C.Syde's Fictional Locomotive Characters and Top Speeds

Although I'm not really into the Thomas and Friends series anymore as a whole, due to being grown up, I still have happy memories of when I was still into the series. And I still like the engine prototypes the characters are based on.
In addition to the many characters of Thomas and Friends that I was fascinated by, one of my childhood hobbies was creating lots of my own fictional engine characters. Although most of them were one time appearance characters.
I made a story about them or I drew them, but that was it. A lot of them were forgotten over the years as a result. However, I still have some scrapbooks of some of them, or copies of stories about them, so some of them are still remembered, even if they only made one appearance.
But here's a list of my 'inner circle' of fictional engine characters, their basis's, when they were built, and how fast they have been reported to go. Some of these engine characters I created as a child, and some of them I created when I had already officially grown out of Thomas and Friends but wanted to reawaken the happy memories and times that I had enjoyed as a child.
I discovered the , , , , , , , , , , , , and , because certain engines of Thomas and Friends – Skarloey, Rheneas, James, Thomas, Jinty, Spencer, Bill, Ben, Rusty, Wilbert, Diesel, 'Arry, Bert, Splatter, Dodge, Diesel 10, Diesel 199, and Derek – are based on these classes.
Although I have officially grown out of Thomas and Friends, I still haven't completely abandoned it permanently. This is partly due to my interest in characters, and my interest in locomotives. The rest of the classes that are featured here I discovered in 2010 while reading through this book of locomotives, with the exception of the Minerva Kerr Stuart 'Victory' 0-6-0T Class, , and which I discovered sometime in 2017, the which I discovered sometime in 2011, and the which I discovered as early as 2002, but no later than 2004.
==List of Fictional Locomotive Characters and their Top Speeds==
Character: 	Class: 	Built: 	Configuration: 	Top Speed: 	Introduced:
Honny 	Minerva Kerr Stuart 'Victory' 0-6-0T Class, with an extra window on the sides of his cab, a square funnel with rounded edges, and no extensions to his bunker 	1917, rebuilt circa. 2002, May – June 2010, and August 2017 	, previously and 	30–35 miles per hour / 48–56 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the Minerva Kerr Stuart 'Victory' 0-6-0T Class is able to go is uncertain. Though it is presumed that the locomotive would at least have been able to reach 30–35 miles per hour. 	2002
Ponny 	Minerva Kerr Stuart 'Victory' 0-6-0T Class, with an extra window on the sides of his cab, a square funnel with rounded edges, and no extensions to his bunker 	1917, rebuilt circa. 2002, May – June 2010, and August 2017 	, previously and 	30–35 miles per hour / 48–56 kilometres per hour 	2002
Harry Old Barry 	 	1953 	 	35 miles per hour / 56 kilometres per hour 	January 2004This creation date may not be exact. But I seem to remember creating Harry Old Barry around this time.
Wilbur 	, with an extra window on the sides of his cab, a top feed, an additional dome, handrails on his side tanks, and no extensions to his bunker 	1928, rebuilt circa. 2004, May – June 2010, and August 2017 	 	60 miles per hour / 97 kilometres per hour 	April 2004
Harry 	, with a pony truck, a belpaire firebox, a fowler tender, and front sandboxes mounted underneath his footplate instead of joined to his leading arches 	1912, rebuilt circa. 2004, January 2021, and 22nd March 2023 	, originally , previously and 	70–80 miles per hour / 112.5–129 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach up to 70 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 80 miles an hour. 	Late 2004
Tenny 	, with a saddle going up on the sides of his front; originally 	Between 1962 and 1965, rebuilt circa. 2005, May – June 2010, and August 2017	 	75 miles per hour / 121 kilometres per hour (rebuild), originally 60 miles per hour / 97 kilometres per hour 	January 2005
Humish 	, with no ladders going up on the sides of his front 	Between 1952 and 1962 	 	20–30 miles per hour / 32–48 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach up to 20 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 30 miles an hour. 	January 2005
Grumpy 	, with a pony truck, a belpaire firebox, a fowler tender, and front sandboxes mounted underneath his footplate instead of joined to his leading arches 	1912 	, originally 	70–80 miles per hour / 112.5–129 kilometres per hour 	January 2005This creation date may not be exact. But I seem to remember creating Grumpy around this time.
