Wilbert

Wilbert is a Saddle Tank Engine who works on the Dean Forest Railway.

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In 1993, Donald and Douglas were both becoming overworked, so in order to ease their workload, the Fat Controller arranged for Wilbert to come to his railway to help them on the Little Western until he could afford another engine like him. However, after Percy had an accident with some porridge, Wilbert was relocated to the Ffarquhar Branch Line to do his work.

Wilbert's first job was to work at the lead mines. While he was in the sheds, he told Thomas and Toby about Sixteen, a troublesome engine who wanted to pass a danger sign. Thomas also told Wilbert about many of the jobs that he had to carry out on the branch line.

One day, after spending too much time chatting to James at Knapford, Wilbert had neglected to take on more water. He stopped at the dairy to refill on water, but accidentally stopped at the wrong hosepipe; instead of taking on water, his tanks were filled with milk. Thomas joked about this when he brought Wilbert back to Ffarquhar.

After Percy returned from the Works, the Fat Controller sent Wilbert to the Little Western to help the engines there. When he was about to take a ballast train, the coupling plate on the front ballast truck fell off. After spotting a coil of wire, Wilbert decided to use it to couple up to the damaged truck and managed to get his train to Tidmouth safely. Afterwards, Wilbert left Sodor and returned to the Dean Forest Railway.[2]

In 2013 he visited Sodor again along with Stepney.

In A Christmas Carol he played the role for Tom Jenkins.

Appearances
Series 1-Toby Sleepchuffs

Series 2-A Christmas Carol

Trivia
Wilbert's model was made out of a TOMY Bill & a Trackmaster Stanley.

He is also a main character in Mal 's other series Bixby Joint Adventures(formerly known as Wilbert' s Mania.) which is not cannon to Tales From Sodor's Railways but there are some characters from Bixby Joint Adventures that were going to be in Tales From Sodor's Railways.