Toby (T&F)

"Toby's a fusspot!" "Toby has forgotten more about trucks than you will ever know."

- Mavis and Percy argue about Toby Toby is a brown square tram engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 7 engine.

Toby originally worked on a tramway between Lower Arlesburgh and Arlesdale End, before being bought by Sir Topham Hatt after his line closed down to run the tramroad to Ffarquhar Quarry. His line would later be reopened as part of the North Western Railway, with Toby being reallocated to his old shed. Before reallocation he stayed at both Tidmouth and Ffarquhar Sheds. He has a coach named Henrietta.

Biography
Toby worked on a tramway in the North of the Island of Sodor. Eventually, as time went on, business on the line would slow down due to the factories sending their goods via lorries, and passengers choosing to ride in busses and cars. The railway would soon close down, and the passengers held a farewell celebration for Toby. Toby went to sleep in his shed that night, confident that he would never be used again. However, the following morning, Toby's driver and fireman had exciting news. They had recieved a letter from the Fat Controller, and he wanted Toby to come to work on the North Western Railway. A few days later, Toby arrived at Lower Tidmouth, bringing Henrietta with him. He quickly set to work on Thomas' Branch Line. At first, Toby was teased by James for his shabby paint. However, James stopped teasing him after he had an accident where he crashed into some tar tankers. Throughout this exchange both Toby and James were literally or inadvertently dirty objects.

Toby also got into a bit of trouble with a diesel shunter named Mavis, as she was unwilling to shunt trucks where they needed to be placed. After an accident, the two engines made up their quarrel and became good friends.

When the Horrid Lorries arrived on the Island, Toby found his work at the quarry being taken over by Lorry 2 and his work at the mill being taken over by Lorry 3. When the two lorries became damaged and sent back to the docks, Toby threw Lorry 2's remarks about usefulness back at him.

After many weeks of rain, Toby inspected a dam for potential damage due to rising floodwaters along his branch line. While crossing the dam, Toby found that it was breaking and tried to return to safety, but the dam collapsed just as Toby was crossing a wooden bridge, which broke off and carried Toby toward a waterfall. Harold managed to drop one end of a rope to Toby and the other end to Percy, who pulled Toby to safety. Afterwards, a party was held for Toby and the Fat Controller praised Toby's bravery.

While taking his grandchildren to the seaside, the Fat Controller decided to go with Toby for an exploration in search of a castle, which they found as well as a mine. Toby was scared of the mine's spooky atmosphere believing it was haunted and stayed on guard at night during its restoration. Thomas told Toby about the Old Warrior Ghost, who was really a narrow gauge engine named Bertram. After this, the two engines became good friends and now take visitors to and from the castle and mine. Toby once took the Fat Controller's family on vacation again, this time to a small river inlet.

Toby has had several winter escapades; thick fog once concealed Thomas' crash site from Toby's view and the foghorn had been damaged from the landslide Thomas had crashed into. Luckily for them, Cyril the Fogman managed to place a detonator on the rails to warn Toby just in time. During the holidays, Toby was unable to clear the snowdrifts by himself, so he needed Thomas' help to deliver a Christmas tree to the festivities on his branch line. During one harsh winter, Toby had to rescue Farmer McColl's lambs that were trapped on a hillside.

Toby sometimes thinks he is too old and that he is not a proper engine, like when Gordon called him a "slowcoach" when climbing up Gordon's Hill or when he thought he would be put on display in a museum.

Toby was given a temporary three-chime whistle while his bell was being cleaned at the Steamworks. It helped with warning Thomas and Gordon that the tracks were blocked. He once was scared of Knapford Junction.

Toby once ran out of coal while delivering scrap to Wellsworth Scrap Yard and after a few unsuccessful attempts at stopping passing engines to ask for some of their coal, Reg decided to lift Toby into the air so that the next engine would see him. However, Thomas passed by and thought Reg was about to scrap Toby. After the story spread across the island, Emily took Henrietta to the scrapyard so that Toby could explain the truth.

