Sadie and Delilah

**Sadie and Delilah the 'Master and Slave' Diesels** are two diesels from the Mainland and two supporting characters of the Seventyverse. They are also the SeventyVerse versions of Splatter and Dodge.

## Backstory

Sadie and Delilah were working at Bridlington goods yard one day when Diesel 10 came to the yards and was very rude to their brothers who also worked there. He even forced one of them right off the tracks. Sadie and Delilah were so frightened that he joined up with him to avoid getting on the wrong side of him.

One night, the three diesels almost caught Oliver and Toad during their escape but they were chased off by D7101. Later on, Diesel 10, Sadie and Delilah would be part of Hockings' invasion of Sodor, along with Arry, Bert, Bowler, George, Horace and Addison Darnell. Sadie and Delihah watched as Harold flew by Tidmouth Sheds, causing sneezing powder dumped by Addison to fly up everywhere, including the two diesels. Later on, when Arry and Bert's murder attempt on Duck was botched up by Addison (although they did not know at the time Addison had done so on purpose), Sadie and Delilah mocked Arry and Bert's nervousness when Diesel 10 yelled at them. Later on, one night, Donald was approaching the area where Douglas had lost a coal truck to try and find it. This was along the same siding where Tasha was hiding at the time. Donald came across Sadie and Delilah who had found the location and he overheard them say about them saying something them getting back before they get yelled at or worse. Donald's reaction got their attention and although they were frightened at first as Diesel 10 attempted to kill Douglas, Donald assured them that he meant no harm and they opened up about their past. Donald encouraged them to stand up for themselves and the two diesels thanked him for the talk.

Donald spread the word about Sadie and Delilah and the first engines he and the Class 13 saw were Douglas, Bear (as 7101 was now called) and Diesel, who felt sorry for them. After that, Sadie and Delilah confronted Diesel 10 and cut ties with him. Once the rest of the villains were caught, Sadie and Delilah stayed on Sodor for a while as atonement for their actions before returning to Bridlington and they have not dealt with Diesel 10 ever since.

## Relationships

### Diesel 10

Sadie and Delilah sided with Diesel 10 out of fear after he forced one of their brothers right off the rails. However, after a talk from Donald, Sadie and Delilah stood up to Diesel 10 and broke off from him.

### Donald

Donald came across the two diesels whilst looking for a missing coal truck and learnt of their past with Diesel 10. Donald then encouraged Sadie and Delilah to stand up for themselves and break from him. The two diesels thanked him for the talk after it was a relief for them.

## Personality

Sadie and Delilah were both shown to be simple-minded, awkward and cowardly, the latter part being the reason they sided with Diesel 10. However, thanks to Donald, the two diesels got over their fear of him. They enjoy watching Diesel 10's plans backfire. They also seem to have a poor vocabulary, such as when they used the word "emphatically" as they left Diesel 10 to do the chasing, even though they had no idea what the word meant.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Sadie and Delilah are based on a British Rail Class 13 diesel-electric shunting locomotive. The type was designed in 1965 because of the need to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Marshalling Yard. Because of Tinsley's status as a hump yard, it was not possible to use a single locomotive owing to the risk of grounding. So, to achieve the required power, a pair of Class 08 shunters were permanently coupled in 'master and slave' formation, with the slave unit having had its cab removed. Both units were then ballasted to improve traction. Initially coupled cab-to-cab, it was found more practical to couple master nose to slave cab.

With the end of hump shunting at Tinsley the class became obsolete. The unique qualities of the locomotives were not required elsewhere and so withdrawal was inevitable; 13 002 was withdrawn in 1981, with the remaining two locomotives going with the closure of Tinsley hump in 1985. None of this unusual class survives.

Sadie and Delilah, as 08s, were built on the 6th of July, 1962, (Sadie) and the 1st of May, 1959 (Delilah).

### Livery

Sadie is painted purple and grey while Delilah is painted olive and grey, both with their names painted on their sides in white. Their paint also shows signs of weathering.

## Differences between the movie and the series

* In the movie, Thomas and the Magic Railroad (their sole appearance), Splatter and Dodge are male and are BR Class 08s (although their concept arts showed them to be freelance designs). In this series, Sadie and Delilah are female and are now a BR Class 13 unit (two Class 08s permanently coupled as a master-slave unit).
* In the movie, it wasn't never quite explained why they sided with Diesel 10 or what caused them to turn against him. In this series, it was revealed that they sided with Diesel 10 out of fear and they turned against him after having a talk with Donald.
* In the movie, Splatter and Dodge don't have numbers. In this series, their numbers are as follows:
	+ D4502/13002 as their shared Class 13 numbers.
	+ Sadie's number as an 08 was D4187, and Delilah's was D3697.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Sadie and Delilah are Kath Soucie and Debi Derryberry who voices Collette and Annette (two of Scamp's sisters) from *Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure*.
	+ The T&TMRR voice actors couldn't be used as those voices are male.
* Sadie and Delilah were going to be nicknamed Splatter and Dodge in *Diesels and Westerners*, but this didn't make it into the final version. It's possible the nicknames will turn up at some point.
* Sadie and Delilah, despite always being together, are not actually twins.