sidneySidney is a forgetful blue diesel engine who is good friends with Percy. He often takes goods trains to the Mainland. Sidney started life as a shunter on the Mainland, until he unwittingly followed some diesels onto a steamship boundSidney: Directed by Reginald Hudlin. With Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Halle Berry, Willie Blue. Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.