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*'''Number''': 5
 
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*'''Configuration''': 2-6-0
 
*'''Configuration''': 2-6-0
 
*'''Arrived on Sodor''': 1924-5
 
*'''Arrived on Sodor''': 1924-5
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*Top speed: 75 mph
 
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'''James''' is a red mixed-traffic L&YR Class 28 engine who works on the [[North Western Railway]].
 
'''James''' is a red mixed-traffic L&YR Class 28 engine who works on the [[North Western Railway]].
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===Railway Series===
 
===Railway Series===
 
James was built around 1912/13 for mixed-traffic work as a 0-6-0 with a three-chime steam whistle. Prior to his arrival on Sodor in 1923, he was given a pony truck making him a 2-6-0 instead of his original 0-6-0 configuration and a regular steam whistle. On his first day, his trucks and his old wooden brakes caused him to derail. After that, he was given red paint and proper brakes. However, he caused trouble for the Fat Controller when he sprayed his shiny new hat. He was threatened to be repainted blue, and became very cross, and bumped the coaches so hard, he caused a hole in one of them, which needed to be repaired by a bootlace! After that, he came much more sensible, and redeemed himself when he took a line of troublesome trucks by himself, and the Express, after Gordon got sent down the wrong line by "instincts". He also seems to carry on a rivalry with Percy, which is seen a lot of the times they are together.
 
James was built around 1912/13 for mixed-traffic work as a 0-6-0 with a three-chime steam whistle. Prior to his arrival on Sodor in 1923, he was given a pony truck making him a 2-6-0 instead of his original 0-6-0 configuration and a regular steam whistle. On his first day, his trucks and his old wooden brakes caused him to derail. After that, he was given red paint and proper brakes. However, he caused trouble for the Fat Controller when he sprayed his shiny new hat. He was threatened to be repainted blue, and became very cross, and bumped the coaches so hard, he caused a hole in one of them, which needed to be repaired by a bootlace! After that, he came much more sensible, and redeemed himself when he took a line of troublesome trucks by himself, and the Express, after Gordon got sent down the wrong line by "instincts". He also seems to carry on a rivalry with Percy, which is seen a lot of the times they are together.
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===Television Series===
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According to The Adventure Begins, James arrived on Sodor some time after Gordon, at which time he was painted black. His wooden brakes were prone to catching fire and he had trouble stopping quickly; if anyone noticed a burning smell from his brakes, he would deny smelling anything out of the ordinary. James originally owned Annie and Clarabel and believed The Fat Controller would soon give him his own branch line. James acted as a bully towards Thomas when the tank engine first arrived, but soon after gained some respect for him. They became close friends following James' accident. Some Troublesome Trucks made his wooden brakes catch fire, prompting Thomas to chase after him. James' guard attempted to couple Thomas to the back of the train to slow James down, but as this failed, James could not stop and came off the rails at a bend, scratching his paintwork and destroying most of his trucks. Thomas fetched Jerome and Judy, who lifted James back onto the rails. Thomas then took James to the Steamworks for repairs. When James returned as a splendid red engine, Thomas and Edward did not recognize him. Upon declaring he was ready for his coaches, James realised that his coaches were now Thomas' and the little tank engine now had his own branch line.
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James has had several mishaps, most of them caused by his pride of his paintwork. While using Toad as a brake van on a mainline goods train, he refused to slow down. When a coupling snapped, his train rolled down Gordon's Hill uncontrollably. Toad was able to stop the train before colliding with Thomas, who was pulling a special train with Sir Topham Hatt and his mother. Another incident occurred during a flood in the winter, when James and Rocky inadvertently knocked down a signal. When they stopped to rescue Duck from a flooded track, Oliver was unaware that the track was occupied. He saw them at the last minute, but it was too late to avoid a collision. Immediately afterwards, Percy came around the bend and ran into Oliver. James owned up to Sir Topham Hatt, admitting he should have waited for Rocky to be secured properly before leaving.
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In Tale of the Brave, James teases Percy for being afraid of monsters. One night, he gets asked to pull The Flying Kipper since Henry is on the mainland. As he is pulling the train, he hears a voice saying hello to him. It is Gator, but James cannot see his face in the dark. James gets scared by his unusual shape and races away. As he raises out, he end up derailing at the Fenland track. The other engines tease him about his accident, so James decides to play a trick on Percy so he will be teased instead. That night, when Percy is taking the mail, James uses the Scrap Monster to scare Percy. The next day, he tries to apologise to Percy, but Percy will not forgive him. The two engines later meet at the Clay Pits and James decides to show Percy how brave he can be. He puffs into the pits looking for the monster, not noticing his whistle is shaking the cliffs. He sees a dinosaur skeleton sticking out of the cliff wall and races backwards as fast as he can. But his whistling had started a landslide, so Percy pushed him forward and they raced to safety. Once Percy had been repaired, James apologised for teasing him.
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In Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, James teases Thomas for not waking up after having raced against Bertie and Henry for thinking he saw a ghostly sailboat before Salty tells him, along with Edward and Henry, about a "lost pirate".
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In the nineteenth season, he and Gordon had heard about "Geoffrey". Later, James and Thomas were to work together to take football fans to and from Dryaw. However, both James and Thomas ended up causing trouble because they were trying to see whether reds or blues were the best. James later came off the rails near a stone bridge, and Philip rescued him by positioning himself underneath James.
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In the twentieth season, he became so conceited that his coaches were taken away. This put him in so much of a bad mood that he was left in the sheds until he was given a second chance. But his job of carrying waist trucks returned him into his grumpy mood. After being reprimanded, he changed his attitude, but it's not too long until he returned back to his old self again. He later fell behind Glynn when Glynn and Stephen were racing.
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In The Great Race, James was one of the engines who laughed at Thomas for thinking the latter would be taken to The Great Railway Show. James would later be part of the show, competing in the Best Decorated Engine Parade alongside Emily, Carlos, Yong Bao, and Rajiv.
   
