In the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, what is the name of the Fat Controller?
"happened to them after that is unknown, although it can be assumed they returned to the Mainland. Mr. Conductor (Alec Baldwin) is the railway conductor who often helps to run the railway for Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) when he is not helping out at Shining Time Station. When Sir Topham Hatt went on holiday, Mr. Conductor traveled to the Island of Sodor to keep Diesel 10 in order, but he ran out of gold dust, and could not get back to Shining Time Station, nor find the windmill, nor how to find out how to make more, leaving"
"The Fat Controller (the ""stout gentleman"") remembered Toby immediately and arranged for him to come to Sodor. Toby arrives with his coach, Henrietta, and became a friend of Thomas after Toby rings his bell and frightens the policeman. In ""Dirty Objects"", James makes fun of Toby's ""shabby"" appearance. James later has an accident with tar wagons. Toby and Percy help to clear up the mess and Toby is rewarded with a new coat of paint. His chosen livery of chocolate brown with blue sideplates replicates that which he would have worn on the GER. Toby suffers from having small water"
"is Mr. Fergus Duncan, a dedicated man known as ""the Small Controller"". This nickname is a joke, as he is a very tall man, and also a reference to ""The Fat Controller"" (Sir Topham Hatt) and ""The Thin Controller"" from the other Railway stories. The Arlesdale Railway made its first appearance in the book ""Small Railway Engines"", and was the main focus of the book ""Jock the New Engine"". It has also made cameo appearances in ""Oliver the Western Engine"", ""Duke the Lost Engine"" and ""Wilbert the Forest Engine"". It made its TV debut in the 2015 Thomas & Friends"
"be placed and an exhausted Thomas is nearly unable to carry it, but using all his strength, he manages to lower the beams into place. Later, Diesel biffs Thomas's flatbed so paint splashes all over Thomas. The matter escalates until all the engines are fighting. By the end of the day, The Fat Controller furiously threatens to have the railway be closed permanently. Most of the engines dream of humiliating fates for them if that happens, but Thomas sees Lady telling him about the need for teamwork and as soon as he wakes up, he finds Mavis, who makes him"
"for a fete. Bulgy Rides Again The Fat Controller brings Bulgy back onto the roads for passenger work, but the chickens who lived in him cause trouble. Edward, Gordon and Henry Edward and Gordon often went through the tunnel where Henry was shut up. One day, Gordon breaks his safety valve outside the tunnel. Then Edward tries to push the coaches. But then, Henry comes out again, and pulls the train. As the train rushed, The Fat Controller's top hat is blown away. Everyone is pleased with the two engines. Then Henry is given a new coat of paint. He"
"is a kind engine, who is always keen to help a friend in need. The younger engines can always rely on him to lend a listening ear and sympathetic advice. He works hard and will always do his utmost to get a job done. However, the big engines tend to see him as old-fashioned and slow. But the smaller engines such as Thomas, Percy, Toby and Duck respect him greatly and will stick up for him at all times. It is true that he is one of the older engines on The Fat Controller's railway (indeed, he helped to build"
"the Fat Controller organises a family fun day. All of the engines are given special jobs, except for Edward. But on the day of the event, Edward realises he had no reason to feel left out; he is to open the show. Toby and the Mail Train Toby helps to deliver Mrs. Kyndley's letter to the mainland. Blooming Railways Thomas finds out there is a 'Blooming Railways' Competition on the island. He is excited, but continues his regular work. He ends up helping Mr. and Mrs. Flowers out, when their truck breaks down on the way to a carnival parade."
