Barry

**Barry the Rescue Engine**, formerly known as **Harriet**, is one of the deuteragonists of the SeventyVerse, and the thirteenth engine of the North Western Railway. However, they were either the nineteenth or twentieth engine purchased for the North Western Railway in the series.

## Backstory

Back in the early days of British Rail, Barry went by the name of Harriet and went by she/her pronouns. They were a good friend of Donald and Douglas, Murdoch, Duchess and Hamish. Once, they were caught in the crossfire of Donald and Douglas' sibling feud, and they got very fed up. That being said, they were more than willing to help save Douglas when D199 took him to a scrapyard. It is currently unknown how Barry came out as non-binary, or how they ended up working on Sodor, but in the present, they work on the Great Waterton branch with Jinty and Pug.

## Great Waterton crew

### Jinty

Not much is known about their relationship, but Barry did know Jinty's brother Hamish back on British Railways. They also both helped out the engines when they went on the London trip.

### Pug

Not much is known about their relationship, but they both helped out the engines when they went on the London trip.

## Other relationships

### Edward

Barry worked closely with Edward before the older engine went on the London trip, and they got along quite well.

### Donald and Douglas

Barry had known Donald and Douglas since their BR days and when Barry went by Harriet. They got quite annoyed when they were working with Douglas during a feud he got into with his brother, Donald. However, when Douglas was captured by D199, Harriet quickly leapt into action to help rescue Douglas.

### Murdoch

Murdoch and Barry were old friends back in their BR days. Both shared suspicions on views on diesels, and hate D199 for almost getting Douglas scrapped. Both of them also helped out when the engines went on the London trip.

### Hamish

Hamish and Barry knew each other back in their BR days. Once, Hamish and Barry tried to help rescue Douglas from D199 when he was captured. Unfortunately, Hamish derailed, and Barry was the one to have to rescue him.

### Duchess

Duchess and Barry were old friends back in their BR days. She also shares Barry's negative views on diesels.

### BoCo

Somehow, BoCo and Barry had a positive interaction while helping during the London trip. Details on this are unknown.

### Derek

Somehow, Derek and Barry had a positive interaction before the former went to Sodor despite their negative thoughts on diesels. Details on this are unknown.

## Personality

Barry is a bit snarky and doesn't like to get caught up in drama. However, it seems to follow them wherever they go. That being said, when things get serious, Barry will drop the snarky attitude and immediately leap into action. They are incredibly loyal to a fault, and are surprisingly good listener if someone is distressed.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Barry is based on a BR Standard Class 2. Barry is logically a 2MT 2-6-0 rather than a 2MT 2-6-2T, as none of the tank engines were sent to the Barry Island Scrapyards. They were physically the smallest of the BR standard classes; 65 were built.

Three engines of this class survive, all of which were saved from the Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry, South Wales. A fourth is undergoing conversion to tank engine form on the Bluebell Railway.

Barry's Real Life counterpart, 78013, was built January 1954, withdrawn 6th of May, 1967, and scrapped October of the same year.

### Livery

Barry is painted in the LMS Crimson Lake livery with the number 13 painted on the tender.

Before arriving on Sodor, Barry was painted in the British Rail (BR) mixed-traffic black with red and white lining.

## Concept plans and divergences

* Barry was supposed to be for the 39th book of the Railway Series, Barry the Rescue Engine. Unfortunately, he was dropped because the publishers wanted 'more Thomas' stories.
* In the books, Barry was supposed to be a boy. In this series, Barry, under the name Harriet, to identify as a girl, but eventually came out as non-binary.
* It's unknown where Barry was supposed to be working in the books, but it wouldn't have been The Great Waterton branch as that's a TV series location.
* It's highly possible Barry was supposed to be the twelfth steam engine in the books as no other steam engines were on Sodor after Oliver, but in this series, they're numbered 13 despite being the 19th or 20th steam engine purchased.
* Barry's old number was 78013; the last two digits becoming their Sudrian number.
* Until the July 23rd, 2023, it was assumed Barry was supposed to be a BR Standard Class 2 (or the Tank Engine variant). However, Barry was supposed to be based on an LMS Ivatt Class 2MT like Arthur. In the SeventyVerse, Barry is a BR Standard Class 2 like fans speculated.
	+ Ironically, Arthur used to be a tender engine in the SeventyVerse before being rebuilt to a tank engine.

## Trivia

* As there are no series 8 newbies, Barry and Amanda are added in as those new engines.
* The preferred voice actor for Barry is Jessica DiCicco, who voices Lynn Loud from *The Loud House*.