 
==Persona==
 
==Persona==
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
* [[Season 1 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 1]] - [[Thomas and the Ice Cream Delivery]], [[Troublesome Trucks (episode)|Troublesome Trucks]], [[A Day for Duck]], [[James and the Trouble with Trucks]], [[Henry's Happy Day]] (''cameo''), [[Gordon and the Express Journey]], [[James and the Big Red Balloon]], [[Henry's Sneezes]] (''cameo''), [[Oliver's Mansion Adventure]] (''cameo''), and [[Thomas and the Snow]] (''cameo'')
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* [[Season 1 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 1]] - [[Emily Helps Out]] (''cameo''), [[Percy Saves the Day]], [[Henry's Happy Day]] (''cameo''), [[James and the Big Red Balloon]], [[Bulgy Returns]] (''does not speak''), [[Trust a Diesel]], [[Gordon and Spencer the Fast Engines]], [[Thomas and the Snow]] (''cameo''), and [[Thomas' Three Cheers]] (''stock footage cameo'')
* [[Season 2 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 2]] - [[Thomas and the Mountain]] (''cameo''), [[James' Market Day]], [[Stepney's Journey Out]], [[Henry Helps Out]], [[The Trouble with Trucks]] (''cameo''), [[James, Edward and the Slow Goods Train]], [[Donald and Douglas the Scottish Twins]], [[Edward Saves the Day]] (''not named; does not speak''), [[Neil the New Engine]] (''cameo''), [[A Magical Tale]], [[The Trouble with Trains]] (''does not speak''), [[Buzz Buzz, Bees!]], and [[Thomas and the Snowy Surprise]] (''cameo'')
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* [[Season 2 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 2]] - [[Slow Coaches]], [[Race with the Mail]], [[Duck and Dilly]], [[Small Engines]], [[Mike and James]], [[Gordon and the Bend]] (''does not speak''), [[That's My Special]], [[Stepney's Journey Out]], and [[Flying Scotsman Departs]]
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* [[Season 3 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 3]] - [[Percy and the Other Railway]], [[The New Controller]], [[Edward and the Thieves]], [[The Ghost of the Viaduct]], and [[Snowed up Engines]]
* [[Season 3 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 3]] - [[Cranky the Crane]] (''cameo''), [[Salty the Dockyard Diesel]] (''cameo''), [[Harvey Saves the Day]], [[A Bad Day for Harold]] (''cameo''), [[Elizabeth the Lost Lorry]] (''cameo''), [[The Fogman and the Horn]], [[Peter Sam and the Winter Special]] (''cameo''), [[It's Just Snow]], [[Trouble Twins]] (''cameo''), [[Diesel the World's Strongest Engine]] (''cameo''), [[The Ghost Train]] (''cameo''), [[Percy and the Garden Gnomes]] (''cameo''), [[Stuck in the Middle]], [[Scary Jack Frost]], [[Gordon's Goods Train]], [[Percy's Chocolate Crash]], [[Thomas, Percy and the Squeaky Mouse]], [[Thomas the Jet Rocket Engine]], and [[Edward the Very Reliable Engine]] (''not named; does not speak'')
 
