Peter Sam (T&F)

Peter Sam - originally named Stuart, after his builder, Kerr Stuart - is a green narrow gauge saddle tank engine.

Biography
Peter Sam has always been a cheery little engine. He often works closely with his friend Rusty. Once, after Rusty helped him to a water tower, Peter Sam's trucks decided to break away. They did and rolled down the track, derailing on the Old Iron Bridge and plunging into the ravine below. Because Peter Sam and his crew did not secure the trucks properly, the Fat Controller made Peter Sam work in the yards until he could be trusted again. He was next seen at the Skarloey Coal Yard and after that, he was seen moving trucks about in the slate yard when the railway was shut down.

Through the valiant effort of Rusty, Elizabeth, Skarloey and Rheneas, the railway was reopened and Peter Sam was out and about again. Unfortunately, he was promptly relegated to not working again when a low-hanging tree branch knocked his whistle right off. Duncan told him that an engine's not an engine without a whistle, but Peter Sam did not let Duncan get to him. When Duncan came back to the depot, having lost his own whistle, he found Peter Sam with a shiny new one. Peter Sam felt sorry for "Duncan the musical engine" and complimented him for managing to deliver his goods, even without a whistle. All the same, he could not help but echo the "An engine's not an engine without a whistle" line.

Peter Sam also helped the Refreshment Lady find a place to put her new tea shop, in an old restored coach. He once had to deliver a new winch for the incline at night, but got lost trying to find the magic lamp from the legendary engine, Proteus. In result, Harold helped him find his way home by shining down his light to guide the way.

Peter Sam was once put in charge of the Skarloey Railway while Mr. Percival was away, but ran out of coal. In result, Victor came and brought him coal and fixed Skarloey, Sir Handel and Duncan afterwards.

Percy later informed him and Sir Handel about a railway show for little engines being held at Ulfstead Castle. Peter Sam wondered aloud if his funnel would win a prize there and added that there was no funnel quite like it. This led to Sir Handel bragging about his special wheels, to which Peter Sam teased him by referring to them as "steamroller wheels". Peter Sam was later seen in the queue of engines waiting to get into the castle for the show.

He is currently working on the Skarloey Railway in the Blue Mountain Quarry with the other narrow gauge engines.

Personality
Peter Sam, named Stuart in his younger days while being brought up under the instruction of Duke, is extremely enthusiastic, eager and bubbly. He can be occasionally cheeky, but is kind-hearted, well-meaning and well-mannered. He can also be somewhat prone to being a little naive at times and perhaps take things a little too literally. With an infectious attitude and high spirits, Peter Sam is kind and hard-working to a fault and seldom grumbles about late hours and/or extra work. Although these traits can get him into trouble sometimes, he still accepts whatever job he gets and is always nice to the coaches and trucks, unlike Sir Handel.

Despite being friendly with everyone, when the bigger engines, such as Henry, tease him or cause him to misunderstand something, he can get very angry and wish to go crook on them.

Basis
Peter Sam is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Edward Thomas, a Kerr Stuart Tattoo Class 0-4-2ST that originally worked on the Corris Railway. Interestingly, Edward Thomas only donned the Giesl ejector funnel for a limited time, while Peter Sam has used it since he first received it. Four other Tattoo locomotives are also preserved, including a replica on the Corris Railway.

Livery
In the television series, Peter Sam has always been painted dark green with red lining and brass fittings. He has red and gold name and number plates on the sides of his saddle tank and coal bunkers respectively.

In The Thomas Way DVD, the Mr. Perkins segment features a re-illustrated version of Trucks!. In this, Peter Sam is painted dark green, like in the television series.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 4 - Granpuff, Sleeping Beauty, Bulldog, You Can't Win, Four Little Engines , A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady, Trucks, Home at Last, Rock 'n' Roll , Special Funnel, Steam Roller, Passengers and Polish and Gallant Old Engine
 * Series 5 - Make Someone Happy, Duncan Gets Spooked and Snow
 * Series 6 - Rusty Saves the Day and Faulty Whistles
 * Series 7 - The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, Toby's Windmill, Rheneas and the Roller Coaster , The Runaway Elephant , Bulgy Rides Again , The Grand Opening and Trusty Rusty
 * Series 9 - Mighty Mac, Tuneful Toots, The Magic Lamp and Rheneas and the Dinosaur
 * Series 10 - Follow that Flour, A Smooth Ride, Duncan Drops a Clanger , Thomas' Tricky Tree , Which Way Now? and Missing Trucks
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Big Bang, Skarloey Storms Through, Cool Truckings , Wash Behind Your Buffers , Duncan Does it All , Sir Handel in Charge and Ding-a-Ling
 * Series 12 - Mountain Marvel, The Party Surprise, Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon and The Man in the Hills
 * Series 13 - Steamy Sodor
 * Series 16 - Don't Bother Victor! and The Christmas Tree Express
 * Series 17 - Luke's New Friend and The Switch
 * Series 18 - Disappearing Diesels, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Long Lost Friend and Samson at Your Service
 * Series 20 - Henry Gets the Express, Bradford the Brake Van and Saving Time
 * Series 21 - Runaway Engine
 * Series 22 - Counting on Nia
 * Series 23 - Diesel Do Right
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show

