1020

1020 was a black mixed-traffic tender engine who once worked on the London and North Eastern Railway.

Biography
1020 was built at Stratford Works to a design by Thomas W. Worsdell. He worked on the Great Eastern Railway and later the London and North Eastern Railway, along with many other engines. When Toby was visiting a seaside branch line, he saw 1020 struggling with a load of trucks and offered to help him. The grateful engine told Toby about the festival.

Personality
Despite being dirty and badly maintained and suffering from steam leaks which made it hard for him to pull trains, 1020 seemed to have a bit of an optimistic side to him.

Basis
1020 is based on a London & North Eastern Railway J15 0-6-0 goods tender engine, originally classified as a Y14 by the Great Eastern Railway. His number was fictional as no J15s carried the number 1020. Number 564/7564/65462 is preserved on the North Norfolk Railway and owned by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society.

Livery
1020 is painted in the London and North Eastern Railway's mixed-traffic livery of unlined black with his number (1020) painted on the sides of his cab in yellow and his company's initials (LNER) painted on the sides of his tender, also in yellow. His buffer beams are painted red. His paintwork is weathered due to him being badly maintained.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Toby, Trucks and Trouble - Toby's Seaside Holiday

Companion Volumes

 * 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection

Trivia

 * In The Railway Series book, Toby, Trucks and Trouble, the text in "Toby's Seaside Holiday" states that 1020 is younger than Toby, however the J15s were built from 1883 up to 1913 and Toby was built in 1914, meaning 1020 would be older than Toby.