Thomas & Friends: The Ultimate Guide

Thomas & Friends: The Ultimate Guide is a book filled with information about the characters on the Island of Sodor. The one-hundred twenty pages features most of the characters featured in and takes trivia from the television series and the Railway Series.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Emily
 * Lady
 * Bill and Ben
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * BoCo
 * Bear
 * Mavis
 * Harvey
 * Fergus
 * Arthur
 * Murdoch
 * Molly
 * Neville
 * Rosie
 * Whiff
 * Billy
 * Stanley
 * Hank
 * Flora
 * Victor
 * Charlie
 * Bash and Dash
 * Ferdinand
 * Scruff
 * Belle
 * Derek
 * Diesel 10
 * Splatter and Dodge
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Salty
 * Dennis
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Sidney
 * Paxton
 * Norman
 * Barry
 * Eagle
 * Wendell
 * Pip and Emma
 * Peel Godred Engines
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Elsie
 * Toad
 * Isabel and Dulcie
 * Alice and Mirabel
 * S. C. Ruffey
 * Fred Pelhay
 * Rickety
 * Victoria
 * Thomas' Special Coach
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * "The Flying Kipper"
 * The Spiteful Brakevan
 * The Ballast Spreader
 * The Circus Trucks
 * Cattle Trucks
 * China Clay trucks
 * Ffarquhar Quarry Co. trucks
 * Flatbeds and Wellwagons
 * The Breakdown Train
 * Brakevans
 * U. L. P.
 * Rocky
 * Hector
 * The Chinese Dragon
 * Mail Coaches
 * Old Slow Coach
 * Gordon's Snow Machine
 * The Jet Engine
 * The Rock Crusher
 * Martha and Jennifer
 * Trucks James' New Trucks
 * Trucks Thomas' Old Trucks
 * Thomas' New Trucks
 * Toby's Museum Coach
 * Gordon's Special Coaches
 * Henry's Lucky Trucks
 * Flora's Tram Coach
 * Express Coaches
 * The Royal Train
 * Old Coaches
 * Orange Coaches
 * The Pump Trolley
 * Milk Wagons
 * Tar Wagons
 * Red Coaches
 * Plant Vans
 * Fuel Tankers
 * Special Coaches
 * Oil Tankers
 * The Fireworks Vans
 * Cream Tankers
 * Jam Wagons
 * Raspberry Tankers
 * The Toffee Tanker
 * Funfair Trucks
 * Neil
 * Hamish, Alan and Mungo
 * "Coffee Pots"
 * Wellsworth and Suddery Railway Tank Engines
 * Midland Railway Engines
 * Blake
 * Spencer
 * Hiro
 * Ruthless Rick and Nasty Nick
 * The Workshop Engines
 * The Foreign Engines
 * Royal Scot
 * The Derailed Engine
 * The Diesel
 * The Scrapyard Engines
 * 199
 * The Passing Diesel
 * Other Railway Diesels
 * King James I
 * Old Stuck-Up
 * Manus, Doalty and Jimmy
 * Royal Claude
 * The Old Engine
 * The Diesel Shunter
 * 31120
 * 10751
 * Wilbert
 * Sixteen
 * Sixteen's Friends
 * Albert
 * Bahamas
 * D5705
 * Hiro's Friends
 * The Mainland Engines
 * Silver Jubilee
 * Helena
 * Spencer's Special Coaches
 * City of Truro
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Green Arrow
 * Mallard
 * Duchess of Hamilton
 * Iron Duke
 * Stephenson's Rocket
 * Boxhill
 * Stepney
 * Bluebell and Primrose
 * Adams
 * Cromford
 * Captain Baxter
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel/Falcon
 * Peter Sam/Stuart
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Ivo Hugh