It was not long after Philip's arrival that Toby met him for the first time and was rather taken aback by the boxcab's talkative nature. Philip tried to talk Toby into racing with him, but the tram engine was reluctant, leading to Philip believing he Toby did not like him. However, after Toby told him that he simply prefers peace and quiet, the two became good friends after all. In the autumn, Toby became on edge when Percy told him and Thomas about a sound he heard under the watermill bridge and sent the trio into a panic when he reminded them that in a story, the little goat survived by going across the bridge first and telling the troll to eat his bigger brother. The three soon discovered that the sound was only coming from a cow.

After Toby took Henrietta to the Steamworks to get her seats refurbished, he was given a replacement carriage named Hannah. However, Toby did not like Hannah as she ordered him to go faster than what was safe and nearly made him derail. He soon became fed up and abandoned her on a siding, only for her to be picked up by James. However, Hannah broke away and crashed, so Toby took her to the Steamworks to be mended, where he learned that Hannah and Henrietta were really sisters. Toby reunited with Henrietta and began working with her once again.

Temporarily, he took over Stephen's job while he was at the Steamworks, but was ridiculed by his passengers. He later changed their minds when he stopped the theft of King Godred's crown.

One morning on the way to the quarry, the Rickety Old Bridge finally collapsed after Toby and Henrietta crossed it. When they tried to return home that evening, they learned of this, and Ruth was called in to find a solution. She ended up designing a machine that could carry a single engine and coach from one end of the chasm to the other, dubbing it the "Walking Bridge."

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
In the film, Toby told Gordon that if Diesel 10 found Lady, he would lead to the destruction of all the steam engines. After Diesel 10 eavesdropped on Thomas and Percy talking about the buffers to the Magic Railroad, Toby told them to carry on taking the Mail Train while he followed Diesel 10 to the Smelters Yard. There, he distracted Diesel 10 by ringing his bell, which resulted in Diesel 10 demolishing the shed that he, and Splatter and Dodge were in.

Personality
Toby is old, but wise, hardworking and knowledgeable enough about running branch lines to justify running Thomas' line with Daisy after Percy's accident with the trucks until Thomas came back. He is also savvy enough to control the trucks. However, his advanced age and design means that he is weaker than the other engines. While Toby is always ready to work hard without any fuss, he can be a bit temperamental sometimes, especially when young and inexperienced engines who are full of themselves make things difficult for him, particularly Mavis and Daisy. However, work at the quarry line often soothes off his moods without any cause of grief to anyone, except of course his old faithful coach, Henrietta.

From the eighth series onwards, Toby occasionally suffered insecurity and questioning the capabilities of his own work and having senses of uncertainties in the tenth series, Toby acted childish about his roof with holes being removed from his shed, though he had a reason why he was acting childish of why he did not approve of his old roof being removed. When he was given a job of taking Alicia Botti to the concert after being cleaned, he started to worry by making several mistakes such as going too fast spilling the tea in Henrietta, puffing through a dusty branchline, and going through a mud puddle resulting in Alicia Botti being upset about his dirty appearance when he arrived at the airport. But Toby can usually be more cheerful and friendly, as well as having subtle shades of nervousness on top of being placid and easy-going, enjoying the peace and quiet of the countryside along Thomas' branch line. He even enjoys listening to the birds in the birdhouse next to his shed and is friends with the pigs at Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm. Although usually nervous and timid at times, and occasionally complaining in bad working conditions, Toby usually maintains a healthy sense of humour, and is not above laughing at juvenile level antics (notably, when making fun of Sir Topham Hatt's white safari hat).

Toby's wise and knowledgeable side was still sometimes shown such as when he told Emily that she needs to be clever in order to be a queen and laughs at her, and when he told her how to get help after him, Percy, and Mavis got into an accident. Toby was also shown to be wise when he helped Den out when it came to dealing with troublesome trucks and when it came to being brave and stopping the thieves from stealing the crown.

