Henrietta (T&F)

"It's not fair at all"

- Henrietta remembering the old days

Henrietta is a tram coach who travels with Toby. Percy usually takes her when Toby is absent.

Biography
Henrietta worked with Toby on their old tramway in East Anglia. She became depressed when buses and lorries took over her work and when their line closed, due to the lack of passengers and freight, Toby could not bear to leave her behind. So Toby brought her with him to the North Western Railway. He mentioned to the Fat Controller that a stationmaster on his tramway wanted to use her as a henhouse, but the Fat Controller agreed that "that would never do".

At first, Toby and Henrietta were teased by James for having shabby paint. However, Toby and Henrietta later received new coats of paint for their hard work and James stopped teasing them after he crashed into some tar tankers and spoiled his own paint. When the engines went to England, she was used as the Fat Controller's "private coach". Later, when Daisy was brought to Sodor, she insulted her along with Annie and Clarabel when Daisy found that she had to share the Carriage Shed with them and Percy and Toby were forced to take them away and stay up half the night trying to cheer them up.

One Christmas/Thanksgiving, the villagers from Ulfstead loaded Henrietta up with paint pots and presents to give to the engines as a token of gratitude for their hard work in the snow. During a snowstorm, Henrietta allowed Farmer McColl's sheep and newly-born lambs to warm up inside her cabin until the snow thawed. Sometime afterwards, Toby and Henrietta attended the Great Waterton tram parade, alongside Flora and her tram coach.

Henrietta helped Toby get over his fear of Knapford junction. Thomas was sent to pull Henrietta when Samson accidentally took the Express coaches by mistake, because Gordon had to take Thomas' coaches, Annie and Clarabel.

Henrietta advised Toby to go to the Steamworks to repair his wobbly side plates and also told him to fill up with coal on his way to Wellsworth Scrap Yard, which he did not. She later heard Paxton talking to Emily about Toby being scrapped and knew that it was nonsense. Emily took Henrietta to Wellsworth Scrap Yard where they found Toby safe, but out of coal.

Henrietta had to get her seats refurbished at the Steamworks. After Toby took Henrietta to the Steamworks, he was given a replacement coach named Hannah. After Henrietta had her new seats fitted, Toby took Hannah to the Steamworks to be repaired, where Henrietta reunited with Hannah and revealed to Toby that they were sisters. Afterwards, she began working with Toby once again.

Personality
Henrietta is Toby's faithful coach, who likes to be full of passengers and take them on journeys. She does not like to be separated from Toby, although she rarely transports a full load of passengers. Henrietta is quite content with her life on the Island. Toby is attached to Henrietta and always takes her with him, as he says "she might be useful one day".

From the eighteenth series onwards, Henrietta is seen motivating and encouraging Toby when he feels nervous about the capabilities of his work and performance. She also encourages others and gives them good advice.

Basis
Henrietta is based on a Great Eastern Railway (GER) Wisbech and Upwell Tramway 4-wheel coach.

From the beginning, the Wisbech & Upwell used its own special passenger stock. Initially, only four wheelers were used, but bogie coaches were introduced in 1884. The coaches had balconies at each end and a drawbridge type gangway between coaches. Each balcony had an emergency hand-brake wheel. The coaches looked squat and low-lying due to the need to handle raised track and the absence of platforms at some of the depots. All the four-wheeled coaches were scrapped by 1948, but the bogie coaches survived into British Railways ownership. One of them, Irene (No. 7), has been preserved by the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society.

Hannah is also based on this coach.

Livery
Henrietta is painted persimmon with grey rooftop. Her buffer beams are painted red with black buffer holds.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 1 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman, Thomas in Trouble, Dirty Objects and Thomas' Christmas Party
 * Series 2 - Daisy and Percy's Predicament
 * Series 3 - Time for Trouble and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Series 4 - Thomas and the Special Letter and Paint Pots and Queens
 * Series 5 - Toby's Discovery, Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday and A Surprise for Percy
 * Series 6 - A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter, The Fogman , It's Only Snow , Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Toby Had a Little Lamb
 * Series 7 - Percy Gets it Right, Toby's Windmill and Harold and the Flying Horse
 * Series 8 - James Gets a New Coat, You Can Do it, Toby! and Too Hot for Thomas
 * Series 9 - Thomas and the Toy Shop, Thomas Tries His Best, Emily Knows Best and Saving Edward
 * Series 10 - The Green Controller and Toby's New Shed
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Lighthouse, Toby's Triumph and Thomas in Trouble
 * Series 12 - Toby's Special Surprise and Tram Trouble
 * Series 13 - Tickled Pink, Play Time , Toby's New Whistle and Splish Splash Splosh
 * Series 14 - Pingy Pongy Pick Up, Toby and the Whistling Woods and O the Indignity
 * Series 15 - Toby and Bash, Happy Hiro, Let it Snow, Big Belle and Tree Trouble
 * Series 16 - Flash Bang Wallop!, Bust My Buffers! and Welcome Stafford!
 * Series 17 - Gordon Runs Dry, The Lost Puff and The Missing Christmas Decorations
 * Series 18 - Signals Crossed, Thomas the Quarry Engine, Spencer's VIP, Marion and the Dinosaurs and Samson at Your Service
 * Series 19 - The Truth About Toby, Den and Dart, Two Wheels Good, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas , Thomas the Babysitter, The Other Side of the Mountain and Goodbye Fat Controller
 * Series 20 - Toby's New Friend, Letters to Santa, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Tit for Tat , Three Steam Engines Gruff and The Christmas Coffeepot
 * Series 21 - P.A. Problems, Hasty Hannah, Philip's Number and The Big Freeze
 * Series 22 - School of Duck, Rosie is Red and Counting on Nia
 * Series 24 - The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge and Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!

