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An orange-brown narrow gauge tank-tender engine who is widely respected and considered a hero amongst all the engines. He is also one of the oldest engines on Sodor, having been ordered by and named after "His Grace" the Duke of Sodor for the Mid Sodor Railway.
The earliest 0-4-0 locomotives were tender engines and appeared as early as c. 1802. The 0-4-0 tank engines were introduced in the early 1850s. The type was found to be so useful in many locations that they continued to be built for more than a century and existed until the end of the steam era. Locomotion No. 1
A red 2-8-2 tender engine who prefers goods trains to passengers. River Mite: Rex: A green 2-8-2 tender engine. He enjoys nothing more than teasing Mike. Rex is a hard worker, but sometimes has a problem with traction. River Esk: Bert: A blue 0-8-2 tender engine. He is the quietest of all the engines on the railway. River Irt: Jock
A red 2-8-2 miniature tender engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway. River Mite: Tim Whitnall Bert: A blue 0-8-2 miniature tender engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway. River Irt: Keith Wickham Ryan: GNER 1014 A purple 0-6-2 tank engine who takes over on Thomas' brandh line for a short period whilst Thomas works at the construction yard ...
A new tender engine named Rebecca comes to work on the North Western Railway, but gets clumsy and blocks the Flying Scotsman's platform at Vicarstown early, makes her passengers late by leaving the stations early, and blocks the engines down at Brendam Docks.
Tender had received a dent in its rear, in a 1944 wreck. [42] Tender rebuilt in 2001, by substituting the body from the 1st 81 tender (ex-#191 or 194). [43] Original #73 tender body (ex-#193) was used to make Auxiliary Tender #733 in 2019, with the dent hammered out. [44] 80 American Locomotive Company: 2-8-2. 19,000 lbf (85 kN) July 1920 61980
Like all GS engines, they had teardrop classification lights and an air horn to supplement their whistle. They retained the skyline casing on the top of the boiler but did not have the side skirting of previous GS locomotives. Southern Pacific's GS-6s also lacked the orange and red "Daylight" paint scheme that the previous GS engines so ...
No. 4460 was built in July 1943 and was used during World War II and after. [1] It derailed in 1956 [2] but returned to service. The engine was the first GS-6 ever manufactured and is famous for pulling the last steam-powered passenger train and being the last operational steam locomotive on the Southern Pacific Railroad in October 1958. [1]