James

James is a mixed traffic engine who works on The Main Line.

Bio
James was bought by the NWR after the muntitions incident at Tidmouth Harbour in 1923. One day, James ran out of control with a goods train and was unable to stop due to his brake blocks being on fire. Thomas chased after the train and tried to slow it down, but James flew off a bend and crashed in a field, the crash badly damaging him. Thomas rushed back to Knapford and retrieved Jerome and Judy, who helped to clear away the wreckage and placed James back on the rails. James was sent to Crovan's Gate Works to be mended, where he received his new red livery. When James returned from the Works, he became vain and troublesome. 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. 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. Following this incident, James was shut up in the shed until he could learn his lesson. When he was finally let out by the Fat Controller, James was assigned to pulling a goods train to Killdane. 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.

Appearances
Series 1-Prologue (Does not speak) Buffer Bashing James And The Buckled Track Bear's Problems (Does not speak) Toby Sleepchuffs James The Hero Henry The Shunter Gordon's Mistake The Importance Of Quarry Engines The Tale Of Sir Malcolm Bill And Ben's Christmas Adventure

Songs

 * The Island Song
 * Accidents Will Happen
 * Some Things Never Leave You
 * One More Sleep Til Christmas