Gordon the Big Engine

Gordon the Big Engine is another well-known character in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He is the senior member of the Steam Team. He is proud, pompous and arrogant engine, and thinks he is most superior to others. This could get Gordon in trouble from time-to-time. He always lives to pulling the Express, and hates pulling freight cars, and has once fallen in a ditch to avoid doing so. Despite this, he can be kind, forgiving, remorseful and very good-hearted, and will always use his super strength to help smaller engines out of trouble.

He shares a good-natured rivalry with James and Henry, and from time to time acts as a bully, particularly towards Edward, but following mis-adventures where Edward had to help him, Gordon had to acknowledge that Edward is still a Really Useful engine, despite being old.

Gordon's cousin and rival is Spencer, who he never gets along well with, despite the fact they both share the same pompous attitude.

Gordon is based of of an A1 4-6-2 Pacific, with an LMS style tender, the same prototype as his brother, the Flying Scotsman.