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Marklin

**Marklin the German Tank Engine** is a supporting character and comes from Germany. She is based on the Marklin Engine which was used as a background prop in Season 1 of the original show.

## Backstory

After 98462 caused damage to the viaduct with her reckless speed, Marklin was put on loan to help Mildred with trains on the far side. She was more than willing to lend a buffer, and was shocked at the locomotive crisis the island was in at the time. Both engines hoped for things to turn around for the better. After the viaduct was repaired and 87546 and 98462 were sent packing, Marklin was told to stay on Sodor for a while longer. As she pondered this, she became the first engine to meet Henry and Gordon when they arrived on the island. Whilst escorting the two engines to Knapford, she began to grow concerns about her placement, especially after being tasked to take Annie and Clarabel. Then, to her relief, it turned out she was being asked to cover for Edward whilst he was being overhauled. As soon Edward's overhaul was complete, it was time for Marklin to go home. While she was sad to go, she understood she was needed at home.

## Personality

Marklin appears to be a friendly sort of engine as she was concerned about the North Western Railway's locomotive crisis. She was worried about the potential reasons for the extension of her loan to the North Western Railway but was relieved that it was just to cover for Edward whilst he was being overhauled.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Marklin is based on a DRG Class 80 0-6-0 tank locomotive. 39 of these engines were built between 1927-1928 to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting duties in their dotage at large stations. A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved. As Marklin is a fictional number, she has no real life counterpart.

### Livery

Marklin is painted in the DRG unlined black livery with red wheels.

## Differences between the episodes and series

* In the original series, not much was known about the Marklin Engine as it had no face and it was mostly used in the background. In this series, Marklin was loaned from Germany.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Marklin is Tabitha St. Germain, who voiced Photo Finish in *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*.
* Marklin's number is DRG No. 80 040. This is an injoke number as the real life numbers only went up to 80 039. In Marklin's case, her number is a reference to the year the original show first debuted: 19**84**.
* Marklin was named after the Germany model train company, Marklin, which supplied parts for the characters in the model era of the series.
Foden

**Foden the Guardian Lorry** was a lorry and a flashback character in the Seventyverse.

## Backstory

Foden was built for the Pack with the number thirteen and no name. He met four other vehicles. One day, they were working at a forest. One vehicle said if lightning hits a tree, it's possible a ground change would send in other directions. Later, it starting raining but one of the other vehicles wasn't back. No. 13 went and find them and they were stuck in mud when a tree began to fall. They pushed her out of the way and was crushed. Their headlamp was revealed to be missing when the accident was assessed the next day. No. 13's remains were scrapped.

For their brave actions, No. 13 was granted the name Foden in the afterlife.

## Relationships

### Isobella

It's revealed in the present day that Isobella was the vehicle that Foden saved. She is very grateful to them, and wishes she could have returned the favour.

### Ned, Patrick and Kelly

Foden met these vehicles, along with Isobella, and they were all very happy together. They were all very devastated when Foden was crushed by the tree.

### Mr. Packard

Mr. Packard bought Foden and was very welcoming to them. Like his pack vehicles, he was devastated by their death.

### Other pack members

Foden vows to watch over them so no harm comes their way.

## Personality

Foden was a very curious and idealistic lorry. They were also brave to the very end, as they fought to the death to save Isobella's life.

## Technical Details

### Livery

Foden was painted black with the number 13 painted in white.

## Differences from the episode and this series

* The One-Eyed Truck wasn't named or numbered. This story names the lorry Foden in the afterlife. They were No. 13 in life.
* The One-Eyed Truck was fictional. Foden was real and deceased.
* Foden was crushed by a falling tree. There was no tree in the One-Eyed Truck's story.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Foden is Ben Whishaw, who played Paddington Bear from the *Paddington* films and *The Adventures of Paddington*.
Ichigo

**Ichigo** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and comes from Japan.

## Backstory

Ichigo was one of Hiro's old friends from Japan, along with Tadashi and Emi.

## Personality

Ichigo is one of the more sassy and uptight engines of the railway. However, she is also willing to get her buffers dirty if it means helping a friend.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Ichigo is based on a Japanese National Railway (JNR) Class C56 2-6-0 tender locomotive. 164 of these engines were between 1935 and 1939 and 34 are preserved (including two operational units). One of them, C56 44 is preserved on the Oigawa Railway, where it is dressed as James the Red Engine on special Day Out with Thomas events with C11 227 (Thomas).

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Ichigo is Kimiko Glenn, who voices Peni Parker from the *Spider-Verse* trilogy.
Jade

**Jade the Dark Green Tank Engine** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is owned by the Rolling Hills Railway. She is the Seventyverse version of the green tank engine from the Railway Series Pop-up book, *James the Red Engine and the Troublesome Trucks*

## Backstory

Jade was built for the Great Western Railway as one of it's many shunters. Unfortunately, she was often ridiculed and bullied, leading to her getting a prickly shield as self defence. Eventually, she ended up on the Rolling Hills, and at first she felt like she was relegated to second best because she was on static display. But when she started telling her story, the passengers and tourists were moved by her. She was even allowed to take trains on occasion.

