Stephen

Stephen, nicknamed "The Rocket", is an early steam engine who works at Ulfstead Castle, where he takes visitors around the castle grounds and across the rest of Sodor.

Trivia

 * In the seventeenth season episode, Percy's Lucky Day, it is revealed that Stephen has a lucky horseshoe resting on his exhaust pipe.
 * In both his Take-n-Play and pre-2018 Wooden Railway merchandise toys, his tender is unremovable.
 * Most merchandise lines show Stephen carrying the Ulfstead Castle crest on his tender, even though he only wore the crest during the castle's grand reopening. Not just that, some merchandise lines also depict him with his old black funnel.
 * Bob Golding gives Stephen a Northern English accent, reflecting his basis' origins.
 * In the Polish narration, Stephen's name is Sławek, which is also Skarloey's name in the same narration.
 * Stephen's name is likely derived from the last name of his builder, Robert Stephenson.
 * According to Sam Wilkinson, he originally had a different name.
 * Originally, after his restoration, Stephen would have gained a cab. In fact, some merchandise prototypes depicted him with a cab.
 * Stephen has gone through a few changes since his introduction:
 * When he was restored, he gained a lamp and front coupling.
 * In the nineteenth season, he gained a tail lamp.
 * His drive wheels have more spokes than that of the real Rocket's, whose drive wheels only have 12 spokes each.