Scoop is the first machine been bought by Bob. He appears in Bob the Builder
Whistles[]
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | Series 12 | File:ThomasWhistle.ogg |
| Hero of the Rails | Series 24 | File:Thomas’ CGI Whistle.ogg |
In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Thomas has a robot effect added to his whistle.
| Only used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|
| Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
In Calling All Engines!, Thomas is shown to sleep-whistle.
| Only used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|
| Calling All Engines! |
In the ninth series episode Thomas and the Birthday Picnic, Thomas has Douglas' fourth series whistle when he gives a sad low toot on his whistle.
| Only used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|
| Thomas and the Birthday Picnic |
In the fifteenth series episode Wonky Whistle, Thomas has a distorted whistle sound due to his whistle being wonky.
| Only used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|
| Wonky Whistle |
Trivia[]
- Thomas was the first character to be introduced in Thomas & Friends.
- In the American and Finnish casts, Thomas is the only character voiced by Joseph May and Juha Varisrespectively in the series.
- Thomas' LBSC number, 70, was actually carried by a real LB&SCR locomotive, an A1 named "Poplar" currently preserved by the Kent & East Sussex Railway. The number also represents the 70th anniversary of The Railway Series. All of the real E2s were numbered from 100 to 109.
- Issue 190 of the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friendsmagazine erroneously states that Thomas is based on the LB&SCR A1 Class (the same class as Fenchurch).
- According to Sir Topham Hatt's "Frequently Asked Questions" on the 1997-1999 Official Website page, Thomas was given his name by the engine workshop which built him. The remainder of his name, The Tank Engine, is considered his family name, as he belongs to the family of Tank Engines in the same sense Sir Topham Hatt belongs to the family of Hatts.
- Thomas is one of three characters to have a speaking role in every series and special, the other two being Henry and James.
- On early Spanish translations of the Random House books, Thomas was known as Tomás.
- Following Mr. Conductor in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Thomas became the second character to narrate in first-person.
- In Calling All Engines!, Thomas sleep-whistles. This is apparently the steam engine version of snoring; instead of typical snoring sounds, Thomas makes warbling whistles after pausing before the next toot.
- Thomas is the first character in the series to have lost his voice onscreen in the twenty-third series episode, Too Loud, Thomas!. With this, he is the third character on the show with a speech impediment (albeit temporarily) after Fergus and Theo.
- Despite having lining present on his bunker, only a select few merchandise items have had it during their course. They were subsequently removed in renovations and items of Thomas with the bunker lining are currently rare to find.
- Thomas' whistle from Thomas, You're the Leader was previously heard in most parts of the official website from 2004.
- As the titled protagonist, Thomas has had the most appearances in Thomas & Friends.
- Thomas has been written and played to be a certain age a few times during the series.
- During the sixth series, Thomas was written to be three years old.
- Between the eighth and twelfth series, Thomas was written to be "roughly six years old".
- Martin Sherman played Thomas based of himself at age fifteen.
- Joseph May played Thomas with the mind of an eight-year-old.
- Didi Conn has said that Thomas was her favourite engine. In an interview with SiF, Ben Forster also said that Thomas was his favourite character.
- To celebrate Easter in 2017, a giant 140 kg chocolate sculpture of Thomas was displayed at Kings Cross Station. Made out of real Belgian chocolate, the display piece was sculpted in two-hundred-fifty hours by three master chocolatiers and was surrounded by TrackMaster engines running around. An actor dressed as Sir Topham Hatt was on hand to hand out Easter eggs.
- Thomas was the very first character on-screen to have a permanent lamp, though despite it being a key part of his design, some promotional images, illustrations and merchandise lines (the non-talking wooden and diecast ranges, early Hornby models, late 2011-early 2012 TrackMaster and numerous smaller toylines) omit the lamp completely.
- Thomas has the distinction of having the first speaking role in the series premiere and last line of the series finale. However, he does not have the last line in the produced series finale.
- Thomas is one of the three engines who have saved another engine from scrap (Hiro). The others include Douglas and Rusty.
- Thomas erroneously uses Edward's whistle in some episodes of the fourth and fifth series. This would also translate on to his Japanese merchandise and the Thomas Land button press display.
- According to a post by the official Thomas & FriendsFacebook account, Thomas represents the Tauruszodiac sign.
- David Mitton owned a tugboat named Thomas, but it is unknown if he named the tugboat after Thomas the Tank Engine.
- A minor difference between Thomas and the real-life E2s is that the counterweights on the former's wheels are all oriented in exactly the same position, whereas the real-life engines have the counterweights on their central driving wheels position in an offset manner, a detail which only his gauge 3.5 model has replicated.