Basis
Toby is based on a GER Class C53 0-6-0T Wisbech steam tram (reclassified as J70 by the LNER) built at Stratford Works. They were seen by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry on a holiday at Yarmouth, hence Toby's origins. The J70 started their career on the Great Eastern Railway and were known as C53. They spent most of their career on the Wisbech and Upwell tramway pulling slow goods trains and, until 1927, passenger trains, though several were also assigned to the docks at Ipswich and Yarmouth. The first withdrawal came in 1942. Eventually, the sole survivor of this class was withdrawn from service and scrapped at Stratford Locomotive Works by 1955. They were replaced by BR Class 04s, Mavis' class.

Livery
Toby is painted brown with grey sideplates and cowcatchers. His number (7) is painted on his middle side panel in yellow with a red outline. He has red bufferbeams. Between the first and fifth series, Toby's wheels were painted red. Starting from the sixth series, they were painted black.

In various books released by Publications International, the top side of his side plates are painted red, going along with his buffer beams.

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 - Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Cows, Duck Takes Charge, Percy and Harold , The Runaway , Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Daisy, Percy's Predicament, Ghost Train, Woolly Bear and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * Series 3 - Time for Trouble, Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Donald's Duck, Henry's Forest, Mavis, Toby's Tightrope and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Series 4 - Granpuff, Sleeping Beauty, Bulldog, Train Stops Play, Bulls Eyes, Thomas and the Special Letter, Paint Pots and Queens and Special Attraction
 * Series 5 - Horrid Lorry, Baa!, Toby and the Flood, Stepney Gets Lost, 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, Scaredy Engines , Percy and the Haunted Mine , Jack Frost , Percy's Chocolate Crunch , Toby Had a Little Lamb and Thomas, Percy and the Squeak
 * Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches, Percy Gets it Right , Edward's Brass Band , Toby's Windmill, Peace and Quiet , Harold and the Flying Horse and Not So Hasty Puddings
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - Thomas and the Moles
 * Series 8 - Percy's New Whistle, James Gets a New Coat , Thomas Saves the Day , Don't Tell Thomas , Gordon Takes Charge , Thomas Gets it Right, As Good as Gordon , You Can Do it, Toby!, Too Hot for Thomas and Percy and the Magic Carpet
 * Series 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting, Thomas and the Rainbow, Thomas and the Birthday Picnic , Thomas and the Toy Shop , Thomas and the New Engine, Toby Feels Left Out, Thomas Tries His Best , Thomas and the Statue , Henry and the Flagpole, Emily Knows Best, Saving Edward and Keeping Up with James
 * Series 10 - Percy and the Funfair, The Green Controller, Toby's Afternoon Off, Toby's New Shed, Sticky Toffee Thomas, Thomas and the Colours and Thomas and the Treasure
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller, Dream On, Gordon and the Engineer , Thomas and the Spaceship , Thomas and the Lighthouse, Hide and Peep , Toby's Triumph and Thomas in Trouble
 * Series 12 - Thomas and the Billboard, Henry Gets it Wrong , Heave Ho Thomas! , Toby's Special Surprise, Saved You! and Tram Trouble
 * Series 13 - The Lion of Sodor, Tickled Pink, Play Time, Time For a Story , Toby's New Whistle, A Blooming Mess, Splish Splash Splosh and The Biggest Present of All
 * Series 14 - Pingy Pongy Pick Up, Toby and the Whistling Woods, Henry's Health and Safety , Diesel's Special Delivery , Being Percy, Thomas and the Snowman Party, O the Indignity , Jitters and Japes, Merry Misty Island and Henry's Magic Box
 * Series 15 - Toby and Bash, Edward the Hero, James to the Rescue, Happy Hiro , Let it Snow , Surprise, Surprise , Big Belle, Wonky Whistle , Tree Trouble and Fiery Flynn
 * Series 16 - Ol' Wheezy Wobbles, Express Coming Through , Percy and the Monster of Brendam, Flash Bang Wallop! , Thomas Toots the Crows , Bust My Buffers! , Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor , Salty's Surprise , Whiff's Wish , Welcome Stafford! and The Christmas Tree Express
 * Series 17 - Gordon Runs Dry, The Lost Puff and The Missing Christmas Decorations
 * Series 18 - Old Reliable Edward, 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, Ryan and Daisy, Letters to Santa, Love Me Tender, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Tit for Tat, Three Steam Engines Gruff and The Christmas Coffeepot
 * Series 21 - Dowager Hatt's Busy Day, P.A. Problems, Hasty Hannah, Philip's Number, The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor, The Big Freeze and Emily in the Middle
 * Series 22 - School of Duck, Rosie is Red and Counting on Nia
 * Series 23 - The Other Big Engine, Heart of Gold and Steam Team to the Rescue
 * Series 24 - A New Arrival, The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge and Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!

