Sir Handel (RWS)/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
Sir Handel is a fictional narrow gauge saddletank locomotive created by the Rev. W. Awdry. Before joining the Skarloey Railway, he was originally known as Falcon and worked on the Mid Sodor Railway. He carries the No. 3.

He first appeared in The Railway Series book, Four Little Engines, which was published in 1955. His last appearance was in New Little Engine, published in 1996.

Front of Sir Handel/Falcon:

Awdry's models
The Reverend Wilbert Awdry built an OO9 scale model of Falcon for his layout of the Mid Sodor Railway. Falcon was made from a GEM Vari-kit modified with saddle tank, a cab from an Airfix Pug kit and a Minitrix 0-6-0 chassis. Albert also shares this basis. Falcon's model was donated by Awdry and put on display at the Reverend Teddy Boston's Cadeby Light Railway in Cadeby, Leicestershire, England, before the railway finally closed in 2005.