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Boxhill, named after a district in London, is a tank engine from the National Railway Museum. He is Stepney and Fenchurch's identical brother.
Biography[]
The Railway Series[]
Before coming to the Island of Sodor, Thomas worked alongside Boxhill for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. During his visit to the National Railway Museum, Thomas was thrilled to see Boxhill again and it is mentioned that they knew each other in the old days[1]. Boxhill is now preserved as part of the National Collection at the Museum.
Stories From Sodor[]
Season 4[]
When Stepney was missing his old railway, Edward convinced Sir Topham Hatt to bring Boxhill to Sodor for a visit to cheer Stepney up[2].
Jacob, Kevin, and Friends:Past Adventures[]
Season 9[]
On Thomas' first day on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, he stayed the night at the sheds at Brighton with Thalia, Jennifer, Stepney, Julian, and Fenchurch[3]
Personality[]
Not much is known about Boxhill's personality, though he appears to be good friends with Thomas as Thomas was delighted to see him again.
Real-life History[]
Boxhill is a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 0-6-0 "Terrier" tank engine. Unlike Stepney, he was one of the Terriers who was not rebuilt as an A1X, which was Douglas Earle Marsh's design to increase the power of the original engines. He was converted to a 2-4-0T in March 1905 for auto-train trials and was restored to an 0-6-0T in 1913.
Boxhill was withdrawn in August 1946, later preserved by the National Railway Museum and restored to his original LB&SCR livery. Boxhill retained his original boiler, although he received a new funnel from the Southern Railway.
Livery[]
Boxhill is painted in the LB&SCR goldenrod with green, red and black lining livery. "BOXHILL" is painted on the sides of his tanks in yellow. On the sides of his bunker, he has a black number plate with gold lining and his number (82) on it, also in gold.
The LB&SCR goldenrod livery was formerly known as "Stroudley's Improved Engine Green".
References[]
Locomotives | SR | Stepney | Boxhill | Bluebell and Primrose | Adams |
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LNER | Flying Scotsman | Mallard | |
LMS | Jinty and Pug | Duchess of Hamilton | |
GWR | City of Truro | |
BR | Diesel | Class 40 | D199 | Old Stuck-Up | The Other Railway Diesels | |
NG | Talyllyn | Dolgoch | Douglas | Prince | River Irt | River Mite | Northern Rock | |
Other | Albert | Workshop Engines | Cromford | Captain Baxter | Stephenson's Rocket | Novelty | Sans Pareil | Wilbert | Sixteen | Splatter and Dodge | Spencer| Hiro | Connor | Caitlin | Samson | Logan | Sam | The Mainland Diesels (Zach and Bohls, Ulli, Jerry) | Merlin | Lexi | Theo | Hurricane | Frankie | Rebecca | |
Rolling Stock | Bluebell Railway Coaches | Helena | Spencer's Coaches | Connor's Coaches | Caitlin's Coaches | Plank Trucks | Troublesome Trucks | Flatbeds, Conflats and Well Wagons | Ladle Trucks | Brake Vans | Bradford | |
Vehicles | Beresford | |
People | Elizabeth II | The Thin Clergyman | The Fat Clergyman | Duke and Duchess of Boxford | Tim Rackers | Tom Brewster | Ian Watts | |
Locations | Vicarstown Bridge | Walney Channel | Barrow-in-Furness | King's Cross | Paddington | Euston | St. Pancras | Brighton | Carnforth | Crewe | Fletcher, Jennings & Co. | The Scottish Engine Company | The Great Railway Show Yard | The Mainland Canal | The Steelworks | The Experimental Engines' Yard | Bridlington Goods Yard | |
Railways | Talyllyn Railway | Ffestiniog Railway | Snowdon Mountain Railway | Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway | Bluebell Railway | Dean Forest Railway | Toby's Old Tramway |
Locomotives | Flying Scotsman | City of Truro | Boxhill | Green Arrow | Duchess of Hamilton | Mallard | Stephenson's Rocket | Iron Duke | Puffing Billy | Eurostar |
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Coaches | Open-topped Carriages |
Staff | Kai (formerly) |
Sudrian Crystal Railway | Locomotives | Diesel 10 | Stafford | Stepney | Theo | Toby |
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Rolling Stock | Alice | Annie | Clarabel | Dulcie | Henrietta | Isabel | Mildred | Mirabel | S.C. Ruffey | |
Non-Rail Characters | Oliver | Patrick | |
Skarloey Railway | Locomotives | |
Keystone Railway | Locomotives | Smoky Quartz |
The Mainland | Locomotives | Boxhill | Hurricane |
India | Locomotives | Shankar | The Brown Tender Engine |
Mauritania | Locomotives | The Brown Tender Engine |
Brazil | Locomotives | The Brown Tender Engine |
North Western Railway | Currently | 'Arry and Bert | Billy | Charlie | Dawn | Dennis | Diesel | Donald | Douglas | Duck | Edward's Ghost Engine | Flora | Jackie | Levi | Madison | Marklin | Mavis | Neville | Norman | Paxton | Porter | Rose | Rosie | Salty | Sidney | Splatter and Dodge | Stanley | Stepney | Thomas | Toby |
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Crystal Island | Formerly | Lapis |
Keystone Railway | Currently | Blue Pearl | Euclase |
The Mainland | Currently | 1013 | Boxhill | Frankie | Jinty | Sixteen | The Mainland Diesels | The Class 03 | The Other Class 07 | The Class 08s | Ulli | Wilbert |
Other Railways | Currently | Gabriela | Hong-Mei | Ivan | Shankar |