Toby is a tram engine. and he is old-fashioned, both in looks and outlook. Every engine, no matter how old, wants to be Really Useful and having once nearly been scrapped, Toby is always happy to work. He is not above being tempermental sometimes, but since he works mainly up an outlying quarry line he can work off his moods without causing grief to anyone except his own faithful coach Henrietta.
Did you know? Toby is Christopher Awdry's favourite character

Trivia[]
- Toby makes a cameo.
- Hes the same basis as Thomas
- According to an interview with Mike O'Donnell, Toby's theme was used as a demo for the television series' opening theme.
- Toby's favourite station is Maithwaite.
- In an interview with SiF, Andrew Brenner stated that Toby was one of his favourite characters, along with James, Bill and Ben.
- Rob Rackstraw gives Toby a West Country accent in the UK dub.
- Toby's bell from the second to third series was later heard in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure after Ryan stops the pirate ship during the wide shot of Arlesburgh Harbour. It was also used in the movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.
- Even though he has six wheels, some merchandise ranges with other six-wheeled engines depict him with only four because of difficulty navigating curved track.
- In the arcade game "Magical Truck Adventure" by SEGA, two J70 tram engines were seen at the first level and another was seen in an ending cutscene, each with a number 7, bearing a strong resemblance to Toby.
- Toby is one of only ten characters to appear in every series of the television series and one of only eight to speak in each one.
- He was the only member of the Steam Team not to have a berth at Tidmouth Sheds from Calling All Engines!-onwards because of his shed on his historic branch line.
- Toby was the namesake of the Talyllyn Railway's inspection trolley, which later inspired Ivo's Flying Bedstead.
- Toby was supposed to appear in the seventh series episode, "Emily's New Coaches", but was dropped and replaced with Oliver for unknown reasons.
- One of Toby’s models from the twelfth series is on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan and is wearing his startled face. It had previously been on display at Nitrogen Studios. The other twelfth series model was on display at Drayton Manor, but it was stolen from the display in 2011. His grinning face was on the model when he first arrived and was put on display there, but it had been replaced with a replica face. His cab roof was facing backwards on some days.
- Toby's sleeping face is now owned by Twitter user, ThomasTankMerch.
- Between the eighth and twelfth series, Toby was written as the oldest and wisest member of the Steam Team. This character role was perviously given to Edward, which he had in The Railway Series. Going by built dates, Emily is the oldest member of the Steam Team.