Description
Sammy the Shunter is a 2-4-2T locomotive, painted red with green wheels and a yellow dome who lives in the fictional town of Sleeping Sunbury in England. The various books tell of Sammy's adventures all over the world. Sammy seems to be more widely travelled than Thomas the Tank Engine.
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