Gordon

   Gordon   Gordon is the fastest engine owned by the North Western Railway.
 * Number: 4
 * Class: LNER A0 Pacific
 * Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
 * Builder: Doncaster Works, rebuilt Crewe Works
 * Configuration: 4-6-2
 * Built: 1920, rebuilt 1939
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1923

Bio
Gordon was built experimentally by Sir Nigel Gresley at Doncaster Works in 1920 as an LNER A0 Pacific, a prototype. When Gresley was finished using Gordon for designing his A1 Pacifics, he sold Gordon, along with a spare boiler and firebox, to the North Western Railway.

Gordon picked Michael Portillo from the Mainland for Thomas to take to Ffarquhar.

Persona
Gordon's important position as the engine who usually pulls the Express has made him proud, pompous and self-important, with good reason too; he is the strongest engine on Sodor. Gordon's philosophy "tender engines don't shunt" meant that he looked down on tank engines and tender engines who do shunt, but after being locked in the shed with Henry and James after going on strike.

Series 1

 * Thomas, Percy and the Cheeky Nandos (cameo), The Really Useful Award