<Li> Keiko Toda (Japan, series 1--8) </Li> <Li> Kumiko Higa (Japan, "Calling All Engines!" onwards) </Li> <P> Edward is the first character to appear in The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry . Edward is the oldest engine on The Fat Controller's Railway and is part of the central group of characters in the television series . He is a blue 4 - 4 - 0 tender engine with red stripes and the number 2 on his tender . </P> <P> Edward is presented as kind, sensible and wise, with other engines indebted to his knowledge and skills . </P>

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