Edwin

Edwin is a character in The Woodhead line Series. He is a LMS Black 5, painted in green. He shares 'The Express' with John the Class 76.

Bio in The Woodhead line Series
Before being hidden on a siding at Manchester, Edwin was an engine belonging to British Railways. When he was withdrawn from service in 1966, his crew hid him on a siding, where he was found seventeen years later, by Mr. Salmon. He then decided to restore him along with the line to run the express. After Daniel collects him and takes him all the way from Manchester to Sheffield, where he meets his new friends, Timothy and Steven.

In most of the episodes, Edwin is seen pulling passenger trains and sometimes even goods trains and he gets on good with all of the other Woodhead engines, but he doesn't like most of the mainline diesels. His worst enemy is 47-289, a Class 47 owned by British Rail.

Persona
Edwin is a friendly sort of an engine. He helps out wherever and whenever he can. He's very smart and intelligent. At times, he does act a bit stupid and can be a bit cocky. He really hates engines which don't like steam engines.

Basis
Edwin is based on a LMS Stanier Black 5.

Livery and number
Edwin is painted in fictional BR Green with Early BR Crest in every episode since the second one. In episode 1 he is very rusty and his livery isn't visible, although, it's probably BR Black with Late BR crest. In episode 2 scene named "First after many", we can see a flashback scene, where he is painted BR Black with Early BR crest.

Edwin's British Railways number was 45492, but since episode 2, he has been wearing number 00001. The author of the series has stated that all the engines will get their old numbers back in Series 2.

Appearances
Edwin has appeared in a lot of episodes.

Series 1 Episode 1: A pleasant surprise

Series 1 Episode 2: One small problem

Series 1 Episode 3: Double trouble

Series 1 Episode 4: John

Series 1 Episode 5: Timothy and the Penistone tunnels

Series 1 Episode 8: Great Western trouble

Series 1 Episode 9: One of a kind

Series 1 Episode 10: Christmas, 1983

Easter Special: Timothy

Short 1: Excited

Series 2 Episode 1: A new chapter

Voice actors
Timotej Gabriel Horvat - current voice actor

Josh Willks - stood in for Timotej in episodes 4 and 5

Trivia

 * Edwin is one of Timotej's favorite characters
 * The engine that wore his number was scrapped on 30.4.1966
 * Edwin's character is mainly based on Timotej's character