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Zane is a white tank engine from Tanzania. He appeared when the Fat Controller was looking for Thomas at Dar es Salaam Docks.

He is a re-textured version of Ryan.

Biography[]

Stories From Sodor[]

The Search for the Missing Friends[]

Zane first appeared when Thomas and Jacob visited Africa on their trip around the world. The three took a goods train together from Dar es Salaam Docks to Dakar Docks. While on the long journey, Jacob was grumpy until Zane and some freight cars sang him a song[1].

International Friends Near and Far[]

Later, Kwaku and Zane became overwhelmed with work when there was a lot of it at Dar es Salaam Docks[2]. Then, Delilah and Prudence brought a heavy goods train to Dar es Salaam, and the two quickly became friends with Zane and Kwaku[3].

Friends Around the World[]

One day, Zane was overwhelmed and overworked. So, Uovu, Chinansa, and Simiyu were brought to Dar es Salaam to help him[4].

Personality[]

Zane is a kind and friendly engine. However, he gets overwhelmed very easily and will usually try to work quickly to keep Dar es Salaam Docks from becoming hectic.

Basis[]

Zane was originally going to be based on the KUR ED1 class, a class of 2-6-2 tank locomotive built by Vulcan Foundry for the Kenya-Uganda Railway between 1926 and 1930.

Zane's final design is based on an Great Northern Railway N2 due to being a retexture of Ryan.

Livery[]

Zane was originally going to painted lime green with dark green lining. He was also to have purple, green and red patterns painted along his tanks, dome, brake pump and cylinders.

His final design is painted white with gold lining.

In his television series appearances, Zane was painted white with gold lining and black boiler bands. Both his footplate and wheels were painted red.

Trivia[]

  • Zane means "well born" or "noble" in Swahili.
  • Originally, Zane was going to be a recolour of Nia that Jacobacranmer created. However, he later decided to make Zane the white recolour of Ryan seen in Big World! Big Adventures!

References[]

  1. SFS.Sp.10"The Search for the Missing Friends"
  2. International Friends Near and Far: "A Busy Day at Dar es Salaam"
  3. International Friends Near and Far: "New Friends From Africa"
  4. Friends Around the World: "Zane's New Friends"

International Characters

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