Specials/Movies

 * 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
 * 2010 - Misty Island Rescue
 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels
 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 2014 - Tale of the Brave
 * 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 3 - Thomas' Anthem and I'm Thomas the Tank Engine
 * Series 4 - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Let's Have a Race, Toby, Don't Judge a Book By its Cover, 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, Donald's Duck, Sir Topham Hatt, Come for the Ride, Harold the Helicopter and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Thomas and the Magic Railroad - Really Useful Engine
 * Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines, Winter Wonderland and Never, Never, Never Give Up
 * Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed and The Whistle Song
 * Series 8 - Sounds, A World Around You, Determination, Patience and Engine Roll Call
 * Calling All Engines! - Busy, Trying, Together and New Engine Roll Call
 * Series 9 - Buffer Up and Share, Day and Night, Party Time, Pride and Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - The Work Song and One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - Doing it Right, Favourite Place, H is for Harold, There's Always Something New, Responsibility, Strength, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells and Engine Roll Call (Rock 'n' Roll version)
 * Series 11 - Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Discovery - There's a Job for Everyone, Where, oh Where is Thomas?, Engine Roll Call and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Series 12 - Engine Roll Call
 * Hero of the Rails - Go, Go Thomas
 * Series 13 - Roll Along, Thomas, You're the Leader, Sounds, Determination and Engine Roll Call
 * Series 14 - All You Need, Sir Topham Hatt and Engine Roll Call
 * Day of the Diesels - Day of the Diesels
 * Series 15 - Hear the Engines Coming
 * Series 16 - Thomas and Percy and Go, Go Thomas
 * King of the Railway - Working Together Again, Searching Everywhere and It's Gonna be a Great Day
 * Series 17 - Hey, Hey Thomas!
 * Tale of the Brave - Let's Be Brave
 * Series 18 - It's Christmas Time and The Best Friends Express
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - Navigation, Never, Never, Never Give Up, It's Great to be an Engine, Thomas' Anthem, The Island Song, The Whistle Song, Ode to Gordon, Rules and Regulations and That's What Friends are For
 * 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 - 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? and We're Friends
 * Series 22 - Engine Roll Call and All the Girls Around the World
 * Series 23 - Don't Stop
 * Series 24 - How Does it Work? and New Year's Day with Thomas
 * Nursery Rhymes - If You're Happy and You Know It and My Name is Thomas

Learning Segments

 * Series 8 - Toby is Surprised to See..., How Does Thomas Get to the Timber Yards?, Guess the Engine - Thomas, Henry and Toby and Job Destinations - Thomas, Toby and James
 * Calling All Engines! - Which Diesel Engine with Which Steam Engine?
 * Series 9 - Same Colour, Emily Respects , Which Route Should Thomas Take? , Getting Up Gordon's Hill , What Goes Where? , Who Respects Whom? , Who's Under the Coal Dust? - James and What Does Toby See?
 * Series 10 - Where is Henry's Coal?, Percy's Story , Old Route, New Route , Toby's Favourite Place , What Makes Salty Happiest? , What's Found Where? , Who's Under the Coal Dust? - Emily , Toby's New Shed , Over the Bridge , Dot to Dot - Toby , Pulling Coaches and Who's Going Where?