 * Duke
 * Fred
 * Bertram
 * Freddie
 * Mighty Mac
 * Proteus
 * Mark V
 * Ministry of Defence
 * Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice
 * Cora
 * Ada, Jane and Mabel
 * Gertrude and Millicent
 * Skarloey Railway Saloon Coaches
 * Slate Trucks
 * Skarloey Railway Coaches
 * Gunpowder Wagons
 * The Tea Room
 * The Skarloey Railway Breakdown Train
 * Other Skarloey Railway Rolling Stock
 * Smudger
 * Stanley/No. 2
 * Albert (Mid-Sodor)
 * Jerry
 * Jim
 * Tim
 * Atlas
 * Talyllyn
 * Dolgoch
 * Sir Haydn
 * Edward Thomas
 * Midlander
 * Douglas
 * Tom Rolt
 * Alf
 * Prince
 * Palmerston
 * Russell
 * Godred
 * Ernest
 * Wilfred
 * Culdee
 * Shane Dooiney
 * Lord Harry/Patrick
 * Alaric
 * Eric
 * Catherine
 * The Truck
 * Gwen, Nora, Willa, Sally Dorothy, Lord Helen/Patricia, Amy and Ellie
 * L.A.D.A.S.
 * Enid
 * Wyddfa
 * Snowdon
 * Moel Siabod
 * Padarn
 * Ralph
 * Eryri
 * Rex
 * Bert
 * Mike
 * Frank
 * Jock
 * Blister I and Blister II
 * Sigrid of Arlesdale
 * Arlesdale Railway Coaches
 * River Irt
 * River Esk
 * River Mite
 * Northern Rock
 * Perkins
 * Cyril
 * Shelagh of Eskdale
 * Terence
 * Bertie
 * Trevor
 * George
 * Caroline
 * Bulgy
 * Bulgy's friend
 * JTK 62
 * Shane
 * The Farmer's Tractors
 * The Mail Van
 * Rod
 * Butch
 * Thumper
 * Elizabeth
 * Nelson
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Oliver
 * Max and Monty
 * Kelly
 * Byron
 * Ned
 * Isobella
 * Patrick
 * Buster
 * Madge
 * Kevin
 * Flynn
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Car
 * The Other Buses
 * Taxis
 * Soft-sided Lorries
 * The Horrid Lorries
 * Fire Engines
 * The Ambulance
 * The One-eyed Truck
 * The Bakery Van
 * Miss Jenny's Land Rover
 * Dyson Lorries
 * Harold
 * Bulstrode
 * P. S. Cumberland
 * S.S. Kathryn
 * Dignity
 * Mermaid
 * North Star
 * Cranky
 * Jeremy
 * Colin
 * Captain
 * Owen
 * S.S. Roxstar
 * Lucinda
 * Tiger Moth
 * The Queen of Sodor
 * Ol' Wheezy
 * Hee-Haw
 * Happy Hook
 * Sodor Line
 * A.J.R. No.1
 * The Cranes
 * Tugboats
 * The Aeroplane
 * The Salvage Barges
 * The Canal Boats
 * The Mail Boat
 * Cardona II
 * The Fultan Ferry
 * The Trampsteamer
 * The Hot Air Balloon
 * Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller
 * Mr. Percival/The Thin Controller
 * Mr. Fergus Duncan The Small Controller
 * Lady Hatt
 * Bridget Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Dowager Hatt
 * Sir Lowham Hatt
 * Mrs. Percival
 * Driver
 * Fireman
 * Guard
 * Inspectors
 * Shunters
 * Signalman
 * Workmen
 * Alicia Botti
 * Cyril the Fogman
 * "Dusty" Dave
 * Farmer McColl
 * Farmer Trotter
 * Ivan Farrier
 * Jem Cole
 * Jenny Packard
 * Jeremiah Jobling
 * Lord Harry Barrane
 * Mr. Arkwright
 * Mr. Hugh
 * Mr. Kevin Volley
 * Mr. Perkins
 * Mr. Robert
 * Mr. Walter Richards
 * Mrs. Kyndley
 * Nancy
 * Old Bailey
 * Sleeping Beauty
 * Sodor Brass Band
 * St. Tibba
 * The Admiral
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford
 * The Mayor of Sodor
 * The Owner
 * The Refreshment Lady
 * The Thin Controller
 * The Vicar of Wellsworth
 * Tom Tipper

