Norman

"There's room for another engine at the Dieselworks, if one of you wants to sleep there."

- Norman offering Thomas and Gordon a place to sleep at the Dieselworks for the night Norman is a vermillion diesel with a unibrow. He is often seen working around Vicarstown. He is Dennis' twin.

Biography
Norman was one of the diesels who took over the Sodor Steamworks. He later laughed at Flynn for not being able to rescue Thomas. Norman told Percy that Sidney had been on his hoist for two years and was there when he was given his new wheels. He also offered Thomas and Gordon a place to sleep at Vicarstown Dieselworks when the turntable at Tidmouth Sheds was frozen. When Gordon refused the offer (due to the fact he hates the smell of the oil), Thomas was left to sleep there.

Norman was at the Dieselworks when Paxton returned after looking for him, Diesel, Sidney, Den and Dart.

When the Great Railway Show was being held, Norman was one of the engines who were hoping to be picked to compete but wasn't. Norman was later involved in an accident with Thomas, resulting in the tank engine being unable to compete in the Great Railway Show until he had to.

Sometime later, he helped the other diesels do the steam engines' work when the coal delivery was delayed.

Then, Norman was one of the diesels who got into trouble by not doing their jobs properly due to Diesel playing a trick on Rebecca so she could do the jobs and end up in the wrong place.

Personality
Norman's shape resembles that of his twin Dennis, but he is a diesel engine who is much kinder and more willing to work. He wants to be liked by all the engines, whether they be steam or diesel engines. So he does his part at the Sodor Dieselworks and follows all of his orders; in fact Norman is so efficient, Sir Topham Hatt holds him in high regard.

However, poor Norman often breaks down and he does not like that. Unlike Dennis (who is lazy), if Norman were fixed properly he would show what a Really Useful Engine he can be. He is also willing to help another engine in trouble.

Basis
Norman is based on British Rail (BR) 11001, a prototype Bulleid diesel built at Ashford Works, England in 1949 and scrapped in 1959. Norman's twin Dennis is also based on BR 11001. While the two co-exist in the television series, in the real world only one engine of this type was ever built, which Dennis bears the number of.

Livery
Norman is painted vermilion with two yellow stripes and red wheels with grey rims. He has a dark grey front, roof, toolboxes and footsteps. His running board and bufferbeams are red. His paint is chipped in places and shows signs of weathering.

In his initial appearances, Norman had a red jackshaft, however since the seventeenth series it has been painted black.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 15 - Fiery Flynn
 * Series 16 - Bust My Buffers!
 * Series 17 - The Missing Christmas Decorations and The Frozen Turntable
 * Series 18 - Disappearing Diesels
 * Series 19 - Den and Dart and Diesel's Ghostly Christmas
 * Series 20 - Sidney Sings, Diesel and the Ducklings and Engine of the Future
 * Series 21 - The Big Freeze and Confused Coaches
 * Series 23 - Diesel Do Right, Steam Team to the Rescue and Diesel Glows Away
 * Series 24 - A New Arrival

Specials

 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Music Videos
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 * Day of the Diesels - Day of the Diesels
 * The Great Race - Will You Won't You and I'm Full of Surprises
 * Journey Beyond Sodor - Somebody Has to be the Favourite and I Want to Go Home
 * Big World! Big Adventures! - Where in the World is Thomas?
 * Series 22 - The Steam Team
 * Series 24 - Fall is So Much Fun, The Little Engine Who Believed and New Year's Day with Thomas
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Books

 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels: The Movie Storybook and The Ultimate Diesel Guide
 * 2012 - Fire Engine Flynn
 * 2015 - Thomas Takes a Vacation
 * 2016 - 6-Movie Coloring Collection, The Great Race , The Great Race: The Movie Storybook and The Great Railway Show
 * 2018 - Character Encyclopedia

Magazine Stories
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 * 2011 - Flaming Flynn
 * 2014 - Frozen Turntable
 * 2015 - Thomas Saves the Day
 * 2017 - Thomas Saves the Day and The Kind Diesel

Official Description
2013-2021= From Official Website

Songs

 * Will You Won't You

Horns
In Day of the Diesels, Norman reuses and shares Mavis' horn from Calling All Engines!

Since the eighteenth series, Norman reuses one tone of Dart's horn.

Trivia

 * In The Ultimate Diesel Guide, it claims Norman is always called by his nickname "Norm". However, he is only ever referred to by his full name rather than his nickname. He shares this dilemma with Paxton and Sidney.
 * Despite claiming to always be breaking down, Norman has never been seen onscreen having done so.
 * Norman is the only character of three things:
 * The only vehicle character to have a unibrow.
 * The only character introduced in Day of the Diesels not to have an episode dedicated to him.
 * The only standard gauge diesel in the CGI series to not have a headlamp.
 * Norman was never named in "Day of the Diesels" with the exception of the song.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * Take-n-Play