"Series. Known properly as Mr. Peter Sam, the Thin Controller is the manager of the Skarloey Railway. A year before the arrival of Sir Handel and Peter Sam, he had to serve as guard for all the trains. The Thin Controller was introduced in ""Four Little Engines"", the tenth volume of the Railway Series and has now been introduced into the ""Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends"" TV series as Mr. Percival, the narrow-gauge controller. He is based upon Edward Thomas general manager of the Talyllyn Railway. According to """", there are two thin controllers. Former owner of the railway,"
"Donald and Douglas Donald and Douglas are 2 fictional twin steam locomotives from ""The Railway Series"" books by the Rev. W. Awdry. They also appear in ""Thomas & Friends"", the television series based on the books. They are twin Scottish engines. Actor Joe Mills is the voice of both Donald & Douglas. The Fat Controller originally only ordered one engine from Scotland, but was surprised when ""two"" engines arrived, neither with numbers or any distinguishing features – both engines were painted completely black. He could not tell which engine was which, and so decided to keep whichever one was the"
"""Nil Unquam Simile"", which is Latin for ""There's nothing quite like it"". In the television series Thomas & Friends, which is based on characters from the Railway Series books, the NWR is the main standard gauge railway on Sodor but the railway is known as the ""Sodor Railway"", ""The Fat Controller's Railway"", or ""The Big Railway"" in episodes focusing on the Skarloey Railway. marks the very first time the name North Western Railway is used in the television series. The Main Line runs from Barrow to Tidmouth. It is run by The Fat Controller's biggest engines. The most important train"
"they are apart they worry about each other: Henrietta carries passengers and is used to bring quarry workers to and from work. In ""The Fat Controller's Engines"" (""The Eight Famous Engines""), she is used as the Fat Controller's private coach when the locomotives take a trip to The Other Railway. Henrietta was the only named character not to be illustrated with a face in ""The Railway Series"" until book 41 of the series, ""Thomas and Victoria"". In this book, Henrietta is depicted with a small rectangular face where a window on the end doors would be. It was the same"
"a field after his wooden brake blocks caught fire. The Fat Controller has given James a new coat of red paint, to cheer him up after the accident on his first day, and becomes rather conceited. He lets off steam and accidentally sprays water on the Fat Controller's new top hat. He is ashamed, though, and worries about the consequences. Even though he is not punished on this occasion, the Fat Controller is very angry and threatens James that he shall take away his red paint and paint him blue. Still angered about the Fat Controller's warning, James bumps the"
"Team, up until the addition of Nia and Rebecca in Series 22. She is painted dark emerald green and has two large driving wheels and a shiny brass safety valve cover. She first appeared in the Series 7 episode ""Emily's New Coaches"". When she first arrived on the Island of Sodor, she took Thomas's coaches Annie and Clarabel by mistake, much to Thomas' dismay. However, after she rescued Thomas and Oliver from an accident, Thomas forgave her and The Fat Controller (Sir Topham Hatt) rewarded her with two coaches of her own. Emily acts as a sisterly figure to the"
"won because Thomas was sidetracked with running an errand for the Fat Controller. He is one of the best known non-rail characters in the television series. He is cheerful and boisterous, and although he enjoys a good-natured rivalry with the engines, he is most usually seen helping them out, whether bringing passengers or assisting when the railway is out of action. From 2011 to 2012, Bertie was voiced by Rupert Degas (UK/US). From 2013 onwards, he is currently voiced by Keith Wickham (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series. Bertie has appeared in every season of the series except"
"Jongh) with the construction of their new summer house. After being an absolute nuisance to all of the other engines by teasing and bossing them around, Thomas (voiced by UK: Ben Small/US: Martin Sherman) accepts Spencer's challenge to a contest of strength, taking heavy cargo around the island. Thomas's brakes fail after climbing a tall hill, and he runs out of control through an overgrown, abandoned line. There, Thomas finds an old abandoned Japanese engine named Hiro (voiced by Togo Igawa). Hiro doesn't want the Fat Controller (voiced by UK: Keith Wickham/US: Kerry Shale) to find out, fearing he will"
"""James the Red Engine"" and no. 28 ""James and the Diesel Engines"", are dedicated to James. In the stories, James crashed into a field on his first day. The accident was blamed on his wooden brake blocks, which were thereafter replaced with metal ones. James has a reputation for being naughty. Some of his incidents include ruining the Fat Controller's top hat with a shower of steam, breaking a coach brake pipe and needing a passenger's bootlace and a newspaper to fix it, and crashing into tar wagons. Despite his behavior, James is an engine proud of his red paint"
