Gordon the Engine – Gordon the Tank Engine

Gordon is a blue express engine. Gordon is mainly used for passenger duties, pulling the North Western Railway’s express, but has occasionally pulled goods trains: he has been known to run into ditches and stop on hills to get out of doing these jobs, as he believes that these are below him.

Gordon became famous after his adventure in 1953 he pulled Queen Elizabeth II’s royal train and in 1956 he traveled to London, where he was lauded by a large crowd.

Gordon’s important position as the engine who usually pulls the Express has made him proud, pompous and arrogant, and with good reason, too; he is the strongest engine on Sodor after all. Gordon’s philosophy “tender engines don’t shunt” meant that he looked down on tank engines and tender engines who do shunt, but after being locked in the shed with Henry and James after going on strike he seems to have abandoned this philosophy.

Because of his rank in the social order of the North Western Railway, Gordon expects to get the important jobs and either sulks when he doesn’t, or gets jealous of those who do. Sometimes, Gordon acts like a bully, particularly towards Edward, but following mis-adventures where Edward had to help him, Gordon had to acknowledge that despite being old, Edward is still a very useful engine.

Sometimes Gordon shows a kinder side and gives the younger engines advice, usually after he has had some mishap as a result of his foolhardiness. Some of his advice isn’t exactly honest, though, as James and Sir Handel have discovered.

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