Rex (T&F)

Rex is a small green tender engine who lives and works on the Arlesdale Railway. He is a natural leader but can get very cocky at times.

Biography
When Marion was heading to the construction yard for the Harwick Branch Line, she was startled by Rex, Bert and Mike at Arlesburgh West. Rex told her that their railway catered to passengers, as well as ballast and wool. Marion had never seen such small engines, and thought that they must be magic. Later, Thomas arrived at the Junction, dismayed that the Fat Controller had sent him to work on the new branch line, while Ryan looked after his own. He, Mike and Bert sang Never Overlook a Little Engine to lift his spirits. Later on, when Marion arrived at the Junction again and addressed the three engines as "magic engines," Rex joked that she was talking about Mike, and he and Bert left before Marion could notice them, leaving Mike. Two nights later, Thomas was chasing Sailor John, Skiff and the Pirate Ship. When they reached the junction, the small engines were woken up by Ryan, who believed he saw pirates, and quickly thinking, they shunted a train of hoppers off the chute and onto the standard gauge line to slow them down. The ship crushed most of the hoppers immediately, but one was caught under it, causing it to lose speed. Ryan then managed to derail the ship.

Rex reprised his roles from the Railway Series, from when he and Bert teased Mike about his whistle to when he derailed from crashing into the wool bales that fell on the tracks thanks to Willie.

In the twenty-first series, instead of bringing presents to the children this year, Rex brought a truck of fake snow for the fan at the end of his train to blow on it, making it look like it was snowing. Daisy, who was present when it happened, was not happy about it since it was not the way she wanted it.

Percy later told him, Bert and Mike about a railway show for little engines that was being held at Ulfstead Castle, which made him not collect wool from a farmer. Rex was later carried on a flatbed by Ryan to the castle for the show.

Personality
Rex is cocky green miniature engine with a strong sense of humour. He is a hard worker, and is the natural leader of the little railway engines (in spite of the fact that Mike prefers to think he’s the leader). Rex is very proud of his railway and a great friend to the other engines, but he cannot help teasing Mike to stop him getting too full of himself. Most of the time Mike manages to return the banter, but sometimes he gets a little wound up. Luckily Rex is very good at helping Mike see the funny side again, and is generally kindhearted and friendly.

Basis
Rex is based on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's River Esk.

Livery
Rex is painted in NWR green with red lining on his cab, tender, cylinders and boiler and yellow lining around his windows. The word "ARLESDALE" is painted on his tender in yellow with a red outline. He has a white running board with red bufferbeams and valences. He also has a brass dome and brass nameplates with red backing.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 20 - The Way She Does It, Tit for Tat, Mike's Whistle and Useful Railway
 * Series 21 - Daisy's Perfect Christmas
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show and Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop

Specials

 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor

Music Videos

 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - Never Overlook a Little Engine and We Make a Team Together
 * The Great Race - Will You Won't You
 * Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion and Little Engines
 * Series 22 - All the Girls Around the World
 * Series 24 - Party Train and How Does it Work?

Learning Segments

 * Guess Who? Puzzles

Videos
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 * 2018 - Different Ways to See the World
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Books
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 * 2003 - Duck
 * 2007 - Thomas' Giant Coloring Book
 * 2008 - Thomas' Sticker Express
 * 2011 - Duck the Great Western Engine
 * 2015 - Pirate Treasure, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: Sticker Activity Book and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie Storybook
 * 2018 - Character Encyclopedia

Official Description
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Whistle
Rex reuses Mac's original whistle, which is also Sir Handel's tenth series whistle sound, but at a higher pitch.

Trivia

 * In the CGI series, Rex's driving wheels and connecting rods are reused from Hiro’s model.
 * Just like Hiro, Rex’s eccentric rods are not animated properly as they do not complete a full rotation around his larger connecting rods.
 * Rex is the first engine introduced in the television series since City of Truro to not be available in Wooden Railway.

Quotes
"What do you think of our 'chute?" said a voice. "Good, isn't it?" Duck blinked. Standing beside him was a small green engine. "Where did you spring from?" asked Duck. "I've been here all the time," smiled the small engine. "I'm Rex, and you, I'm sure, are Duck." "How did you know?" "That's easy; there's only one Great Western engine in these parts."

- Duck meeting Rex, Small Railway Engines

Merchandise

 * Take-n-Play
 * Capsule Plarail

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