Rheneas

Rheneas is a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He is one of the oldest engines on Sodor, and number 2 on the Skarloey Railway. He is known as the "Gallant Old Engine" because he saved the railway.

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 being badly hurt. When Sir Handel and Peter Sam arrived, 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.

He has a twin on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales called Dolgoch.