Ringo

Ringo is the number 1 engine on the Beetle Railway.

Original Series

Season 1

Ringo was first brought on loan to build the Beetle Railway. Mr. Best was so impressed by his work that he decided to buy him, thus making Ringo the first engine on the railway. At some point when the railway needed another engine Ringo swapped duties with Harrison to go find an engine at the scrapyard. He found Starr and helped to break him out and then took Starr to the Beetle Engine Works to be repaired. When an engine named Wilfred came to help out, Ringo got jealous of his popularity with the other engines. He tried to show Wilfred up and make him look silly. But it only made Mr. Best cross and caused the other engines to think that Ringo was incompetent. This saddened Ringo and he ran away in shame. Wilfred found him and cheered him up. Ringo then made up his quarrel with Wilfred and the two became friends. When there was a train show taking place at the Junction, Ringo was trying his best to be on time, but ran into some mishaps along the way. He fretted that he would miss it, but then picked up the judge for the show whose car broke down. He got her and wound up getting a prize in the train show. When Wilfred was ill, Ringo has to do his work the night before. Then Mr. Best gave him several more jobs. Ringo was tired and as a result got his jobs mixed up, but Stuart and Sutcliffe had helped him fix the mistake. When Harrison was feeling insecure about being a diesel, Ringo on two different occasions encouraged her to be proud of who she was. When farmers wanted the railway to transport wool to the market, Ringo was given the first train. He did well until he crashed into a hay cart. On Wilfred's last day, he was in charge of pulling a special train. However on his way to the Junction, he ran over a traffic cone causing his brakes to be damaged. Wilfred had came and rescued him. He was later shunting trucks in the yard with Starr when one of them was needed to help bank. When the stationmaster was burgled, Ringo helped him get his cups and car back and Mr. Best was very proud of him.