## Personality

Jade was once a cheery and cheeky engine, but lots of torment and bullying made her become angry and spiteful. She used this as her defence against the world, even those who wanted to help. But after seeking professional help, Jade started to cave her walls and become more pleasant to be around.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Jade is based on a Great Western Railway (GWR) 1901 Class 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive. 120 of these engines were built between 1881 and 1895 and all were rebuilt as pannier tanks. Sadly, none are preserved.

Jade's real life basis was built in February of 1891 from the V2 batch of twelve locomotives; the last one of said batch, withdrawn May of 1928 and presumably scrapped later that year.

## Differences between the book and the series

* In the pop-up book, the dark green tank engine's name and gender were unknown and it worked at Tidmouth yards. In this series, Jade is female and is on static display at the Rolling Hills Railway.

## Trivia

* Jade's number is GWR No. 1984, which is a reference to the year the pop up book was published.
* Jade was once a name for the Austerity Engine in Tobyandmavisforever's headcanon, but she and Railfanbronymedia agreed to name that engine Amanda instead, after Sir Charles Topham Hatt's wife and the founder of the Rolling Hills Railway.
	+ Jade's name for the dark green tank engine has two meanings. One is that Jade is a shade of green and two is that she has been 'jaded' by her past.
* The preferred voice actress for Jade is Billie Piper who played Rose Tyler in *Doctor Who*.
Old Bennett

**Old Bennett the Naughty Pink Truck** is a truck and one of the antagonists of the Seventyverse.

## Backstory

Old Bennett arrived on Sodor in a unknown year. One day, he and some other trucks (S.C.Ruffey, Fred Pelham, Rickety and the U.L.P. Van) made fun of Oliver, leading to Douglas derailing him and the latter three. He held resentment towards Oliver after S.C.Ruffey's death. One day, he and the other trucks attempted to kill Toad, which was thankfully foiled by Oliver and Henrietta. Douglas found out, causing Fred to be turned into a garbage truck.

## Relationships

### Oliver and Douglas

Old Bennett made fun of Oliver, causing Douglas to derail him.

### Toad

Old Burnett was among the trucks trying to kill Toad. This plan thankfully backfired.

## Trivia

* Old Bennett was originally a character from the magazines.
	+ Old Bennett is later painted pink, doubling up as The Naughty Pink Truck.
* The preferred voice actor for Old Bennett is Jamie Watson, who was the Green Truck's US voice from *All Engines Go!*
Monica

**Monica the Vertical Sentinel Engine** is a minor character and is part of the Earl's Railway Museum.

## Backstory

Monica knocked about several industries in her time, such as a limeworks, the steelworks and a coaliry. Eventually, she retired and ended up as part of the Earl's collection.

## Personality

(Details regarding Monica's personality to be added)

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Monica is Kimberley Brooks, who voiced Karen Beecher from *DC Super Hero Girls*.
* Monica is based on the KidStation Engine #2.
Nancy (Steamer)

**Nancy the Coastal Steamer** is a supporting character in the SeventyVerse and is stationed at Tidmouth Harbour.

## Backstory

Nancy was stationed on Sodor at Tidmouth Harbour, along with Terrey and Violet.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Nancy is Lenore Zann, who voiced Lillie Lightship from *Salty's Lighthouse.*
Mr. Frederick Lloyd

**Mr. Frederick Lloyd** (Born; died) was a supporting character in the SeventyVerse's TUGS spinoff series. He was the manager of the Bigg City Dock Railway before his death.

## Backstory

When Puffa and Little Owl said they needed help, Mr. Lloyd promises to look into it. Although he was sidetracked by other events such as the bridge collapse and the munitions disaster, Mr. Lloyd was able to purchase three engines from the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal: those being Porter, Henney and Kirke.

(Details regarding Dieselisation of the Dock Railway to be added)

## Personality

Mr. Lloyd is described as a firm but fair gentleman who acts like a father figure to his engines. If any of them are naughty, he will not hesitate to scold them such as when Kirke crashed into the coal pile and when Little Owl teamed up with Johnny Cuba to frame the Z-Stacks. Despite this, he is a very forgiving man.

## Attire

Mr. Lloyd wears a boater hat with a blue strap, a white long-sleeved shirt, a grey waistcoat, a red tie, brown trousers and black shoes. He also sports a mustache and carries a cane around as a fashion accessory.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Mr. Lloyd is Paul Dobson, who voiced Captain Zero in *Salty's Lighthouse.*
* Mr. Lloyd is named after Chris Lloyd who was a model maker for both *TUGS* and *Thomas and Friends* (S5-12).
Fred

**Frederica "Fred" the Grumpy Diesel** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is the ninth engine on the Skarloey Railway.

## Backstory

Fred was built to supplement Rusty and Flyer on maintenance work. One of her first jobs was to take the weedkiller train along the line. Unfortunately, Fred was so cross at not being noticed by everyone and the tedious nature of the work that she failed to warn Duncan and this, combined with the trucks being naughty and Duncan's own bad mood, caused the yellow well tank to fall into a swamp near the runaway siding. Fred was apologetic towards Duncan but Duncan admitted this was partly his own fault as well and Duke assured Fred that it takes time to gain the experience the other engines take for granted.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Fred is based on the Talyllyn Railway's No.9 locomotive "Alf", a 0-4-0 diesel engine with a maximum speed of 9mph. The diesel locomotive was constructed in 1950. Like Fred, Alf was built out of parts from another diesel engine, the spare engine being stored at Brynglas. Fred was built in 1989, coincidentally, both in the books and this series.