Videos
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 * 2018 - Meet the New Steam Team
 * 2019 - Meet James and Meet Gordon
 * 2020 - Top 5 Songs, Top 5 Scariest Moments, Meet Ruth of America!, Thomas the Giant and Thomas and the Birthday Surprise

Magazine Stories

 * 1987 - Thomas' Christmas Party
 * 1988 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman, Thomas in Trouble, James and the Tar Wagons, Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Cows, Percy and Harold, The Runaway , Ghost Train, Woolly Bear, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Daisy, Percy's Predicament and The Missing Christmas Tree
 * 1989 - Showing Off, Clearing Up, One Good Turn and A Surprise for Thomas
 * 1990 - Hearing Things and Too Hot
 * 1992 - Duck and the Deer!
 * 1993 - Roof Repairs! and Thomas and the Lamps
 * 1994 - Lucky Landing!
 * 1995 - The Engine Parade!
 * 1996 - Singing in the Rain!
 * 1997 - Clowning Around! and The Poorly Engine!
 * 1998 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman!
 * 1999 - Peter Sam
 * 2000 - A Shock for Mavis, Rude James, The Milk Train, Toby's Treat!, Henrietta's Holiday, A Special Story About Henrietta and Painting the Shed
 * 2001 - A Special Story About Toby and A Song for Caroline
 * 2002 - Toby to the Rescue! and Daisy and the Troublesome Trucks
 * 2003 - To the Harbour
 * 2004 - Toby and the Lambs, It's Only Snow!, Good as New, Toby's Troubles!, Henry's Forest, All Puffed Out, Henry's Forest, The Big Wheel, Thomas Gets It Right and Glider Rider
 * 2005 - Percy and the Magic Carpet, You Can Do it, Toby! and Daisy and the Bull
 * 2006 - No Trouble for Toby, First-class Carriage, Toby Feels Left Out, Emily Knows Best, Thomas and the Statue and Tunnel Trouble
 * 2007 - Toby's Afternoon Off, Rocky Ride, The Best Smile and A New Shed for Toby
 * 2008 - Toby's Triumph, Fearless Freddie and Funny Faces!
 * 2010 - The Best Present of All, Henry Gets It Wrong!, Misty Island Rescue , A Blooming Mess and Thomas and the Rainbow!
 * 2011 - Jitters and Japes, Tickled Pink, A Lion on Sodor and Toby's Treat
 * 2012 - Rescue Team, Tender Trouble, Edward's Big Rescue, The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 645), Big Belle and Prize Guys
 * 2013 - Being Percy, Henrietta's Holiday, The Lost Puff, Toby to the Rescue and Christmas Tree Express
 * 2014 - Kite Flying, Emily Makes a Splash! and That's Snow Business
 * 2015 - Signals Crossed, Toby and Bash, Silent Puffing!, Marion and the Dinosaurs The Perfect Present and Henrietta's Holiday
 * 2016 - Toby and Bash and Tickled Pink!
 * 2017 - Den and Dart

Toby also appeared in the magazine stories, Arthur and Emily, Diesel's Nasty Turn, Henry's Soaking!, Percy and the Trucks, Spotting Shapes, Stolen Apples, Taking Toby, The Big Ship and The Lost Parcel. }} Annuals= {{Scroll box|

Annual Stories
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 * 1985 - Thomas and the Important Visitor, The Strawberry Special and Unhappy Landing
 * 1986 - Terence Takes a Bath and You Never Know
 * 1987 - Lost in the Snow and Percy's Passengers
 * 1988 - Responsibilities
 * 1989 - The Trouble with Sheep and Post Early for Christmas
 * 1990 - Thomas and the Cricketers and Hosepipes and Shunters
 * 1992 - Percy and the Vicar's Prizes
 * 1993 - Thomas and the Snow Block
 * 1995 - Thank You, Thomas and Toby
 * 1996 - Rings a Bell! and The Wrong Shirt
 * 1997 - We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
 * 1998 - Toby and the Mail Train
 * 1999 - Toby Saves the Day
 * 2000 - Slow Down, Thomas!, Thomas the Famous Engine and Star Engines
 * 2013 - The Biggest Present of All
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Books

 * 2000 - Diesel 10 Means Trouble
 * 2001 - Thomas Tells a Lie and The Special Delivery
 * 2003 - Toby and Mavis
 * 2004 - Thomas Gets a Snowplow, Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Stepney
 * 2005 - Harold and Daisy
 * 2006 - Molly
 * 2007 - Caroline and Neville
 * 2009 - Flora
 * 2010 - The Snowy Surprise
 * 2019 - Christmas in the Air!

