Edward

Edward is a blue engine that works on the Island of Sodor.

Bio
Originally numbered 4326915, the engine gained the name "Edward" after Sir Topham Hatt's father, Edward Lowham Hatt. It was the first engine Sir Topham Hatt bought making him have a special place on the railway.

At least until WWII, when he was retired by the controller of the railway at the time, Kurt Harrisburgh. Yet, he was brought out of retirement in 1943 because of evergrowing dept of the the North Western Railway. This continued until 1948, the year that Kurt Harrisburgh stepped down as contoller and then director Topham Hatt became controller.

Since then, he has been working steady ever since even though he has been put under overhaul many times since he was bought. First in 1973, second between 1986 and 1989, and third in between 1999 and 2002.