"is the Express (called the Wild Nor' Wester), which is mainly pulled by Gordon the Big Engine. Other services are run by Henry the Green Engine, James the Red Engine, and a diesel engine named Bear. Donald and Douglas also perform many duties on this line, and other locomotives work here. Following their purchase by the Fat Controller, Pip and Emma run a faster passenger service from Sodor to England. It connects with the Skarloey Railway at Crovan's Gate, where The Fat Controller's Works are located. Notable locations on this line include the main engine sheds at Tidmouth, Gordon's Hill"
"remained, with a plaque reading ""Gordon's View"". Kirk Ronan functioned in the role usually reserved for Knapford. Although Main Line engines travelled to the station in the TV series, in the books it only featured historically as the terminus of the Sodor & Mainland Railway, the first standard-gauge line on the island. Knapford is one of the two main towns on Sodor, the other being Tidmouth. Knapford Station has six platforms and a large glass roof. It contains the Fat Controller's office, and is the station where HM The Queen visited the Fat Controller. Gordon also pulls his Express from"
"of a plan by the Fat Controller, who never trusted Diesel. Diesel made a brief return in the one-off story ""Thomas and the Evil Diesel"", where he showed that perhaps he did have a good streak buried somewhere deep inside. One of Diesel's brothers appeared in one of the illustrations for ""Thomas and the Great Railway Show"" helping to shunt Thomas onto a lorry. The character Devious Diesel in the Thomas and Friends television series was based on Diesel. The Diesel/Diesel 261 came to Sodor to help out whilst Stepney was on the railway. He did not make a good"
"the Fat Controller wanted to see him. But the Fat Controller didn't expect to see him. Gordon thought Percy needed to be taught a lesson so Gordon decided to play a trick on Percy. That night Gordon moved Percy's trucks around the yard. When Percy got to the yard he got a surprise; the trucks were all in a muddle. Gordon played a trick on Percy but now Percy learned a lesson. Rescue Thomas and his driver rescue a horse that had got stuck in the mud. The Star of the Show To celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of Tidmouth station,"
"Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in ""The Railway Series"" books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945 on. He became the most popular character in the series, and is the title character in the accompanying television spin-off series ""Thomas & Friends"". Thomas is a steam engine and has a number 1 painted on his side. All of the locomotives in The Railway Series were based on prototypical engines; Thomas has origins in the E2 Class designed by Lawson Billinton in 1913. Thomas first appeared in 1946 in"
"an entirely different background when he was introduced. This decision carried on into later series, in which he was seen on either a fictionalized Bluebell Railway or as a member of The Fat Controller's railway. The show had come under fire for having too few female characters, and a conscious decision was made to rewrite Rusty, who was always a male character in the books, as gender-neutral. ""Thomas""' new owners, initially defended the decision, citing Rusty's gender neutrality since Series 4, later releases of the same episode substituted male pronouns in reference to Rusty. Initially, each episode was broadcast in"
"coaches so hard that he causes a leak in the brake pipe, which his driver, fireman, and conductor mend with newspaper and a passenger's bootlace, and the only passenger with a bootlace needs some coercing before he hands them over. Once the hole has been mended, James feels foolish and learns never to bump coaches again. After the incident with the coaches, the Fat Controller lets James out of the shed to pull a goods train. The trucks try to make him give up when they come to Gordon's Hill, but James keeps on. Eventually, a rusty coupling snaps, and"
"the second book in the series, ""Thomas the Tank Engine"", and was the focus of the four short stories contained within. Thomas's best friends are Percy and Toby. In 1979, British writer/producer Britt Allcroft came across the books, and arranged a deal to bring the stories to life as the TV series ""Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends"" (later simplified to ""Thomas & Friends""). The programme became an award-winning hit around the world, with a vast range of spin-off commercial products. When Awdry created Thomas, the engine existed only as a wooden toy made for his son Christopher. This engine"
