Nia

Nia is an orange tank engine who lives and works on Sodor.

Biography
Nia is a tank engine from Kenya in Africa. She now lives on Sodor with Thomas and his friends. Her best friends are Thomas, Percy, Diesel and Kana.

Personality
Nia has an adventurous spirit. She loves to try new things and visit new places. She hails from Kenya, has traveled more than any of her friends and often has valuable insight into places Thomas has never been.

Basis
Nia is based on the KUR ED1 class 2-6-2 tank engine scaled up to standard gauge. However in the 2D animated show, she is a 2-6-0.

Livery
Nia is painted orange with green lining. She has a zig zag pattern on her tanks and coal bunker that have the colours red, green, yellow and black. She has her number in yellow in a black box with a green outline on her cabsides.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!

 * Series 25 - TBA


 * Series 26 - TBA


 * Other - Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! Teaser and Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! Promo


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Books

 * 2021 - All Engines Go

Audio Files
TBA

Trivia

 * Since Nia's last appearance in Thomas and Friends, she gained notable changes in her design.


 * She lost her trailing wheels under her cab.


 * She no longer has side rods.


 * She's much shorter in length, now being almost exactly the same size as Thomas and matching Kana in length.


 * Her number is now a more simple and blocky design.


 * Her painted names on her tanks were removed.


 * She lost her cab doors.


 * Her external tank on her boiler has been removed.


 * The rivets on her bufferbeam, pistons, and cab have been removed.


 * She lost her brake pipe.


 * She doesn't appear to have a whistle.


 * She now has brown eyes.


 * The pump on the front of her tank switches sides depending on which direction she is facing.


 * She has only three windows at the front of her cab, the horizontal window being located in the center of its original boundaries. Her cab windows are also longer and narrower.


 * Nia's name means "purpose" in Swahili.


 * Nia appears prominently alongside Thomas and Percy in promotional material, much like James did during the original series’ run.