Other Real Tank Locomotives

Several other real standard gauge tank locomotives have appeared in Thomas & Friends media.

Andrew Barclay No. 1245
1245 is a small tank engine which appeared in the Down at the Station segments.

Real-life History
This locomotive was delivered to the Carron Iron Company, Falkirk and given locomotive number 14, where it worked until 1947. Following this, it was transferred to the company’s site at Bannockburn to work on the Coke Ovens and in 1949 its ownership was transferred to the National Coal Board's Bannockburn Colliery, where it continued to work until a major rebuild in 1959 at the Alloa Central Workshops.

It was given the new designation of number 10 and spent the remainder of the 1960s working between the Michael Colliery and Wellesley Colliery in Fife.

In 1972 the locomotive was retired and sold for scrap to Thomas Muir Metal Merchants, who moved it to their Thornton yard in Fife for a short while before being put into longer term storage, with four other Andrew Barclay locomotives, at their yard in Kirkcaldy.

For the next 30 years the locomotive was totally neglected, until 2004 when, despite its appearance, it was purchased and moved to the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway for restoration. Work was intensive but 19 months later, repainted in an eye-catching Caledonian Blue livery, it steamed to Lakeside for the first time.

Livery
1245 is painted blue with yellow lining.

Trivia

 * 1245 has been used to protray Thomas at Days Out with Thomas events on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.

Bear Harbor Lumber Company No. 1
Bash and Dash are based on this engine.

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Miscellaneous
Bear Harbor Lumber Company's locomotive #1 was mentioned on Bash and Dash's Engine Depot page on The Official Website.

DRG Class 61 No. 61 001
61 001 appears in The Making of The Great Race. It was a proposed basis for Frieda.

Dübs & Company Works No. 4101 "Dubsy"
4101, nicknamed Dubsy, is an 0-4-0 crane tank engine.

Harvey is based on this engine.

Real-life History
Dubsy is presently based at the Foxfield Railway in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, England.

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Miscellaneous
Dubs Crane Engine No. 4101 was mentioned on Harvey's Engine Depot page on The Official Website.

GWR No. 101
GWR No. 101 is a 101 Class 0-4-0 side-tank locomotive that appears in Mr. Perkins' Railway Lesson as a Hornby model.

Real-life History
The real locomotive was built by the GWR Swindon Works in June of 1902 it was under the direction of George Jackson Churchward and was consisted of a single experimental 0-4-0 side-tank locomotive.

In 1903 it was given a Lentz boiler with a cylindrical corrugated firebox inside the barrel. The saddle tank for fuel was removed and oil stored at the rear end of the side tanks.

It was intended for light passenger service on the Wrington Vale Light Railway near Bristol. However, due to technical issues associated with the design, the locomotive never saw the intended service. It remained at Swindon Works, used as a works shunter. No further engines were built to this design, and the locomotive was withdrawn and scrapped in 1911.

Trivia

 * In July of 1902, it was redesigned with a smaller firebox and a single burner.
 * In 1905, the locomotive was rebuilt as a coal burner, with the cab backplate replaced by a bunker.
 * Despite it being a unique, obscure and short-lived experimental loco, Hornby have been producing a 00 scale model of No. 101 since 1978, in many prototypical and non-prototypical guises. It is currently sold as part of the Railroad range. Hornby inaccurately ascribe the whole design to Holden, instead of just the oil-burning mechanism.

GWR No. 1340 Trojan
Trojan is an 0-4-0 saddletank engine from the Great Western Railway.

Real-life History
Trojan (Works No. 1386) was built in 1897 by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England. Her first owners were Messrs Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock. In 1903, she was purchased by the Alexandra Docks Railway. This was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1923.

In July 1932, the GWR sold her to the Netherseal colliery, Burton-on-Trent. She changed hands again in 1947, going to Alders (Tamworth) Ltd.

Trojan is now preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre. It was restored to working order in 2002 and remained in service on demonstration trains at Didcot until 2011 when it was withdrawn for a ten-yearly overhaul. Trojan was moved offsite in 2016 for the overhaul to take place, and returned in 2021.

