Magic Railroad Characters

THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE

Voiced by Eddie Glen

Thomas is cheeky, cheerful and adventurous little tank engine, and a true friend to everyone. He spends much of his time throughout the movie trying to help Mr Conductor solve his gold dust crisis and trying to stop Diesel 10 from dominating the Island. After helping Lily to get home and reach her grandfather on Muffle Mountain, and helps to get rid of the evil Diesel 10, he proves to everyone that little engines really can do big things!

The villain of the piece and a nasty piece of work. Diesel 10's main ambition is to destroy Lady and dominate the Sodor Railway and the steam engines, with the help of his faithful claw - "Pinchy". However, his attempts to take over are constantly outdone when he's threatened with sugar in his tank and loses Mr Conductor and throws him several miles away! Not to mention the self-inflicted injuries with the coal hopper and a roof falling in on him! As well as being outdone finally by Thomas and Lady, and falling several feet into a barge full of sludge in his final attempt - some engines have no luck at all!

Lady is a magical engine who runs on the Conductor Family's Magic Railroad, which links the Island of Sodor with the Shining Time Valley. She has been locked away for several years by Burnett Stone, safe from harm after being chased by Diesel 10 and crashing. For several years, Burnett has tried to make her steam again to no avail, but special coal from the Island of Sodor manages to bring Lady back to life in order to restore life to the Magic Railroad, and give Mr Conductor and Junior back the source of their gold dust.

Diesel 10's faithful, but moronic side-kicks, often refered to by their boss as "Splodge" - considering he feels that he hasn't got time to say both names! The two engines are constantly doing his bidding and assisting him in trying to find and destroy Lady. Although feared by the engines like Diesel 10 himself, they appear to have something of a social conscience in the end. Wary of helping Diesel to destroy Lady initially, they eventually back out in the end and leave Diesel to do his own dirty work!

Percy is Thomas's best friend, and one of the youngest members of the Fat Controller's engine team. Although slightly niave and easily scared, Percy still manages to help the effort to save the Magic Railroad by solving the riddle of the Magic Railroad, which happens to be overheard by Diesel 10; and later finding Splatter and Dodge at the Magic Buffers, and warning Thomas and Mr Conductor just in time for them to act.

The old faithful of the Sodor Railway, Toby proves to be the most level-headed and calm of the engines during the crisis, encouraging his friends to stand up to Diesel and not to be intimidated by his actions. When Diesel 10 overhears Thomas and Percy talking about the Magic Buffers, Toby is hot on his trail to delay and distract the villains long enough to keep the buffers and the Magic Railroad safe from harm by ringing his bell and startling Diesel, who puts "Pinchy" through the roof of an old shed and traps both himself and his sidekicks in the process!

James has a personality that is as vibrant and colourful as his own smart red paint; extremely vain and self-important, but a bit of a born worrier, as shown by his worries over Mr Conductor's whereabouts and intimidation by Diesel 10. James nearly meets with a very sticky end when he's caught unawares by Diesel 10 in the Smelting shed - and luckily for them both, Junior has enough gold dust to get them both out of harm's way!

Gordon is the senior member of the Fat Controller's engines. Full of his own self-importance and belief that big jobs should be left to big engines. Initially, he isn't keen for Mr Conductor to come to Sodor to look after the engines in the Fat Controller's absence, however, for all his pomposity and superiority over the other engines, even he proves to be scared of Diesel 10 and what he's capable of, and manages to come around to liking the idea!

Henry is a bit of a hypochondriac who, for all his strength and size, needs a lot of special attention. Henry is the first of the engines to bring up knowledge on the subject of the magical lost engine and the legend, that have brought Diesel back to Sodor. It's during one of his more poorly moments that one of the trucks of special coal disappears through the Magic Buffers and onto the Magic Railroad...!

Four of Thomas's friends who put in appearances throughout the movie. Bertie is found to be constantly challenging Thomas to a friendly race, Harold causes a bit of a dust-up on a routine fly-by when Diesel 10 leaves quarry dust all over the yard and Annie & Clarabel are left behind by Thomas when Junior and Lily arrive on Sodor!

The ever cheerful 18-inch tall friend to everyone and regular visitor to Sodor, Mr Conductor, has been asked to come to Sodor to tend to the engines while The Fat Controller takes a much needed holiday. But he has a very big problem - he's in danger of losing all his magical gold dust! Luckily for him, he has his good friends who will help him solve the clues to finding more and save the day once more so he can go home, and his special universe can remain intact.

Lily is the plucky grand-daughter of Lady's caretaker, Burnett Stone, and is the vital link between the Conductors' fate and Lady's revival. Intrigued by a chance meeting with C Junior, after being put on the wrong train by Patch's dog, Mutt, she takes a magical journey to the Island of Sodor to help Mr Conductor. With Thomas's help, manages to alert her grandpa and helps to bring Lady back to life.

Burnett Stone is a reclusive former Railroad Engineer who lives on the other side of Muffle Mountain on his own, following the death of his wife, Tasha. For many years, Burnett has harboured a secret, and had Lady tucked away in his workshop in Muffle Mountain following her accident. But, he's sad because he doesn't know how to make her steam again, and when Lily goes missing on the Island of Sodor, he knows he needs to find out more than ever.

Stacy is the bubbly and friendly Station Manager of Shining Time Station. She finds Lily at Shining Time and takes her home to her Grandpa Stone. But even before Mr Conductor makes his way to the Island of Sodor, she senses there is some danger afoot, and that all isn't going to be well when he goes, considering his lack of gold dust.

Patch is a young Shining Time inhabitant who does odd jobs for Burnett Stone and Shining Time Station in his spare time. He is the first person other than Burnett to discover the location of the workshops where Lady is hidden away deep inside Muffle Mountain. Patch later goes on to befriend Lily, and takes her for a ride on his horse on the ground above the dormant Magic Railroad tracks.

Before the events of the Magic Railroad, C Junior was a beach-bum, prefering to lead a life of leisurely activity and general enjoyment; which is very much the impression he gives when he comes to Sodor, much to the annoyance of his older cousin - Mr Conductor! A big child at heart and a bit of a practical joker, which is largely what Thomas remembers him for after having party poppers stuffed down his funnel from their last meeting!

The wise American-Indian Engineer on the Indian Valley Railroad. Billy knows a lot about Railroading and the sense of magic that surrounds the Indian Valley and Shining Time.