Emily

**Emily the Stirling Single** is one of the main protagonists of the SeventyVerse, and the twelfth engine on the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

Many years before coming to Sodor, Emily worked on the Great Northern Railway and was one of the youngest members of her class. She was mentored under his eldest sister, Patricia. Though she did make a couple of mistakes, she proved popular with the passengers and engines alike. Years went by, and unfortunately, the Atlantics were taking over. Doris was very rude to Emily and Patricia, but another engine, Alice, was very kind and defended the duo. Later on, Patricia broke down and was forced into withdrawal, and it wasn't too long before Emily was withdrawn too. Devastated, Emily was let to rot in the scrapyards for years to come until Bear came to her rescue.

## Main line Team

### Henry

Emily has seen Henry as a very supportive big brother figure. When she first made her mistake in taking Annie and Clarabel without permission, Henry suggested she apologize to Thomas and return him, yet agreed to take them instead as she felt too ashamed to speak to the blue tank engine. And when other engines gave Emily grief for her mishap, Henry spoke up for her and told them to just get over it. As thanks for this, Emily helped Henry when his tubes were leaking.

### Gordon

Gordon highly respects Emily as they are both express engines of the Great Northern Railway. He was also pleasantly surprised when he found out Alice was mentored by Emily. Unfortunately, their relationship faltered when Gordon thought Emily stole Annie and Clarabel from Thomas. They have patched this over though, and Gordon even tried to stop some trucks from bullying Emily.

### James

Like Gordon, James accused Emily of stealing Annie and Clarabel on purpose. However, he doesn't have as much respect for Emily as Gordon does. Emily teases James when he gets all huffy, and sees him as a little brother.

### Donald and Douglas

Donald and Douglas get along pretty well with Emily. Emily does sometimes help the twins with ploughing the snow if one of them is being mended, even if she isn't the strongest engine. Unfortunately, the twins' story about Douglas' escape did make Emily doubt herself, and she started pushing away from the other engines. She has gotten better though.

### Rebecca

Not much is known about Emily's relationship with Rebecca, but she was very shocked to learn about what happened to her sister, Miranda.

### Bear

Emily is grateful to Bear for rescuing her from the scrapyard. Unfortunately during her bossy phase, she started to question this and wonder if Bear only did it to 'look good'. The two got into a massive argument after that. Thankfully, their relationship has been patched up in the present day.

## Other relationships

### Edward

Edward figured Emily wasn't trying to take Annie and Clarabel on purpose. He tried to get Emily to talk to Thomas so the duo could sort things out. Unfortunately, his plan backfired when he sent Emily on a faux errand on Thomas' branch, and resulted in Thomas and Gordon almost crashing. Their relationship got better after Emily made things right, but Edward was punished by doing Thomas' work for a while.

### Percy

Like James, Emily sees Percy as something of a little brother. She admires how Percy utilises his cheekiness to get back at engines too big for their buffers, and his immense kindness and loyalty. However, their relationship was strained when Emily went into her bossy phase.

### Duck

Unknown to Emily, when Duck thought he was dying in *Diesels and Westerners*, he was entrusting her to run the Little Western alongside Oliver. Months later, when Emily was in service, there was some really bad timing. Duck was hoping to tell Tasha how he felt, but she had left for her new home. As a result, he ignored Emily for a while. It wasn't until Diesel talked sense into Duck that he finally started to get to know Emily. Despite all the misunderstandings, the duo's relationship has become quite good. However, in *It's Only Snow*, Oliver has informed Duck of Emily's snide remarks toward Diesel, which will strain their relationship. In *Duck and the Slip Coaches*, Duck slept at Tidmouth sheds, taking up Emily's berth. The pannier felt guilty about that, and he and Emily were able to patch things up once again. Emily stood up for Duck when Martha and Julian mocked him in *Emily's Coach Trouble*. Duck also entrusted Emily with Gladys after she chose to be her coach in *Given The Slip*.

### Rosie

Emily trusted Rosie to work in the quarry with Mavis, which implies their relationship is relatively positive.

### Nia

Emily was very welcoming to Nia when she first arrived from Kenya, and went to talk to her after Gordon scared Nia off.

### Tasha

When the duo first met in the Steamworks, Emily and Tasha both got along pretty well. Tasha was curious to know about Emily being restored, and Emily likewise was curious about Tasha ending up hidden away. Unfortunately, Tasha's timing of departure and Emily's restoration couldn't have been worse, and put a lot of strain on Emily and Duck's relationship.

### Alice

Emily mentored Alice when she was built, and Alice joked she might break down so Emily could take her express. There was a lot of mutual respect between the duo, and Alice acted as a sister figure when Emily and Patricia were tragically separated. When Emily was withdrawn, Alice was devastated, and thought she'd never see her old friend again. Though, with Alice being preserved, it is possible the two might reunite.

