Olwin is an old, dark green, streamlined steam locomotive that works in Chuggington.

Biography

Olwin initially lived in what is now Old Town with the other steam chuggers, being a trainee with Old Puffer Pete. Once Old Town was abandoned, Olwin, along with Pete and Speedy, would be relocated to current Chuggington,

During her time, Olwin would eventually become a very wise and kind chugger. With the arrival of new trainees, Olwin would act as something of a mentor for the newer chuggers, teaching them skills that would help them get through fog,^[1] and also colour mixing.^[2]

At some point, Olwin would take part in a documentary of Chuggington with narration provided by Emery. She was at first offended by the rude jokes he made of her and the others, but very quickly forgave Emery.^[3] She was also on the front cover of Chuggington Life after being shown to blow bubbles out of her tanks due to elephant soap accidently falling inside her boiler.^[4]

Olwin is still very close with her older friends, especially Pete; she once took care of him while he awaited a new firebox.^[5]. She is also acquainted with some of the other chuggers, like Harrison and Chatsworth.

Olwin also played a game of hidey-chugger with Hoot and Toot to help them use their emergency horn; while trying to find them, Olwin would break down in Rocky Ridge Mine, with the twins pushing her out to safety.^[6]

Sometime later, Olwin, and many others were recruited to assist Brewster in moving the Tunnel Boring Machine for the Chuggineers, but she had to tow Harrison and Chatsworth to the Repair Shed after they both broke down.^[7] She also took part in the Parade of Lights.^[8] Olwin later joined Jackman, Asher, Pete and Koko in retrieving a load of diesel tankers from the Docks after a mass diesel shortage was caused by extreme ice levels.^[9]

Personality

Olwin is well versed in her senses of direction and understand very well how to guide herself through thick fog^[1] or using the stars as a map and compass.^[10] Due to her age, Olwin can often be a bit scatterbrained, which can lead to other chuggers not taking her seriously. She is a mentor to younger chuggers, and tries her best to make them the best they can be for when they complete training. However, younger chuggers are not a fan of her ways of doing things and often feel belittled when Olwin coddles them as if their were babies.^[1] Even so, most chuggers will eventually learn to develop a neutral respect for her.

Olwin is very prideful of herself and hates getting dirty, as she always wants to look clean; regardless of the situation.^[11] She feels insecure of physical appearance and believes that people show only see the best of the best of her.^[4] Overtime, Olwin became more willing do more jobs and even offered favors for other chuggers. She cares deeply for the trainees and want to prepare them for any possible outcome.

Technical Details

Basis

Olwin is similar to a tender-less LNER Class A4 locomotive. Whenever she collects coal, it is deposited through an opening in her cab roof, and water is stored centrally inside the boiler.

Mallard, a preserved example of Olwin's basis (excluding the corridor tender)

Livery

Olwin is painted dark green with bluish-green linings, and an orange cab roof and funnel. Her wheels are painted in varying shades of grey.

Appearances

Audio Files

Whistle

Other Languages

Language	Title
Chinese	奥姨 (aunt Ao)
Czech	Olga
Dutch	Olga
Finnish	Edvin
German	Almut
Japanese	オルウィン (Oruuin)
Korean	코모 (Komo)
Polish	Olga
Russian	Олвин
Slovak	Oľga
Slovenian	Olga

Trivia

• Olwin was the youngest steam engine until Piper entered the series.
  • She was also the only female steam engine until Piper's debut.
• Olwin's whistle sound is reused for the Flav-o-Matic machine in Frostini's Fruit Fandango and Hoot v. Toot, albeit in a higher pitch.
• Olwin is the only chugger with the following:
  • The only chugger with a 4-6-2 "Pacific" wheel arrangement.
  • The only chugger whose eyebrows have a different design. Instead of what resembles windshield wipers, they are orange arch-shaped handles. This is due to her eyes being in the place of where her headlamps would be.
• Her coupling rods and cab roof were reused for Speedy's.
• There is a recurring animation error where, whenever Olwin's body moves around, her cylinders clip through her valences. This is because her cylinder steam pipes go into her body vertically, unlike Speedy's and Pete's, whose steam cylinders go into their bodies horizontally, and Piper's, whose cylinders are connected to her cab, as well as the fact that there are also small spaces between her valences and her cylinders.
  • Another animation error is that her piston rods also clip through the end of her cylinder steam pipes, mainly due to the sizes of her cylinders and/or her piston rods.
  • This also happens with Speedy, albeit rarely.
• Unlike her basis, Olwin's driving wheels are not connected to a single wheelbase, as her two rear driving wheels are separated from the other four. This was likely done so she could navigate around tight bends easier. This trait is also shared with Speedy, due to her model sharing the same set of driving wheels.
  • Olwin's trailing wheels can additionally pivot, unlike her basis which had their trailing wheels permanently attached to the wheelbase.

Merchandise

• Chuggington Die-Cast (discontinued)
• Chuggington Wooden Railway (discontinued)
• Jazwares (cancelled)

References