It has often been seen disguised running as Fred for Skarloey Railway related events at the Talyllyn Railway.

### Livery

Fred is painted in a teal livery with her number (9) and her name in a gold nameplate and numberplate.

## Differences between the books and the series

* In the books, Fred is male as well as an unseen character and is assumed to be painted black and lazy. In this series, Fred is female, painted turquoise and is shown to be a grumpy diesel.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Fred is Marÿke Hendrikse who voiced Gilda from *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.*
Lyla

**Lyla the Irritable Diesel** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is owned by British Railways. She is the Seventyverse version of the Class 08 seen on the hunt for Oliver in *Escape*.

## Backstory

When the island was hit by a drought, Bear met up with Ali, Prisca and Lyla at Barrow and commented on the recent water shortages. Prisca then complained how this can't be good for the washdowns and how Lyla got dush on her when she was shunting some trucks. Then, Sir Topham Hatt came up and asked the three shunters to come and help for a while, with Lyla and Prisca helping out wherever they could. During this time, Lyla ended up with an oil leak and was unable to take the sugar to the chocolate factory so Percy volunteered to help. Lyla was very grateful for this.

## Relationships

### Prisca

Prisca was cross with Lyla for getting dust on her and Lyla grunted that she had said sorry.

## Personality

Lyla is a bit of a grumpy girl and appears to be the sort of engine who gets irritable over things like Prisca's complaining and getting an oil leak.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Lyla is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 08 diesel-electric shunter. In the real world, BR Class 08s were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world with 996 of them built. Over seventy of them are preserved by heritage railways, such as the Dean Forest Railway and museums, such as the National Railway Museum. Around one-hundred BR Class 08s also remain in service on the national rail network. Lyla's real life counterpart was built 6th of June 1958, and, according to BR Database, is still in service.

Diesel, Arry, Bert, Paxton, Sidney, Ulli, Zeke, Rayker, Matias, Prisca and Ali are also based on BR Class 08s.

### Livery

Lyla is painted purple with yellow side rods. Her name is painted on her sides in white.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Lyla is Pamela Adlon who voiced Ashley Spinelli from *Recess*.
Goldie Blackhart

**Goldie Blackhart** is one of the antagonists of the Seventyverse.

## Backstory

Goldie went to school with Annabelle, Paul, Penny, Patrick, Pansy, and Marcus. She and her friend, Sylvia bullied Annabelle for loving railways and for being autistic. One day, they vandalized Sir Handel when Annabelle and Paul came, the former punching Goldie and breaking her nose. Goldie and Sylvia had to clean the Skarloey Railway engines for the rest of the summer and had six months of detention.

## Personality

Goldie and Sylvia were cruel-hearted bullies who enjoyed tormenting Annabelle.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Goldie Blackheart is Kari Wahlgren, who voiced Carol Ferris in *DC Super Hero Girls.*
Mighty Mac

**Mighty** and **Mac**, collectively known as **Mighty Mac the Strong Engine** are supporting characters in the Seventyverse, a blue double-ended Fairlie duplex engine. and conjoined twins. Mighty is the "older" of the two and is distinguished by a small flick of hair. Mac is the "younger" half and is distinguished by his youthful features, round nose and freckled cheeks. Despite the opposing personalities of the two ends, they are technically one engine and the tenth engine of the Skarloey Railway.

## Backstory

Mighty Mac used to work in mid-Wales alongside Silver and Little Giant; one a fellow brother and the other a smaller tank engine. When their line closed, Mighty Mac was sold to the Skarloey Railway.

## Relationships

### Silver

During their time at the slate quarry, Silver never got on Mighty Mac and Little Giant due to her boastful nature. When Silver abandoned the ADELR and was bought by Mr. Percival, it took time for her and Mighty Mac to reconcile.

## Personalities

Mighty Mac are two engines in one. He is Mighty on one end and Mac on the other- making them one of the most unusual engines working on the Skarloey Railway. When they work together, Mighty Mac is the strongest engine on the Railway. But when they do not, Mighty and Mac pull each other backwards and forwards, only to end up right where they began.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Mighty Mac is based on a Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie engine. Unlike the FR double Fairlies, Mighty Mac have added buffer beams and buffers. Little Giant shares the same class. To be specific, Mighty Mac is based on David Lloyd George, the most recent double faire on the Ffestiniog Railway. This justifies their more immature personalities.

Mighty Mac has been modified in order to work on the Skarloey Railway. Whereas their original basis was built to 1 ft 11 1⁄2 gauge, Mighty Mac was built to 2ft 3in gauge and they have been given buffers and screwlink couplings in order to work with the other engines.

### Livery

Mighty and Mac are painted reflex blue with yellow and red lining. On Mighty's side, his cab windows and tank caps are lined with yellow, while on Mac's side, they are lined with red. They both bare the number (10) on their cab sides.

