Toby the Tram Engine

fictional antronomorphic tram

Toby the Tram Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tram engine in The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher; he also appears in the spin-off television series Thomas & Friends. Toby, a tram engine with cowcatchers and sideplates, carries the North Western Railway running number seven and works on the same Ffarquhar branch line as Thomas the Tank Engine.

Toby the Tram Engine
Thomas & Friends character
The Toby's Tilting Tracks ride at Thomas Land in the United States
First appearance
Created byRev. W. Awdry
Designed byJames Holden
Voiced by
Number7
Information
GenderMale

Toby first appeared in the seventh book in The Railway Series, Toby the Tram Engine in 1952, and appeared in several subsequent books. The second book focused on Toby was the sixth of Christopher Awdry's books, Toby, Trucks and Trouble.