Shankar is an upcoming character. He is a diesel shunter who works at a yard in India.
Biography[]
Thomas & Friends[]
Shankar is first seen working in a shunting yard as Thomas and Nia are heading to Sodor. He later brings Thomas some trucks to pull during his visit, with the former thinking he was an elephant at first.
Thomas later meets Shankar after daydreaming about tigers, Shankar then talks about how he feels sorry for the tigers having their peace disturbed by the tourists, he later appears when Thomas spots a tiger, honking his horn to scare it off, he then explains to Thomas that the tigers are rare and endangered due to hunters. Rajiv then shows up with two men claiming to be there so they can spot a tiger, but Shankar notices that they have a cage with them for capturing one instead. He and Thomas devise a plan to stop the hunters, which involves Shankar pretending to be a tiger to lure the men into a trap. After the hunters are arrested, Shankar returns to his work but not without passing a tiger.
Stories From Sodor[]
International Friends Near and Far[]
Like in the television series, Thomas met Shankar after daydreaming about tigers, Shankar then talked about how he feels sorry for the tigers having their peace disturbed by the tourists, he later appeared when Thomas spotted a tiger, and honked his horn to scare it off, he then explained to Thomas that the tigers are rare and endangered due to hunters. Rajiv then showed up with two men claiming to be there so they can spot a tiger, but Shankar noticed that they had a cage with them for capturing one instead. He and Thomas devised a plan to stop the hunters, which involved Shankar pretending to be a tiger to lure the men into a trap. After the hunters were arrested, Shankar returned to his work but not without passing a tiger[1].
Later on, Jacob came to visit India. While he was there, he and Shankar bonded over their love of animals[2].
Personality[]
Shankar is wise and incredibly sympathetic, but also serious and blunt, always straight to the point. If a plan is there to set things right, you can definitely count on him if he's in it.
Basis[]
Shankar is based on a TGM23 class diesel shunter from Russia. He has been regauged from "Russian" broad gauge to standard gauge. Ivan is another member of this class.
Livery[]
Shankar is painted orange and brown with a white stripe down his side. His running board is painted brown, and his handrails are painted gold.
Trivia[]
- He uses a recoloured version of Ivan’s model.
References[]
- ↑ International Friends Near and Far: "Thomas Saves the Tigers"
- ↑ International Friends Near and Far: "Jacob's New Friend"
Locomotives | Steam | Ashima | Rajiv | The Brown Tender Engine | The Grey Tender Engine | The Purple Tank Engine | The Purple Tender Engine | The Dark Red Tank Engine |
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Diesel | Noor Jehan | Shankar | Diesel Shunter | |
Rolling Stock | Coaches | Yellow and Green Express Coaches | Cream Express Coaches | Blue Branch Line Coaches | Yellow and Green Branch Line Coaches | The Indian Breakdown Train |
People | Charubala | |
Locations | Indian Railway Shunting Yard | Varkala Railway Station | Taj Mahal | The Monkey Palace | Indian Railway Sheds | The Indian Station | Surajpur |
North America | Canada | Ravi Baboolal | ✦Vinnie | Olivia | Hunter | Ava and Eve | Noah |
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Cuba | ✦Victor | |
Mexico | Carlos | |
USA | Beau | Natalie | Sam | Vinnie | ✦Bash and Dash | ✦Caitlin | ✦Connor | ✦Ferdinand | ✦Hank | ✦Daniel | Jasmine | ✦Marion | ✦Philip | ✦Porter | ✦Timothy | ✦Lexi | Iolite | Angel | Blue Topaz | Imperial Topaz | Red Imperial Topaz | Poppy | Ocean | Serpentine | Beryl | Labradorite | Corundum | Pietersite | Boulder Opal | Fire Agate | Winza | Fuxite | Rainbow Moonstone | Meteorite | Mookaite | Goldstone | Conch Pearl | Tremolite | Mystic Quartz | Blue Quantum Quartz | Dragon Breath Opal | Mystic Topaz | Tsavorite | Carnelian | Chalcedony | Bloodstone | ✦Ametrine | ✦Star | ✦Rhodonite | ✦Fluorite | ✦Padparadscha | Rutile | Alexandrite | Amethyst | Blue Diamond | Blue Pearl | Blue Sapphire | Citrine | Emerald | Fluorite | Fuchsia Sapphire | Green Diamond | Green Pearl | Holly Blue Agate | Lapis Lazuli | Jasper | Malachite | Onyx | Opal | Peridot | Pink Diamond | Pink Pearl | Purple Sapphire | Rainbow Sapphire | Rainbow Quartz | Red Diamond | Red Pearl | Rhodochrosite | Rhodonite | Ruby | Ruby Aura Quartz | Ruby Zoisite | Sardonyx | Smoky Quartz | White Diamond | White Pearl | Yellow Diamond | Yellow Pearl | Yellow Sapphire | Euclase | Al Kindle | Andrea Suarez | Chris Rose | Greg Gibson | Kenny Florian | Mike Gellatly | Paul Ventimiglia | Will Bales | Marc DeVidts | |
