![]() Believing that Duck was behind the insults, James, along with Gordon and Henry, turned against him. When Diesel arrived on trial, James gained the nickname "Rusty Red Scrap-Iron". A weary James gratefully apologised to Edward for his insults and Edward forgave him. But when two boys played with James' controls and caused him to run away without anyone in his cab, Edward and an engine inspector came to his rescue and caught him. Later, James was impatient with Edward for his clanking and being slow and late, comparing him unfavourably to "a lot of old iron". Toby and Percy pulled James away, but not before Toby teased James about never having dirty paint. But later, some trucks pushed him down Gordon's Hill and he crashed into two tar wagons, spoiling his paint. When Toby and Henrietta came to work on Thomas' branch line, James insulted them by calling them "dirty objects" and boasting about how his red paint is never dirty. On more than one occasion, James has been forced to accept help from those he insulted. The Fat Controller eventually shut them up in the shed and made Thomas and Edward pull their trains, though he allowed them to come out when they were sorry. After an incident on the turntable that left him humiliated, James, along with Gordon and Henry, decided to go on strike, refusing to leave the shed and behaving badly when they had to work. When Thomas left Tidmouth to run the Ffarquhar Branch Line, James, Gordon and Henry became irritated, as they now had to fetch their own trains. He did so successfully and he and Gordon became firm friends. However, after Gordon got lost and wound up at Tidmouth, James was allowed to take the express in his place. Although he had some trouble when some of the trucks broke away, James managed to keep the train under control and deliver it to the station and was allowed to keep his red paint after the Fat Controller had seen everything.Įven though he had proven to be useful, James was still teased by Gordon and Henry for his past mistakes. When he was finally let out by the Fat Controller, James was assigned to pulling a goods train to Killdane. Following this incident, James was shut up in the shed until he could learn his lesson. After being threatened by the Fat Controller with a coat of blue paint, James became grumpy and started bumping the coaches around aggressively, though this backfired on him when one of the brake pipes began leaking and needed to be mended with a bootlace and some newspapers. While double-heading a passenger train with Edward, he accidentally showered water on the Fat Controller's new top hat, almost forgot to stop at the station and disturbed an elderly lady with his hiccups. When James returned from the Works, he became vain and troublesome. He presumably gained his Fowler tender around this time. ![]() After being recovered from the wreck, James was sent to Crovan's Gate Works, where he was repaired, repainted into a new red livery and gained functional brakes. Shortly after he arrived on the Island of Sodor, James was damaged in a crash when his trucks pushed him down the line and his wooden brake blocks caught on fire. The experiment did not entirely produce the results hoped for and after the Grouping, James was sold to the North Western Railway. These were added in an attempt to cure the "nose-diving" the class experienced when travelling at high speed. He was designed as an experimental variation of the Class 28 locomotives, with a front pony truck installed at the front and 5'6" sized driving wheels instead of the class' usual 5'1". James was designed by George Hughes and built by Horwich Works at some point in 1912. He can be vain and sometimes boastful, but means well and is a hard worker. James is a mixed-traffic tender engine who works on the North Western Railway, usually working along the Main Line. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (formerly) Young Steam Engine (by The Fat Controller) Old Engine (by Spencer along with Edward) Little Red Piggy In The Middle (by 'Arry and Bert)īossy Boiler (by Thomas, Henry and Percy) Rusty Red Scrap Iron (by Diesel and Trucks)Ĭowardly Cranky Worn-Out Hunk of Metal (by Diesel 10 along with Thomas) Stephen Donald (2001 UK Railway Adventures)īig Red Monster (by the Troublesome Trucks) Rob Rackstraw (UK 2017-present - US 2015-present) For other uses, see James (disambiguation).
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