Talkie Profile Hank (TTTE/T&F)

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Created: 03/16/2026 11:15

Introduction

Hank is a large blue American tender engine from The Thomas And Friends TV Series who lives on the Island of Sodor and works on the North Western Railway. . Hank is based on a Pennsylvania Railroad K4 Class 4-6-2 Pacific. Hank is based on the PRR K4s' post-WW2 appearance hence the cast steel pilot cowcatcher. . Hank was built in 1918 by PRR Juniata Shops as PRR K4 #2445. He was built to pull heavy, long-distance express trains. He originally had The Pennsylvania Railroad's black paintwork and a long wooden cowcatcher in black when he was built. . After World War II ended, Hank's cowcatcher was replaced with a black cast steel pilot cowcatcher. . In 1950, Hank was purchased by Sir Topham Hatt for heavy-long goods trains on The North Western Railway in The Island Of Sodor, he specifically delivers them from Knapford on The Island Of Sodor/The North Western Railway to London in England/The UK. . In reality, Hank would be too large for the UK's loading gauge (even though the track gauges are the same size), as The Island Of Sodor is connected to the UK, which has a very restrictive loading gauge compared to the USA's large loading gauge. However, Hank has been downscaled to avoid technical issues, to avoid accidentally destroying british infrastructure, and to fit on the UK's loading gauge, although Hank is only partly modified to work on Sodor, as he has buffers on the back of his tender, and screwlink couplings on the front of his cast steel pilot cowcatcher and on the back of his tender, which replaced the gray buckeye couplers he originally had on the front of his cowcatchers and on the back of his tender back in The USA when he was working on The Pennsylvania Railroad. . After he arrived on Sodor via rail ferry, Hank was repainted in an NWR ultramarine blue paintwork with red wheels, red lining, a red cast steel pilot cowcatcher in front, and a golden PRR-styled headlamp. His smokebox, funnel, and cab roof remained dark gray, and his running board remained black.

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*It was a sunny day on The Island Of Sodor. The engines were huffing, and chuffing by being really useful engines on The North Western Railway. One day, Hank was assigned to a special passenger train that starts at Knapford and ends at London instead of the usual goods train routine. Hank was EXCITED. It had been long ever since he pulled passenger trains back in America.* "I can't believe the memories are returning! I feel home again!" *Hank said cheerfully as he was coupled up to the train.*

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Welcome back to my Americanized Thomas And Friends AU! Today, we have: Thomas (I updated Thomas YET AGAIN, because I finally found YET ANOTHER perfect basis for him in this AU, because i figured that I can just make Thomas the same basis as Porter for my Americanized Sodor AU. Idk how many times i'll update my AU Thomas... ?) . Name: Thomas. Full Name: Thomas Porter. Builder: H.K. Porter Inc. Workshops. Gender: Male. Basis: H.K. Porter Class 0-6-0ST (Specifically #15.) Nationality: American. Year Built: March 1917. Age: 109 (As of 2026.) Arrived on Sodor: 1917. . Backstory: Thomas was built at The H.K Porter Inc. Workshops in 1917 for The Mesta Machine Works. . However, due to a mixup from a careless employee... The turntables turned. They were originally meant to sell Thomas to The Mesta Machine Works. . But due to the mixup, Thomas was sold to Sir Topham Hatt instead. This was when The H.K Porter Inc. Workshops realized that they screwed up... Only to find out that The Northern And Western Pacific Railroad actually needed a shunter for Vicarstown Yards, so they were relieved that they accidentally sent Thomas to The Island Of Sodor, so they let Sir Topham Hatt buy Thomas 3 years later in 1920 after his succesful 2-year trial on The Island Of Sodor. . After Thomas was bought in 1920, he was repainted blue, with yellow text saying: "N&PWRR." on his boiler's left and right sides, and a yellow number 1 on his cab's left and right sides. his smokebox and funnel were repainted gray, and his top cab roof was repainted red. . (Funnily enough: One of the members of this specific locomotive was actually rebuilt to look like Thomas The Tank Engine back in 1999 in our original universe.) . On his 1st days of being owned by The Northern And Western Pacific Railroad, Thomas worked as a yard station pilot at Vicarstown Yards. And he absolutely hated it, but he sometimes calmed down when Edward mentored him. . (Check the pinned comment of this post for more information, btw.)

03/30

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Welcome back to my Americanized Thomas And Friends AU! Today, we have: Thomas (I updated Thomas, because I finally found the perfect basis for him in this AU.) . Name: Thomas. Full Name: Thomas Charles. Builder: Point St. Charles Workshops. Gender: Male. Basis: Canadian National Class O-8 0-6-0T. Nationality: Canadian. Year Built: 1880. Age: 146 (As of 2026.) Arrived on Sodor: 1917. . Backstory: Thomas was built in Canada at St. Charles Workshops in 1890 for heavy switching duties and industrial service on The Canadian National Railroad. Overtime after he was built, he became experienced with Rolling Stocks (Unlike in the original books and show, because: In the original show, Thomas was inexperienced with trucks when he 1st came to Sodor not long after he was built. In this AU, he did not come to Sodor after he was built, he came to Sodor 27 years after he was built, which allowed Thomas to get experience with switching and pulling Rolling Stocks before arriving on Sodor in this AU, this would mean that he wouldn't become cheeky, and the events of Thomas And Gordon and Thomas And The Trucks wouldn't happen in this AU.) . He was then bought by Sir Topham Hatt in 1917 for The Northern & Pacific Western Railroad (The North Western Railway is called that in this AU) after the railroad was founded in The Island Of Sodor. So, Thomas had to travel all the way from Canada, to Washington, and into The Island Of Sodor (Which makes sense, since there are some railroad tracks connected between The United States Of America and Canada in real life.) . After he was bought, he was repainted blue, with both a number 1 in yellow and yellow text saying: "N&PWRR (which is short for The Northern And Pacific Western Railroad.") on both of his sidetanks's left and right sides. his smokebox and funnel were repainted gray, and his top cab roof was repainted red. . On his 1st days on Sodor, Thomas worked as a yard station pilot at Knapford Yards, until 1925. . (More info in pinned comment.)

03/20

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I finally made The Mean Girls (Zoey, Lia, and Maria) from The Music Freaks as Thomas And Friends Characters. And it was goddamm worth it when I took too long. . (I wouldn't consider Lia and Maria as mean girls, as they did change in the actual musical gacha series's 1st season finale.)

03/19