Specials (cameo)

 * 1992 - 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
 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 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 4 - Toby, The Island Song and Thomas' Christmas Song
 * Series 5 - 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 and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Thomas and the Magic Railroad - Really Useful Engine
 * Series 6 - Little Engines and Winter Wonderland
 * Series 7 - The Whistle Song
 * Series 8 - Sounds, A World Around You and Engine Roll Call
 * Calling All Engines! - Busy and Together
 * Series 9 - Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - Favourite Place, There's Always Something New, Strength, Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
 * Series 11 - Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Discovery - Engine Roll Call and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Series 12 - Engine Roll Call
 * Series 13 - Thomas, You're the Leader, Sounds, Determination and Engine Roll Call
 * Series 14 - Engine Roll Call
 * Series 17 - Hey, Hey Thomas!
 * Tale of the Brave - Let's Be Brave
 * Series 18 - The Best Friends Express
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - Navigation, Ode to Gordon and Rules and Regulations
 * The Adventure Begins - Troublesome Trucks
 * Series 19 - Spring is Here! and Engine Roll Call
 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - We Make a Team Together
 * Series 20 - James the Really Splendid Engine and Accidents Will Happen
 * The Great Race - Be Who You Are, and Go Far
 * Journey Beyond Sodor - I Want to Go Home
 * Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion, Doing it Right, Trying and Little Engines
 * Big World! Big Adventures! - Where in the World is Thomas?
 * Series 22 - Engine Roll Call and All the Girls Around the World
 * Series 24 - How Does it Work? and New Year's Day with Thomas

Learning Segments

 * Series 8 - How Does Thomas Get to the Timber Yards?
 * Series 10 - Toby's Favourite Place and Over the Bridge
 * Calling All Engines! - Which Diesel Engine with Which Steam Engine?
 * Unknown - Pulling Coaches and Who's Going Where?

DVD Games

 * Series 9 - Toby's Day Out

Videos
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 * 2020 - Top 5 Songs, Top 5 Scariest Moments , Meet Ruth of America! , Thomas the Giant and Thomas and the Birthday Surprise
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Magazine Stories

 * 1987 - Thomas' Christmas Party
 * 1988 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman, Thomas in Trouble, James and the Tar Wagons , Daisy and Percy's Predicament
 * 1989 - Showing Off and Clearing Up
 * 1990 - Hearing Things
 * 1992 - Duck and the Deer!
 * 1994 - Lucky Landing!
 * 1997 - Toby's Castle and The Poorly Engine!
 * 1998 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman!
 * 2000 - A Shock for Mavis, Henrietta's Holiday and A Special Story About Henrietta
 * 2001 - A Special Story About Toby
 * 2002 - Toby to the Rescue!
 * 2004 - Toby and the Lambs and Good as New
 * 2006 - First-class Carriage
 * 2008 - Toby's Triumph
 * 2010 - Toby Takes Over and Tram Trouble
 * 2011 - Toby's Treat
 * 2012 - Toby and Bash
 * 2013 - Henrietta's Holiday
 * 2014 - Kite Flying and That's Snow Business
 * 2015 - Signals Crossed, Toby and Bash and Henrietta's Holiday
 * 2017 - Den and Dart

Annual Stories

 * 1985 - The Strawberry Special
 * 1986 - You Never Know
 * 1987 - Percy's Passengers
 * 1992 - Percy and the Vicar's Prizes
 * 1993 - Thomas and the Snow Block
 * 1995 - Thank You, Thomas and Toby
 * 1996 - The Wrong Shirt
 * 1998 - Toby and the Mail Train
 * 1999 - Toby Saves the Day
 * 2000 - Slow Down, Thomas! and Thomas the Famous Engine

Audio Stories
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 * 2020 - The Story of Toby the Tram Engine

Official Description
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Trivia

 * Despite not having a face until the eighteenth series, Henrietta was shown to be able to speak in the first and second series.
 * Until the twenty-third series, Henrietta used to be one of eleven characters to appear in every series of the television series.
 * Henrietta is one of three characters to have been given a face after debuting without one, the other two being Big Mickey and Butch.
 * In the magazine story, Toby Takes a Tumble, Henrietta can apparently 'move' by herself but just by releasing her brake and rolling.
 * Henrietta's first model was made from a Tenmille Stroudley Coach, like Annie and Clarabel, but with its ends cut off and replaced with balconies.
 * At The Train Shed, Henrietta is depicted with her name on the side, similar to Annie and Clarabel.
 * Henrietta is currently one of the only characters introduced in the first series to not appear in the 2021 reboot, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, the other being Bertie.

Quotes
"It's not fair at all!" grumbled Henrietta as the buses roared past full of passengers. She remembers that she used to be full and nine trucks would rattle behind her. Now there are only three or four, for the farms and factories send their goods mostly by lorry."

- Henrietta, Toby and the Stout Gentleman, Toby the Tram Engine

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