. After Percy ran away backwards and stopped in a pile of dirt, Gordon helped him out. Gordon was still arrogant and insulted Henry for the way he whistled. However, he ate his own words when his whistle jammed and he went running down the main line whistling continuously. He did not stop until a fitter climbed up and knocked his whistle in place.

Eventually, he was called upon to pull a special goods train, much to his disgust. To get out of pulling the train, he tried to jam the turntable, but he could not stop himself and ran into a ditch. After he was rescued from the ditch, the Fat Controller banned Gordon from pulling the express for nearly an entire year until he proved himself a Really Useful Engine. Eventually, when Thomas fell down a mine, Gordon came to his rescue. The two soon formed an alliance. Shortly afterwards, the Fat Controller rewarded him by allowing him to pull Queen Elizabeth II's royal train when she came to visit Sodor.

Later, when Diesel arrived on trial and was having trouble moving some old trucks, he accused Duck by making rumours about him giving Gordon a bad nickname, "Galloping Sausage". As a result, Gordon, Henry and James began to turn against Duck by forbidding him from the shed. However, when the truth came out that Duck had not made the nicknames, they began to feel very silly about jumping to conclusions before knowing the true story.

Later on, Gordon complained about BoCo - the new diesel - going on the main line, because the diesel only works on Edward's Branch Line. He claimed that the Fat Controller would never agree and states that branch lines are vulgar. That night, Gordon's crew mistakenly believed that the passenger with a green hat was the guard waving his green flag. As a result, Gordon left with the majority of the passengers, the luggage and the guard stranded on the platform. Everyone was surprised, but the surprise quickly gave way to anger. This made Gordon so embarrassed, he brought his train back down to the big station as Edward was already late with his train. But the signalman at the junction was not told about the change. Because of this, Edward was sent to the main line and Gordon was sent down to Edward's branch line. He spent the night at Brendam and was teased by Bill and Ben of being a lot of old iron that should be scrapped. BoCo stopped them and Gordon gained respect for him.

During City of Truro's visit, Gordon heard that the famous engine had reached 100 miles an hour and believed that he could reach that speed. This resulted in him losing his dome on the viaduct. Not long afterwards, Gordon felt devastated to hear that steam engines were being scrapped on the Mainland. He also notched his brother at Brendam, though Gordon did not know who he was at the time.

During its construction, Gordon took a special test train to Kirk Ronan, however was unimpressed by the lack of a view from the station. On a second run - after he returned from being repaired following a breakdown on the return journey - Gordon was unable to stop and crashed through the station wall. The wall was later repaired, however a large window was installed at the site of the accident called "Gordon's View", providing a panoramic view of the town below.

One year on May Day, Gordon ridiculed Thomas, James, Percy and Murdoch having a Best Dressed Engine competition, not wanting to look silly with decorations. While pulling the Express, a banner blew off of the side of a bridge and onto Gordon's face and stayed there until he reached Knapford. Despite him not intending for it to be decoration, he was declared winner of the competition.

When Spencer first visited Sodor, Gordon warned him to take on water, however was ignored. Spencer later had to be rescued by Gordon and taken to Maron after running out of water on the hill. From this point onwards, Gordon and Spencer developed somewhat of a rivalry.

During one winter, Gordon was asked to teach Percy to pull passenger trains. Gordon soon became boastful and spent more time showing off than teaching Percy, leading him to eventually slide through Kellsthorpe Road and into a snowdrift in a siding.

At one point, Gordon's firebox rattled when it cooled down at night. After being teased for it by the other engines, Gordon decided to make demands of the other engines to make them respect him, including that they whistle whenever they see him as a mark of respect. After Emily opted not to whistle in protest to Gordon's demands, he became so cross that he missed a red signal and crashed into a train of Jam Tankers. Gordon was later taken to the Works to be cleaned out and, while there, had the rattling in his firebox seen to. Upon his return, the other engines were grateful to have him back and they all reconciled.

One spring, Gordon accidentally took on special coal meant for Henry just before attempting a record run with the Express. After seeing Henry struggling later in the day, Gordon forfeited the run just outside of Knapford to go back and help Henry by swapping tenders. Despite not finishing the run, Gordon still held the previous record and was happy to have helped his friend.

Once, while his old bufferbeam was damaged, Gordon had to use a spare bufferbeam from the Dieselworks. Gordon initially disliked the bufferbeam as it was meant for a diesel engine and made him look unusual, but later became more content with it after Thomas reminded him that the bufferbeam would allow him to be useful while his normal bufferbeam was being repaired.

During the winter, the turntable at Tidmouth Sheds was frozen in place, with only one engine able to sleep in the sheds. Together, the Steam Team decided that Percy would get the berth, as he would be pulling the mail that night and would need a place to sleep when he got back. The remaining engines went and searched for somewhere to sleep. However, Gordon declined all the sheds. After all the other engines had found places to sleep, Gordon took the berth at Tidmouth. When Percy returned, Gordon would not give up his shed. This quickly backfired when work started on the turntable and Gordon was forced to listen. When morning came, the turntable was unfrozen… only to freeze again, away from Gordon’s berth. When the turntable was finally repaired, it was nighttime and Gordon was forced to take Percy’s mail vans.

