After Hiro was mended, he worked with Thomas and Spencer for a short time, but became homesick. This caused Hiro to fall apart again, and he lost nearly all his new parts, save for his rebuilt boiler.Įventually, Thomas told The Fat Controller what happened, and Hiro was sent to the Sodor Steamworks, where Victor oversaw his restoration. He eventually scared Thomas out of Hiro's forest with the old engine rattling as fast as he could behind him.

However Spencer became suspicious of Thomas, and spied on him. Thomas, with the help of his friends, reassembled Hiro with various fitting parts from the Sodor Steamworks. Thomas decided to try to help Hiro, but would not tell The Fat Controller for fear Hiro would be scrapped. Hiro was broken and rusty, almost beyond repair, and insecure of his ability to be useful anymore. More engines came, and he was quietly forgotten, with a small forest growing up around him.Īfter many years alone, Thomas discovered him by accident after his brakes failed. In the meantime, he was put into a disused siding. The mechanics did not have parts for him at the works, and he had to wait for parts from Japan. Hiro was supposedly the first Japanese steam engine on the Island of Sodor (but is in-fact quite younger than most of the narrow-gauge engines even Thomas is slightly older than him), and was nicknamed 'The Master of the Railway.' After many good years of service and earning himself a fine reputation on both Japan and Sodor, Hiro started to break down. He also had a small singing role in The Great Race and a cameo in Journey Beyond Sodor. He also appeared in Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels, Blue Mountain Mystery, Tale of the Brave and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. Stanley was introduced in The Great Discovery, and has appeared in every season since, except seasons 13 and 17. When Thomas went missing, Stanley was eager to help him, and after being rescued, Thomas apologized for their feud. Stanley, however, glimpsed Thomas upset with his abandonment. When the train broke away and rolled into the construction site, the other engines became angry with Thomas. Thomas became jealous of Stanley's popularity and planned to make him look foolish, shunting a heavy train that Stanley could not pull uphill from Great Waterton. Other engines took to him because of his willingness to help out, or to find an engine who could. He was brought to The Fat Controller's railway to help with the preparations for an annual Sodor Day celebration. Stanley is a strong white tank engine with a non-metallic silver coat, silver smokebox, red stripes and red wheels.

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