### Patricia

Patricia was Emily's eldest sister, and devoted and loving to her.

### Diesel

Unknown to Emily, Diesel had stood in her defence when Duck was acting irrationally about her. For a while, the two seemed to get along alright, as Emily did laugh at Diesel's comments about James being haughty. However, when Emily entered her bossy phase, Diesel was one of the worst engines hit with it.

### Mavis

Emily once brought flowers down to the quarry to brighten Mavis' day, and gave her words of comfort after Arry and Bert were bringing her confidence down.

### Martha, Julian and Gladys/Old Slow Coach

Martha and Julian were discovered by Emily as being a pair of new coaches. She often took them out on passenger runs, but it wasn't until she rescued Thomas from Gordon's near crash that they officially became her coaches. The trio got along great, but unfortunately, Emily's bossiness has rubbed off on Martha and Julian. They started to take it out on others, and Emily finally shunted them too hard. While the coaches were being mended, Emily came across Old Slow Coach, who Duck and Oliver were desperately trying to find. Not realising this, she took Old Slow Coach out on a lovely trip. Duck and Oliver found Old Slow Coach and gave her a choice: either stay as their coach, or become Emily's coach. OSC chose the latter, but still runs with Oliver and Duck once a week and dubbed herself Gladys.

## Romance

### Thomas

Thomas thought Emily was beautiful the moment he saw her, and she thought he was handsome. They were a bit awkward about their crush at first, but still made good friends with each other. Thomas was one of the only engines who didn't give up on Emily during her bossy phase. This made their relationship even stronger, and they ultimately became an item.

## Personality

Emily is a sweet and sisterly engine with a sensitive soul. She has a huge bought of insecurity when it comes to the topic of scrap, which made her personality take a massive hit when she heard about Oliver and Douglas' runs to Sodor. She started to become bossy and snappy as her way of coping with it, and many engines turned their backs on her as a result. However, thanks to Thomas, she was able to find her footing and seek out therapy to help her become a better engine again.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Emily is based on a Great Northern Railway (GNR) 1003 class Stirling Single 4-2-2.

Designed by Patrick Stirling in 1870 with 8ft 1in driving wheels and outside cylinders, these engines were specifically built for high speed expresses between London and York. These engine were also capable of hauling 280 tonne trains at 50 mph, though they could reach 85 mph on lighter services. A total of fifty-three engines were built at Doncaster between 1870 and 1895, officially divided into two classes: the 47 "No. 1 class" engines between 4/1870 and 12/1893 and the 6 "1003 class" engines between 11/1894 and 4/1895, of which Emily is one, featuring the latest Stirling boiler, larger cylinders and most notably an updated cab. The last single, no. 1006, was withdrawn on 14th February 1916. It's unknown when exactly Emily's 'real life' counterpart, (1008) was withdrawn and scrapped, but she was built in 1895.

The only surviving member of all classes, the pioneer No. 1, is on display at the National Railway Museum. The engine in preservation carried a small capacity Sturrock tender, which was given in it's first restoration in 1910. Recently, a derelict original Stirling Single tender used as a water and sludge carrier was found in Peterborough and, after restoration, was paired with the engine in 2014.

### Livery

Emily is painted emerald with yellow lining and brass fittings. Her running-boards are painted chocolate brown. Her buffers were originally bronze, her buffer housings black, and her front running board dark grey; but all have since turned silver, red, and light grey. Emily has her number 12 painted on the middle square on the sides of her tender in beige with chocolate brown borders.

For the Great Railway Show, gold trim and flowers were added to her livery for her participation in the best-decorated engine parade. After she returned to Sodor, she was repainted to her original livery.

As Wonder Engine, she is painted differently, as if she resembled an ancient warrior, and wears a golden tiara on her smokebox with a emerald on it.

## Differences between the episodes

* Emily is far more prominent throughout Series 6-7, which builds up to her "bossy boiler" phase in Series 8-10.
* Emily saved Thomas from almost being crashed into by Gordon, rather than Oliver from almost being crashed into by Thomas.
* Emily debuted in the Series 5 redux pilot episode, Bear to the Rescue, a rewrite of the series 4 episode, Rusty to the Rescue. She spent the whole Series 5 redux, Diesels and Westerners and the mini-special Little Western Christmas being restored until the special, Emily the Stirling Single.
* Emily had her number 12 right from the get-go. In the TV series, she got her number 12 in the final season after she was dubbed "the rescue engine".
* Emily's old number was 1008, the very last member of the Stirling Singles.

## Trivia

* In *Sodor Super Hero Engines*, her superhero alter-ego is Wonder Engine. She is a spoof of Wonder Woman.
	+ Wonder Woman's real name is Diana Prince.