After Thomas suggested streamlining an engine for The Great Railway Show, the Fat Controller decided to have Gordon sent to the Sodor Steamworks to have streamlined shrouding applied for the Great Race. On the day of the show, Gordon left the Steamworks before his final checks could be completed, resulting in him leaving his safety valve behind. Despite Thomas bringing it to the show, the race began before Thomas got the chance to properly explain the situation to Gordon. As a result, Gordon's boiler burst mid-race and he was disqualified.

After Edward moved out of Tidmouth Sheds and Nia took his place, Gordon was most upset out of all the engines, not helped when Henry suddenly announced he would be moving to Vicarstown Sheds shortly after. Despite his objections, Nia eventually convinced him to accept the change and the two became friends.

Not long after Henry's departure, Rebecca arrived to help Gordon with the Express during busy periods and took Henry's spot. Initially, Gordon was hostile towards her, however later warmed up to her after she defended him in front of his brother, the Flying Scotsman. Since then, the two have kindled a close friendship due to their shared roles as express engines. When Baz and Bernie stole Kenji from the Technology Fair, the duo chased them down, with Gordon ending up derailed at East Maron Junction in a failed attempt to prevent them from escaping to the Sodor Airport.

Personality
Gordon's important position as the engine who pulls the Express has made him proud, pompous, arrogant, stubborn, prideful, and self-important, with a good reason too; he is the fastest steam engine on Sodor. He is extremely proud of this and is inclined to boast. But despite his pompousness, he is goodhearted, always willing to forgive, and uses his superior strength to help smaller engines out of trouble. Though he is also vengeful and will plot retribution if he feels he has been sufficiently slighted, as mentioned before he is happy to forgive especially after he has either had his retribution or the individual has received some other comeuppance. He also has a great hatred of goods trains and believes that he should only pull coaches. Because of his rank in the social order of the North Western Railway, Gordon expects to get the important passenger jobs, and either he sulks when he does not get what he wants or gets jealous of engines who do.

Gordon is rude and egotistical more often than not, especially towards smaller engines like Thomas or Percy. Despite this, he has helped them on a few occasions and cares about them. However, one incident temporarily ended his acquaintanceship with Thomas. He can also be rude to older and weaker engines like Edward. But following misadventures where Edward had to help him, Gordon readily acknowledged that (despite being old) Edward is still a very useful engine. However, Gordon still sometimes doubts Edward is still reliable; he did not believe Edward could win a race against Spencer as he is only a "back engine" and a "waste of steam" and even outright saying he was worthless and calling for him to be scrapped. He soon stopped belittling Edward for good after being tricked by Thomas; he learnt his lesson and apologised to Edward, saying that he promised not to call him old or unreliable anymore. Despite the way that he mistreats Edward sometimes, deep down, Gordon cares a great deal about him and the other engines on the railway. This was especially shown when he was very upset after he learnt that Edward and Henry moved out of Tidmouth Sheds to sleep elsewhere for their own reasons, thus indicating how much he missed them. He appears to have a hard time accepting change, but with help from his friends (and Nia), he can pull through it.

Sometimes, Gordon shows a kinder side and gives the engines some advice, usually after he has had some mishap as a result of his foolhardiness. Some of his advice is not exactly helpful or honest, though, as James, Percy, and Sir Handel have discovered. This side resurfaced once Rebecca joined the North Western Railway. But this time, Gordon realised that he was wrong to do so, especially when he ended up smashing through a set of buffers. With Edward gone, Gordon has often found himself acting as the other engines' father figure. His pompous attitude often makes this a difficult role, but he eventually matured enough to give some meaningful advice that helps others.

Since the twentieth series, Gordon has developed a tendency to pin his faults on others. This was shown when he blamed Henry for having to do his jobs for the day and vice-versa, even though his lateness was what led to the change in the first place. When he and the rest of the Steam Team got in trouble for refusing to leave the shed at night, believing there was a ghost train about (which was actually Henry with a coat of luminous paint), he once again blamed Henry unfairly for the predicament.

Despite being labelled as one of Sir Topham Hatt's more sensible engines, he can act senseless if prompted, which is quite often. Because of his reputation, he has a fear of being found out and often tries to refrain from acting less than serious. Much like James, Gordon can be highly opinionated on an engine's character; he remained mistrustful of Sonny due to his role in Kenji's runaway and the theft of the plans for Ruth's Hover-Car despite Sonny having switched sides, due to the well-tank engine being owned by the crooks in the first place. Eventually, he learned from Thomas that he did not mean to be involved, but he still refused to believe that Sonny left the lifestyle of a thief until much later. Gordon is also very posh and egotistical, claiming engines wearing decorations for the best-dressed contest make him look ridiculous and Thomas to be undignified wearing a monkey costume, while others saw him as funny-looking. Despite this, he does have moral standards, as he chose to give Henry his special coal back instead of using it to break his speed record.

