Edward (TTTE/T&F)

Edward is a blue mixed-traffic tender engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor, he is The North Western Railway's number 2 engine and the secondary protagonist of The Thomas And Friends TV Series. . Edward was built by Sharp, Stewart and Company at their Atlas Works in Glasgow, Scotland in 1896 as one of the 1st members of The Furness Railway Class K2's 4-4-0 Tender Engines ever built. He worked on the Furness Railway's Cumbrian Coast Line before coming to Sodor on loan with other engines in 1915 to assist with the building of the North Western Railway. The Furness had found him to be a "shy steamer" and were not interested in getting him back when his work was completed. In 1921, they sold him to the North Western Railway for a nominal sum, who have made him into a reliable and mature engine. . By 1922 and 1923, Edward had been used less and less and was confined to Vicarstown Sheds for long periods of time, ranging from several weeks to a few months, much to the delight of the bigger engines, who claimed that he was too old and weak to work. This constant teasing made Edward feel very depressed. However, Edward was eventually let out again in 1923 and proved that what he lacked in strength, he made up for in work by pushing a stubborn Gordon and his heavy goods train up Gordon's Hill and helping to take the express for Gordon once he broke his safety valve, with some help from Henry. . Edward is very kind-hearted, mature, wise and keen to help a friend in need. The small engines trust him to lend a listening ear and sympathetic advice. He is a hard worker too and always does his best to finish a job. Edward has also been the voice of reason to misguided engines. If an engine misbehaves or acts out, it is him who sorts it out. . Edward is painted in NWR cerulean-blue with red stripes with a yellow number 2 on both of his tender's left and right sides. He was previously painted in F.R red with black stripes before he came to sodor and became part of the NWR