* [[Season 4 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 4]] - [[Emily's Special Surprise]] (''cameo''), [[Percy Saves the Day]], [[Edward's Steam Fair]] (''stock footage cameo''), [[What's the Matter Henry?]] (''cameo''), [[James and the Boiler Burster]], [[Arthur's Spotless Record]] (''cameo''), [[Bulgy Returns]], [[Harold to the Rescue]] (''cameo''), [[The Best Dressed Engine of All]], [[Gordon and Spencer the Fast Engines]], [[Hasty Puddings]] (''cameo''), and [[Thomas' Three Cheers]] (''stock footage cameo'')
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* [[Season 4 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 4]] - [[Best Decorated Engine]], [[Brake Coaches]], [[Cows and Whistles]] (''cameo''), [[The Wrong Sort of Coal]], and [[James and Flynn]]
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* [[Season 5 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 5]] - [[Sodor Snowstorm]], [[Henry to the Rescue]], [[Percy and James]], [[Sodor Wash Day]], [[Samson and Logan]], and [[Bears]]
* [[Season 5 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 5]] - [[Kevin and Cranky]] (''cameo''), [[Scruff's Makeover]], [[Winston the Inspection Car]] (''cameo''), [[Gordon Runs Weak]], [[Calm Caitlin]] (''cameo''), [[Standard Stafford]] (''cameo''), [[Henry and Hiro]] (''cameo''), [[The Lost Puff]] (''cameo''), [[The Thomas Way and the Wrong Way]] (''cameo''), [[The Phantom Train]], [[Too Many Rescue Engines]] (''cameo''), [[Thomas the Lazy Engine]] (''cameo''), [[Santa's Little Engines]] (''cameo''), [[Christmas for the Diesels]], [[The Frozen Tidmouth Turntable]], [[The Afternoon Tea Express]] (''does not speak''), [[The Fishy Kipper]], and [[Thomas Takes a Shortcut]] (''cameo'')
 
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* [[Season 6 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 6]] - [[Mystery Coming Through]], [[Timothy the Ghost Engine]], [[James and the Royal Train]], and [[Edward and the Express]]
* [[Season 6 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 6]] - [[Edward the Old Reliable Engine]], [[Faulty Flatbeds]] (''cameo''), [[Disappear Diesels]] (''cameo''), [[Tram Trains]], [[Toad's Evening Off]], [[Duck Stuck in the Water]], [[Duck and the Coaches]], [[Thomas and the Cable]] (''cameo''), [[Duncan's Grumpy Journey]] (''cameo''), [[Spencer's Important Visitor]], [[Toad's Great Idea]], [[Last Load for Christmas]], [[Duncan's Humbug Christmas]] (''cameo''), [[Reg's Special Present]] (''cameo''), [[Emily Saves the Island]], [[Timothy and the Bumper Cars]] (''cameo''), and [[Samson's Skilful Service]]
 
* [[Season 7 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 7]] - [[Where's Geoffrey?]], [[Geoffrey's Back]] (''cameo''), [[James Sorts it Out]], [[Percy and the Missing Cargo]] (''stock footage cameo''), and [[James and Flynn]]
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* [[Season 8 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|Season 8]] - [[Waddling Wilbert]], [[Henry Gets the Coaches]], [[Bradford Returns]], [[Snowploughing at Christmas]], [[The Diesel that Stole Christmas]], [[Goodbye Glynn]] (''cameo''), and [[Glynn's Christmas Wish]]
 
He will appear in the [[Season 7 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|seventh season]].
* [[Skarloey Railway (mini-series)|Skarloey Railway]] - [[Puffed Out Engine]] (''does not speak''), [[A Happy Day for Skarloey]], [[Duncan's Delivery]], and [[James Helps Out]]
 
He will appear in the [[Season 8 (Thomas' Sodor Adventures)|eighth season]].
 
