Rosie

Rosie
Number: 37 First Appearance: The Great Western Way (cameo), Fire at Ffarquhar (speaking) Friends: The Steam Team, Daisy, Molly, Whiff, Stanley, Hank, Hiro, Charlie, Butch, The Fat Controller Enemies: Diesel, Hector Class: SR USA Class Designer: Howard G. Hill Builder: Vulcan Iron Works or H. K. Porter, Inc Configuration: 0-6-0T Built: 1942 or 1943 Configuration: 0-6-0T Top Speed: 35 mph

Rosie is a tank engine who idolises Thomas.

Bio

Rosie began idolising Thomas to the point of hero-worship and imitation. Though this is said to be the most sincere form of flattery, it only served to irritate Thomas whilst he was trying to deliver a special birthday post train to Alice at High Farm. He even started to try and avoid her, but after Thomas had an accident in the course of delivering this train, Rosie helped him and he came to respect her.

Persona

Rosie is a friendly, respectful, and helpful tank engine who likes Thomas very much. She and Thomas like to have fun and also like to help each other when they are doing work. Rosie could be described as a feisty, energetic and free-spirited tomboy who is not afraid to do hard work. She loves to race just as much as she loves to be really useful.

Livery

Rosie was formerly painted lavender with light grey tank panels, gold boiler bands, red lining and wheels, and light grey wheel rims.

Her livery was soon changed, she is now painted cherry red with dark raspberry tank panels, gold boiler bands and light grey lining. She will have the letters "NWR" written on her tank panels in light grey and the number "37" in light grey under her cab windows.

Appearances

• Season 1 - The Great Western Way (cameo), Bill and Ben (cameo), Gordon, Spencer and the Flying Scotsman (cameo), and Tinsel on the Tracks (does not speak)
• Season 2 - Trouble on the Line (cameo), Fire at Ffarquhar, Jealous James (mentioned), Back to Misty Island (cameo), Sodor Day, The Ghostly Tale of Timothy (cameo), and Pile Driver Pedro (cameo)
• Season 3 - Rosie's New Livery

Specials:

• The Great Storm of Sodor (cameo)
• The Great Journey of Sodor (does not speak)

Trivia

• As the first and second seasons of The Adventures on Sodor take place within the events of the nineteenth and twentieth seasons of the Thomas & Friends television series respectively, Rosie is still painted in her old lavender livery. However in the third season, which will take place within the events of the twenty-first season, she will be painted in her new cherry red livery along with an episode starring her.