Uovu Mkubwa

Uovu Mkubwa is a light red tender engine from Tanzania. He works in Dar Es Sallam Docks, doing whatever is needed of him.

Personality
Uovu Mkubwa is a very shy engine. He has a very hard time socializing, but, when you do get to know him, he´s the nicest engine in Africa. He is also a very helpful engine, who does whatever he can to help his friends. He gets very flustered up around Kwaku, his crush.

Origin
Uovu Mkubwa was built in a small Tanzanian Works. As he was fired up for the first time, he saw a big, dark red engine named Kwaku. That´s when a crush formed on him. When he first arrived at the docks, he met two more engine, Chinansa and Simiyu. The three of them worked hard together, with Kwaku and a Kenyan engine named Nia bringing trains regurally. He grew very close with his tank engine companions, and eventually shared his secret. The three of them helped him with trying to get Kwaku´s attention, until Nia went to Sodor, which made all of them sad, especially Uovu.

Trivia
Uovu Mkubwa means ¨big evil¨ in Swahili.

He is the favorite original character of fellow user, Railwolf_930.