- Ashley is the sassy Smoking Car who huffs and puffs around the tracks,
hanging out with her girlfriends and offering advice.
Some people also say she's a little astute. What do you think?

- In race 1, Ashley's racing with Espresso, the Italian engine.
In race 2,3 and 4, she's racing with Bobo, the French engine.
Bobo is kinda 'her' boy, as they are seen a lot together during the show.
Before each race they are usually kissing.

- During the final, Graeseball takes Ashley from Bobo when he looses Pearl.

- Buffy is Ashley's bestfriend.

- In the Mexican production of Starlight Express, they changed Ashley's name to Bacha.
This is a Mexican slangword for a cigarette.

- The actresses who plays Ashley drops their cigarettes a lot, so they have a whole tray full of them backstage.

- The actress who plays Ashley usually understudys Dinah, and sometimes Pearl.

- The actress who played Ashley in the original London production was Chrissy Wickham.

- The current London Ashley-actress is Lucie Fentum.

- The actress who played Ashley in the original Bochum production was Roslyn Howell.

- The current Bochum Ashley-actress is Emma Raciti.