Thomas and the Magic Railroad is the only Thomas & Friends movie released in theatres.
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Lady
A small, Victorian-styled 0-4-0Tengine currently owned and protected by Burnett Stone, her driver, who serves as the guardian of the Magic Railroad, using her magic to keep the worlds of Shining Time and Sodor alive. She has magical powers and also appeared in Calling All Engines! in a dream sequence. In the Calling All Engines! character gallery, Lady is described as "a magical engine. When she moves along the rails, she spreads gold dust with her special powers. Lady has been known to help Thomas and his friends when there was no other engine to turn to."
An evil diesel engine with an excavator claw arm (which he has named "Pinchy") extending from his roof who hates steam engines and wants to destroy them, especially the magic engine, Lady. He is Diesel's boss and the main antagonist in Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Thomas said that he is rated "10 out of 10 for devious deeds and brutal strength". Diesel 10 reappeared in Calling All Engines! and is the main antagonist in Day of the Diesels.
Neil Crone (Thomas and the Magic Railroad) Matt Wilkinson (Misty Island Rescue; post-credit scene and Day of the Diesels)
Splatter and Dodge
Two Canadian-accented 0-6-0 diesel engines, who served as Diesel 10's bumbling sidekicks before their betrayal. They're collectively called "Splodge" by Diesel 10. They are the secondary antagonists of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
A silver 0-6-0ST engine who works on the North Western Railway. He works as both a shunting and a mixed-traffic engine. He made Thomas jealous when he first arrived on Sodor.
A humble, dark teal tender engine who lives on Misty Island with Bash and Dash. The least obnoxious of the three, his vocabulary almost exclusively consists of the usual catchphrase "That's right!"
The current Earl of Sodor. At the beginning of the film, he returns to Sodor after traveling the world and announces his plan to restore Ulfstead Castle and build an estate and a tourist railway there. He previously appeared as the Duke of Sodor in the Railway Series books Very Old Engines and Duke the Lost Engine.
A large green tank engine who is friends with Percy. His real name is Gerald, but was nicknamed "Gator" because of his slopping water tank makes him like an alligator.
A 0-4-0 "coffee-pot" engine who worked at Thomas' Branch Line before he was taken out of service sometime prior to the events of the film.
Head Wringston & Co. Ltd. Type 1 "Coffee Pot No. 1"
Keith Wickham
Judy and Jerome
The two large sage green breakdown cranes who take their jobs as the breakdown train very seriously and form the same breakdown train seen in previous live-action productions, retroactively given names and personalities.
A pirate who tries to steal the pirate treasure and the main antagonist in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. He owns Skiff and uses him as an unwilling getaway vehicle.
The Great Race, the 2016 movie, introduces 12 new characters. In an effort to expand the franchise beyond its current lineup of mostly male British characters, the new engines are from locations around the world and include 3 female characters.[3]
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Ashima
A large pink 0-8-2T engine who comes from India. She is meant to challenge Thomas, both in terms of being able to some things better than he and in terms of his being able to relate to someone very different from himself. She participates in the shunting race.
A small Mexican2-8-0 tender engine who has competed in the Great Railway Show, every year since the event's inception. During the most recent one, he competed in the best decorated engine parade.[3]
N. de M. GR-3
David Bedella (The Great Race) Gabriel Porras (Big World! Big Adventures!)
Raul
166
A vertical-boiler 0-4-0T engine who comes from Brazil and is inspired by the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
SPR Type W No. 166
Rob Rackstraw
Yong Bao
A Chinese4-6-2 tender engine who is intended to capitalise on the franchise's growing popularity in China. Yong Bao later appears in Big World! Big Adventures!, which elaborates on his backstory.
Big World! Big Adventures! is a tie-in with the twenty-second series, serving as a soft reboot of the franchise, and the final full-length CGI Thomas movie. Several dozen characters (mostly background characters) were introduced in this film; below are the ones who were named either in this film or in the following seasons of the show.
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Nia
18
An orange 2-6-2T engine from Kenya who works on the East African Railways. She befriended and accompanied Thomas during his journey around the world.
A giant American tender engine with 12 drive wheels.
Virginian Railway Class AG
Rob Rackstraw
Beau
2735
An American 4-4-0 tender engine with a moustache, who works for a mining company near the Grand Canyon. He befriended Thomas during his journey around the world, after Thomas derailed outside of a railroad mine.