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Books

 * 2015 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia

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 * 2015 - Trading Cards

Trivia

 * The Trading Cards and Thomas Goods Encyclopedia describes Trojan as being the basis of Percy. In Meet the Contenders, Percy's basis is listed as a GWR Avonside Saddle Tank. While The Official Website suggests that Percy is based on more than one 0-4-0 saddle tank engine from the Avonside Engine Company.
 * Trojan has been seen with a face at Days Out with Thomas events at the Didcot Railway Centre.

GWR 1400 Class No. 4801
Appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia and Sodor: Reading Between the Lines

Real-life History
The Great Western Railways No. 4801 was built in August 1932 at Swindon. It was the second member of the 4800 class, which totalled 75 by 1936. In 1946 the locomotive along with the rest of its class were rebranded as the 1400 class, as the GWR converted twelve of its 2800 class of Consolidations to burn oil, reassigning the 4800 class to that series of experimental locomotives.

In 1952, she starred in the Ealing Studios comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt, occasionally swapping numberplates with sister locomotive 1456, so more filming could be done quicker. A replica was also built for the crash sequence. After this, she carried on her existence as normal, before being broken up in November 1959. Stock footage of the engine in motion also appears in the 1966 Hammer horror film The Reptile.

4801 was to remain in service until November 1958 when it was withdrawn from 85B Horton Road shed in Gloucester before being scrapped in November 1959 by TW Ward of Briton Ferry.

Trivia

 * Oliver is another member of this class.

GWR 4500 Class No. 4561
Appears in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man documentary.

GWR 5600 Class No. 5643
5643 is a tank engine which appeared on the Down at the Station segments. It was seen pulling passengers and being shunted by 44422. It is owned by the Furness Railway Trust and based at the Ribble Steam Railway but is currently out on loan.

Livery
5643 is painted in British Railways' Deep Bronze green livery with a brass safety valve bonnet.

GWR 5700 Class No. 3738
3738 appeared in Character Encyclopedia.

Trivia

 * Duck is another member of this class.

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 * 1980 - Annual: Real Railway Feature - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Trivia

 * Duck is another member of this class.
 * 5775 on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway featured in the film The Railway Children painted brown and lettered with GN&SR (Great Northern and Southern Railway).

GWR 5700 Class No. 7715
7715 appears in Character Encyclopedia

Trivia

 * Duck is another member of this class.

GWR 6400 Class No. 6430
6430 is a GWR 6400 class pannier tank engine which appeared in the Down at the Station segments.

Livery
6430 is painted in the British Railway's Deep Bronze green livery.

GWR 8750 Class No. 9681
9681 appears in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man.

Haydock Foundry Bellerophon
Bellerophon is a brown well-tank engine which currently resides on the Foxfield Railway.

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Annuals

 * 1980 - Annual: Real Railway Feature - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Videos

 * 2020 - Meet Sonny of England!

Trivia

 * Sonny is another member of this class.

Hudswell Clarke No. 1800 Thomas
Nene Valley Railway Thomas appears in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man, A Day With Thomas at The Nene Valley Railway and Sodor: Reading Between the Lines

Hunslet Austerity No. 1 Thomas
Mid-Hants Railway Thomas appears in Hello Thomas and James, Thomas' Christmas Song, Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel, Thomas the Tank Engine Encyclopedia

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

Hunslet Austerity No. 24 William H. Austen
William H. Austen is a Hunslet Austerity that appears in Thomas & the U.K. Trip when Gachapin and Mukku were visiting several heritage railways.

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

Hunslet Austerity No. 150 Cumbria
Cumbria is a saddle tank engine. It appeared in the Down at the Station segments. It is seen pulling passengers. Cumbria is owned by the Furness Railway Trust and is the trust's first steam locomotive.

Livery
Cumbria is painted in the Furness Railway Indian Red livery with black lining.

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

Hunslet Austerity No. 1873 Jessie
Appears in Secret Journey of Thomas the Tank Engine

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

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Annuals

 * 1980 - Annual: Real Railway Feature - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

Hunslet Austerity No. 75254
Appears in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man

Trivia

 * Wilbert, Sixteen and The Austerity Engine are other members of this class.

Hunslet Works No. 2705 Beatrice
Beatrice is a preserved saddle tank engine on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway that appears in the Storytime with Mr. Evans segments.

JNR Class C11 No. 292
C11 292 is a preserved tank engine which is on display in front of Shimbashi Station in Japan and appears in the Japanese online mini-series Salaryman Thomas.