   
 
Specials:
 
Specials:
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* [[Thomas and the Storm]]
 
* [[Gordon and Spencer: An LNER Rivalry]]
 
* [[Gordon and Spencer: An LNER Rivalry]]
* [[Mystery of the Missing]]
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* [[The Ghost Engine of Sodor]]
* [[The Engines Split]]
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* [[The Curse of the Kipper]]
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* [[Sodor and the Mystery of Christmas]]
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* [[The Adventure Begins (Sequel)]]
 
* [[The Big Race]]
 
* [[The Big Race]]
He will appear in [[Oliver's Escape]].
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He will appear in [[The Return of Sailor John]].
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==Trivia==
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* James is the only Sodor Steam Team member to not have a video for Meet the Contenders.
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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File:TroublesomeTrucks48.png|James in the first season
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TroublesomeTrucks48.png|James in the first season
File:OldIron31.png|James in the second season
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OldIron31.png|James in the second season
File:Percy,JamesandtheFruitfulDay13.png|James in the third season
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Percy,JamesandtheFruitfulDay12.png|James in the third season
File:SleepingBeauty69.png|James in the fourth season
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SleepingBeauty69.png|James in the fourth season
File:ABetterViewforGordon23.png|James in the fifth season
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ABetterViewforGordon23.png|James in the fifth season
File:ThomasandtheMagicRailroad362.png|James in Thomas and the Magic Railroad
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ThomasandtheMagicRailroad362.png|James in Thomas and the Magic Railroad
File:ABadDayforHaroldtheHelicopter51.png|James in the sixth season
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ABadDayforHaroldtheHelicopter51.png|James in the sixth season
File:GordonandSpencer42.png|James in the seventh season
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GordonandSpencer42.png|James in the seventh season
File:ThomasandtheFireworkDisplay22.png|James in the eighth season
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ThomasandtheFireworkDisplay22.png|James in the eighth season
File:JamesinCallingAllEngines.png|James in Calling All Engines!
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JamesinCallingAllEngines.png|James in Calling All Engines!
File:ThomasandtheBirthdayPicnic24.png|James in the ninth season
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ThomasandtheBirthdayPicnic24.png|James in the ninth season
File:FollowthatFlour6.jpg|James in the tenth season
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FollowthatFlour6.jpg|James in the tenth season
File:ThomasinTrouble(Season11)20.png|James in the eleventh season
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ThomasinTrouble(Season11)20.png|James in the eleventh season
File:TheGreatDiscovery26.png|James in The Great Discovery
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TheGreatDiscovery26.png|James in The Great Discovery
File:JamesWorksItOut10.png|James in the twelfth season
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JamesWorksItOut10.png|James in the twelfth season
File:HerooftheRails208.png|James in full CGI
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HerooftheRails208.png|James in full CGI
File:CreakyCranky37.png|James in the thirteenth season
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CreakyCranky37.png|James in the thirteenth season
File:TickledPink31.png|James in a pink undercoat
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TickledPink31.png|James in his pink undercoat
File:MistyIslandRescue546.png|James in Misty Island Rescue
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MistyIslandRescue546.png|James in Misty Island Rescue
File:Henry'sHealthandSafety1.png|James in the fourteenth season
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Henry'sHealthandSafety1.png|James in the fourteenth season
File:JamesinDayoftheDiesels.png|James in Day of the Diesels
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JamesinDayoftheDiesels.png|James in Day of the Diesels
File:StuckonYou37.png|James in the fifteenth season
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StuckonYou37.png|James in the fifteenth season
File:BlueMountainMystery345.png|James in Blue Mountain Mystery
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BlueMountainMystery345.png|James in Blue Mountain Mystery
File:MuddyMatters12.png|James in the sixteenth season
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MuddyMatters12.png|James in the sixteenth season
File:KingoftheRailway573.png|James in King of the Railway
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KingoftheRailway573.png|James in King of the Railway
File:GordonRunsDry49.png|James in the seventeenth season
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GordonRunsDry49.png|James in the seventeenth season
File:TaleoftheBrave314.png|James in Tale of the Brave
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TaleoftheBrave314.png|James in Tale of the Brave
File:DuckandtheSlipCoaches88.png|James in the eighteenth season
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DuckandtheSlipCoaches88.png|James in the eighteenth season
File:TheAdventureBegins321.png|James in his black livery in The Adventure Begins
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TheAdventureBegins321.png|James in his black livery in The Adventure Begins
File:TheAdventureBegins559.png|James in his red livery in The Adventure Begins
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TheAdventureBegins559.png|James in his red livery in The Adventure Begins
File:JamesinSeason19.png|James in the nineteenth season
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JamesinSeason19.png|James in the nineteenth season
File:Sodor'sLegendoftheLostTreasure99.png|James in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
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Sodor'sLegendoftheLostTreasure99.png|James in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
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JamesinSeason20.png|James in the twentieth season
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JamesinTheGreatRace.png|James in The Great Race
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JamesinhisbestdecoratedengineliveryinTheGreatRace.png|James in his Best Decorated Engine livery
 
