James

James is a mixed-traffic tender engine who worked on the North Western Railway

Personality
James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. He thinks himself superior to the others and can be shallow, boastful, overconfident, naughty, and vain. However, on a number of occasions, he has found himself in need of help from those whom he has insulted and is, in the end, apologetic.

Basis
James is based on the Furness Railway D5 class, which was a class of nineteen 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built between 1913 and 1920. Four were built by Kitson and Company and 15 by North British Locomotive Company (NBL). All 19 were assigned London, Midland and Scottish Railway numbers but only 6 survived long enough to be assigned a British Railways number.

However when James arrived on Sodor in 1924, the workmen at Crovan's Gate reclassified James as an NWR 5F

Livery
James is painted in the North Western Railway's red livery with black lining and gold boiler bands. His dome is brass, and his number is painted on the sides of his tender in yellow with black lining.