Trivia

 * It was given away at Day Out with Thomas events and with DVDs in the UK and US.
 * The prototype cover used an illustration from Thomas the Tank Engine.
 * The final cover shows Thomas, James, Percy, Toby and Emily on the front, and Diesel 10, Mavis, Salty, Den and Dart on the back.
 * Donald and Douglas are painted blue, as in the Railway Series books.
 * Sidney and Paxton are portrayed as BR Class 09 and BR Class 10, respectively.
 * Bertram is illustrated and referred to as a proposed tank engine.
 * Smudger's page states that he was shipped to Japan, and repainted royal blue with red lining and siderods.
 * The foreign engines (Percy's friends) from The Eight Famous Engines story "Percy takes the Plunge" are a J72 (The preserved example No. 69023 "Joem"), MR 1F 0-6-0 (No. 41708), a LNER Coal Tank 0-6-2 (No. 58962), and some other class of engine. The other foreign engines (Jinty and Pug's companions) are LNER A4 'Union of South Africa' No. 60009, LMS 8P 'Princess Alexandra' No. 46224, LSWR M7 No. 30036, USA Dock Tank No. 30073 and LBSCR E4 No. 32583.
 * The foreign engine that argued with Gordon and Duck is No. 46100 "Royal Scot", an LMS Royal Class tender engines.
 * The other railway diesels are a BR Class 31 (D701), a BR Class 52 "Western" (No. D1001 "Western Pathfinder"), a BR Class 40 (No. D782), a BR Class 28 (No. D5703), and a BR Class 08, respectively.
 * The workshops engines' pages states the green engine might be a LMS 2P (Vincent), the red engine is a LMS Jubilee (Dale), the blue engine an LNER F5 (Bob), the engine next to Percy a GWR 2301 Class (Kenny), Percy's sister, and a J94 (Jack).
 * The Little Blue Tank Engine's page states that he is a mixture of a LNER N2 & a GWR 56xx.
 * The Spiteful Brakevan is painted grey with "NW" on his sides, as in the Railway Series book.
 * Diesel and Norman's pages state that they have numbers 13208 and 11002, respectively.
 * Characters previously unnamed in the RWS but named in the ERS and this book include Eagle (The Red Engine), Royal Scots (The Foreign Engine), Wendell (The Works Diesel), Miney (The Mines Engine), Gwen, Nora, Willa, Sally Dorothy, Lord Helen/Patricia, Amy and Ellie (Other Culdee Fell Railway Coaches), Shane (Willie's Tractor) and Rod (The Orange Caterpillar Crane).
 * Flynn's page states that he is painted red with yellow lining and blue wheel arches.
 * Sidney, Norman and Paxton are described as having red wheels with black rims.
 * The steam engines are illustrated as having black rims around their faces on their smokeboxes.
 * Emily and Molly are described as Thomas and James' girlfriends and love interests, respectively.
 * Henry's page states he was originally based on a LNER Stanier Class B10 4-6-0, later LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 with Fowler tender.
 * Gordon's page states he was originally based on a LNER Grelsey Class A0 4-6-2, later LNER Grelsey Class A3 4-6-2 with LMS components and Fowler tender.
 * On James' page, James was originally a 0-6-0, later rebuilt into a 2-6-0.
 * On Victor, Kevin, Den and Dart's pages, Sodor Steamworks and Sodor Dieselworks referred to as Crovan's Gate Steamworks and Vicarstown Dieselworks, respectively.
 * Cranky is labelled as a electric crane.
 * 98462 and 87546 are referred to as Ruthless Rick and Nasty Nick.
 * From this book onwards, the Tidmouth Milk tanker is changed to Toryeck Milke tank and Sodor Fuel to Sudrian Petroleum.

Goofs

 * Henry in his old shape has steampipes.
 * Daisy is incorrectly illustrated as a Co-Bo diesel instead of a Bo-Bo diesel.
 * Rex, Bert, Mike and Jock has six-wheel tenders yet they have eight-wheel tenders in the Railway Series.
 * Smudger is incorrectly illustrated as a 0-4-2 saddletank instead of a 0-4-0 welltank.