## Differences between the episodes and the series

* In the original series, Mighty Mac had no number. In this series, Mighty Mac has No.10.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actors for Mighty Mac are as follow:
	+ Matt Cowlrick as Mighty (Rockhoof from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
	+ Jessica McKenna as Mac (Garth Bernstein from DC Super Hero Girls)
Milk Tankers

**Milk tankers** are specialised wagons used for transporting milk.

## Personalities

Sentient tar tankers fall into the category of Troublesome Trucks.

## Technical Details

### Basis

These tankers are based on standard 14-ton pre-war tankers common across most of regions.

### Livery

The milk tankers are painted white with black stripes and have a logo of a cow in a blue circle on both sides.
Katie

**Katie the Eager Engine** is one of the deuteragonists in the Seventyverse and was previously on loan to the North Western Railway. Nowadays, she lives on the Rolling Hills Railway.

## Backstory

Katie, along with Johnson, Nicole, Lauren and Julie, was brought to the North Western Railway during a motive power crisis, although their stay on the railway was far longer than any of them anticipated.

Katie, along with Nicole, were later sent to the Rolling Hills Railway, while Julie, Johnson and Lauren were purchased by Sir Bertram Topham Hatt.

## Relationships

### Johnson

Johnson easily gets annoyed due to Katie's scatter-brained tendencies. However, he does know she takes her work seriously and appreciates that. The duo still remain in touch after Katie's transfer to the Rolling Hills.

### Lauren

Not much is known about Lauren's relationship with Katie, but she did find her antics a bit amusing. She was like a goofy little sister and Lauren enjoyed keeping Katie on the straight and narrow. They still keep in touch when Katie headed to the Rolling Hills Railway.

### Julie

Katie and Julie worked very closely together during their time at the coal mine. Though Katie's scatterbrained antics do get to Julie sometimes, they had become as close as the likes of Thomas and Percy. They remained in touch when Katie transferred to the Rolling Hills Railway.

### Nicole

Nicole acted like a motherly figure towards Katie and had a lot of patience where it came to her scatterbrained antics. Both Nicole and Katie would later leave for the Rolling Hills Railway.

### Percy

Katie can sometimes drive Percy up a wall, especially with how hyperactive she can be. Once, Percy was roped into trying to find the owner of a blue wheel, much to his chagrin. He wonders how Thomas could have had a crush on Katie at all...

## Romance

### Thomas

Thomas initially had a bit of a crush on Katie, who reciprocated. The duo worked together to help get some Easter chocolates for the Easter egg hunt on Thomas' branch line, and Thomas was impressed with Katie standing up to some thieving children's older siblings. They had since broken their crush off, but still remain friends and flirt with each other to tease the other engines. This has stopped since Thomas started a relationship with Emily though. Although Katie had since moved to a heritage railway, she and Thomas still remain good friends.

## Personality

Katie is a good engine at heart although she can be a scatterbrain and clumsy.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Katie is based upon the Midland Railway 1121 Class, built between 1895-1899 (Katie herself was built 1899). Fifty-five members of this were built between but none of them were preserved, sadly all of them were withdrawn between December 1930 – July 1963 (Katie's real life counterpart was withdrawn July 1963).

### Livery

Katie is painted in the standard Midland Railway red livery.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Katie is Kristen Schaal, who voiced Mabel Pines from *Gravity Falls*.
* Katie's number is MR No. 2376/LMS No. 1875/BR No. 41875. This particular tank engine was the final one to be withdrawn in real life.
Kirk Machan

**Kirk Machan** (Sudric for **Machan's Church**) is a village at the very foot of Culdee Fell. It is also the terminus for the Culdee Fell Railway and a station on the Peel Godred Branch Line.

## History

St. Machan came over from Ireland in the later half of the 6th Century. He was of a solitary turn of mind and lived alone in a cave on the mountain. Nevertheless he became a legendary figure and people came to him from far and near. Even after his death his cave remained a place of pilgrimage and it is still something of a national shrine.

A church dedicated to him was built at the foot of the mountain in the 11th Century, on the foundations of one still older and a hospice for pilgrims was erected nearby in the 12th Century, staffed by brothers from Cronk Abbey. A village grew up around them. The hospice is now a hotel, but the proprietor is glad to show the oldest parts of his premises to interested visitors and explain their former use.

The station at Kirk Machan is the property and headquarters of the Culdee Fell Railway and was opened in 1900. It is in the form of a square-based 'U', but the outer face of the arrival platform has, since 1923, been rented by the North Western Railway for the use of their branch line trains. The Booking Office, Waiting and Refreshment Rooms occupy the base of the 'U'. The Mountain Railway trains use the inside faces of both platforms with departures from the western one and arrivals at the eastern. Between these two roads, a siding has been laid to allow a relief train to stand by. The mountain railway closes down from Michaelmas to Easter and the station is then unstaffed; but a staff of at least six are needed to cope with the traffic on both railways during the Summer. The NWR has laid in a passing loop which is pressed into service at busy times. On its way northward the Branch has to swing eastward to avoid the mountain railway’s workshops.

The king points are a short distance north of the station and are controlled from a ground frame on the Up platform. The main, or mountain line, goes straight ahead while that to the Yard swings right to the Carriage Shed, Engine Shed and Workshops.

