Stepney is a Bluebell Railway tank engine.
Product Description
Character Card
Bursting with enthusiasm and always eager to please, Stepney is every engine's friend.
Changes
- 1996 (wooden funnel, thin wheels)
- 1997 (thick wheels, old-shaped plastic funnel)
- 2001 (name on chassis)
- 2003 (larger face, larger body, crisper livery accents, handrails on cab, remolded funnel)
Availability
- Roundhouse Set
- Around the Barrel Loader Set
- Stepney with Museum Cars
- 2003 Vehicle Assortment
- Thomas-saurus Rex Set
Trivia
- The 1996 Stepney blueprint was drawn on 28 April 1995.
- The prototype 1996 Stepney features Thomas' face, flat magnets, and a shorter dome.
- Stepney never had the redesigned plastic funnel until his 2003 reintroduction, thus making him the only engine to have the original plastic funnel up to 2001.
- Stepney never had a cab ledge despite being introduced in 1996 while other engines still had them.
- The 1997 Stepney has been included in many Home Video Bonus Packs released after 2003.
- The 1997 Stepney was sold separately in certain countries such as New Zealand in 2006. This was also the case with the 2001 Rusty and the 1997 S.C. Ruffey.
- Stepney is not featured in the 2000 pamphlet, however, he is featured in the yearbook.
- The prototype 2003 Stepney features a 1996 vehicle chassis, an unpainted mouth, a taller dome, and a less defined nameplate and number.
- The 2003 Stepney was never released individually in Europe until 2010.
Gallery
1996 Stepney blueprint
1996 Stepney blueprint with listed paint colors
Prototype 1996 Stepney
1996 Stepney
1996-1997 Stepney box
1997-1998 Stepney
1999-2002 Stepney
1999 Stepney box
Late 2001 Stepney box
Late 2001 Stepney back of box
Prototype 2003 Stepney
2003 Stepney box
2003-2011 Stepney
2004 Stepney box
2010-2011 Stepney UK box