"the model train tracks and throws him onto a windowsill. An accident during the fight results in Thomas suddenly growing to the size of a real train and demolishing a large portion of Ant-Man's daughter's house before falling on top of a police car. Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in ""The Railway Series"" books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945 on. He became the most popular character in the series, and is the title character in the accompanying television spin-off series ""Thomas & Friends"". Thomas is"
"in The Three Railway Engines. 98462 and 87546 were sent away for being rude and it is unclear what happened to them after that and we do not know what happened to the red engine either. The Red Engine also appeared in the book Henry the Green Engine in the story Henry's Sneeze. We do not know what happened to him after this. The Ffarquhar branch line (or Thomas' branch line) runs from Knapford to Ffarquhar. It was originally part of the Tidmouth, Knapford & Elsbridge Railway. When the Fat Controller took over, the original locomotives were replaced and the"
"wheels, motion and running plate designed by William Stanier, the Fat Controller's mentor, who was also responsible for Henry's rebuild. Actually, the reason for this somewhat complicated explanation lies with the early illustrations of the character. The Rev. Awdry constantly sought railway realism in his books, and often argued over the illustrations provided by C. Reginald Dalby, which tended to be inconsistent in terms of scale and accuracy. In an effort to combat this problem, he sent the illustrator a number of photographs of the characters as portrayed on his own model railway. The model of Gordon was converted into"
"better than steam engines, and Thomas biffs them so hard, their timber falls onto the tracks. When Diesel confronts them, giving a similar boast, Thomas gives him bananas to pull, but the Tidmouth Sheds did not get rebuilt (after destruction) on time. As a result, all the engines are forced to sleep on different parts on the Island. That night, a huge storm sweeps across the island and the Sodor Suspension Bridge collapses. The next morning, the Fat Controller makes the engines clear up the storm damage before the work can continue. At the suspension bridge, a beam needs to"
"Fat Controller's (Sir Topham Hatt's) railway, who would instruct viewers in craft projects. For the final 2 DVDs released for Season 12 in 2009, the host was named Mr. Arkwright, played by Robert Slate. In 2010, beginning with the DVD ""Splish Splash Splosh"", the host was named Mr. Perkins, played by Ben Forster, and has remained host until Forster died in 2017 after a battle with cancer and will be replaced by Mark Moraghan, who will play ""Mr Evans"" in the upcoming web series. For budgetary reasons, the other major changes were a move to production in CGI, rather than"
"the track – what the Thin Controller referred to as ""rock 'n' roll"". He had a number of accidents as a result. Although his behaviour has greatly improved, he can still get grumpy, cheeky and cynical. His exact origins are unknown, but he did once work in a factory, according to Peter Sam. He arrived in the book ""The Little Old Engine"". ""Terence the Tractor"" is first seen in 'Thomas, Terence and the Snow' in the book ""Tank Engine Thomas Again"" (1949). He can go ""anywhere"" thanks to his caterpillar tracks and once famously helped Thomas out of a snowdrift."
"or crashed and, of course, clear snow in the winter. The railway would not be the same without them. They are, in the Fat Controller's words, ""Really Useful Engines"". They first appeared in the book ""The Twin Engines"", published in 1960. Their first appearance in the television series was in series 2. They appeared at regular intervals until series 7, then were not seen again until series 11 episode ""Gordon and the Engineer"", although they did get a mention in a series 8 episode, ""You Can Do It, Toby!"" and also appeared in a deleted scene in ""Edward the Great""."
"work, but was disappointed that his line was then short and had no trucks. As such, he has occasionally arranged visits to The Fat Controller's Railway - the North Western. In the books, Stepney came from the real Bluebell Railway: a heritage railway in South-East England. Stepney the ""Bluebell"" Engine was written to promote this railway and the heritage railway preservation movement. In later non-CGI episodes, a standard-gauge line is seen running beside the narrow-gauge tracks. It is likely that this is what became of the Bluebell Branch Line, however Stepney is absent. Edward's branch line runs along the peninsula"
"morning in a siding when Gordon, Henry and James are cross about thinking he has told Diesel's nicknames to the trucks. Diesel has another talk with the trucks and seeing Gordon having problems with a water tower! This gives Diesel the idea to nickname him as Galloping Sausage. The Fat Controller has to send Duck to work with Edward whilst he tries to find out the truth. He finds out it was really Diesel's fault and sends him packing! Duck returns home and becomes friends with Gordon, Henry and James again. James's Traffic Jam James has to take some foreign"