Traffic exchange of light goods and parcels is normally done at the passenger platform, but an exchange siding has also been provided north of the mountain railway’s Works. Here the 2‘7 ½” gauge rails lie alongside a siding from the NWR branch so that locomotives and other weighty equipment can be transferred conveniently.
Mallard

**Mallard the World's Fastest Steam Engine** is a supporting character in the SeventyVerse, and is owned by the National Railway Museum.

## Backstory

Mallard is the world's fastest steam engine, holding a speed record of 126 mph. He is a very popular exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York and is very well looked after. He is one of seven surviving A4s.

## Personality

Not much is known about Mallard's personality.

## Technical Details

### Real-life History

Mallard is a LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific and built at Doncaster Works on 3 March, 1938. On 3 July of that year, while undergoing a braking test, Mallard established a world speed record of 126 mph. Mallard was specifically chosen for the record attempt, as he was the first A4 to be fitted with a Kylchap double blastpipe exhaust.

After the decline of steam, Mallard was immediately preserved and put on display at the Museum of British Transport in Clapham, London. In 1975, he was taken to the National Railway Museum. In 1988, the 50th anniversary of his record, he worked a series of railtours under the banner "Mallard 88", which included work on the Settle and Carlisle line before he was retired and put back on display.

In 2013, Mallard celebrated the 75th anniversary of his world speed record, with all of his preserved A4 siblings. As well as Mallard being painted in the LNER garter blue livery, his two transatlantic A4 siblings, No. 4489 Dominion of Canada and No. 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower were both temporarily shipped back to England to take part in the anniversary (both returned in spring 2014). The event was also attended by fellow siblings No. 4464 Bittern, No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, and No. 60009 Union of South Africa.

### Livery

Mallard is currently painted in the LNER garter blue livery. His wheels and steel rims are painted red. He has black nameplates with "**MALLARD**" on them in brass and plaques on the sides of his boiler commemorating his world record. In British Railways (BR) service without wheel skirts, Mallard was first repainted into express passenger blue. He was then painted in the BR Deep Bronze green livery for the rest of his working life. For a brief period in August 2012, Mallard was painted in the LNER wartime black livery.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Mallard is ???
Jack

**Jack the Front Loader** is one of the deuteragonists of the Seventyverse and is the eleventh member of the Pack.

## Backstory

When the Pack was building a station in Maithwaite, Jack was brought in to help out. Thomas bought him to the construction site and the two of them hit it off. After asking around for someone to work with, he eventually met Alfie, Poppy and David. Whilst working with them, Max and Monty came by, causing trouble as usual but Jack stood up to them. Unfortunately, Jack jumped in to a job meant for Oliver and tipping over onto his side and down the slope. Miss Jenny spoke sternly to Jack and felt he wasn't ready for the Pack yet. This left Jack disappointed but Alfie, Isobella and Jasmine made him feel better. A few days later, the work was progressing on Maithwaite when some rabbits dug some holes near the railway and Thomas found himself tilting to one side. Luckily, Jack kept Thomas up right until Kelly helped Thomas to safety. Jack had bent his bucket arms and that evening, he was worried that Miss Jenny would be angry but instead, she was proud of preventing a nasty accident and sent Jack to the fitters as the Pack can't have a front loader with bent arms. This meant Jack could stay and since Jack has been a welcome member of the Pack.

## Relationships

### Thomas

Thomas was the engine who helped Jack to the construction site when he was new to the island. He was worried for Jack when he didn't do well on his first day. However, when Thomas and his coaches ended up in trouble due to some rabbits, Jack was able to save him. Years later, Jack was able to save Thomas and Stephen when they nearly fell off a bridge at the mine at Ulfstead Castle.

### Alfie

Jack and Alfie have been the best of friends since they first met, especially Jack stuck up for Alfie, David and Poppy against Max and Monty. Alfie, in return, would comfort Jack, along with Jasmine and Isobella.

### Max and Monty

Jack is not afraid of Max and Monty, as was shown when he stood up to the two dump trucks on his first day.

## Personality

Jack is brave and will not take any hassle, especially when he stands up to Max and Monty. He is kind and caring but tends to be rather impulsive.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Jack's basis is a Nuffield tractor, an International 454 tractor, and Foden tractor with an added front loader and enclosed cab.

### Livery

Jack is painted red with the top half of his cab painted white. He has the number 11 painted in cream on his white, his back wheels are painted grey and his front wheels are painted red.

## Differences between the episodes and the series

* In the episodes, Jack helped a collapsing bridge just long enough for Thomas to get to safety. In this series, Jack saved Thomas from falling after coming to some track damaged by rabbits. This was achieved by holding up right until Kelly could pull Thomas to safety.
Boris

**Boris the Trusting Diesel** was a diesel and a minor character in the Seventyverse.

## Backstory

Boris was built on a unknown year and was very trusting. He often would go to Bridlington where he would see Sadie, Delilah, Uli, Zeke, Matias and Rakar. One day, he went to help a steam engine to her shed. When he got there, he went to fill up on fuel when two women came and scrapped him on the spot.

(Details regarding the Good Addison AU to be added)

## Personality

Boris was said to be kind and very trusting, although, according to Delilah, almost *too* trusting at times. This proved to be his downfall when he went to help a steam engine, only to be cut up for scrap.

