Changes: Main Line Engines

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"Hello Emily! My name is Whiff, because I'm a bit smelly!"

- Whiff, "Emily's Rubbish", eleventh season

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Whiff is a 2-2-4 rubbish-collecting tank engine with glasses, the first engine character in the television series to do so.

Biography

Whiff was still new to Sodor when Emily came to help him with his work, but Emily was embarrassed to be seen with Whiff and tried to hide from him. She eventually managed to lose him, but when she was unable to move some trucks of garbage single-handedly Emily got his help and decided that there was nothing wrong with Whiff.

Personality

Whiff is rather naive and ignorant of the others' thoughts about him, his work and his smell. Whiff, still, is very friendly, but his only known friends are Emily and Thomas.

Basis

Whiff is based on the NER 66 Aerolite, found at the National Railway Museum in York.

Appearances

Whiff only appeared in the eleventh season episode "Emily's Rubbish".

Trivia

Whiff has a two-tone whistle, and is the second steam engine in the television series to have no side-rods.

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+:''"Hello [[Emily]]! My name is Whiff, because I'm a bit smelly!"
-"'''Main Line Engines''''" was first published in 1966. It was written by the [[Reverend W. Awdry]] and illustrated by [[Gunvor and Peter Edwards]].
+- Whiff, "[[Emily's Rubbish]]", [[Season 11|eleventh season]]
+{{infobox character
-=Stories=
+|color = darkgreen
-==The Diseasel==
+|image = whiff.jpg
+|name = Whiff the Garbage Engine
+}}
+'''Whiff''' is a 2-2-4 rubbish-collecting tank engine with glasses, the first engine character in the [[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends|television series]] to do so.
-[[Bill and Ben]] are tank engine twins that work at the China Clay Workings on [[Edward]]'s branch line. One day they leave some trucks in a siding and leave for more, but return to find them all gone. Their drivers determine it was a "diseasel" that took them, and when Bill recalls a sign saying "coughs and sneezles spread diseasels", in his words, Ben blames him. Their drivers quieten them and formulate a plan. They find [[Boco|the diseasel]] on a siding, and manage to confuse him so as to make him giddy, but when [[Edward]] comes along he reprimands them and tells them to apologise to the diseasel, who calls himself [[Boco]]. [[Edward]] sends them away, and he and [[Boco]] joke that the twins are best described by the word "maddening".
-==Buzz Buzz==
+==Biography==
+Whiff was still new to [[Sodor]] when [[Emily]] came to help him with his work, but [[Emily]] was embarrassed to be seen with Whiff and tried to hide from him. She eventually managed to lose him, but when she was unable to move some trucks of garbage single-handedly [[Emily]] got his help and decided that there was nothing wrong with Whiff.
-[[Duck]] and [[Boco]] are talking about [[Bill and Ben]]. [[Duck]] tells [[Boco]] he has nicknamed them "The Bees", when [[James]], who just arrived, claims he would simply blow smoke at bees to shoo them away. The next day, two porters are pulling a trolley with a beehive on top when it falls off and bees swarm out. They decide to rest on [[James]]' boiler, but when one burns its feet, it stings [[James]] on the nose, and [[James]] runs away. In the end, [[Boco]] takes the Express, and that night the others talk about a [[James|red beehive on wheels]].
-==Wrong Road==
+==Personality==
+Whiff is rather naive and ignorant of the others' thoughts about him, his work and his smell. Whiff, still, is very friendly, but his only known friends are [[Emily]] and [[Thomas]].
-Although the big engines are forbidden to go on the branch lines because of their weight, [[Gordon]] claims he is forbidden because they are "vulgar", and leaves to take his late train. He misses his path after a lady with a large floppy green hat confounds the fireman into thinking the guard had waved his flag, and in the end [[Edward]]'s train leaves ahead of [[Gordon]]. However, this creates a huge disruption as the [[Wellsworth]] signalman wasn't informed, and [[Gordon]] is left on a siding at [[Brendam]]. The next day, [[Bill and Ben]] come into the yard, and tease him by "mistaking" him for scrap and arguing over whether to take it to the scrapyards or drown it. [[Gordon]] thinks they're serious, and when [[Boco]] arrives, asks him to save him. [[Boco]] sends the twins away with his trucks, and [[Gordon]] has had great respect for diesels ever since.
+==Basis==
-==Edward's Exploit==
+Whiff is based on the NER 66 Aerolite, found at the National Railway Museum in York.
-[[Edward]] is set to take some enthusiasts home, but finds it hard to move the train. Although [[James|the]] [[Henry|big]] [[Gordon|engines]] say he should be "Preserved", [[Duck]] and [[Boco]] shut them up.
+==Appearances==
-After meeting up with [[Bill and Ben]], [[Edward]] takes the enthusiasts away, but stops when a crank-pin breaks, battering his splashers and frame. His crew take both crank-pins off, and [[Edward]] manages to struggle home. [[Edward]] is sent to [[Crovan's Gate]], and [[Boco]] does his work so well that he single-handedly changes [[Donald and Douglas]]' opinion about diesels!
+Whiff only appeared in the [[Season 11|eleventh season]] episode "[[Emily's Rubbish]]".
-=Featured Characters=
-* [[Edward]]
-* [[Henry]]
-* [[Gordon]]
-* [[James]]
-* [[Duck]]
-* [[Donald and Douglas]]
-* [[Bill and Ben]]
-* [[Boco]]
-* [[Thomas]] (''cameo'')
-* [[Annie and Clarabel|Annie]] (''cameo'')
+==Trivia==
-[[Category:Railway Series Books]]
+* Whiff has a two-tone whistle, and is the second steam engine in the [[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends|television series]] to have no side-rods.
+[[Category:Railway engines]]
+[[Category:Television Series-only characters]]