Daisy

**Daisy the Diesel Railcar** is one of the deuteragonists and the third diesel on the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

Daisy was purchased by Sir Topham Hatt to assist Percy, Toby and Mavis on the Ffarquhar Branchline after Thomas accidentally came to breakfast in a Stationmaster's house. At first, Daisy proved to be lazy, stubborn, and very hard to get along with. But after being called out on her behavior by Percy, she has tried to change for the better.

## Ffarquhar team

### Thomas

When Thomas heard about Daisy's involvement with Percy's accident, insulting Annie, Clarabel, Henrietta, Toby and Mavis, and being very lazy, he was not impressed with her at all. However, thanks to Percy, he was able to eventually calm down and give Daisy a fair chance. Although their relationship is a bit more strained, Thomas still has Daisy's back, even when she later transferred to Harwick.

### Percy

Percy was very annoyed with Daisy's diva antics during her trial on the branch and wasn't afraid to show it. His rant almost convinced Sir Topham Hatt to kick Daisy off the island. However, when he got back from the works and heard how Daisy improved, Percy managed to put in a good word for her for Thomas. The two's relationship has been decent after that, even after her transfer to Harwick.

### Toby

Much like Percy, Toby was very annoyed with Daisy's diva antics, and didn't take well to her insulting Annie, Clarabel and Henrietta. He was also amused when she failed to 'toot' away a bull. However, when Daisy was helping to clear up Percy's accident, he saw a better side in her and gave her another chance. Even now, Toby still makes snarky remarks to Daisy when she's being sassy. He remains in touch with Daisy after she is transferred to Harwick.

### Mavis

Mavis and Daisy are almost completely opposite. Mavis being a quarry shunter who isn't afraid to get her buffers or paintwork dirty, and Daisy preferring the prestige of passengers. Mavis also didn't put up with Daisy's laziness, but was greatly upset when Daisy insulted her cowcatchers. Daisy is more often than not put in her place by Mavis.

### Rosie

Rosie and Daisy are often at odds. Daisy being a girly-girl who wanted to take only passengers, and Rosie often does goods work and is a tomboy. Once, Rosie insulted Daisy by calling her lazy, and that resulted in her taking trains that she couldn't handle.

## Little Western crew

### Duck

Duck couldn't fully understand Daisy's annoyance with the school kids and offered to take them for her.

### Donald and Douglas

Daisy and the twins don't get on the best. Donald and Douglas often find Daisy's diva antics annoying, but they do get the upper buffer sometimes.

### Oliver

Oliver managed to get the upper hand with Daisy when she didn't believe him about Isabel and Dulcie being able to 'drive' him backwards. He also doesn't understand where she learned French.

### Ryan

Daisy and Ryan had a very turbulent relationship at first. Daisy goaded Ryan into taking her mail van, and he was very tired. Then, Daisy was told to take both Ryan's goods and her own mail van as a punishment for her actions. Their relationship has gotten better overtime.

### Jackie

Daisy has seen Jackie at a passing glance at Knapford station sometimes when she was helping during the London trip. Their relationship has yet to be explored.

### Katrina

Daisy has seen Katrina at a passing glance at Knapford station sometimes when she was helping during the London trip. Their relationship has yet to be explored.

## Other relationships

### Diesel

Diesel and Daisy hadn't interacted that much, mostly due to the fact Diesel's been a station pilot at Knapford or has been at the Ironworks. Their relationship took a hit when Diesel went to the Ironworks, and it got worse during A Most Singler Engine, but things are getting better as of Springtime for Diesel.

### Harvey

Daisy and Harvey were at odds with each other due to some lies by Diesel. However, during an incident where some extra passengers needed to be picked up and a crate fell onto the line, the two were able to work together to help each other.

## Personality

Daisy, when she first arrived, was very lazy, prissy and very stuck up. Unfortunately, some of her diva traits still hang around, even to this day, but she has proven to be a loyal friend and will take responsibility where she messed up.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Daisy is based on the British Rail (BR)/Metro-Cammell Class 101/102 DMU. She is, however, a single railcar instead of the traditional two to four-piece units, which means she should instead be based on the British Rail Class 122.

These were one of the longest serving class of "First Generation" Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs), with its service life of 47 years only being replaced by the Class 121. A total of 41 cars are preserved. Daisy was the namesake of #101685, which was the last of the class to be retired, and is now under preservation. The engine Daisy is specifically based on, 50171, was built in 1956/7, and, according to BR Database, is still in service to this day!

### Livery

She is painted green with yellow stripes and red bufferbeams. She wears makeup, including eyelashes, red lipstick, blush and blue eyeshadow. She also has the number D3 underneath her end one side windows in white.

## Differences between the episodes and the books

* Daisy is the third diesel to join the NWR in this series, after BoCo and Diesel, respectively. In both the books and the TV show, she was the second one after Diesel, yet was the first *official* Diesel to be purchased by the NWR.

## Trivia

* TobyandMavisforever briefly assumed Diesel had a crush on Daisy, but Railfanbronymedia didn't think Diesel would be the type to pursue romance. It was agreed that Diesel and Daisy would remain as friends and nothing else.
* Daisy was built in 1960 in the books. In this series, we don't know when she was built, but she was among the youngest of her class. She was built as an experimental single diesel-railcar unit and swiftly sold to Sodor after trials were done.
	+ Her pre-Sodor number was 50571, after the Rev. Awdry's model of Daisy had her numbered 71.