James The Red Engine

James The Red Engine is the number five engine on The Fat Controller's Railway. Cocky, Snooty, but also rather smart, James can be a true friend.

Biography
(Coming Soon)

Personality
James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. He is so self-centered that he thinks himself superior to the others and can be shallow, boastful, overconfident, arrogant, prideful, naughty and vain, particularly to those who appear old-fashioned, weak, slow or dirty. He has a good heart, and can think through situations when others can't.

Basis
James is based on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender locomotive designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and built by Horwich Works between 1909 and 1912. It was a rebuild of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a Belpaire firebox, a Schmidt/"twin-plug" superheater and the extension of the footplate and sandboxes re-mounted to underneath the footplate. One Class 27, 52322, survives and is operational at the Ribble Steam Railway.

The Red Engine is also based on an L&YR Class 28 and has the same modifications as James.

Livery
James is painted in NWR scarlet red with black lining and gold boiler bands. His dome is brass and his number 5 is painted on the sides of his tender in yellow with black lining. Before the accident he had on his first day, he was painted black, with red lining and without a number on his tender. James was once painted like a bee following Percy's orders on his day as Controller. The problem was solved as James following Percy remembering the correct orders, sending James off to his job. James' undercoat is pink.

Behind The Scenes
See James' Behind The Scenes Page for more information.

Season 1

 * Two-Trip Thomas

Season 2

 * Premium Engines
 * Gordon & The Squeak
 * The Record

Season 3

 * The Switch

Songs

 * Reds vs. Blues. vs. Greens Rap (Preformed)
 * James' Hipster Song (solo)

Gallery
Visit James' Gallery Page for more information.

Whistle
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Theme
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Trivia

 * James has a close up model used for shots of his wheels, whistles and cab exterior and interior, a modified Bachmann G Scale James.
 * James is Leland's favorite character.