South America | Brazil | Cassia | Emerson | Gabriela | Gustavo | Raul |
Colombia | Gator | |
Europe | Belgium | Axel |
France | Etienne | ✦Millie | |
Scotland | ✦Donald | ✦Douglas | Liam | ✦Ralph | |
Hungary | Attila | |
Germany | Frieda | ✦Hugo | ✦Marklin | |
Italy | Beppe | Ester | Gina | Lorenzo | Mia | Stefano | |
Russia | Ivan | The Russian Engines | |
Sweden | Fredrik | |
Denmark | Emil | |
Switzerland | Swiss Tank Engines | |
Poland | Aldona | Bonifacy | Iga | Michal | |
Africa | Kenya | ✦Nia |
Tanzania | Kwaku | Kobe | Zane | |
Egypt | Alexandria | Delilah | Mr. Osiris | Prudence | |
Asia | China | An An and Lin Yong | Jing-Yi | Fei-Long | Hong-Mei | Yong Bao |
India | Ashima | Charubala | Noor Jehan | Rajiv | Shankar | The Indian Actor | The Indian Director | The Tiger Hunters | Mia | The Indian Fashion Designer | |
Japan | ✦Hiro | Haiku | Chihiro | Kiyoshi | |
Saudi Arabia | Omar | Oma | Azzad | Zambaq | |
UAE | ✦Zambaq | |
North Korea | Ji Ah | Hyong-Joon | |
Indonesia | Lumba Lumba | Sukarno | Ora | |
Australia | Australia | Ace | Aubrey and Aiden | Doctor Claire | Ranger Jill | Isla | ✦Shane | Tamika |
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 |
Episodes | Episodes | Thomas and Hong-Mei | Delilah | A Busy Day at Dar es Salaam | New Friends From Africa | Thomas and the Elephant | Thomas and the Runaway Truck | Chinese New Year | A Visit Home | Visiting the Steelworks | Thomas and the Monkeys | Thomas the Movie Star | Thomas Saves the Tigers | Thomas and the Water Wheel | Thomas and the Storm | Thomas and the Giant Pandas | Thomas in the Outback | Thomas and the Bushfire | Jacob's New Friend | Digs and Discoveries | Thomas and Gustavo | Rajiv and His Crown | James and Rajiv | Thomas and Raul | Jacob's New Music |
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Transcripts | Thomas and Hong-Mei/Transcript | Delilah/Transcript | A Busy Day at Dar es Salaam/Transcript | New Friends From Africa/Transcript | Thomas and the Elephant/Transcript | Thomas and the Runaway Truck/Transcript | Chinese New Year/Transcript | A Visit Home/Transcript | Visiting the Steelworks/Transcript | Thomas and the Monkeys/Transcript | Thomas the Movie Star/Transcript | Thomas Saves the Tigers/Transcript | Thomas and the Water Wheel/Transcript | Thomas and the Storm/Transcript | Thomas and the Giant Pandas/Transcript | Thomas in the Outback/Transcript | Thomas and the Bushfire/Transcript | Jacob's New Friend/Transcript | Digs and Discoveries/Transcript | Thomas and Gustavo/Transcript | Rajiv and His Crown/Transcript | James and Rajiv/Transcript | Thomas and Raul/Transcript | Jacob's New Music/Transcript | |
Galleries | Thomas and Hong-Mei/Gallery | Delilah/Gallery | A Busy Day at Dar es Salaam/Gallery | New Friends From Africa/Gallery | Thomas and the Elephant/Gallery | Thomas and the Runaway Truck/Gallery | Chinese New Year/Gallery | A Visit Home/Gallery | Visiting the Steelworks/Gallery | Thomas and the Monkeys/Gallery | Thomas the Movie Star/Gallery | Thomas Saves the Tigers/Gallery | Thomas and the Water Wheel/Gallery | Thomas and the Storm/Gallery | Thomas and the Giant Pandas/Gallery | Thomas in the Outback/Gallery | Thomas and the Bushfire/Gallery | Jacob's New Friend/Gallery | Digs and Discoveries/Gallery | Thomas and Gustavo/Gallery | Rajiv and His Crown/Gallery | James and Rajiv/Gallery | Thomas and Raul/Gallery | Jacob's New Music/Gallery | |
Characters | Characters With Main Roles | Thomas | Hong-Mei | Delilah | Kwaku | Zane | Ashima | Rajiv | Shane | Brady | Hurricane | Frankie | Ivan | Jacob | Shankar | Gina | Gustavo | James | Raul |
Characters Introduced | Prudence | Charubala | Tamika | Isla | Doctor Claire | Ranger Jill | Stefano | Gustavo | Gabriela | Cassia | Gustavo's Coaches | Lorenzo | Beppe | Ester | Brenda | Darcy | Emerson | Alexandria | The Indian Actor | The Indian Director | The Tiger Hunters | Mia | The Indian Fashion Designer | Mr. Osiris |