Jonny Cuba

**Jonny Cuba**  was an Australian engine with a large boiler who once went under the name of **Cuthbert**.

## Biography

Jonny Cuba was first built in Australia in 1935, without a face. Sometime that year, a group of men performed an ancient Aboriginal ritual on him. After the ritual was complete, the men were killed by lightning and he came to life. He became a notorious gangster who committed lots of crimes in various countries. His supernatural abilities easily enabled him to escape accountability.

In 1957, Jonny Cuba arrived on Sodor to help the engines on the Peel Godred Branch Line with the incredibly heavy workload. One foggy night, he left Sodor, having stolen a train from the branch line and took it to the Old Springfield Branch Line. Afterwards, he disappeared, and the authorities had no luck trying to find him.

Six years later, rumours spread about him hijacking a supply train from the Ministry of Defence in the Midlands. These would turn out to be true, as that year, during a storm, he returned to Sodor. His life of crime would soon come to an end while on Sodor as he was arrested. To this day, nobody knows what happened to Jonny Cuba after he was arrested. Some say he was deported back to Australia while others think he may have been given the death penalty. However, his fate was confirmed when shortly after being derailed, he would be transferred away by the SCP Foundation. While trying to sedate him with green water, black water was accidentally put in the wrong barrel and this turned him back into a faceless engine.

## Persona

Jonny Cuba seemed to be an easy going engine who uses a lot of Australian Slang. He could also be a chatty engine but preferred working over getting the attention. However, he was later revealed to be a criminal. It's unknown if his amiable nature is his actual personality along with being a crook or if he was pretending to be friendly. Given his interaction with the criminals at the end of his debut however, he does seem laid-back and friendly if very treacherous. It is possible that this persona is somewhat false, as he is also capable of being very threatening, claiming he'd taken down an 8F Locomotive before getting busted, and having no qualms of using explosives for real against the populace of Sodor.

## Basis

Jonny Cuba is based on a Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) W class, built in 1951 by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in the United Kingdom. With running numbers from 901 to 960.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 4

* Robbery
* Diagnosis *(does not speak)*
* Beeching *(does not speak)*
* Storm
* Return *(does not speak)*

#### SCPs of Sodor

* Prologue *(not named; does not speak)*
* A Troublesome Engine *(death)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Swagman *(does not speak)*
* Siege *(does not speak)*
* Imposter
* Stereotypes
* Misinformation

## Trivia

* He uses Falcon's faces and Hiro's whistle.
* He is based on a character with the same name (Johnny Cuba) from TUGS, slightly misspelled.
* The original preview of Robbery, originally called Heist, and later Imposter, reveals that Cuthbert isn't his real name, though it ended before it was revealed, and viewers were invited to sound off in the comments with their own theories. It's unknown if the name he was going to say was Jonny Cuba or something else initially.
* His basis in real life was built after the war in 1951 to the gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm). However Jonny has been scaled up to the gauge of 4 ft 8 ½ in (1435 mm) standard gauge.
* He seems to be able to move things by using anomalous powers just by looking at them, such as a drawbridge, switches, and a disabled turntable, as well as put coal in his tender. This implies that he was turned over to the SCP Foundation to be studied.
* Despite his livery, he does not have any records of working for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) even though he is based on an engine operated by the WAGR).
* In his last appearance, the WAGR is referred to as the "Western Australia *Greater* Railway", though it's actually the Western Australian *Government* Railways.
* His running number is 961, a number not carried by any W class in-service by the WAGR, with numbers stopping at 960, this would explain why the WAGR never had any records of Jonny Cuba's operational record.
* The setting for Cuba's birth/sentience is believed to be Western Australia, although it could also be the Northern Territory, Upper South Australia, or Northern Queensland.
* Before gaining sentience, No. 961 was a faceless engine.

## See Also

**Rail Gate Prison**

*\* = Crime Unknown*

 Residents/Workers