Xavier and Xander are a pair of diesels that are permanently coupled together.
Biography[]
Stories From Sodor:Future[]
Season 1[]
Xavier and Xander were brought to Sodor to help with heavy goods trains[1].
Season 7[]
Backstories[]
Heather and Paige Return[]
Personalities[]
Xavier can be seen as ruthless and mean. Xander, on the other hand, can be seen as ambitious and kind. This often causes conflict between the two, and they often struggle to work together.
Basis[]
Xavier and Xander are based on a BR Class 13. The type was designed in 1965 because of the need to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Marshalling Yard. Because of Tinsley's status as a hump yard, it was not possible to use a single locomotive owing to the risk of grounding. So, to achieve the required power, a pair of Class 08 shunters were permanently coupled in 'master and slave' formation, with the slave unit having had its cab removed. Only 3 Class 13s were built and all 3 were scrapped.
Xavier and Xander carry the number of a real Class 13 and real Class 08s. The real 13 003 was withdrawn in January of 1965 and unfortunately scrapped in September the following year.
Livery[]
Xavier and Xander are painted in BR rail blue with yellow lining. They both also have yellow siderods. Their number "13003" is on Xavier's side in yellow. Both also have their original numbers, "3698" and "4188" respectively, on their cabsides, or in Xavier's case, where his cab would be, in yellow.
Before being permanently coupled together, Xavier and Xander were both painted red with yellow lining and siderods. They had their numbers, "3698" and "4188" respectively, on their cabsides in yellow.
Trivia[]
- Xavier and Xander are the only non-human characters to be introduced the first season of Stories From Sodor:Future.
References[]
- ↑ SFSF.01.08."The New Diesel Engine"
Locomotives | Bethany and Morwenna | Xavier and Xander | Fergus | Billy |
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Non-Rail Vehicles | Bondi |
Affiliates | The Magic Railroad | Lady |
Locations | Kellsthorpe Road | Rolf's Castle | Kirk Ronan (Harbour) | Kirk Ronan Junction | Sodor Cement Works | The Big Dipper | Sodor Bakery | Diesel 10's Mountain | Sodor Wishing Well | Pirate's Cove | Sodor Maritime Museum |
Sudrian Crystal Railway | Locomotives | Belle | |
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Rolling Stock | Aquamarine | Blue | Blue Pearl | Dexter | Holly Blue | Rickety | Victoria | Zircon | |
Non-Rail Characters | Algy | Brenda | Butch | Captain | Kelly | Lorry 4 | |
Skarloey Railway | Locomotives | Mighty Mac | Sir Handel |
Rolling Stock | Blue Coaches | |
Arlesdale Railway | Locomotives | Allison | Bert | Sigrid of Arlesdale |
Keystone Railway | Locomotives | Blue Diamond (Keystone Railway) | Blue Pearl (Keystone Railway) | Blue Quantum Quartz | Blue Sapphire (Keystone Railway) | Blue Topaz | Euclase | Goldstone | Lapis Lazuli (Keystone Railway) | |
Rolling Stock | Angelite | Ammolite | Aqua Aura Quartz | Laguna Agate | |
BNSF Railway | Locomotives | |
The Mainland | Locomotives | Ariadne | The Class 40 | Connor | Fletcher | Frankie | Franklin | Mallard | Richard | Seth | Wilbert |
Non Rail Characters | Beresford | |
Brazil | Locomotives | Gabriela | Gustavo |
Rolling Stock | Gustavo's Coaches | |
China | Locomotives | Hong-Mei |
France | Locomotives | Étienne |
Germany | Locomotives | Frieda |
Greece | Locomotives | Athena | Zeus |
Rolling Stock | Hades | |
India | Locomotives | Rajiv |
Italy | Locomotives | Lorenzo |
Poland | Locomotives | Aldona |
Russia | Locomotives | Ivan |
Scotland | Locomotives | Liam |
Sweden | Locomotives | Fredrik |
Episodes | Episodes | Duck and Skarloey | Rebecca and Duncan | Kevalice Come Back | Story Time Part 1 | Story Time Part 2 | Overworked | The New Poetry Club | The New Diesel Engine | Snow | The Break Up |
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Transcripts | Duck and Skarloey/Transcript | Rebecca and Duncan/Transcript | Kevalice Come Back/Transcript | Story Time Part 1/Transcript | Story Time Part 2/Transcript | Overworked/Transcript | The New Poetry Club/Transcript | The New Diesel Engine/Transcript | Snow/Transcript | The Break Up/Transcript | |
Episode Galleries | Duck and Skarloey/Gallery | Rebecca and Duncan/Gallery | Kevalice Come Back/Gallery | Story Time Part 1/Gallery | Story Time Part 2/Gallery | Overworked/Gallery | The New Poetry Club/Gallery | The New Diesel Engine/Gallery | Snow/Gallery | The Break Up/Gallery | |
Characters | Characters With Main Roles | Duck | Skarloey | Rebecca | Duncan | Jacob | Kevin | Analice | Emma | Xavier and Xander | Gabby |
Characters Introduced | Sarah | Allison | Michael | April | Danielle | Stephanie | Xavier and Xander | Gabby |