Elliot 	, with extended side tanks, an extra window on the sides of his cab, wheel arches, a giesl funnel, and a belpaire firebox 	June 1913, rebuilt circa. 2005 	 	96 miles per hour / 155 kilometres per hour (rebuild), originally 30–70 miles per hour / 48–113 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is debatable, as it has been stated by multiple sources to be able to go anywhere between 30 and 70 miles an hour. 	September 2005
Metey Barnett 	; previously / hybrid 	Between 1960 and 1965, rebuilt circa. 2006, May 2010, and January 2021 	, previously 	90 miles per hour / 145 kilometres per hour (rebuild), originally 140 kilometres per hour 	January 2006
Andrew 	, with an extra window on the sides of his cab, rectangular cylinders with rounded edges, front sandboxes, two wheel arches on each side, round cab windows, and an extended bunker; originally ; previously / hybrid	1864, rebuilt 1937, circa. 2007, May – June 2010, and August 2017 	, originally , previously 	60–70 miles per hour / 97–113 kilometres per hour (rebuild)This is how fast Andrew is capable of going. However, the other members of the class are only capable of reaching 35 miles per hour., originally 20–35 miles per hour / 32–56 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach up to 20 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 35 miles an hour., previously 15–35 miles per hour / 24.1402–56 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the class is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach anywhere from 15 to 25 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 35 miles an hour.	January 2007
Cameron 	 	1866, rebuilt 1954–1963, and January 2021 	 	20–35 miles per hour / 32–56 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the class is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach up to 20 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 35 miles an hour. 	April 2007
Iron Kelvin 	, with no ladders going up on the sides of his front, and a ventilation grill 	Between 1952 and 1962 	 	20–30 miles per hour / 32–48 kilometres per hour 	October 2008
Iron Wyngryk 	, with no ladders going up on the sides of his front 	Between 1952 and 1962 	 	20–30 miles per hour / 32–48 kilometres per hour 	May 2010
Killeroid 	, with non-regulation hydraulic claw, and 191 sharp metal spikes 	8th February 1961 	 	90–100 miles per hour / 145–160 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach up to 90 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 100 miles an hour. 	May 2010
LeanderLeander is actually named after me, but because I don't wish to reveal what my name is in real life, he is referred to on the internet as Leander because of the type of locomotive he is based on, and so it makes a suitable alias to use for him.	 	March 1936 	 	75 miles per hour 	May 2010
Letryko Eurostar 	 	Between 1992 and 1996 	 	208 miles per hour / 334.7 kilometres per hour 	May 2010
Lumbrial 	 	1894 	 	62.1371 miles per hour / 100 kilometres per hour 	May 2010
Ross 	, with a flowerpot exhaust pipe and main frames; originally ; previously / hybrid 	1941, rebuilt circa. 1961 and August 2017 	, originally 	27–30 miles per hour / 45.9–48 kilometres per hour (rebuild)This is how fast Ross is capable of going. However, the other members of the class have not been confirmed to be able to go faster than 28.5 miles per hour. Ross' top speed is based on that of his original or current basis, whichever happens to be faster., originally 10–30 miles per hour / 16.0934–48 kilometres per hourThe maximum speed that the class is able to go is debatable, as some sources say that it can reach anywhere from 10 to 27 miles an hour, while other sources say that it can reach up to 30 miles an hour., previously 20–30 miles per hour / 32–48 kilometres per hour 	June 2010
Prince 	, with running board front steps 	November 1933 	 	114 miles per hour 	October 2011
Mallaroy 	, with a corridor tender 	3rd March 1938, rebuilt August 2017 and January 2021 	 	126–126.4 miles per hour / 203–203.4 kilometres per hour 	October 2011
Pennsylvania 	 	December 1916 	 	45–55 miles per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is uncertain. Though it is presumed that the locomotive would at least have been able to reach 45–55 miles per hour. 	October 2011
Stafford 	; previously / hybrid 	December 1907, rebuilt October 2011 and January 2021 	, previously 	35–40 miles per hourThe maximum speed that the is able to go is uncertain. Though it is presumed that the locomotive would at least have been able to reach 35–40 miles per hour. 	October 2011
Lionel 	 	November 1941, rebuilt July 2016 – May 2019 	(normal incarnation), (Learning Curve incarnation)	80 miles per hour / 130 kilometres per hour 	August 2019
==Gallery==
Elliot.png|Elliot
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