Talking Gordon – Gordon can talk. Inspired by the DVD, “Hero of the Rails,” the engines on Sodor can talk. Press on Gordon’s Coal Bin to hear him say, “Hello, I’m Gordon” or “Clickety Clack Express on the Track” or “Fastest and Best I pull the express” or sound his special whistle.

Talking James – James, the red engine, has a somewhat inflated self-image, and thinks of himself as truly splendid. But all trains on Sodor must work, so James’ attitude can get him into some scrapes. The movie “Hero of the Rails” was the first Thomas the Tank Engine film in which the engines spoke their own lines, instead of being narrated. The Thomas Wooden Railway Talking James Train speaks for himself, too: push on his funnel to hear him say three different phrases. Also includes James’s tender, a working headlamp, and a splendid whistle worthy of a splendid train.