Trevor (RWS)/Behind the Scenes

The Railway Series
Trevor is a fictional steam traction engine created by the Rev. W. Awdry. He was introduced and rescued from scrap Edward and now spends most of his time working in the vicarage orchard opposite Edward's branch line. Trevor was purportedly delivered to Sodor for a threshing contractor just before World War 1, and he is still used for many odd jobs. Edward often stops to talk to him when passing the orchard. Trevor's favorite thing to do is to take children for rides during the vicar's fetes.

He first appeared in The Railway Series book, Edward the Blue Engine, which was published in 1954. Trevor was originally illustrated as black, however to co-inside with his 1986 television series debut, Trevor was repainted green in the book, Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree and onwards. His last appearance was in Thomas and the Twins, published in 1989.

Front of Trevor:

Awdry's model
The Rev. W. Awdry's Mid Sodor layout featured a green traction engine similar to Trevor. It was later donated with the rest of the layout and put on display on at the Reverend Teddy Boston's Cadeby Light Railway in Cadeby, Leicestershire, before the railway finally closed in 2005. It, and the layout, are now back with the Awdry family. The model is a Matchbox Models of Yesteryear traction engine and is based on an Allchin 7NHP engine.