Hiro

Hiro is an old 'Japanese' engine. He was one of the first engines to arrive on Sodor, but was left in a forgotten corner of Sodor until Thomas found him and helped to fix him up. Now he occasionally returns to Sodor to visit his new friends. He is old, wise, very dignified and enormously kind. In his hey day, he was known as the "Master of the Railway".

Did you know? Hiro is based on a Japanese National Railways Class D51 built by Kawasaki.

For further uses, see below:

Books

 * Hiro (Story Library book) - a book in the My Thomas Story Library series.
 * Hiro (Engine Adventures) - a book in the Engine Adventures series.