Audio Stories
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 * 2020 - The Story of Emily the Clever Engine, The Story of Toby the Tram Engine and The Missing Christmas Decorations

Official Description
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Bells
In Series 2 and 3, Toby gains a different, deeper-toned bell, which is actually a stock bell sound effect.

In Thomas and the Magic Railroad only, Toby gains a new, higher-pitched bell.

From Hero of the Rails onwards, Toby gains a new bell sound.

In the Official Website, as well as the mobile games Express Delivery, Magical Tracks, Thomas & Friends: MINIS and Thomas & Friends: Adventures! apps, along with the 2018 update of Go, Go Thomas!, Thomas' musical day for Percy in the kids app "Speakaboos", the Nintendo 3DS game Steaming Around Sodor, the MobiGo game Really Useful Engines, Thomas' Magical Birthday Wishes, and Learning with Thomas, Toby reuses Lady/Flora's bell sound.

Whistles
Toby also has an unseen whistle, despite him usually having a bell, but it was only heard in the fourth series. This is Percy's whistle sound from the second half of the third series. This was reused again for Logan.

In Toby's New Whistle only, Toby was temporarily given a three-chime steam whistle, which was a stock sound effect recorded from Southern Railway Mikado No. 4501, which is preserved at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. The sound is actually Hiro's whistle, but seventeen steps higher-pitched.

In the mobile app, Read and Play!, Toby has a sad whistle.

In Journey Beyond Sodor, Toby has a different whistle.

Trivia

 * According to an interview with Mike O'Donnell, Toby's theme was used as a demo for the television series' opening theme.
 * Toby's favourite station is Maithwaite.
 * In an interview with SiF, Andrew Brenner stated that Toby was one of his favourite characters, along with James, Bill and Ben.
 * Rob Rackstraw gives Toby a West Country accent in the UK dub.
 * Toby's bell from the second to third series was later heard in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure after Ryan stops the pirate ship during the wide shot of Arlesburgh Harbour. It was also used in the movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.
 * Even though he has six wheels, some merchandise ranges with other six-wheeled engines depict him with only four because of difficulty navigating curved track.
 * In the arcade game "Magical Truck Adventure" by SEGA, two J70 tram engines were seen at the first level and another was seen in an ending cutscene, each with a number 7, bearing a strong resemblance to Toby.
 * Toby is one of only ten characters to appear in every series of the television series and one of only eight to speak in each one.
 * He was the only member of the Steam Team not to have a berth at Tidmouth Sheds from Calling All Engines!-onwards because of his shed on his historic branch line.
 * Toby was the namesake of the Talyllyn Railway's inspection trolley, which later inspired Ivo's Flying Bedstead.
 * Toby was supposed to appear in the seventh series episode, "Emily's New Coaches", but was dropped and replaced with Oliver for unknown reasons.
 * One of Toby’s models from the twelfth series is on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan and is wearing his startled face. It had previously been on display at Nitrogen Studios. The other twelfth series model was on display at Drayton Manor, but it was stolen from the display in 2011. His grinning face was on the model when he first arrived and was put on display there, but it had been replaced with a replica face. His cab roof was facing backwards on some days.
 * Toby's sleeping face is now owned by Twitter user, ThomasTankMerch.
 * Between the eighth and twelfth series, Toby was written to be the oldest and wisest member of the Steam Team. This character role was previously given to Edward, which he had in The Railway Series. Going by built dates, Emily is the oldest member of the Steam Team.
 * Acording to a Podcast Episode "Jack's Happy Nostalgia Show!" He, along with Diesel, Cranky and Gordon are all Michael Brandon's favourite characters.

Quotes
"Hello, I'm Toby. the number seven brown tram engine. I work on the quarry line with my faithful coach Henrietta."

- Toby's website audio