James the Red Engine is a fictional character from the British children's books, The Railway Series, created by Wilbert Awdry. He is an anthropomorphic tender locomotive, and is the number 5 engine on
Model used in series 8-10 of the television series
James' basis, an L&YR Class 28 in 1953
Oigawa Railway C56 44 as James
The Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0s were an array of locomotive classes serving Britain's Midland Railway system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Between 1875 and 1908 the Midland Railway, un
James the Red Engine
…sent away in the 1980s for a new motor and chassis and came back "completely transformed". Awdry's second model of James was based on a 1960s Tri-ang Johnson 3F 0-6-0; a conversion which Hornby used for the production version of their model of James several decades later. James the Red Engine was the third book…
Ex-Midland 2F No. 3561 at Willesden Locomotive Depot 27 April 1946
Ex-Midland 2F No. 58240 (formerly 3161) with original pre-Belpaire round-top boiler
1142 Class No 1234. Built by Neilson and Company in 1876; renumbered 3002 in 1907; rebuilt with a Belpaire boiler in 1918; renumbered 23002 in 1947; renumbered 58175 by British Railways; withdrawn December 1960.
1357 Class No 1455. Built at the railway's Derby Works in 1880; rebuilt in 1898; renumbered 3043 in 1907; rebuilt in 1909; became London Midland and Scottish Railway 3043 in 1923; rebuilt with G6-type Belpaire boiler in 1926; withdrawn June 1934.