Specials

 * 2008 - The Great Discovery
 * 2009 - Hero of the Rails
 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor

Music Videos
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 * Series 4 - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Let's Have a Race, Gone Fishing and The Island Song
 * Series 5 - Accidents Will Happen, It's Great to be an Engine, The Snow Song and Come for the Ride
 * Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines and Winter Wonderland
 * Series 7 - The Red Balloon and The Whistle Song
 * Series 9 - Buffer Up and Share
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - H is for Harold, Navigation, There's Always Something New, Responsibility, Strength and Jingle Bells
 * Series 11 - The Narrow Gauge Engines
 * The Great Discovery - There's a Job for Everyone, Where, oh Where is Thomas? and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Blue Mountain Mystery - Working Together and Blue Mountain Mystery
 * Series 17 - Hey, Hey Thomas!
 * Series 18 - The Best Friends Express
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - A World Around You and The Whistle Song
 * Series 19 - Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Race - Will You Won't You
 * Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion and Little Engines

Magazine Stories

 * 1997 - The Colourful Engine
 * 1998 - Duncan Has a Spill
 * 1999 - Peter Sam
 * 2000 - Creepy Cutting! and A Special Story About Peter Sam
 * 2001 - Too Much Rock, A Special Story About Skarloey, Duncan Gets Upset, The Hairy Black Run and Airborne Engine
 * 2002 - Big Ideas! and Climb Time!
 * 2003 - Seeing Smoke and Air Share!
 * 2004 - The Grand Opening
 * 2005 - Ice Carving, Grand Old Duke and Mine Mystery
 * 2006 - Camera Clue, Splendid Sight and Station Sounds
 * 2007 - Uphill and Down and Cliff Ride
 * 2008 - Fearless Freddie
 * 2009 - Thomas and the Big Bang
 * 2010 - Harold Afloat, Big Ideas and The Birthday Ride
 * 2011 - Reindeer Rescue
 * 2013 - Don't Bother Victor!
 * 2015 - Dusty Rusty

Peter Sam also appeared in the magazine stories, Hello, Skarloey!, Ride and Slide, Smoke Signals, The Cliff Railway, The Mountain Railway and The Tiny Engine.

Annual Stories

 * 1985 - Whistle Trouble
 * 1997 - Pipe Dreams
 * 2001 - The Good Old Days

Books
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 * 2004 - Sir Handel and Duncan
 * 2005 - Peter Sam
 * 2006 - George
 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery, Risky Rails!, Thomas' Giant Puzzle Book , Hide-and-Seek Engines

Whistles
In one scene in the US version of Trucks, Peter Sam has Thomas' whistle at six steps higher in pitch.

From the sixth to seventh series, Peter Sam shares Duncan's whistle.

Between the ninth to twelfth series, and in some games as well as the mobile app, Read and Play!, Peter Sam reuses Emily's original whistle. This would later be reused again for Freddie.

In Thomas The Tank Engine (Kids Station Game), Peter Sam has a different whistle.

Trivia

 * His original Wooden Railway toy along with Thomas' both made a cameo appearance in an episode of Australia's Funniest Home Videos.
 * In most magazine stories, some books based on the television series and some forms of merchandising, Peter Sam gains his old funnel.
 * Peter Sam's physical and CGI models both lack his valve gear.
 * In 2014, Peter Sam's small scale model and a slate truck were put up for auction at Vectis and sold for £2,600. The model was sold wearing his smiling face mask. To this day its whereabouts and owner are unknown. His large scale model is currently on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan and is wearing his happy face mask.
 * Peter Sam's whistle in the CGI series is very similar to Duncan's. Not only that, both their whistles are very similar since their debuts in the fourth series. Peter Sam's whistle has a curving sounding whistle while Duncan's whistle had a much straighter note, albeit their whistle sounds being a lot similar.
 * Peter Sam is the only engine to have a new funnel. Interestingly, he is the second engine encountering structural modification outwards as having a new funnel, the first being Henry getting a larger firebox and a differently modified shape.
 * In the French dub, he is called Pierre-Jean until the sixth series. In the fourth series, he is named Étienne on the Mid Sodor Railway.

Quotes
"I'm Peter Sam, I'm running this line! I'm Peter Sam, I'm running this line!"

- Peter Sam singing happily, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady, Four Little Engines

"Peter Sam's said again and again, his new funnel will put ours to shame. He went into the tunnel lost his old funnel. Now his famous new funnel's a drain!"

- Sir Handel teasing Peter Sam, Special Funnel, Gallant Old Engine