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**Peter** was an LMS Stanier 8F who worked for the LMS on Sodor.

## Biography

Peter was built at Crewe Workshops in 1935 and arrived on Sodor later that year as Mr. Zorro's new goods engine for the Midis. He had a pivotal impact on the island's goods industry, upstaging Henry and began a brief period when the Midis dominated the goods industry on Sodor. He proved to be polite and helpful, first shown when he helped Edward with his local passenger train to Crovan's Gate when the latter was struggling with a local passenger train due to bad water.

In Spectre, he suffered a critical accident after Dominick broke James' freight train away and blocked the mainline. The accident resulted in him being sent to Crewe for six months. In the meantime, Mr. Zorro brought Geoffrey back to Sodor to cover for him while he was away. In Armaments, Peter returned to Sodor with a train of munitions for Sodor's militarization in preparation for a potential war with Germany.

During World War II, Peter served in the 110th platoon. One night in 1945, he delivered a goods train to an American regiment and was called for artillery support after an attack began on a nearby village. When he arrived at the village, it was learned that the Germans had garrisoned the hospital with nineteen civilians inside. Enraged, Peter fired at the hospital, destroying it and killing nearly all the occupants. He never talked about the incident to anyone afterwards.

Four years later, he was arrested and taken to Barrow to face an unprecedented trial for the war crimes he had committed. The trial was broadcasted on radio and took place at Barrow. At his trial he tried to swear innocence and pleaded not guilty. On the third day of the trial, when he presented his defense, Mr. Gustav, the prosecutor of the trial, pressured him with questions which led Peter to go into a tirade and cursing the Germans out loud. Afterwards, he changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to fifteen years in Rail Gate Prison. He was released in 1964, a few days before Return.

In 1965, Peter was shot three times by Luther von Huss at Vicarstown and died instantly due to having metal fatigue. Huss was immediately arrested for Peter's murder.

## Persona

Next to Colin, Donald, and Douglas, Peter was the most friendly out of all the Midis. He was a very pleasant engine, ready to help out and was also very strong.

However, after the Second World War, Peter did become slightly more aggressive about topics of the war. It was revealed a few days after Lily was killed, he actually shelled the hospital because the people inside were faceless Nazis in his mind, unfitting to live. They also were the cause of Colin and Lily's death. The former died in the blitz and the latter was killed by an unexploded shell, sacrificing herself for Henry. Peter admits he wanted revenge and to make the enemy suffer, and now realizes that would've been the exact same thing they would've done. He took responsibility and admits what he did was wrong.

After he returned from Rail Gate, he was noticeably more saddened due to what he did, but he was able to make up with Gordon, reconnect with his old friends, and make new ones.

## Livery

Peter was painted in black with red stripes and the number 15 painted in yellow with red lining on his tender.

## Basis

Peter was based on an LMS Stanier 8F, built for heavy goods traffic. Many of these engines were shipped worldwide, and some of them had been lost at sea or dumped.

## Trivia

* The character and Trainz model were originally created by WildNorWester (creator of Sodor the Early Years and Sodor the Modern Years).
* In his first appearance, Peter had a white running board and different colored axle-boxes on his tender.
* In WildNorWester's series (Sodor the Modern Years), Peter is still alive and is voiced by David Moyle.
* His brother, Alan Lang, reuses Peter's models and both have the same faces. However, the only difference being that Alan has a British Rail Black livery.
* Peter gained a new face pack in Season 5.
* Peter is the third engine in the series to be diagnosed with metal fatigue, albeit posthumously.
* In Revenge, the Fat Controller says that Peter is the only engine who hasn't pulled coaches yet. This is however incorrect, as we see him racing for his life with a passenger train in Blitz, and it is mentioned that he occasionally pulls passenger trains in Reshuffle.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Prologue *(cameo)*
* Goods
* Branch Lines *(cameo)*
* Mainline *(cameo)*
* Scrap *(cameo)*
* Ghost
* Cows *(cameo)*
* Carriages *(cameo)*
* Sting *(mentioned)*
* Jinxed *(does not speak)*

#### Season 2

* Visitor
* Inspection *(cameo)*
* Thief
* Trapped
* Strike *(does not speak)*
* Spectre *(does not speak)*
* Sabotage *(stock footage, does not speak)*
* Armaments *(does not speak)*
* Affection *(cameo)*
* Parade

#### Stories of War

* Evacuation *(cameo)*
* Blitz
* Combat
* Espionage
* Atrocity

#### Season 3

* Aftermath
* Replacements *(cameo)*
* Management
* Controller
* Reshuffle
* Books
* Choices
* Amends
* Nationalisation *(cameo)*
* Services *(not named; does not speak)*
* Trial
* Extension *(does not speak)*

#### Season 4

* Modernisation *(mentioned)*
* Diagnosis *(indirectly mentioned)*
* Animosity *(mentioned)*
* Return

#### Season 5

* Vandalism
* Enthusiasts *(cameo)*
* Rescued *(cameo)*
* Preservation *(cameo)*
* Experiment *(cameo)*
* Revenge *(death)*
* Fallout *(flashback; does not speak)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Song *(cameo)*
* Mistake *(cameo)*
* Chef *(mentioned)*
* Why *(mentioned)*
* Rivalry *(cameo)*
* Preview *(in the preview)*
* Remembrance *(does not speak)*
* Escape *(cameo)*
* Incarcerated
* Adjusted *(cameo)*
* Revolution *(cameo)*
* Borrow

#### Sodor Specials

* Non-Faceless Vehicles *(cameo)*
* A History of its Railways *(cameo)*

## See Also

**LMS**

**Rail Gate Prison**

*\* = Crime Unknown*

 Residents/Workers