Stanley

Stanley is a silver saddletank engine. He works as both a shunting engine and a mixed traffic engine.

Biography
In Thomas & Friends Stanley been though a bit of an adventure when he came to Sodor in all Stanley has been through a lot of adventures in the Thomas & Friends TV Series with all of his engine and human friends. These are the adventures Stanley has been in The Great Trackmaster Adventures of Thomas & Friends.

Personality
Stanley is the "boy-next-door" of Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Cool, courteous, and cheery. Stanley is incredibly compassionate and empathic: there is nothing he would not do for another engine. And if he could not do it, he would find someone who could. He is sleek, smart, and stylish, and his silver and light grey appearance, with striking red wheels and a shining smokebox certainly makes him look the part as he eagerly goes about his work.

Basis
Stanley is based on a hybrid cross of a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST engine and Kitson's No. 5459 "Austin I", but with a taller funnel.

Livery
Stanley is painted in a silver grey livery with a metallic silver smokebox, red wheels and lining. He has a red running plate with a dark grey basecoat, and has red nameplates with his name in silver on each side of his saddletank.