John Steven’s Geared Locomotive (replica)
John Steven’s Geared Locomotive Replica appears in A Wonderful American Journey With Thomas and Connie. The original John Stevens was built to demonstrate very high pressure steam locomotives. It was the very first locomotive to run in the United States of America. John Steven ran on a loop in his estate in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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Miscellaneous
Austin I is mentioned on Stanley's Engine Depot page on The Official Website.

Trivia

 * Stanley is based on a hybrid cross of Kitson's No. 5459 Austin I and a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST engine.

LB&SCR E2 Class No. 105
105 is an 0-6-0 tank engine with extended side tanks from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

Appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia and Character Encyclopedia.

Trivia

 * Thomas is another member of this class.

LB&SCR E2 Class No. 107
107 is an 0-6-0 tank engine with extended side tanks from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

Appears in The Adventures of Thomas

Trivia

 * Thomas is another member of this class.
 * In 2012, Nitrogen Studios created a CGI model of 107, which would be reskinned as Thomas, for the planned film The Adventures of Thomas.

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Annuals

 * 1980 - Annual: North Yorkshire Moors Railway

LMS Fairburn 4MT No. 42073
42073 is a tank engine. It appeared on the Down at the Station segments.

Real-life History
As newly-built, but with a boiler manufactured in 1946, 42073 spent its first three months working from Stewarts Lane Depot, in Battersea, in London’s east end, before moving on to Ashford in Kent in February, 1951.

It was sent to Dover later the same year, then back to Ashford again in 1952. In November 1954, it was transferred to the North Eastern Region and allocated to Gateshead. Probably its most famous moment occurred on the 19th April 1955 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, when, below the Norman Keep of the castle, it did battle with the LNER Gresley V2 2-6-2 number 60968 on the diamond crossing.

They converged onto the same stretch of line and in the resulting collision the V2 fell onto its side. In 1957 it worked from Bradford and Sowerby Bridge; in 1958 from York and Neville Hill; in 1959 from Low Moor and Wakefield. At Copley Hill it was to have its longest stay from 1960 to 1964.

In 1965 it was back at Low Moor again and finally in Normanton in June 1967, where it joined 42085 for the first time.

Livery
42073 is painted in British Railways black with white lining.

LMS Ivatt Class 2MT No. 41241
41241 is a tank engine based at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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Annuals

 * 1980 - Annual: Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Trivia

 * According to Robert Gauld-Galliers' original artwork, Arthur was originally going to have the number 41241.

LMS Stanier Class 3P No. 91
LMS Stanier Class 3P 2-6-2T No. 91 appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia.

Trivia

 * In Thomas Goods Encyclopedia, the LMS Stanier Class 3P is misidentified as Arthur's basis. His true basis is the LMS Ivatt Class 2MT.

LSWR M7 No. 53
No. 53 is an LSWR M7 based at the Swanage Railway. It appears in 2014 magazines fact file.

L&YR Class 21 No. 51218
51218 appears in The Railway Series: Surprise Packet.

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Annuals

 * 1980 - Annual: Real Railway Feature - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Trivia

 * Billy, Charlie and Friendly Steamie are other members of this class.

Minaz No. 1173
The Minaz No. 1173 is an 0-4-0ST+PT locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works that worked at the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Sugar Mill in Cuba in 1915.

Victor is based on this engine.

Real-life History
The Minaz No. 1173 used to work for the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Sugar Mill, and spent most of it's life to haul sugars. It was in poor condition and withdrawn from service after 1993.

It was rescued from Céspedes on the 3rd August 2012 then from there it was transferred to the Patria Sugar Mill Museum where it was repainted and put on display with other engines rescued from Céspedes and other sugar mills.

Today it's still at the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Sugar Mill but it's still out of service while put on display with the other engines rescued from Céspedes and other sugar mills as well.

Livery
1173 is painted black with white lining, red sidetanks and counterweight. It has a silver smokebox, boiler, funnel and handrails.

1173 was previously painted black all-over a yellow stripe on either sides of tanks.

