Miniature Engines

Miniature Engines are engines who run on minimum gauge with track gauges smaller than those of narrow gauge track.

In The Railway Series, the engines of the Arlesdale Railway are miniature engines, such as Bert, Rex and Mike, who also appeared in Thomas & Friends.

Several unnamed miniature engines appear in various books and magazine stories of Thomas & Friends.

Notable Miniature Engines

The following miniature engines have their own separate pages:

The Railway Series

Thomas & Friends

The Miniature Green Engine

The Miniature Green Engine is an engine which runs along a pier railway.

Appearances

The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train is a popular fairground ride. Henry's driver explained to him that a ghost train is a train that rides through a tunnel and frightens the riders with spooky things.

Appearances

Thomas and Percy's Miniature Replicas

Thomas and Percy have miniature replicas of them that run on the Beach Railway. The miniature replica of Thomas was driven by the railway's owner.

Appearances

Gallery

The Miniature Red Engine

The Miniature Red Engine is an engine which runs a little line by the seaside. The engine has no face.

Biography

One rainy day, Oliver first saw the engine covered in rust on the back of a lorry. Due to a joke by Bill and Ben, he thought the engine had shrunk in the rain and was going to be scrapped. The next day, while at the Works, he was surprised to see the engine being repaired. The Fat Controller explained that the engine never was a big engine and he had saved it from the scrapyard to work on a seaside miniature railway.

Technical Details

Basis

The Miniature Red Engine does not appear to be based on any specific design. However, it bears some resemblance to "Katie", an engine from the Kirklees Light Railway.

Livery

The engine is painted red with yellow lining, a brass dome and grey wheels.

Appearances

Gallery

The Safari Park Engine

The Safari Park Engine is a minimum gauge tank engine that works at the Safari Park, pulling the Safari Park Special. The engine has no face.

Biography

The Safari Park Engine first came to Sodor on a ship from the Mainland and was taken by Thomas from the Big Harbour to the Works. Gordon, James and Daisy initially made rude remarks about the engine due to it being rusty, old and too small to run on their lines.

Two weeks later, Thomas was called back to the Works to take the engine to the Safari Park, where it ran the Safari Park Special service. Soon, word of the Safari Park Special spread and the other engines became jealous of the little engine because of its important job.

Technical Details

Basis

The Safari Park Engine appears to be a freelance design.

Livery

The Safari Park Engine is painted red with a white running board. Its lining and dome are gold. Following restoration, the engine was given a gold headboard above its smokebox reading "SAFARI PARK SPECIAL".

Appearances

Gallery

The Tiny Blue Engine

The Tiny Blue Engine is a rideable miniature engine that appeared in a magazine story. Stephen and Bridget Hatt saw this engine at a water park.

Technical Details

Basis

The Tiny Blue Engine does not appear to be based on any specific design. However, it bears some resemblance to "The Monarch", an engine on the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway which has often been used to represent Gordon for the railway's Days Out with Thomas events.

Livery

The Tiny Blue Engine is painted blue with red lining.

Appearances

Gallery