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[[Category:Steam locomotives]]
 
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[[Category:The Main Line]]
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[[Category:Boys]]

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"I'm the brightest red engine on Sodor!"
— James in various episodes


James
James
  • Number: 5
  • Class: L&YR Hughes Class 28 experiment featuring a leading pony truck and larger driving wheels. Later paired with a 3500g Fowler tender
  • Designer: George Hughes
  • Builder: Horwick Works
  • Built: 1912/1913
  • Configuration: 2-6-0
  • Arrived on Sodor: 1924-5
  • Top speed: 75 mph

James is a red mixed-traffic L&YR Class 28 engine who works on the North Western Railway.

Bio

Railway Series

James was built around 1912/13 for mixed-traffic work as a 0-6-0 with a three-chime steam whistle. Prior to his arrival on Sodor in 1923, he was given a pony truck making him a 2-6-0 instead of his original 0-6-0 configuration and a regular steam whistle. On his first day, his trucks and his old wooden brakes caused him to derail. After that, he was given red paint and proper brakes. However, he caused trouble for the Fat Controller when he sprayed his shiny new hat. He was threatened to be repainted blue, and became very cross, and bumped the coaches so hard, he caused a hole in one of them, which needed to be repaired by a bootlace! After that, he came much more sensible, and redeemed himself when he took a line of troublesome trucks by himself, and the Express, after Gordon got sent down the wrong line by "instincts". He also seems to carry on a rivalry with Percy, which is seen a lot of the times they are together.

Television Series

According to The Adventure Begins, James arrived on Sodor some time after Gordon, at which time he was painted black. His wooden brakes were prone to catching fire and he had trouble stopping quickly; if anyone noticed a burning smell from his brakes, he would deny smelling anything out of the ordinary. James originally owned Annie and Clarabel and believed The Fat Controller would soon give him his own branch line. James acted as a bully towards Thomas when the tank engine first arrived, but soon after gained some respect for him. They became close friends following James' accident. Some Troublesome Trucks made his wooden brakes catch fire, prompting Thomas to chase after him. James' guard attempted to couple Thomas to the back of the train to slow James down, but as this failed, James could not stop and came off the rails at a bend, scratching his paintwork and destroying most of his trucks. Thomas fetched Jerome and Judy, who lifted James back onto the rails. Thomas then took James to the Steamworks for repairs. When James returned as a splendid red engine, Thomas and Edward did not recognize him. Upon declaring he was ready for his coaches, James realised that his coaches were now Thomas' and the little tank engine now had his own branch line.

