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The Tower is the minor antagonist for the first half of the 1991 movie adaptation of The Little Engine That Could. He is the boss of the Roundhouse and is one of Tillie's obstacles.
He is a signal box who has two gates for arms, an alarm on his nose, and a clipboard most of the time. He runs the Roundhouse and the Train Yard and has no soft spots. He is extremely impatient and immature as he is shown ranting and falling asleep very easily to lullabies.
He is voiced by Neil Ross, who also voiced Colonel Volgin in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Grandfather in Codename: Kids Next Door.
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It is unknown what his backstory is or why he is abusive in the first place, but it has been speculated that he is most likely jealous of the fact that he is the only one that cannot leave his foundation and see the world like everyone else, or because he doesn't have much physical power over everyone so he most likely has to try harder at enforcing his rules.
He is the main director of the Roundhouse and is Tillie, Farnsworth, Pete, Georgia, and Jebediah's boss. He is first seen peacefully waking up until he realizes there is work to be done, and then he sounds his alarm ordering everyone to get to work.
He then is seen rebuking Tillie for getting agitated by Farnsworth's insults, and then when Tillie was supposed to get Jebediah over to start his work, he sees that she's pulling it instead (she even imitates Jebediah's voice in order to trick Tower when his back was turned) and tells her that she is too little. In which Chip makes him sneeze by dancing on top of him in which he calls him a big blowhard.
Tillie then asks Tower if she could pull the birthday train over the mountain, whereas he feigns fascination that she would volunteer, and then suddenly from out of nowhere starts yelling at her that she is not allowed.
He then last seen falling asleep thanks to the help of Chip so both he and Tillie could sneak past Tower to pull the birthday train.
He is never seen or heard of again afterwards.