Edinburgh and Glasgow

### Builder

North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow (builders plate says Sharp Steward & Co.)

### Fuel

Coal

**Edinburgh and Glasgow** are two steam locomotives owned by the Nerland Industrial Board (NIB) on Nerland. They call themselves "twins" even with design differences and both are known across Nerland for their consistent "in-house fighting".

## Edinburgh

### Class

N/A, believed to be classified as J95 by LNER

## Biography

Edinburgh was built by Hunslet of Leeds in 1913 for a steel mill on the Mainland as a shunter and was followed by Glasgow in 1916. Both worked at the steel mill with eight other locomotives until 1920, when the mill closed for business. Edinburgh, Glasgow, and four others were sold to other operators while the other four were scrapped that year.

Edinburgh was purchased by the North Eastern Railway (NER) while Glasgow was bought by the Midland Railway (MR) and were inherited by the LNER and LMS respectively, causing the two to become arch rivals and to prove who was the superior design. Trials were conducted but came out inconclusive, but still didn't end the argument or their rivalry over who's better. This continued well after Nationalisation of BR in 1948 and after being purchased by the Nerland Industrial Board (NIB) in 1962.

## Persona

Edinburgh and Glasgow are normally rude engines who don't like working with each other following their lives between 1920 and 1962 but are hard workers.

## Livery

Edinburgh and Glasgow are painted in the NIB Orange and Black Coal Sector "Tiger" livery which Glasgow has yellow water tanks, splashers, cab and bunker. Both have "N.I.B. COAL SECTOR" written in black.

In BR days, Edinburgh and Glasgow were painted in BR Unlined Black with Early Emblems.

From 2016, Edinburgh is painted in LNER Apple Green and Glasgow in Midland Railway (MR) Crimson Lake.

## Basis

   Edinburgh and Glasgow are based off London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LB&SCR/LBSCR/LBSC) E2 class 0-6-0Ts, designed by Lawson B. Billinton in 1913 and resulting in 10 built with two different variants due to their water tanks. Numbered by the LB&SCR as 100-109, the class last work for British Railways (BR) as numbers 32100-32109 and were withdrawn from service between 1961 to 1963. None have been preserved.

## Filming models

Both Edinburgh and Glasgow's models are built from Bachmann HO Thomas models with hopper bunkers and Edinburgh's model modified to have smaller water tanks. Safety valves, etched builder's plates, handrails and brake shoes were also added to the models to aid in realism along with new motors to improve performance.

## Trivia

Both Edinburgh and Glasgow are named after the two main Scottish cities but, Glasgow is the only one who has a Scottish ascent while Edinburgh has a Yorkshire ascent. This is a reference to where they were both built.

Both Edinburgh and Glasgow's rivalry is a reference to both the Scottish cities over their importance and the rivalry between private railway companies until Nationalisation in 1948.

Glasgow's builders plates claim he was built by Sharp, Steward & Co. but he was actually built by the North British Locomotive Company albeit in the former Sharp, Steward & Co. workshops.

Edinburgh and Glasgow as based off Bill and Ben from The Railway Series but are considered to be "10 times worse".