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 * 2015 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia

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1173 was mentioned on Victor's Engine Depot page on The Official Website. }}
 * 2015 - Trading Cards

Trivia

 * The engine carried water in its saddle tank and oil in its side tanks.
 * Unlike his basis, Victor is protrayed as a narrow gauge engine. Victor originally carried the same number as his basis.

MSC No. 686 The Lady Armaghdale
Appears in The Making of Thomas the Tank Engine

NBR G Class
Appears in Thomas Goods Encyclopedia

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 * 2005 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia
 * 2015 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia

Trivia

 * In Thomas Goods Encyclopedia, the NBR G Class is misidentified as Percy's basis.

North British Works No. 24564 Coventry
Coventry is a tank engine owned by the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre which appeared in Thomas and the U.K. Trip painted to resemble Thomas.

Peckett No. 1900 "The Flying Bufferbeam"
Peckett No. 1900, nicknamed The Flying Bufferbeam, is an 0-4-0T tank steam locomotive that lives at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

In Thomas and the U.K. Trip, Gachapin and Mukku saw while visiting the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

Real-life History
No. 1900 was built in 1936 by Peckett & Sons of Bristol, England, it is the smallest standard gauge steam locomotive built in Britain, at a height of five feet, four inches. Unlike most of Peckett's products No. 1900 was not a standard design but still incorporated many standard parts, some of which came from narrow gauge designs.

As of today the engine is still at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre where it operates.

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 * 1992 - Thomas and the U.K. Trip

Trivia

 * With its diminutive size, it is known to many as The Flying Bufferbeam, though for a while at Quainton it had been named Jill.

Sentinel Works No. 7109 Joyce
Joyce is a Sentinel (chain-driven) vertical-boiler industrial steam locomotive.

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 * 2016 - Meet the Contenders: Raul of Brazil

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Trivia

 * On the 2015 Official Website, Logan was incorrectly stated as being based on the Sentinel 7109. Logan is based on the S&DJR Sentinels, two similar-looking locomotives to Joyce. However, Joyce's number (7109) would be the inspiration for Logan's.
 * In Meet the Contenders, Raul is incorrectly described as being based on the Sentinel 7109. His true basis is the broad gauge Sentinel No. 166.

Sentinel Works No. 9369 Musketeer
Musketeer is a Sentinel 100 HP 'BE Type' (chain-driven) vertical-boiler industrial strength steam locomotive.

Scruff and Spunky Steamie are based on Musketeer.

Real-life History
Musketeer was built in 1946 built by Sentinel Waggon Works to work the Royal Ordnance Factory in Hooton, Wirral. It was purchased in 1958 by Thomas E. Gray Ltd. to shunt lime trucks from the Isham Quarries in Northamptonshire. Gray named the blue-liveried locomotive "Musketeer" to commemorate the Royal Navy ship that he served aboard during the Second World War. The coal-powered steam locomotive was retired in 1975 to the Northhamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust, Hunsbury Hill, Northants, where it is on static display.

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 * 2015 - Trading Cards

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 * 1980 - Annual: Real Railway Feature - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Trivia

 * Rosie is another member of this class.
 * The font style of red Rosie's NWR initials and number 37 is the same font that is used on 30072 of Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern No. 65
No. 65 is an 0-6-0 saddle tank engine which appears in Character Encyclopedia.

Real-life History
Built in 1930 by the H. K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, PA for the Safe Harbor Water and Power Company of Columbia it was first used as a switcher by The Arundel Corporation of Baltimore, MD for construction of the Safe Harbor Water and Power Company at Columbia, PA in 1930, and 1931.

In 1941, the locomotive was reconditioned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Then for a period during World War II #65 was used as a stationary boiler to provided steam to the Safe Harbor power house. This may have been due to wartime oil shortages.

In 1970, it was donated to the Wanaker, Kempton & Southern Inc. then 2 years later in 1972, Number 65 was acquired from the Safe Harbor Water and Power Company of Columbia, PA where it worked as a switcher. Later that same year in 1972, the locomotive was donated to the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad where it worked hauling tourist trains.

Today the locomotive is still at the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad but it's right now under an Overhaul.

Trivia

 * Porter, Dockyard Engines and BEDT No. 15 are other members of this class.
 * Around 2004 #65 was mocked up to look like Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 15.
 * After the dam was constructed the locomotive was sold to Safe Harbor where it would remain for the next four decades.