Sir Handel

Sir Handel (originally Falcon) is a grumpy narrow gauge that works on the Skarloey Railway. He was named after the railway's owner.

Bio
Falcon used to work on the Mid Sodor Railway with Duke, Stuart, and Freddie. When the railway closed in 1947, Stuart and Falcon were sold to the aluminum at Peel Godred for an expansion project. Soon, they were purchased by the Skarloey Railway and renamed Sir Handel and Peter Sam. When they first arrived, Sir Handel didn't want to start work yet, but his driver and fireman made him. He called the coaches cattle trucks and bumped them, which caused them to hold him back. When they told him to fetch some trucks from the quarry, he was so cross, he got himself derailed. So Mr. Peter Sam made him stay in the shed until he could learn to behave. When it was Market Day, Sir Handel had to pull the passenger train because Peter Sam had to be repaired. But he had to stop quickly due to sheep on the line, but Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima, and Beatrice thought he bumped them on purpose, so they ended up derailing him, so Skarloey had to take the train home.

As he didn't like going to the quarry, Gordon suggested that he pretend to be ill. So he did the next day. which caused the trucks to mistaken Peter Sam for him, which caused an accident. When Sir Handel recieved better trailing wheels, he grew cocky about it. So Skarloey decided to teach him a lesson by telling him about George the Steamroller, and he decided to take it up with George. But George ended up crashing into his trucks when racing.

Persona
Sir Handel is a grumpy engine who doesn't like pulling trucks or working at quarries. He also doesn't like pulling the regular Skarloey Railway coaches because they don't run on bogies. He has only been known for liking Gertrude and Millicent best. But the older engines, like Skarloey, know that Sir Handel has some good in him somewhere.

Voice Actor

 * Someone who sounds like Keith Wickham.