Edward the Blue Engine

Edward the Blue Engine is one of the most oldest engines in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He is reliable, helpful, kind, friendly, and very wise, and proves to bigger engines of how really useful he is. Whenever there's trouble, it's Edward that Sir Topham Hatt turns to to restore order. Like James, Edward is a mixed-traffic engine, meaning he can pull coaches or cars respectively. He often works as a back engine, helping push heavy trains up Gordon's Hill. Edward also has his own Branch line which he runs with help from BoCo, and sometimes Donald & Douglas.

Edward is based on the Larger Seagull K2 (21 class) 4-4-0 from the Furness Railway. He is the protagonist, later supporting deuteragonist in The Adventure Begins.