Whenever he meets and talks with Henry and James, Gordon is usually the one who directs the conversation and makes the decisions, making him the leader of sorts of the three big engines. He is always quick to place the blame of any errors on someone else, though while his pride prevents it quite often, Gordon will give credit where it is due, especially after moments of guilt.

Basis
Like in The Railway Series, Gordon is the experimental prototype for Sir Nigel Gresley's A1 Pacific design for the Great Northern Railway, built at Doncaster Works in Yorkshire.

Gordon's streamlined form as the Shooting Star is based on a streamlined Pennsylvania Railroad K4 (Hank's basis), more specifically #3768. The K4s were, incidentally, the inspiration for the design of the boilers on Gordon's basis, the Gresley A1s.

Livery
Gordon is painted in NWR cerulean with red lining on his cab, splashers, tender, cylinders and boiler and yellow lining around his windows. His number (4) is painted on his tender in yellow with a red outline. He has a white running board with red bufferbeams and valences.

In the sixteenth series episode, Bust My Buffers!, while his buffer beam was being repaired, Gordon received a spare diesel bufferbeam similar to Den's. The bufferbeam was painted in yellow and black hazard stripes.

In his streamlined form as the Shooting Star, Gordon is cerulean with red, silver and dark blue stripes which wrap around his body. His number is encircled by a red circle with a dark blue background. He also has a star emblem on the shrouding just above his cylinders, which is silver with a while outline.

