Henry

Henry, NWR No. 3, is a LMS Stanier "Black Five, originally a hybrid design of the GNR Ivatt Class C1 and LNER A1 Pacific on the North Western Railway. He arrived on Sodor in 1922. Henry was prone to malfunction due to his faulty design and suffered for it. After a collision with a goods train in 1935 while pulling "The Flying Kipper", Henry was given a heavy rebuild at Crewe and was given the shape of a LMS Stanier "Black Five". Henry works on the Main Line taking both goods and passenger trains, even the Wild Nor' Wester on certain occasions.

Basis
Henry was built from stolen plans from Sir Nigel Gresley of a prototype steam engine. These plans shown a hybrid design between the GNR Ivatt Class C1 and the LNER A1 Pacific. He was built circa-1919. Henry arrived in thus shape on Sodor in 1922, though Henry developed steaming during the 1930s and could only pull trains sporadically. A original solution was the use of Welsh coal for Henry, but it's expensive price and it's limited quantity soon led to Henry being rebuilt in 1935 after having a serious accident with a goods train whilst pulling "The Flying Kipper". His rebuilt shape was a LMS Stanier (nicknamed the "Black Five"). Henry remained in thus shape since, although he received the addition of a Fowler Tender around the late-1950s.

Livery
Henry arrived at Sodor in a green livery, he remained as such until he was rewarded a coat of blue paint between 1923-1925 after helping pull the Wild Nor' Wester with Edward after Gordon burst his safety valve. He remained in this livery until sometime between the late 1920s-early 1930s, when he choose to be repainted green again after the excessive confusion between him and Gordon due to the same livery and similar shapes they had. Henry kept the livery after his rebuild.

Even so, on one occasion, when Henry was on overhaul, he was being applied a red undercoat before his normal green coat was painted on, The Fat Controller urgently needed Henry to pull the express since no other engine was available; thus resulting in Henry working for the day in his red undercoat. He was later given back his normal green livery.