(Details regarding the Good Addison AU to be added)

## Technical Details

### Basis

Boris is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 40 1Co-Co1 diesel-electric engine. Two-hundred members of this class were built from 1958 to 1962, and the last is withdrawn in 1985. They were given the nickname "Whistlers" because of the strange whistling noise their engines would make. Seven Class 40s are preserved at the National Railway Museum including D200, the first Class 40 ever built.

Bowler is also based on a BR Class 40.

### Livery

Boris was painted in the BR Rail Blue livery. He had yellow warning panels on his front and back end. His number (325) was painted on the sides of his cabs in white. His rooftop was painted dark grey. His buffer beams were painted red with dark grey buffers.

## Differences between the book and this series

* In the books, Old Stuck Up was as stuck up as his name implied. In this series, Boris is very kind and *much* too trusting, which resulted in him becoming one of Addison Darnell's victims.

## Trivia

* Boris' number is the number of D325/40125/Old Stuck Up from The Railway Series.
* The preferred voice actor for Boris is Matt Wilkinson, who voiced Diesel 10 in the CGI era.
Holden

**Holden the Harbour Tram** is a flashback character in the Seventyverse and was Toby and Flora's brother.

## Backstory

Holden worked at the same harbour with Toby and Flora. Both Toby and Holden were mentored by Flora. Years later, Flora and Holden were sent for scrap due to the rise of the diesels. A young boy and his mother came to the scrapyard and when the boy asked if they could save them, the mother said that they could only afford one of the tram engines. Holden boldly told them to take Flora, much to the latter's surprise but Holden explained that Flora was in better condition than him and promised to watch her from the Great Railway Above. After that, Holden was scrapped.

## Personality

During his younger years, Holden was shown to be impatient and impulsive, often making mistakes. By the time of his withdrawal, Holden has shown to have matured as he let Flora be rescued instead of him and promised to watch from the Great Railway Above.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Flora is based on a GER Class C53 0-6-0T Wisbech steam tram (reclassified as J70 by the LNER) built at Stratford Works. They were seen by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry on a holiday at Yarmouth, hence Toby's origins. The J70 started their career on the Great Eastern Railway and were known as C53. They spent most of their career on the Wisbech and Upwell tramway pulling slow goods trains and, until 1927, passenger trains, though several were also assigned to the docks at Ipswich and Yarmouth. The first withdrawal came in 1942. Eventually, the sole survivor of this class was withdrawn from service and scrapped at Stratford Locomotive Works by 1955. They were replaced by BR Class 04s, Mavis' class.

Toby and Flora are also based on GER Class G53 steam trams.

### Livery

Holden wore a brown livery with black cowcatchers and side plates. His company's initials (LNER) were painted on his side plates in yellow. He had a gold builder's plate on their sides. His buffer beams were painted red with silver buffers. His paintwork was weathered.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Holden is Ben Small, who was Toby's original UK voice.
Madeline

**Madeline the Unlucky Engine** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is owned by the Rolling Hills Railway. She is the Seventyverse version of Thirteen from the magazine story *The Unlucky Engine*.

## Backstory

Madeline was built a bit before Percy and John at the same works they were, as an experimental design. Unfortunately, Madeleine's design was plagued with numerous problems, so she was constantly past from location to location. The worst place of all was when she headed to a steelworks, when Frankie laughed at her and called her a freak. Devastated, Madeleine wanted to contemplate self scrapping. However, Helen Hatt and Stephen Hatt found her and requested for her to come to the Rolling Hills. Madeline was restored to working order there, and was much happier.

## Personality

Due to Madeline being constantly ridiculed, she became a very bitter, spiteful and hateful engine. However, under all that, she just wanted to be loved, and she did show her true colours to the few engines who wanted to be her friends. She may be small, but she proves that little engines can do big things.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Unlike most engines, Madeline appears to be a freelance design.

### Livery

Madeline is painted dark grey with red lining. She has a red and yellow numberplate with the number "13" painted on each side of her saddle tank. Her running board is also painted red.

## Differences between the magazines and the series

* In the magazines, Thirteen was male and only referred to his number. In the series, Thirteen is female and called Madeline.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Madeline is Prudence Alcott who voiced Miss Calamity in the US dub of *The Mr. Men Show*.
	+ Originally, her preferred voice actress is Kimberley Brooks who voiced Karen Beecher from *DC Super Hero Girls*. However, this has been given to Monica as it is felt it would suit her more.
* Some of Madeline's character is influenced from Madeline from the TV show of the same name.
Harwick

**Harwick** is a fishing and holiday town on Sodor's northern coast. It is the terminus for the Harwick Branch Line of the North Western Railway.

## History

To serve the town of Harwick, the North Western Railway built an extension of the Little Western to the town along the north-west coast of Sodor from the Little Western's terminus at Arlesburgh West.

The town is a popular holiday resort and tourists are brought here by Daisy. The station consists of two platforms and has a small waiting room for passengers. A turntable is located directly behind the station. Following the damage done to Harwick's school by a storm, Dexter has also been located behind the station as a mobile classroom.
Hoppers

The **Hoppers** are used for transporting large amounts of bulk material such as coal, ballast, and stone. They are commonly used for railway construction on Sodor, such as when the Harwick Branch Line was being built. During that time, several hoppers of ballast loads were seen in the Construction Yard. Hoppers are mostly used at quarries or mines.