In a magazine file fact, Gordon was incorrectly painted in NWR green similar to Henry.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 1 - Thomas and Gordon, Edward and Gordon, The Sad Story of Henry, Edward, Gordon and Henry, Thomas' Train, Thomas and the Trucks, Thomas and the Breakdown Train, James and the Coaches , Troublesome Trucks , James and the Express, Tenders and Turntables, Trouble in the Shed, Percy Runs Away, The Flying Kipper , Whistles and Sneezes, Dirty Objects , Off the Rails, Down the Mine and Thomas' Christmas Party
 * Series 2 - Cows, Saved from Scrap, Old Iron , Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, A Close Shave , Break Van , The Deputation, Wrong Road, Edward's Exploit and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * Series 3 - Time for Trouble, Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, Henry's Forest, The Trouble with Mud, No Joke for James, Trust Thomas, Tender Engines, Escape, Oliver Owns Up, Heroes, Percy, James and the Fruitful Day and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Series 4 - Granpuff, Sleeping Beauty , Bulldog, A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Trucks, Rock 'n' Roll , Gallant Old Engine , Rusty to the Rescue , Thomas and Stepney , Bowled Out, Henry and the Elephant, Thomas and the Special Letter, Paint Pots and Queens and Fish
 * Series 5 - Cranky Bugs, Horrid Lorry, A Better View for Gordon, James and the Trouble with Trees , Gordon and the Gremlin, Bye George!, Baa! , Put Upon Percy , Haunted Henry , Thomas and the Rumours, Busy Going Backwards and Snow
 * Series 6 - Salty's Secret, Harvey to the Rescue, No Sleep for Cranky , A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter , The Fogman, It's Only Snow , Twin Trouble , The World's Strongest Engine, Scaredy Engines, Percy and the Haunted Mine , Middle Engine , Jack Frost , Gordon Takes a Tumble, Percy's Chocolate Crunch, Thomas, Percy and the Squeak, Thomas the Jet Engine and Edward the Very Useful Engine
 * Series 7 - Percy Gets it Right, Edward's Brass Band, What's the Matter with Henry? , James and the Queen of Sodor, The Spotless Record , Something Fishy , Peace and Quiet , Bulgy Rides Again , Harold and the Flying Horse , Best Dressed Engine and Gordon and Spencer
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - Mud Glorious Mud
 * Series 8 - Thomas and the Tuba, Thomas to the Rescue , Henry and the Wishing Tree, James Gets a New Coat , Thomas Saves the Day , Percy's Big Mistake, Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough , Don't Tell Thomas , Emily's New Route , Thomas and the Firework Display , Gordon Takes Charge, Spic and Span, Edward the Great, Squeak, Rattle and Roll, Thomas and the Circus , Thomas Gets it Right, As Good as Gordon, Fish , Halloween , You Can Do it, Toby!, Chickens to School, James Goes Too Far and Percy and the Magic Carpet
 * Series 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting, Thomas and the Rainbow , Thomas' Milkshake Muddle , Molly's Special Special, Respect for Gordon, Thomas and the Birthday Picnic, Thomas and the Toy Shop , Thomas and the New Engine , Toby Feels Left Out, Thomas Tries His Best, Thomas and the Statue, Emily Knows Best , Thomas' Day Off , Thomas' New Trucks , Bold and Brave , Saving Edward, Thomas and the Golden Eagle and Keeping Up with James
 * Series 10 - Percy and the Funfair, The Green Controller, It's Good to be Gordon, Seeing the Sights, Toby's New Shed , Big Strong Henry, Thomas and the Shooting Star, Edward Strikes Out, Topped Off Thomas , Thomas' Frosty Friend , Emily and the Special Coaches, Thomas and the Colours , Thomas and the Treasure , James the Second Best and Thomas and Skarloey's Big Day Out
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller, Emily's Rubbish, Dream On , Gordon and the Engineer, Thomas and the Spaceship, Henry's Lucky Day , Thomas and the Lighthouse , Thomas and the Big Bang , Thomas Sets Sail, Don't be Silly, Billy , Hide and Peep , Toby's Triumph , Thomas and the Runaway Car, Thomas in Trouble and Percy and the Left Luggage
 * Series 12 - Thomas and the Billboard, Steady Eddie, Rosie's Funfair Special , Henry Gets it Wrong , Heave Ho Thomas! , Toby's Special Surprise, Excellent Emily , Saved You! , Tram Trouble , Gordon Takes a Shortcut and Thomas Puts the Brakes On
 * Series 13 - Creaky Cranky, The Lion of Sodor, Tickled Pink, Double Trouble, Slippy Sodor, The Early Bird, Play Time , Time for a Story , Toby's New Whistle, A Blooming Mess , Steamy Sodor , Splish Splash Splosh , The Biggest Present of All , Snow Tracks and Buzzy Bees
 * Series 14 - Thomas' Tall Friend, Pingy Pongy Pick Up, Charlie and Eddie , Henry's Health and Safety , Pop Goes Thomas , Victor Says Yes, Thomas in Charge, Being Percy, Merry Winter Wish , Thomas and Scruff, O the Indignity, Jitters and Japes , Merry Misty Island and Henry's Magic Box
 * Series 15 - Gordon and Ferdinand, Emily and Dash, Percy's New Friends, Edward the Hero James to the Rescue, Happy Hiro, Up, Up and Away!, Henry's Happy Coal , Let it Snow, Surprise, Surprise , Spencer the Grand, Stop that Bus! , Stuck on You, Big Belle , Percy the Snowman , Tree Trouble and Fiery Flynn
 * Series 16 - Race to the Rescue, Ol' Wheezy Wobbles , Express Coming Through, Percy and the Monster of Brendam , Ho Ho Snowman , Flash Bang Wallop!, Thomas and the Rubbish Train, Thomas Toots the Crows, Bust My Buffers!, Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor, Salty's Surprise , Sodor Surprise Day, Muddy Matters , Whiff's Wish and Happy Birthday Sir!
 * Series 17 - Scruff's Makeover, Wayward Winston, Gordon Runs Dry, Calm Down Caitlin, Steamie Stafford, Henry's Hero, Not Now, Charlie!, The Lost Puff , The Thomas Way, The Phantom Express , No Snow for Thomas , The Missing Christmas Decorations, The Frozen Turntable, Gone Fishing, The Afternoon Tea Express, The Smelly Kipper and Thomas' Shortcut
 * Series 18 - Old Reliable Edward, Flatbeds of Fear, Signals Crossed, Toad's Adventure , Duck and the Slip Coaches, Marion and the Pipe, Missing Gator , Spencer's VIP, Long Lost Friend, Duncan the Humbug , The Perfect Gift , Emily Saves the World and Samson at Your Service
 * Series 19 - Who's Geoffrey?, The Truth About Toby, Lost Property, Henry Spots Trouble, The Beast of Sodor, Toad and the Whale, Very Important Sheep, Salty All at Sea, Helping Hiro , Slow Stephen, Best Engine Ever, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead, Philip to the Rescue, Thomas the Babysitter , The Other Side of the Mountain and Goodbye Fat Controller
 * Series 20 - Sidney Sings, Toby's New Friend, Henry Gets the Express, Diesel and the Ducklings, Bradford the Brake Van, Saving Time , Pouty James, Letters to Santa , Love Me Tender , Cautious Connor , All in Vain, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Henry in the Dark, Three Steam Engines Gruff, Engine of the Future, Hugo and the Airship, The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill
 * Series 21 - Dowager Hatt's Busy Day, Stuck in Gear, Hasty Hannah , Cranky at the End of the Line , Unscheduled Stops , Philip's Number, The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor, A Shed for Edward, The Big Freeze, Emily in the Middle and Confused Coaches
 * Series 22 - Forever and Ever, Confusion Without Delay, An Engine of Many Colours, School of Duck, Seeing is Believing, Samson and the Fireworks, Thomas' Animal Ark, Rosie is Red, Counting on Nia and Hunt the Truck
 * Series 23 - Free the Roads, Chucklesome Trucks, The Other Big Engine , Gordon Gets the Giggles, Steam Team to the Rescue, Panicky Percy and Rangers of the Rails
 * Series 24 - Thomas and the Royal Engine, Emily's Best Friend, Thomas' Fuzzy Friend, The Great Little Railway Show, Emily to the Rescue, Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant, A New Arrival, World of Tomorrow, James the Super Engine, Nia's Bright Idea, Sonny's Second Chance, Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop , Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!, Kenji on the Rails Again , Cleo the Road Engine and Thomas' Animal Friends
 * Other - Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers

