Minor characters in The Railway Series

The Railway Series by the Reverend W. V. Awdry and Christopher Awdry is populated with many and varied characters. Some of these had only a few stories or pages devoted to them and, as such, they cannot be regarded as 'major' characters.

This page lists and profiles these characters using the same categories as the sister page, Major characters in The Railway Series.

These are the characters that run on standard gauge (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)) railway track. They comprise the majority of Engines on the Island of Sodor.

There are two unnamed red engines that appeared in the books The Three Railway Engines and Henry the Green Engine.

The First Red Engine appeared at Tidmouth Sheds along with Edward, Henry, Gordon, 87546, and 98462 in the story Edward's Day Out in the book The Three Railway Engines. His basis is unknown with no outside cylinders or motion. However, he looks like a cross between Gordon and Henry in his old shape with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. He is painted red with yellow and black lining and has red wheels and a black dome. It is unclear what happened to him after the story.

The Second Red Engine appears in the story The Sad Story of Henry in the book The Three Railway Engines where he attempts the pushing of Henry out of a tunnel. He made a cameo in the story Henry's Sneeze in the book Henry the Green Engine. It is unclear what happens to him after these events. The Second Red Engine is based on a L&YR Class 25 with an added pony truck and a Fowler tender, painted red with yellow and black lining. He had red wheels with black wheels under his tender. His dome in The Three Railway Engines was red but was brass in Henry the Green Engine.

When the Rev W. Awdry received correspondence asking about the two other engines in the shed - the other four being Edward, Gordon, Henry, and one of the Red Engines - he replied that they were sent to the North Western Railway on trial in 1922, but they were later sent away for being rude and nasty. It is unclear what happened to them after the decline of steam, so it is assumed that they were either scrapped or sent to another railway.

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