## Basis

BR ZEV Catfish Hoppers, BR ZFV Dogfish Hoppers, BR Bulk Grain Hoppers and BR 22-Ton Iron Ore Hoppers
Hector

**Hector the Coal Hopper Truck** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is owned by the North Western Railway.

## Personality

When Hector was new to the island and the engines, he was portrayed as being hostile, mean, and aggressive to hide his fear of being filled with coal. However, he learned that there was no need to be scared and is now friendly and helpful to the engines. He now enjoys being filled with coal, and will readily help engines out.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Hector is based on an ICI bogie hopper wagon. These wagons were used to haul limestone traffic from the quarries at Tunstead, near Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District, to the ICI processing works at Northwich, and were an early example of "block trains" in Britain. 152 of these wagons were built in three batches over a 17 year period, and they were in service until 1997. Six examples of this type of wagon are preserved, one by the National Railway Museum.

### Livery

Hector is painted black with "HECTOR" painted on his sides in cream. He also has white wheel rims.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Hector is Bob Golding who voiced Max from *Tweenies*.
* Hector is an acronym for "**H**eavily **E**ngineered **C**oal **T**ruck **O**n **R**ails".
Geoffrey

**Geoffrey the ROD Engine** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is owned by the Rolling Hills Railway. He is a combo of the unnamed red engine from *Edward's Day Out* and Thomas' depiction of 'Geoffrey' from *Who's Geoffrey?.*

## Backstory

Geoffery was built for the WD. Right from the start, Geoffrey knew that what he was getting into was a horrific situation, and he doesn't like to talk about it. He was relieved to enter service on British Railways and haul normal goods trains. Eventually, he ended up on the Rolling Hills, not long after Thomas made up a story about him without realizing there was truth to it.

## Relationships

### Herbert

Not much is known about Geoffrey and Herbert's relationship, but it can be assumed they don't get along.

## Personality

Due to his time at the WD, Geoffrey is very withdrawn and not easy to talk to. However, after his time on British Railways and the Rolling Hills, he started to recover from the traumas he saw. He is a very kind soul, if a bit shy. He surprisingly has a good sense of humour, as he found Thomas' accidental story about him hilarious.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Geoffrey is based on a Great Central Railway Class 8K 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive (reclassified as O4 by the London and North Eastern Railway). Introduced in 1911, and designed by John G. Robinson, 126 were built for the GCR prior to the First World War. Including wartime construction for the British Army ROD and the post-war GCR Class 8M, the class and its derivatives totalled 666 locomotives.

One of the GCR-built 8Ks, BR number 63601 (originally GCR No. 102 built at Gorton in 1911), is preserved in Great Britain where it runs on the preserved Great Central Railway at Loughborough. There are also three ROD 2-8-0s (not used by the GCR or LNER) in New South Wales, Australia. Two are stored at the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum and one is being restored on the Richmond Vale Railway.

Geoffery's real life counterpart was built in March of 1943, withdrawn 17th of January, 1965, and scrapped May of the following year.

Herbert is also based on a GCR Class 8K.

### Livery

Geoffrey is painted red with black lining.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Geoffrey is Jake Johnson, who voices Peter B. Parker from the *Spider-Verse* trilogy.
* Geoffery's numbers are WD 7022/77022/BR 90119.
Green Express Coaches

The **Green Express Coaches** are non-corridor bogie coaches used by the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

The green coaches have appeared since the first series and are primarily used for the express. These coaches are commonly pulled by Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Rebecca. Thomas, Emily and Belle have also pulled these coaches on a few occasions.

There are at least six composite coaches and two brake coaches as seen in Meet the Steam Team, with two rakes being pulled by Rebecca and Gordon with three composites each alongside a brake coach.

The coaches have been through several incidents throughout history, such as being derailed at Knapford by a defiant act on Thomas's part, having been taken by an oblivious Samson to the Blue Mountain Quarry mistakenly, being pulled by Percy when Dowager Hatt was temporarily running the railway and being coupled to Spencer and taken to Ulfstead Castle.

## Technical Details

### Basis

The green express coaches are based upon SR Maunsell Coaches without corridors. They have broad windows on the corridor side and narrow windows on the compartment side.

In the first series, Tenmille-manufactured Maunsell Coaches were used as the coaches, albeit shortened by cutting out a set of windows in the center of the sides. In the second series, new coaches were made but were unmodified and thus retained their original length. Newer coaches were yet again introduced in the sixth series, shortened as well, but this time removing sections off the ends of the coaches.

Since the CGI Series, the coach designs had been altered to be much taller and thinner compared to the previous ones. In addition the corridor windows were mirrored on the opposite side of the coaches. Inside the coaches, the corridors have been removed and the compartments have open backs, similar to early 4-wheeled coaching stock.

### Livery

The green express coaches are painted dark green with cream window surrounds, a yellow stripe running down each side and black rooftops.
Little Ditcher

**Little Ditcher the A-frame Crane** is a supporting character in the SeventyVerse's TUGS spinoff series.

## Backstory

Little Ditcher is often assigned with dredging duties with Sunshine.