Specials

 * 1991 - Thomas and the U.K. Trip
 * 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad
 * 2005 - Calling All Engines!
 * 2008 - The Great Discovery
 * 2009 - Hero of the Rails
 * 2010 - Misty Island Rescue
 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels
 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 2014 - Tale of the Brave
 * 2015 - The Adventure Begins and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Music Videos

 * Series 3 - Thomas' Anthem and I'm Thomas the Tank Engine
 * Series 4 - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Let's Have a Race, Toby, Don't Judge a Book By its Cover, The Island Song, Really Useful Engine and Thomas' Christmas Song
 * Series 5 - Night Train, Accidents Will Happen, Every Cloud has a Silver Lining, It's Great to be an Engine, The Snow Song, Sir Topham Hatt, Come for the Ride, Harold the Helicopter and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Thomas and the Magic Railroad - Really Useful Engine
 *  Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines, Down by the Docks, Winter Wonderland, Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo and Never, Never, Never Give Up
 * Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed, There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away, Troublesome Trucks Salty and The Whistle Song
 * Series 8 - Sounds, Emily, Surprises, A World Around You, Determination, Patience, Ode to Gordon and Engine Roll Call
 * Calling All Engines! - Busy, Trying, Together, New Engine Roll Call and The Dream Song
 * Series 9 - Buffer Up and Share, Day and Night, Party Time, Pride and Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - The Work Song and One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - Doing it Right, Favourite Place, H is for Harold, Navigation, There's Always Something New, Responsibility, Strength, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells and Engine Roll Call (Rock 'n' Roll version)
 * Series 11 - Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Discovery - There's a Job for Everyone, Where, oh Where is Thomas?, Engine Roll Call and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Series 12 - Engine Roll Call
 * Hero of the Rails - Go, Go Thomas
 * Series 13 - Roll Along, Thomas, You're the Leader, Sounds, Determination and Engine Roll Call
 * Misty Island Rescue - Misty Island Rescue
 * Series 14 - All You Need, Sir Topham Hatt and Engine Roll Call
 * Day of the Diesels - Day of the Diesels
 * Series 15 - Hear the Engines Coming
 * Series 16 - Thomas and Percy and Go, Go Thomas
 * King of the Railway - Working Together Again, Searching Everywhere and It's Gonna be a Great Day
 * Series 17 - Hey, Hey Thomas! and On a Journey Today
 * Tale of the Brave - Let's Be Brave
 * Series 18 - It's Christmas Time and The Best Friends Express
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - A World Around You, Down by the Docks, Navigation, Never, Never, Never Give Up, It's Great to be an Engine, Thomas' Anthem, The Island Song, The Whistle Song, Night Train, Ode to Gordon, Rules and Regulations and That's What Friends are For
 * The Adventure Begins - Really Useful Engine and Troublesome Trucks
 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - Never Overlook a Little Engine and We Make a Team Together
 * Series 19 - Let's Go!, Race with You, Spring is Here! and Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Race - Will You Won't You, Streamlining, The Shooting Star is Coming Through and Be Who You Are, and Go Far
 * Series 20 - James the Really Splendid Engine and Accidents Will Happen
 * Journey Beyond Sodor - I Want to Go Home and The Most Important Thing is Being Friends
 * Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion, Doing it Right, Trying and Little Engines
 * Big World! Big Adventures! - Where in the World is Thomas? and We're Friends
 * Series 22 - Big World! Big Adventures!, Engine Roll Call, The Steam Team and Let's Dream
 * Series 23 - Don't Stop
 * Series 24 - Party Train, How Does it Work?, Fall is So Much Fun, The Little Engine Who Believed and New Year's Day with Thomas
 * Nursery Rhymes - Chuff, Chuff, Chuff Along, Another Day on Sodor, Old McColl's Farm , Twinkle, Twinkle Sodor Sky and Happy Birthday to You

Learning Segments

 * Series 8 - Sounds, How Does Emily Get to Cronk Station? , Being on Time , The Children Wait for Gordon , Helping One Another , Edward Helps Emily Up Gordon's Hill and Dot to Dot - Gordon
 * Calling All Engines! - Which Diesel Engine with Which Steam Engine?
 * Series 9 - Same Colour, Emily Respects , Which Route Should Thomas Take? , Getting to Bluff's Cove , Knowing What To Do , Being Kind , Getting Up Gordon's Hill , Who Respects Whom? , Who's Under the Coal Dust? - James , Guess the Engine - Gordon , Job Destinations - Gordon, Mavis and Percy , Job Destinations - Edward, Henry and Gordon and Fixing the Engines
 * Series 10 - Help From Your Friends, Percy's Story , Who's Under the Coal Dust? - Emily , Who Should Take the Telegraph Pole? , Which Friend is in Which Shed? , Happy or Sad? and Pulling Coaches

