Rebecca

**Rebecca the Bulleid Pacific** is one of the main protagonists of the SeventyVerse, and the twenty-second engine of the North Western Railway. However, she was the thirty-seventh engine purchased for the North Western Railway in the series.

## Backstory

Rebecca worked on the Southern Region alongside engines such as Neville, Rosie and her siblings. The two most notable siblings she worked with were Miranda and Vaughn. Unfortunately, a terrible accident resulted in Miranda being scrapped, and therefore afraid of going near any workshops, even for a repaint. Rebecca eventually was preserved and later chosen to go to Sodor.

## Mainline crew

### Henry

Rebecca was once mistaken for Henry due to her old green livery, but other than that, the two have maintained a fairly positive relationship. Henry doesn't mind having Rebecca take up his old berth at Tidmouth.

### James

The duo are currently shedmates at Tidmouth. Not too much is known about their relationship, but Rebecca finds James' more cocky side to be amusing sometimes.

### Donald and Douglas

Not much is known about the twins' relationship with Rebecca, but they did warmly welcome her to the island, and she finds them caring and approachable.

### Emily

Not much is known about Rebecca's relationship with Emily, but the latter was very shocked to learn about what happened to her sister, Miranda.

### Murdoch

Murdoch finds Rebecca to be a bit too hyperactive, but he does respect her immense kindness and open-minded attitude. Likewise, she does find his appreciation for trucks very refreshing, as too many engines say how troublesome they are.

### Bear

Rebecca was a bit intimidated by Bear's growls at first, but found him to be a very dedicated and hardworking engine. She sometimes calls him a teddy-bear, much to his embarrassment.

## Other relationships

### Flying Scotsman

When Rebecca first met Flying Scotsman, she made a sneaky remark that she thought Gordon was the bigger brother. Scotsman wasn't very amused, but Gordon was.

### Diesel

Rebecca unfortunately caught Diesel in a bad mood when the duo first met, but that was because Diesel was mis-blamed for Paxton's fuel situation not too long prior to that. They have gotten along with each other better since then.

## Romance

### Gordon

Gordon wasn't in too good of state of mind when he first saw Rebecca. Yet, she was exactly what he needed. Rebecca provided a listening ear for Gordon when he was upset over Henry and Edward leaving Tidmouth. And in turn, he helped her through her past trauma of loosing her sister, Miranda.

## Personality

Rebecca is a very eager, full of sunshine and always sharing smiles with her friends. However, underneath all of that is a sense of insecurity. Before she came to Sodor, very few engines gave her the time of day, and they were either sent elsewhere or died. Thankfully, she has a new set of friends to lend her a buffer of comfort and support.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Rebecca is based on a Southern Railway (SR) "West Country" and "Battle of Britain" class (also known as "Light Pacifics"), a class of 4-6-2 tender locomotives designed by Oliver Bulleid and built between 1945 and 1951. These engines were classified as mixed-traffic locomotives when introduced and used for a wide variety of passenger and goods trains, including famous expresses such as the 'Golden Arrow' and the 'Atlantic Coast Express'. The "West Country" and "Battle of Britain" class engines were smaller and lighter versions of Bulleid's earlier "Merchant Navy" class, originally built with 'air-smoothed' casing, chain-driven valve gear and tenders with tall streamlined sides. Ten un-rebuilt members of the class have been preserved, one of them, Blackmoor Vale on the Bluebell Railway and another, Winston Churchill at the National Railway Museum. Another preserved member of the class, Swanage, appeared in Thomas and the U.K. Trip when the Ponkickies characters, Gachapin and Mukku were visiting several heritage railways.

While Rebecca is modelled on the un-rebuilt version of the locomotive, her tender design resembles the cut-down version used by rebuilt and un-rebuilt members of the class in British Railways service. Additionally, she features several differences over her real-life basis, including an altered front end with a larger and lower buffer beam, driving wheels which share the same design as Hiro and plain disc wheels for her front bogie, trailing truck and tender, as opposed to the Bulleid Firth Brown disc wheels found on her prototype. Rebecca's cylinders and cab roof also have a significantly different shape compared to those on the real "Light Pacifics".

Because Rebecca's real-life counterpart is SR 21C166/BR 34066 *Spitfire*, that means Rebecca is specifically a Battle of Britain Class, built in September of 1947. The real-life *Spitfire* was never rebuilt. It was also the locomotive involved in the Lewisham disaster on 4 December 1957 and was considered a candidate for preservation. Sadly, this never happened and *Spitfire* was scrapped after being withdrawn on the 4th of September, 1966; it was scrapped in January of the following year.

### Livery

Rebecca is painted sunshine yellow and bluish black with white lining. Her wheel rims are painted white, her front end is painted red and she has red and orange stripes painted along her sides. Rebecca also has two blue nameplates on her smoke deflectors with her name painted on them in white. Her number (22) is painted on the sides of her cab in white and the initials "N.W.R." are painted on the sides of her tender, also in white.

Before becoming a Sudrian, Rebecca used to be painted in Southern Railway green with her number (21C166) on her sides.

## Differences between the episodes

* Rebecca was mentioned as being purchased before Nia despite arriving later than her. This might have been a nod to the fact she was supposed to be in Series 21 and debuted in Series 22, but that's not exactly made clear.
* Rebecca's number in the TV series was 22. In this series, 22 is her NWR number, but her old number was SR 21C166/BR 34066, and her previous name was Spitfire.
	+ This engine was chosen as Spitfire shares a name with a My Little Pony character; an in-joke of being the writers' other central show as well as Rebecca liking the show in-universe.
* Rebecca used to be green before being repainted yellow; a nod to her actual basis.
* Rebecca has two known siblings: Vaughn and Miranda. Miranda is a nod to Rebecca's concept name.
	+ She also has a second concept name, Charlotte, which is used for a character that was unnamed in the SeventyVerse.