Ghost Engines

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This page is for all the ghost engines that have appeared in Stories From Sodor and it's spin-offs.

Percy's Ghost Engine

This Ghost Engine was mentioned in a ghost story Percy told to Thomas and Toby, which his driver told him about the night prior. The story stated that the ghost steam train fell to its doom in a ravine where a viaduct was going to be built, and its ghost continues to run every year on the anniversary of the accident as a warning to others. However, Thomas refused to believe him and Percy's driver confirmed to him that the ghost was just television fiction. Percy could not help but feel disappointed.

When Percy crashed into a cart of lime, a signalman remarked that Percy looked like a ghost. This gave Percy an idea to scare Thomas. With the help of Toby, they convinced Thomas that Percy had crashed and returned as a ghost, thus scaring Thomas out of the shed. Later, Toby jokingly told Percy that Thomas had seen a ghost.

Basis

Percy's Ghost Engine is an 0-4-0 saddle tank believed to have been built by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol.

Trivia

The Ghost Engine was made using Percy's model covered in white streamers and reused Edward's whistle sound.

Rusty's Ghost Engine

Rusty's Ghost Engine was a narrow gauge saddletank engine who supposedly worked on the Skarloey Railway.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

According to legend, the engine was returning home one misty night. As the engine was travelling across the Old Iron Bridge, he lost suddenly control and fell off the bridge, plunging into the Cattle Creek ravine below. No one was able to find his remains. However, in the light of the full moon, several workmen claimed to have seen his ghost repeatedly trying to cross the bridge, only to disappear half way every time.

Rusty told the story to Duncan, after Duncan teased Peter Sam for allowing his trucks to derail and fall into the ravine. At first Duncan did not believe the story, but the next day Peter Sam and Duncan's cr ew arranged a plan to teach him a lesson.

While crossing the bridge during a full moon, the crew used fireflies to help form the ghostly appearance of an engine and secretly threw a large rock from his cab into the ravine. Duncan believed that the bridge was haunted and the engine was trying to cross the bridge at the same time as him. This frightened Duncan, and he quickly ran back to the safety of his shed.

Stories From Sodor

Amazing Adventures

Like in the television series, Rusty told the story to Duncan, after Duncan teased Peter Sam for allowing his trucks to derail and fall into the ravine. At first Duncan did not believe the story, but the next day Peter Sam and Duncan's cr ew arranged a plan to teach him a lesson.

While crossing the bridge during a full moon, the crew used fireflies to help form the ghostly appearance of an engine and secretly threw a large rock from his cab into the ravine. Duncan believed that the bridge was haunted and the engine was trying to cross the bridge at the same time as him. This frightened Duncan, and he quickly ran back to the safety of his shed^[1].

Spooktacular Stories

While at Meg's Halloween party, Jacob told the story to his friends^[2].

Season 12

Later, one Halloween Jacob once again told the story, this time to some of the engines^[3].