The characters / Recurring character
Charlie the Choo-Choo
Charlie the Choo-Choo is recorded in 2 distinct stories.
Jake and Eddie inspect the picture of Charlie himself. This is a mention and depiction of King’s established named train character. Link the book character; do not silently equate him with the separate Topeka train.
Stories and supporting passages
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
Read the passage Spoilers · Fiction within the story
… the mono’s nose, so that if you looked at Blaine head-on, it would seem to have a face, just like Charlie the Choo-Choo. The wipers would look like slyly drooping eyelids. White light from the southeastern slot in the Cradle fell across Blaine in a long, distorted rectangle. To Eddie, …
Jake and Eddie inspect the picture of Charlie himself. This is a mention and depiction of King’s established named train character. Link the book character; do not silently equate him with the separate Topeka train.
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
Read the passage Spoilers · Fiction within the story
Eddie did, and for a moment saw nothing-except for Charlie himself, of course: Charlie with his headlight eye and not-quite-trustworthy cowcatcher grin.
Jake and Eddie inspect the picture of Charlie himself. This is a mention and depiction of King’s established named train character. Link the book character; do not silently equate him with the separate Topeka train.