## Trivia

* As Little Ditcher's original *TUGS* voice actor, Timothy Bateson, passed away in 2009, along with Little Ditcher being female like in *Salty's Lighthouse*, the preferred voice actress for Little Ditcher is Lenore Zann, who voiced Little Ditcher.
Madge

**Madge the Snub-Nosed Lorry** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and works on the roads near the Skarloey Railway.

## Personality

What Madge lacks in elegance, she makes up for in strength and personality. She acts as a motherly figure to the narrow gauge engines, but can be playful and loves a good joke.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Madge is based on a 1964 Scammell Scarab 6-ton tractor lorry. This type of lorry was very popular with British Railways. About 60 are preserved.

### Livery

Madge is painted green along with her trailer and the bottom half of her cab, whilst the top half of her cab and her headlights are painted cream. Her outermost wheels have red hubcaps, while her central steering wheel has a black rim.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Madge is Sinead Rushe who voiced Judy from *Tweenies*.
Lucy and Hilda Brown

**Lucy and Hilda Brown** (Born) are supporting characters in the SeventyVerse, and are two of Sir Handel Lloyd Brown's daughters.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Lucy Brown is Tabitha St. Germain, who voiced Zipporwhill from *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*.
* The preferred voice actress for Hilda Brown is Evanna Lynch, who portrayed Luna Lovegood from the *Harry Potter* films.
Lillie Lightship

**Lillie Lightship** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse's TUGS spinoff series and was based at Dem Der Rocks to warn ships of potential hazard. The Star Fleet have the contract to provide her with with fuel to keep her light shining.

## Backstory

Lillie is a special and much loved lighthouse who used to be based at Dem Der Rocks to warn ships of potential hazard. On the evening before 4th July, 1921, she was hit by a blinded tramp steamer that made a hole in her side and put her lights out. She was saved by Grampus, and repairs at Lucky's Yard allowed her to view the annual regatta.

Lillie's light failed for the second time during the Big Freeze which meant that the Star Fleet needed to find another source to guide Hercules into the estuary with the ocean liner (S.S. Vienna).

## Personality

Lillie is a friendly and cheerful lightship and has a good friendship with the Star Tugs. She is polite to the Z-Stacks but does not particularly like them. All the Star Tugs value her opinion and put high priority on her well-being. Hercules appears to have a special place in his heart for Lillie, as evidenced when he calls her "m'dearest" rather than "m'dear" like he does with his other friends.

## Technical Details

### Livery

Lillie's livery consists of a red hull, a white superstructure, and a red lighthouse. Her name is painted on the sides of her hull in red, inside white rectangles.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Lillie is JoAnne Good, who voiced her in the original TUGS series.
Lucy (Tugboat)

**Lucy the Kind Tugboat** is a supporting character in the SeventyVerse and is the eighth member of the Great Ocean Tug and Salvage Company in Canada and Bigg City Port.

## Backstory

(Details on Lucy's backstory to be added)

## Relationships

### George

(Details on George and Lucy's relationship to be added)

### Emily

(Details on Emily and Lucy's relationship to be added)

### Foduck

(Details on Foduck and Lucy's relationship to be added)

### Theodore

(Details on Theodore and Lucy's relationship to be added)

### Hank

(Details on Hank and Lucy's relationship to be added)

### Captain Judd

(Details on Captain Judd and Lucy's relationship to be added)

## Personality

Lucy is kind and likes going on adventures with her fellow tugs, and also likes to solve mysteries. (More details on Lucy's personality to be added)

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Lucy is
Kenji

**Kenji the Bullet Train** is a supporting character from the Seventyverse and comes from Japan.

## Backstory

Kenji was built alongside Kana to work an express service up to the main cities of Japan.

## Personality

Kenji is cool, calm and patient, and unlike early British Railways diesel and electric engines, he does not boast about his modern elements. This makes it easy for him to get along with others. Kenji holds a sense of curiosity about the world outside his home country, and he can hold a civil conversation with even those skeptical about him. Although he enjoys trying new things he had not done before, Kenji has been shown to get nervous if he has to travel long distances by himself, and he often tries to avoid doing so if he can help it.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Kenji is based on a 0 series Shinkansen, also known as a "Bullet Train". These were the first generation of such engines and were designed specifically to run the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line in Japan. By 2008, all units had been withdrawn from active service, however a large number are preserved, including one at the National Railway Museum in York, which was donated as a gift by the West Japan Railway Company in 2001.

Kenji was modified to run on the North Western Railway, in that he received buffers and a tail-lamp on his rear and he has a pin-and-hook coupling system (which was replaced with a screw-link coupling after The Technology Fair). He later received a battery pack from Ruth to let him run without the aid of power lines.

### Livery

Kenji is entirely silver with the exception of his skirts, which are painted indigo.
Knapford Sheds

**Knapford Sheds** is an engine shed where many of the island's station pilots and utility engines sleep.

## Current residents

* Harvey
* Amanda
* Stanley
* Charlie

## Former residents

* Diesel (Moved to the Ironworks and later Dieselworks)
* Rosie (Moved to Vicarstown)
* Philip (Moved to Wellsworth)

## Trivia

* Emily was a resident of Tidmouth Sheds from the getgo, and Murdoch and Arthur never resided at Knapford Sheds either.
	+ Emily did shelter at Knapford for two nights while Duck was at Tidmouth.