Videos
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 * 2015 - Welcome to the Island of Sodor Sam! and A Friendly Farewell
 * 2016 - Philip of Sodor, Shooting Star of Sodor , The Flying Scotsman and Thomas of Sodor
 * 2017 - Space Mission
 * 2018 - Meet Nia of Kenya!, Meet Rebecca of England! , Meet the New Steam Team, Still the Best of Friends, Animals Around the World and Share a Selfie For Children In Need!
 * 2019 - Meet Percy, Meet Rebecca, Meet James, Meet Emily, Meet Gordon, Meet Nia and Meet Gustavo of Brazil!
 * 2020 - Top 5 Jumps, Top 5 Animals , Top 5 Cranes , Top 5 Non-Railway Vehicles , Top 5 Songs, Top 5 Crashes , Top 5 Coolest Engines , Top 5 Cheeky Thomas Moments, Top 5 Silliest Characters , Top 5 Scariest Moments , Meet Ruth of America! , Thomas the Giant , Thomas Full Speed Ahead, Thomas the Elephant and Thomas and the Birthday Surprise
 * 2021 - The Hunt for Springtime Clues, Percy's Rainbow Surprise! and Thomas and the Chocolate Eggs

Magazine Stories
Gordon also appears in the magazine stories, A Long Way Up!, A Puzzle for Percy, A Special Story about Steam, Arthur and Emily, Back-to-Front, Bricks and Tunnels, Clean Getaway!, Diesel's Nasty Turn, Fish and Fog!, Flying James, Gordon and Edward, Gordon the Town Engine, Henry's Secret, High-Speed Henry, How Does Percy Work?, Leaves on the Line, Letting off Steam!, Lots of Luggage, Mighty Magnet!, Picture Posters, Proud Percy!, Railway Open Day, Really Useful Edward, Rhyming Engines, Rude James, Rushing Around, Sodor Rock, Squeaky Wheels, Steaming!, Steaming Along!, Stolen Apples, Super Stunt, That Caps it All, The Best Engine, The Big Ship, The Blue Engine Club, The Cloud Factory!, The Runaway Percy and The Strongest. }} Annuals= {{Scroll box|
 * 1987 - Thomas and Gordon, Edward and Gordon, The Sad Story of Henry, Edward, Gordon and Henry, Thomas' Train, Thomas and the Trucks, Thomas and the Breakdown Train, James and the Coaches and Thomas' Christmas Party
 * 1988 - James and the Troublesome Trucks, James and the Express, The Train Spotters, Tenders and Turntables, Trouble in the Shed, The Golfers , Percy Runs Away, Whistles and Sneezes, Gordon Off the Rails, Thomas Down the Mine, The New Coaches , Cows, Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, Pop Goes the Diesel , Dirty Work, Wrong Road, Edward's Exploits, Thomas and the Blue Wheel , The Deputation, Thomas' Present and Thomas's Christmas
 * 1989 - Gordon's Express, In a Sulk, Thomas and the Whistle, In a Muddle, Heroes, Thomas For Sale, An Important Visitor, Rumours and Speculation, Hurricane!, A Second Chance, The Party, The Missing Holly!, A Surprise for Thomas and A Fishy Smell
 * 1990 - Percy and the Dragon, Edward and the Express, Timetable Trouble, Henry's Forest, The Express, A Passenger for James, Go Easy and The Backlog
 * 1991 - Thomas and Trevor, Percy and Terence, Stick with Steam, Me First, Gordon Forgets, Duck's Service, Percy's Plight and The Lighthouse Light
 * 1992 - Lazy Wheels, Looking Splendid!, Behind Schedule and Gordon's Spots!
 * 1993 - The Special Stationmaster!, Percy and the Parrot!, The Visitor and First with the Food!
 * 1994 - The Nature Bus! and Puffing Pots!
 * 1995 - Keeping Clean!, Gordon Gets Going!, Watch Out, Gordon!, The Engine Parade!, The New Guard and Keeping Clean!
 * 1996 - Percy's Squeak!, Important Passengers!, Timetable Trouble, Thomas Takes a Ride!, The Little Line, Too Tired!, Sunday Schedule! and The Trouble With Mud!
 * 1997 - Henry's Busy Day, Henry's Hills, Henry, 'Smile, Please!', April Fool!, Gordon and Silly Skarloey!
 * 1998 - Rusty and the Cheeky Boys, The Red Squirrel!, Fancy Dress!, Runaway Percy!, The Big Speech! , The Posh Coaches, The Greenhouse Bus! , The Exhibition! and James' Hotel!
 * 1999 - Bill and Ben's Trick
 * 2000 - Henry, Night Work, The End of the Rainbow! , Henrietta's Holiday, Lucky to be Lost! and Painting the Shed
 * 2001 - A Special Story About Harold, Sir Handel, Harold Goes Quiet, Thomas Chimes In, Snow Fun for Henry and Hill Spill!
 * 2002 - Henry Helps, Sodor Goes Pop!, The Blue Engine Club, Diesels and Steam Engines, Clean Up Chaos and Diesel's Drums
 * 2003 - Gordon's Surprise, The Boatshow, Harold's Bad Day , A Foggy Friend , The Most Beautiful Station , Harvey to the Rescue!, Cook Controller! , Fast Food! , Dirty Work, The Cat Controller! and Thomas Goes Squeak!
