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Bill is a tank engine who works with his twin Ben in the china clay pits near Brendam.
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Bill and his identical twin Ben are the most teasing and mischievous characters of the whole railway family.
Changes[]
- 1993 (stickers for nameplates and lining details, beveled domes, flat magnets, staples, and undated wheels)
- 1993 (painted on nameplates and lining)
- 1993 (flat top domes)
- 1993 (beveled domes, yellow outline on cab roof)
- 1994 (larger black arch, no staples, fully white painted cab roof)
- 1994 (round magnets, wheels dated)
- 1996 (smaller magnets, rounded domes)
- 1997 (larger magnets, thicker wheels)
- 2001 (name on chassis)
- Late 2002 (back ledge removed)
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Trivia[]
- The prototype 1993 Bill features James's face. His eyes look towards his right instead of his left.
- Bill's original design with sticker labels had only 200 copies produced for the Thomas Wooden Railway's initial trial run in 1992. The sticker labels were liable to peel off easily, and were used because the production facility lacked a pad printer for rounded surfaces at the time. It was one of 3 engines to feature stickers when first produced, the other 2 being Toby and Ben.
- All individual versions of Bill are identical to Ben, apart from their nameplates depicting their respective names and Bill's eyes looking towards his left.
- The 1993-2004 versions of Bill have no funnel. Toby, Ben, Duck, Donald, Douglas, and Logan also share this.
Gallery[]
1993 3rd edition Bill that was never fixed to a chassis
1993 Bill
Prototype 1993 Bill
1993 Bill box
1993 Bill box
1996-1997 Bill box
1997-early 2002 Bill
Late 2002-2004 Bill
2004 Bill box
Variants gallery[]
2005-2011 Bill and Ben
2014-2016 Bill and Ben
2017 Bill and Ben