Bangcoaches

Bangcoaches is a mixed-traffic tender engine. He's famous for working on the North Western Railway on the Island Of Sodor. However in the Bill and Ted series, he pops at the end of most shorts giving Bill and Ted and sometimes other characters a good scare.

Bio
Bangcoaches is famous for playing the role of James in the Thomas and friends series, but before then he was built in 1938 and served in WWII. After the war ended and the Nuremberg Trials took place, Bangcoaches was proven innocent as during his time serving, he had no idea what he was really doing. So he was painted black and sold to the North Western Railway, and he has worked there since. When the Bill and Ted series started, whenever an engine (usually Ted) says something about banging coaches, Bangcoaches himself pops up and gives the engines (usually Bill and Ted) a good scare. How does he do this? I don't know I'm not a magician, ask Bangcoaches yourself.

Personality
On Sodor, Bangcoaches is very proud of his splendid red paint scheme. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. However when he pops up in the Bill and Ted series, he's a lot more goofy, and likes to have some harmless fun.

Livery
James is painted in the North Western Railway's red livery with black lining and gold boiler bands. His dome is brass, and his number is painted on the sides of his tender in yellow with black lining.

Basis
Bangcoaches' type is based on the L&YR Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender locomotives designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, a rebuild of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a Belpaire firebox, a Schmidt/"twin-plug" superheater, and the extension of the footplate and front sandboxes.

Trivia
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Appearances
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