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Neville is a ubiquitous, square-shaped tender engine.

Biography[]

Thomas & Friends[]

Upon Neville's arrival to Sodor, Thomas saw him with 'Arry and Bert - who were actually teasing him - which caused a rumour regarding him being friends with the diesels and horrid to steam engines to spread. Percy and Emily thought that he was planning to bump the steam engines, despite his jolly greetings to the engines. Luckily, the rumour was rectified and Thomas befriended Neville after rescuing him from a broken bridge[2].

Despite his gentleness, Neville has acted a bit cheeky, having once paid Emily back by laughing at her for working with Whiff, along with Molly and Murdoch[3].

Sometime later while working at the Sodor Slate Quarry, Neville told Thomas and Percy about the job of collecting the Sodor Brass Band[4].

Stories From Sodor[]

Season 2[]

Neville once came upon Spencer who had gotten stuck on Gordon's Hill. Neville offered to help Spencer, but Spencer denied, referring to Neville as an "ugly black diesel". Neville was hurt by this and quickly rushed away[5].

Neville was later given the job of taking narrow gauge engines to a new job of helping add narrow gauge lines on the tracks leading to Crystal Island, alongside Murdoch and Madge. Neville tried to race Murdoch, but ended up getting in trouble[6].

Engine Friends[]

Like in the television series, Thomas saw him with 'Arry and Bert, who were actually teasing him, which caused a rumour regarding him being friends with the diesels and being horrid to steam engines to spread. Percy and Emily thought that he was planning to bump the steam engines, despite his jolly greetings to the engines. Luckily, the rumour was rectified and Thomas befriended Neville after rescuing him from a broken bridge[7].

Neville also later acted a bit cheeky, having once laughed at Emily for working with Whiff along with Molly and Murdoch[8].

Personality[]

Neville is gentlemanly, highly enthusiastic and kind, if a little naive. Neville never holds a grudge, but can be easily hurt by unkind comments or not being accepted by others who judge him only by his appearance. Otherwise, he is bubbly, ready to pull together, and happy to make new friends. He has also been shown to be slightly cheeky.

In Behind the Scenes with Pierce Brosnan, voice director Jamie Thomason describes Neville as being similar to Thomas, in terms of being around "the same age, helpful, keen, eager and cheerful" and he also describes Neville as being more inexperienced due to being new to Sodor.

Basis[]

Neville is based on a Southern Railway (SR) Bulleid Q1 Class locomotive, which was often referred to as "ugly ducklings". The design represented the ultimate development of the British 0-6-0 freight engine. One reason for their unusual shape was so they could go through a coach-washer for cleaning at a time when manpower for this could not be spared. BR no. 33010, originally SR no. C10 (Neville's number) was built in September 1942 at Brighton Works and scrapped at Birds Manoravon Scrapyard, Morriston, Swansea in 1964.[9] Unlike his prototype, however, Neville is missing the lubricator and crankshaft that connects to the front of his side-rods on the left-hand side. The first of the class, No. C1/33001 is the only Q1 preserved, at the National Railway Museum. It was formerly based at the Bluebell Railway.

Livery[]

Neville is painted in BR unlined black without the BR crest. His number, 33010, is painted on the sides of his cab in white.

In the twenty-sixth season, Neville's number was removed from his cab. His new number "34" has since been on his tender sides in white.

Trivia[]

  • From the twenty-sixth season onwards, Neville's number is written in the same font used by Reaume Brothers Racing in the NASCAR XFinity and Craftsman Truck series.

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