Diesel

Diesel
First Appearance: Percy's Oil Spill (cameo), The Lost Breakdown Train (speaking) Friends: BoCo, 'Arry and Bert, Diesel 10, Salty, Den, Dart, Paxton, The Fat Controller, The Steam Team (occasionally), Daisy (occasionally) Enemies: The Steam Team, Duck, Donald and Douglas, Oliver, Daisy, Bear, Fergus, Neville, Rosie, Whiff, Stanley, Scruff, Sidney, Norman, Stephen, Samson, Ryan, Ashima, Mr. Johnson Class: BR Class 08 Designer: British Railways Builder: Crewe, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, or Horwich Works Built: 1952 Configuration: 0-6-0 Top speed: 15-20 mph Arrived on Sodor: June 1957

Diesel is a devious BR Class 08 diesel shunter who works on the North Western Railway.

Bio

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Persona

Diesel is, in essence, the average pantomime villain. He is oily, malicious, devious, scheming, and full of ideas to get revenge. It appears Diesel has a good side in him, but one would still have to look deep to find it. He does want to be a really useful engine, however, since his arrival, he has given Diesels a bad reputation. He is also very proud to be the first diesel on Sodor.

Basis

Diesel is based on a BR Class 08. Over seventy members of this class survive today in preservation, while around 100 remain in service on the national rail network. They were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world, with 996 of them built.

Livery

Diesel is painted in the British Railways' black livery. His livery originates from British Railways in the 1950s, during the time when all shunting engines were painted black.

Appearances

• Season 1 - Percy's Oil Spill (cameo), Harvey's Goods Train (cameo), Big Strong Murdoch (cameo), The Lost Breakdown Train, Scruff the Scrapper, and Fergus and the Small Engines (does not speak)
• Season 2 - Disappearing Diesel, Unique Engines (cameo), The New Controller (cameo), Back to Misty Island (cameo), Long Lost Twins, and Pile Driver Pedro (cameo)
• Season 3 - Merlin the "Invisible"
• Railway Show Engines - Reckless Raul (cameo) and Accidental Ashima

Specials:

• The Great Storm of Sodor (cameo)
• The Great Journey of Sodor

Trivia

• Diesel was the first diesel to be introduced in both the Railway Series and television series. But in The Adventures on Sodor, Salty is the first diesel introduced.
• Diesel has travelled at well over his top speed of 20 miles per hour on numerous occasions.
• Diesel was created when Eric Marriott; the editor of the Railway Series at the time, suggested that Awdry should introduce a diesel to in order to keep the books up to date.