Alfred

98462

**Alfred** (formerly **98462**) is an LNER green B12 who is seen as an antagonist in TAOS.

## Bio:

Alfred use to work on Sodor back in the early days when the railway was still new along with Crovan, but at some point they were both sent away in disgrace after they caused a major accident with a train of dynamite during the line's extension project. Alfred was furious with this and vowed to get his revenge on the North Western Engines someday.

In 1963 at Top Sheds, he asked Luca for his help as he was tasked to pull a heavy goods train that was originally being pulled by an 8F that broke down, saying that if he tries to pull the train, then he would break down and be taken away for scrap. Alfred later became infuriated when Luca mentioned the Island of Sodor which in turn made him explain to the ex-LNER A3 that he had been there before along with Crovan, he even told him about the engines insulting Crovan by saying he squawked like a crow. When Hurricane arrived at Top Sheds to refill on water, Alfred insulted him by saying he should have been scrapped decades ago and later was cross when Luca offered to collect Hurricane's scrap train from Crewe Works when the decapod locomotive derailed on some points.

In 1969, Alfred went on the run to escape the cutter's torch with Crovan, Harrison, and Green Arrow to try and find the National Railway Museum where they wanted to be preserved, however the four engines ended up in the shunting yards of Bedford St. Johns where they decided to sleep for the night much to the annoyance of Alfred, Crovan, and Harrison. A little while later, Alfred started to panic when Harrison alerted them that some engines were approaching thinking it was diesels, but instead they encountered Rosie, Neville, Joseph, and Murdoch who were on the run from scrap too. Shortly after they encountered Nickolas and Serena who were followed up by Geoffrey. After that all the engines laid low at Bedford Sheds to refuel on coal and water, while there Alfred was disgusted at the fact that the other engines were from different regions and voiced his opinions to Crovan and Harrison. He also reminded Harrison to never trust anyone but an LNER engine. At Leicester, he said that he and Crovan still wanted to go to York, so they joined up with Green Arrow, Murdoch, and Joseph. They stopped at Sheffield Station to allow other night trains to pass, but they were suddenly ambushed by diesels and taken to a nearby scrapyard. While there, Alfred bashed Crovan into the diesel behind them knocking it off the rails, but he didn't bother to help Green Arrow, Murdoch, and Joseph; and only said they were nothing more but dead weight to him before running off with Crovan following him after a moment later. The following morning, Alfred and Crovan were unable to find the National Railway Museum and ended up getting lost. Alfred was annoyed with this and insulting Crovan as they puffed along the line. They soon ended up at Heywood Station where they met Rebecca who asked them if they arrived to get preserved. The two engines were confused for a moment unitl Rebecca told them that they were on the East Lancashire Railway which was one of the preserve railways that opened up. Alfred declined that offer and said they had to go to another heritage railway, but Crovan finally told him off and said that not every railway was going to have just their kind to which Alfred begrudgingly agreed to stay.

## Appearances:

### Specials:

* 2019- 1963
* 2020- 1969
* 2021- 1986 (Mentioned)

## Trivia:

* Alfred, like Crovan, first appeared in the RWS book unnamed!
	+ It is revealed that Alfred and Crovan are NOT the same engines

* It is unknown that the explosion Alfred and Crovan caused killed Clive and Matthew or not.
* Alfred is racist since he doesn’t like anyone who isn’t an LNER, But he is very similar to Big City Engine since he is racist to anyone who isn’t an LMS.