Matt

"Want me to show you?!"-Matt's catchphrase Matthew, often called Matt for short, is one of the main locomotives who works for the North Valley Shortline.
== Bio: ==
Matt works on the excursions and passenger service on the railroad. Rarely, he gets used on the freight service too.
Matt, along with Ashley, was purchased by David McGuire in 1953 following his retirement to replace the original locomotives on the NVS. He was restored and in service by 1955. His restoration was met with some inconveniences, that and his size being why his restoration took longer than Ashley's.
Though fast and strong, Matt is extremely rude and aggressive. He only cares about himself, and often boasts about himself being the mascot of the railroad. He's very uncaring, and is extremely prejudice against the diesel locomotives that work with him. Matt is also very rough on himself, always pushing beyond his limits, which causes him to break down very frequently. Matt hates taking freight trains, and will always have an attitude when he's told to do something other than excursions.
He has a strong hatred for Benton, and always picks on him when he has a chance. His hatred for him is mostly because of Benton's sarcastic attitude, which Matt finds absurdly annoying. He also holds a hatred for articulated locomotives, because according to him, "they're loud, ridiculous, and full of themselves." The real reason why he hates them is because of jealousy for them being bigger than him.
== Technical Details: ==
Model: B&M P-4-b Pacific
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2 "Pacific" type
Weight: 263.1 tons (580,000 pounds)
Fuel Type: Coal
Whistle: Lima 5-chime?
== Trainz Model: ==
Matt's model is K&L Trainz's B&M P4 Pacific. It's payware and can be purchased for $10.00.
== Trivia: ==
* Matt's real life basis was the first of B&M's 2nd order of the P-4's. His real life basis was ordered in 1936, built and delivered in 1937, retired in August 1953, and scrapped not long after.
* His real life basis was given the name "Kwasind", based from the Song of Hiawatha.
** An interesting fact is that each of the B&M P-4's were named by various local schools. Students were allowed to pick the names for each of the locomotives. In Matt's case, his name "Kwasind" was named by Charles Morrison Jr. from Center School in Danbury, NH.
*While his Trainz model shows him with skyline casing, his real life model never had streamline casing. Only the P-4-a's had them.
**Although in the series timeline, when Matt was delivered to North Valley, he didn't have his streamline casing until 1987, when he was rebuilt and fitted with it.
*His real life model's class was also the last 10 Pacific's Lima Locomotive Works built.
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