Arthur

Arthur is a large tank engine from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). He runs his own branch line.

Trivia

 * According to an early leak on the names of the seventh season characters, Arthur was originally going to be called Clarence. It was then changed to Arthur, when TV mag ran a competition to give him an official name, and that was the one chosen. Arthur was named after the late grandfather of competition winner Luke Sharp.
 * Arthur was never seen with a CGI face in the twelfth season, Harvey also was too, but he was seen with CGI faces in a few deleted scenes of said season.
 * As of the ninth season learning segment, Arthur's Tricky Travels, Arthur shares Edward's whistle sound.
 * Though he is painted in the LMS maroon livery, his class was only ever painted black when in service on the LMS.
 * His class were nicknamed "Mickey Mouse Tanks", as their route indicator disks look like the ears of Disney's famous character Mickey Mouse.