 * 2004 - Rocket Power, Scrapes and Spills, The Train Trolley, Thank You, Thomas!, Percy to the Rescue, Dockers' Dinner, Dirty Percy! , Harold's Bad Day , Edward to the Rescue!, Thomas Gets It Right, Scary Jack Frost , James' New Coat , A Nice Quiet Day, Fishy Business, On the Fast Track!, Problem Passenger, The Haunted Mine, Colour Quarrel!, Sparks Fly , Off to Market!  and The Talking Horse
 * 2005 - Gordon's Snow Show, Slide and Ride, Magic Mischief, Percy and the Magic Carpet , Eerie Engine, Henry's Forest, Spick and Span , You Can Do it, Toby!, Model Engines, Hooray, Henry , Percy and the Big Mistake , A Treat for Trying , Cat and Mouse , Squeak, Rattle and Roll, Chickens to School, A Jumbo-Sized Surprise , Relay Rescue , Edward the Great, As Good as Gordon and Choc-o-BoCo!
 * 2006 - No Trouble for Toby, First-class Carriage, Heavy Load, Splendid Sight, Saving Edward , Thomas, Emily and the Snowplow and Thomas and the Statue
 * 2007 - Airship, Everyone's Friend, The Santa Engine, Blown About!, Seeing the Sights, Edward Strikes Out and Emily's Present
 * 2008 - Fast and First! and Funny Faces!
 * 2009 - Night Light Train
 * 2010 - The Best Present of All, Henry Gets It Wrong! , Misty Island Rescue , The Water Wheel, Ready, Jet Set, Go! , Seeing Sheep! , Percy Ploughs In!, Halloween Hats , Snow Tracks,  Creepy Causeway, Bubble Trouble and Silly Billy
 * 2011 - Being Percy, Slowcoach Diesel, Smiles All Round, O, the Indignity!, Rosie's Really Useful Scrap!, Steam on Stamps, Victor Says Yes , Thomas and Scruff , Making Annie Smile, Tickled Pink, Speedy Spencer , Snow Tracks, Bird Talk, Show Time , Heave Ho Thomas! , Perfect Plough , Ready, Jet Set, Go! , Rope Rescue and Fuss and Fumes
 * 2012 - Rescue Team, Percy's New Friends, Flaming Flynn, Express Delivery!, Fiery Flynn!, Express Coming Through!, Edward the Hero , Clever James , Paint for Percy , Hooray for Henry , Sound Around, Paint for Percy , The Railway Show , Sand Express, Up, Up and Away! , Thomas and the Rubbish Train, Thomas and the Sound of Sodor , Clock Countdown, Express Delivery!, Percy the Snowman and Thomas Toots the Crows
 * 2013 - Gordon and Ferdinand, The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 657), Flash! Crash! Wallop!, Whiff's Wish , Sodor Surprise Day , Early Bird!, Being Percy , James and the Giant Animals, Henrietta's Holiday, The Lost Puff (mentioned), Thomas the Spotter , Platform Number 1!, Gordon Runs Dry, The Railway Rink and Henrietta's Holiday
 * 2014 - Engine Trouble, Valentine's Surprise, The Royal Carriage, Confusion and Delay, The Afternoon Tea Express, The Extra-Special Solo, Harvey the Crane Engine , Leaves on the Line!, Frozen Turntable, Not Now, Charlie! and Speedy Steamies
 * 2015 - Old Reliable Edward, Signals Crossed, Easter Egg Express, Silent Puffing!, Don't Be Late, Percy! , The Perfect Present , Bust My Buffers!, Henrietta's Holiday and Not Now, Charlie!
 * 2016 - Thomas Toots the Crows, Tickled Pink!, Victor Says Yes, Henry Spots Trouble and Speedy Steamies
 * 2017 - Engine Trouble, Not Now, Charlie!, Flash! Crash! Wallop!, Bedtime Story and Diesel and the Ducklings

Annual Stories
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 * 1985 - Gale Warning The Strawberry Special  and James' Rest Cure
 * 1986 - Old Groaner and Gordon's Stowaway
 * 1987 - Percy's Passengers
 * 1988 - Percy and the Brake Van and Responsibilities
 * 1989 - Trapped by Trees
 * 1990 - Old Square Wheels and Points of No Return
 * 1991 - Near Miss
 * 1992 - Galloping Sausage
 * 1993 - The Hut that Walked by Itself
 * 1994 - James' Rest Cure
 * 1995 - The Picnic Express
 * 1996 - All Pull Together, The Wrong Shirt and Pantomime Pranks
 * 1997 - Ice Magic, Percy in Print, Pipe Dreams and We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
 * 1998 - Engines to the Rescue, Henry Scores a Goal , Percy Plays a Joke, Rescue and The Star of the Show
 * 1999 - Leaves on the Line
 * 2000 - Thomas the Famous Engine, Buzzing Bees!, The Flood and Star Engines
 * 2001 - Very Special Engines, Thomas the Famous Engine, The Good Old Days and Edward Saves the Day
 * 2002 - "That's the Way to Do It!" and The Really Useful Traction Engine
 * 2013 - Gordon's Shortcut
 * 2013 Holiday Annual - The Biggest Present of All