James has had several mishaps, most of them caused by his pride of his paintwork. While using Toad as a brake van on a mainline goods train, he refused to slow down. When a coupling snapped, his train rolled down Gordon's Hill uncontrollably. Toad was able to stop the train before colliding with Thomas, who was pulling a special train with Sir Topham Hatt and his mother. Another incident occurred during a flood in the winter, when James and Rocky inadvertently knocked down a signal. When they stopped to rescue Duck from a flooded track, Oliver was unaware that the track was occupied. He saw them at the last minute, but it was too late to avoid a collision. Immediately afterwards, Percy came around the bend and ran into Oliver. James owned up to Sir Topham Hatt, admitting he should have waited for Rocky to be secured properly before leaving. In Tale of the Brave, James teases Percy for being afraid of monsters. One night, he gets asked to pull The Flying Kipper since Henry is on the mainland. As he is pulling the train, he hears a voice saying hello to him. It is Gator, but James cannot see his face in the dark. James gets scared by his unusual shape and races away. As he raises out, he end up derailing at the Fenland track. The other engines tease him about his accident, so James decides to play a trick on Percy so he will be teased instead. That night, when Percy is taking the mail, James uses the Scrap Monster to scare Percy. The next day, he tries to apologise to Percy, but Percy will not forgive him. The two engines later meet at the Clay Pits and James decides to show Percy how brave he can be. He puffs into the pits looking for the monster, not noticing his whistle is shaking the cliffs. He sees a dinosaur skeleton sticking out of the cliff wall and races backwards as fast as he can. But his whistling had started a landslide, so Percy pushed him forward and they raced to safety. Once Percy had been repaired, James apologised for teasing him.

In Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, James teases Thomas for not waking up after having raced against Bertie and Henry for thinking he saw a ghostly sailboat before Salty tells him, along with Edward and Henry, about a "lost pirate". In the nineteenth season, he and Gordon had heard about "Geoffrey". Later, James and Thomas were to work together to take football fans to and from Dryaw. However, both James and Thomas ended up causing trouble because they were trying to see whether reds or blues were the best. James later came off the rails near a stone bridge, and Philip rescued him by positioning himself underneath James.

In the twentieth season, he became so conceited that his coaches were taken away. This put him in so much of a bad mood that he was left in the sheds until he was given a second chance. But his job of carrying waist trucks returned him into his grumpy mood. After being reprimanded, he changed his attitude, but it's not too long until he returned back to his old self again. He later fell behind Glynn when Glynn and Stephen were racing.

In The Great Race, James was one of the engines who laughed at Thomas for thinking the latter would be taken to The Great Railway Show. James would later be part of the show, competing in the Best Decorated Engine Parade alongside Emily, Carlos, Yong Bao, and Rajiv.

Persona

James is very proud of his splendid red paint work. He hates pulling trucks, and believes that he should only pull coaches. He thinks himself superior to the others, and can be shallow, boastful, naughty, and vain, particularly to those who appeared old-fashioned, weak, slow, or dirty. This has caused him to have somewhat of a rivalry with Toby. However, on a number of occasions, he has found himself in need of help from those whom he has insulted and is, in the end, apologetic.

Despite everything else, James has shown a caring side, is normally hard-working, and like everybody else, wants to be responsible, reliable and really useful engine on the Fat Controller's railway.

Basis

James is based on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 28.

Livery

James is painted NWR red with black lining and gold stripes. Before arriving on Sodor, he was painted black with red lining.

Appearances

He will appear in the seventh season.

Specials:

He will appear in The Return of Sailor John.

Trivia

  • James is the only Sodor Steam Team member to not have a video for Meet the Contenders.

Gallery

North Western Railway
ThomasEdwardHenryGordonJamesPercyTobyDuckDonald and DouglasOliverGeoffreyHarveyEmilyFergusArthurMurdochMollyNevilleRosieWhiffBillyStanleyHankFloraVictorCharlieScruffBellePorterGlynnRyanDieselDaisyBoCoBearDaveDerek'Arry and BertDiesel 10SaltyDennisDenDartSidneyPaxtonNormanPhilipFlynnWinstonStaffordJeffAngusTaro