A Tribute to Vinnie of North America

Vinnie, along with the other international engines, accidentally came to Sodor when the ferry they were on stopped at Brendam Docks. He and the other engines, except Ashima, promptly got back on the ferry, but not before he had the chance to bump Thomas out of his way.
At the Great Railway Show, Vinnie participated in the Strongest Engine competition. On his way to the track where his competition was to take place, Philip blocked his way. Vinnie threatened to recycle Philip if the latter did not watch where he was going. Later, Philip got in Vinnie's way again and the latter chased the former briefly before being covered in coal from a hopper that Carlos was using. Infuriated, Vinnie chased Philip through and outside the yard.
Eventually, they ended up returning to the yard in the middle of the Shunting Challenge. Vinnie derailed two of Gina's flatbeds, which were blocking his way, before cornering Philip near a turntable and trying to force the little shunter into the turntable well. Thomas and Ashima then managed to couple up to the big tender engine and pull him away, allowing Philip to escape. Vinnie resisted, which caused Thomas' coupling to snap. This launched Vinnie into a set of points that were set against him, derailing him and sending him crashing into an electricity pylon, which then fell on top of him. Vinnie was left trapped under the pylon, screaming for help. He remained there for the rest of the day and was rescued that evening, after which he returned home to America.
Sometime later, he was seen working at San Francisco Docks.
Vinnie is very rude and competitive, with a reputation for being a bully, and will do anything to win a competition, including cheating. He views smaller engines such as Thomas and Philip as inferior to him, often calling them derogatory names such as "Shrimp" (Thomas) and "Shortie" (Philip), and often takes pleasure in bumping them around. Because of his vile behaviour, hardly any of the engines get along with him.
He is also shown to be reckless, as seen by bashing through a pile of rocks, and Gina's flatbeds.
Despite his intimidating size and demeanour, Vinnie has proven himself to be a coward in the face of greater adversity, as shown when he was panicking after his accident at the Great Railway Show.
Vinnie is based on the Canadian National Railway's U-4-a 6400 class. The U-4-a's were primarily used on passenger services in southern Ontario and Quebec due to a lack of coal reserves on the railway. One member of the class, No.6400, is preserved at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.
Vinnie's number is taken from the Grand Trunk Western No.6407 of the U-4-b class, which was scrapped in April 1960.
Vinnie's whistle was later reused for Trevor in the twenty-second series episode, Seeing is Believing. In fact it was sourced from the whistle of Union Pacific 4466, who is the real life engine basis for Old Smokey from the Bill Peet Books.
Special credit and a massive thanks to Xposing Organisms from Patreon for my video request in Every Appearance of Vinnie.

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Death Race: Vinnie vs Samson (from Andrew Chesworth's The Brave Locomotive)