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-{{About|the fictional locomotive|the fictional station|Rheneas (station)}}
-{{Short description|Fictional narrow gauge locomotive from the Railway Series}}
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-{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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-{{Unreferenced|date=August 2015}}
-{{Infobox character
-|series = [[Thomas & Friends]]
-|name = Rheneas
-|image = Rheneas 1995.jpg
-|caption = ''Rheneas'' in the television series.
-|colour = #A1310B
-|first = [[List of Railway Series books#Four Little Engines|Four Little Engines]] (1955)
-|creator = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. Awdry]]
-|voice  =  UK/US<br>[[Ben Small]] (2012–2015)<br>[[John Hasler]] (2016–present)
-|gender = Male
 }}
-'''Rheneas''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|n|eɪ|.|ə|s}}, {{respell|rə-NAY-əs}}) is a fictional narrow gauge [[tank locomotive]] from [[the Railway Series]] by the [[Wilbert Awdry|Reverend W. Awdry]] and its television adaptation ''[[Thomas & Friends]]''. He is one of the oldest engines on the [[Sodor (fictional island)|Island of Sodor]]. Rheneas lives and works on the [[Skarloey Railway]] as engine No.2, and is known as the "Gallant Old Engine" because he saved the railway from closure. He is [[Skarloey]]'s brother.
-==Railway Series History==
-He arrived shortly after his brother [[Skarloey]], and was the more sensible of the two engines. He was a hard worker right from the start, and when Skarloey became too ill to work, he took charge of the line on his own. It was at this time that he saved the railway when he took a train full of passengers home despite having a jammed valve gear and was rewarded with an overhaul. When [[Sir Handel]] and [[Peter Sam]] arrived in 1952, the Thin Controller was able to send him away for repairs. He returned better than ever, and these days he mainly pulls passenger trains. In 1965, he celebrated his hundredth birthday with Skarloey.
-==Rheneas in the TV Series==
-Rheneas was introduced in [[Thomas & Friends (series 4)|Season 4]] of ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]''. He is a minor character, and he only spoke in one episode of the fourth Series. He played only one role in [[Thomas & Friends (series 5)|Season 5]] and major roles in [[Thomas & Friends (series 6)|Season 6]], and had two major roles in [[Thomas & Friends (series 7)|Season 7]].
-When Rheneas returned to the Series in the [[Thomas & Friends (series 9)|9th Season]] in 2005 after an absence in [[Thomas & Friends (series 8)|Season 8]], he was depicted with a more childlike attitude. His first major role of the New Series, ''Rheneas & The Dinosaur'' featured him and Skarloey having a dispute when Rheneas gets to pull a dinosaur skeleton, but can't manage on his own. Skarloey and Rheneas have never been referred to as brothers in the TV Adaptation, being called "friends" in the more recent episodes.
-After the events of ''Blue Mountain Mystery'', he was temporarily painted yellow as a surprise for [[Thomas the Tank Engine|Thomas]] who had been looking for a "yellow engine". In subsequent appearances, he returned to his vermillion color.
-In the latest [[Thomas & Friends (series 17)|Season 17]] episodes "Luke's New Friend" and "The Switch", he has shown a dislike to deer, due to "the Quarry is not a place for animals" and he sub estimated [[List of Thomas & Friends narrow-gauge engines#Millie|Millie]]'s Capability, due to him thinking she is used to do small jobs, but he was then proved wrong by the latter.
-In the Japanese Version of Seasons 4-7, Rheneas was voiced by [[Ryōtarō Okiayu]]. His new voice actor in Season 9 is [[Daiki Nakamura]].
-Rheneas appeared in the Specials ''The Great Discovery'', ''Blue Mountain Mystery'', ''[[King of the Railway]]'', ''[[Thomas & Friends: The Great Race|The Great Race]]'', and ''[[Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor|Journey Beyond Sodor]]''.
-===Voice actors===
-From Spring 2012 to 2015, Rheneas was voiced by [[Ben Small]] (UK/US) (who also voiced Thomas and Toby) in the CGI Version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively. From 2016 onwards he is voiced by [[John Hasler]] (who also voices Thomas in the UK).
-==Merchandising==
-{| class="wikitable"
-|- bgcolor="#efefef"
-|+ Commercial models of Rheneas character
-! Model range
-! Type
-! Color
-|-
-|[[Ertl Company|Ertl]] || ''[[Die-cast toy|die-cast]] metal'' || Normal and Metallic
-|-
-|Take Along/Take n Play || ''die-cast metal'' || Normal
-|-
-|Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway || ''[[Wooden toy train|wood]]'' || Normal
-|-
-|TrackMaster || ''plastic motorized'' || Normal & "Greatest Moments"
-|-
-|[[Bachmann Industries|Bachmann]]
-|''[[HOn30 gauge|HOe scale]] plastic model''
-|Normal
-|-
-|}
-==Prototype==
-{{main|Dolgoch (locomotive)}}
-[[File:Dolgoch Maroon.JPG|thumb|Dolgoch, basis for Rheneas]]
-Rheneas is based on the 1866-built locomotive ''[[Dolgoch (locomotive)|Dolgoch]]'' who works at the [[Talyllyn Railway]] in Wales.
-{{Thomas}}
-[[Category:The Railway Series characters]]
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-[[Category:Thomas & Friends characters]]
-[[Category:Literary characters introduced in 1955]]
-[[Category:Fictional locomotives]]