James (AEG)

"Well, perhaps this time, one of you can be the dragon, and I'll be the handsome and almost unbearably charming knight!" James is a red mixed-traffic tender engine who works on the Island of Sodor.

Biography
James is a tender engine who lives on the Island of Sodor with Thomas and his friends. He is often seen doing odd jobs like pulling tankers or other pieces of rolling stock, as well as greeting other engines.

Personality
James is proud of his shiny red paint work, and tries to keep it as clean as possible, but is always happy to see his friends and gives them a cheerful greeting whenever he passes by. He can pull any kind of cargo, but he mostly prefers to pull coaches. He is also shown to be afraid of dragons.

Basis
James is a 2-6-0 tender engine. He is loosely based on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 28 0-6-0, however with an added pony truck making him a 2-6-0.

Livery
James is painted scarlet with dark red lining, gold boiler bands, and black wheels. He has the number five on his tender in yellow with a dark red outline. His running board, bufferbeams and valences are all red.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

 * Series 1 - License to Deliver, A Quiet Delivery, Kana Goes Slow, Dragon Run, A Wide Delivery , Counting Cows, Music is Everywhere , Backwards Day, Nia's Balloon Blunder , Capture the Flag , Super Screen Cleaners, , Overnight Stop , The Real Number One , No Power, No Problem!, The Tiger Train, Thomas and Percy's Eggsellent Adventure, The Super-Long Shortcut , A Light Delivery , Letting Off Steam , Nia's Perfect Plan, Hide and Surprise! , More Cowbell , Sir Topham Hatt's Hat and Nia's Surprising Surprise
 * Series 2 - Percy Disappears, Fast Friends , New Mail Engine in Town, Carly's Screechy Squeak , Christmas Mountain , More Than a Pretty Engine, Snowplow Struttin', The Big Skunk Funk, Off the Rails , Diesel's Dilemma and What's in a Name?
 * Short Story Adventures - James and the Dragon and Red Light, Green Light

Specials

 * 2021 - Race for the Sodor Cup
 * 2022 - The Mystery of Lookout Mountain

Songs

 * Series 1 - Knights of the Turntable, The Mail Delivery Song , What Brave Engines Do , Between You and Me , The Number One Engine , Blowing Off Steam and Celebrate

Videos
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 * Train School - Under the Meadow and The Magic of Patience
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Books

 * 2021 - All Engines Go
 * 2022 - Meet the Engines, Winter Activity Book and Thomas the Tank Engine Character Encyclopedia

Video Games

 * 2022 - Magical Tracks

Trivia

 * James is one of a few things:
 * One of the only characters to keep their whistle/horn sound from the original series, the others being Thomas, Henry, Emily, Hiro, and Kenji.
 * One of the only characters to have the same voice actor in both the US and UK dubs of All Engines Go, the others being Riff, Jiff, Farona, Frederico, Annie, Clarabel, and Sir Topham Hatt.
 * One of only two tender engines to keep their original wheel arrangement, the other being Emily.
 * He is also one of the only tender engines to keep their original number of tender wheels. The others being Emily, Hiro, and Yong Bao.
 * James is the only character in All Engines Go whose windows are not opaque.