Books

 * 2000 - Diesel 10 Means Trouble
 * 2001 - Thomas Tells a Lie and The Monster Under the Shed
 * 2004 - Thomas and the Big, Big Bridge and Thomas Gets a Snowplow
 * 2007 - Gordon's New View
 * 2014 - The Big Book of Engines
 * 2018 - Color, Color, Everywhere!, Full Steam Ahead and Character Encyclopedia
 * 2019 - No.1 Sticker Scenes, The Steam Team, Engines Around the World and Christmas in the Air!

My Thomas Story Library

 * 2003 - Thomas, James, Donald and Douglas and Cranky
 * 2004 - Percy, Bill and Ben, Sir Handel, Oliver, Gordon and Edward
 * 2005 - Duck and Spencer
 * 2006 - Harvey and Molly
 * 2007 - Rocky, Dennis and The Fat Controller
 * 2008 - Whiff
 * 2009 - Stanley and Hank
 * 2010 - Hiro, Kevin, Troublesome Trucks and Charlie

Audio Stories

 * 2020 - Return to Sodor, Steamie Stafford, The Story of Thomas the Tank Engine, Happy Birthday Thomas! , The Story of Percy the Small Engine, The Story of Rebecca the Happy Engine, Big World! Big Adventures! , The Story of Nia the Helpful Engine, The Story of Gordon the Big Engine, The Story of Diesel the Diesel Engine , Who's Geoffrey?, The Story of Emily the Clever Engine, Toad and the Whale , The Story of James the Funny Engine, Percy and the Lioness, The Story of Cranky the Crane, Sidney Sings, Henry in the Dark, Thomas and the Runaway Pumpkins , Thomas and the Steam Troll, The Missing Christmas Decorations, Christmas in the Air and Thomas and the Fairy God Engine
 * 2021 - Thomas' Animal Ark, The Beast of Sodor, Diesel and the Ducklings, Dizzy Diesels, Railway Celebrations, Thomas' Animal Friends, James the Super Engine , Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant, Thomas and the Royal Engine and Chucklesome Trucks

Video Games
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 * 1998 - Magical Adventure
 * 1999 - The Great Festival Adventure
 * 2000 - Trouble on the Tracks and Thomas and the Magic Railroad Print Studio
 * 2006 - A Day at the Races
 * 2008 - Begins Educational Learning
 * 2015 - Express Delivery and Race On!
 * 2016 - Magical Tracks
 * 2018 - Go Go Thomas and Thomas & Friends: Adventures!
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Official Description
2004= From Official Website:

Songs

 * Will You Won't You
 * The Shooting Star is Coming Through
 * Be Who You Are, and Go Far
 * The Most Important Thing is Being Friends
 * Where in the World is Thomas?
 * We're Friends
 * Don't Stop

Whistles
In the first series episode, Whistles and Sneezes, Gordon has a broken whistle.

In Down the Mine, Thomas and the Birthday Picnic, Thomas Gets his Own Branch Line narrated by Simon Prebble, Drayton Manor Theme Park and the mobile app, Read and Play!, Gordon has a modified version of his whistle.

In Respect for Gordon and the mobile app, Steam Team Station, Gordon has a lower-pitched version of his whistle.

In the fourth series, as well as scenes in the fifth series episodes, Gordon and the Gremlin and Bye George!, Thomas the Tank Engine (Kids Station Game) and the eighth series episode, Thomas to the Rescue, Gordon shares and reuses Duck's whistle.

In the LeapPad book Thomas the Really Useful Engine, Gordon is portrayed with the Rainbow Sun's whistle at a step lower in pitch.

In The Great Discovery, Gordon has an even lower pitched whistle.

In the beginning of Gordon Runs Dry in the mobile app, Read and Play!, Gordon has a sad whistle.

Trivia

 * In the Greek dub of the model series, Gordon is called Johnny (Τζονί). From the thirteenth series onwards, Gordon has been referred to with his original name.
 * From the twenty-second series onwards, Gordon is the only member of the Steam Team to originate from the first book in The Railway Series. He and Thomas are also the only current members to share the same livery.
 * Gordon, Henry, Thomas and James are the only engines to appear in every special. The latter three, however, are the only ones to have at least one line of dialogue in every special.
 * In the magazines "The Fat Controller's Engine Fact File", it is stated that Gordon and Spencer are cousins, most likely due to the fact that their real life basis's were both built by Sir Nigel Gresley. This was never mentioned in the show, however; Spencer simply refers to Gordon as a friend.
 * Gordon is the only engine in the franchise to have suffered a boiler explosion, experiencing a partial one in The Great Race.
 * In 2014, Gordon and Rosie's whistle sounds at Drayton Manor Theme Park were accidentally swapped when they changed shed berths with each other.