Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice

**Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice the Old Narrow Gauge Coaches** are five of the deuteragonists in the Seventyverse universe and are owned by the Skarloey Railway.

## Backstory

Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice have worked on the Skarloey Railway since its early days, although the latter four have had a strained relationship with Agnes due to her causing trouble for Skarloey (both when he accidentally bumped them and when he came out as transgender) and later on, her homophobia. Sir Handel would insult them by calling them "cattle trucks" and Agnes sought to pay him out. All five coaches instantly accepted Peter Sam after he called them dears with Lucy getting on with him the most. Eventually, Agnes would come to accept same-sex couples after a talk with Skarloey and an incident involving Nancy and a homophobic man.

## Relationships

### Skarloey

In his youth, Agnes gave Skarloey quite the run-around, and didn't accept him as being male at first. Ruth on the other buffer, accepted Skarloey as trans without question, but the others needed a discussion to understand. In his older years, Skarloey often has to put Agnes in her place. He gets along quite well with the other coaches, but he tends to gravitate toward Ruth the most.

### Sir Handel

The old coaches gave Sir Handel quite the runaround, lead by Agnes because he called them "Cattle Trucks". The other coaches were reluctant to bump him, but Agnes guilt tripped them. Sir Handel also gave Agnes a firm telling off when she berated a gay couple onboard her with their daughter.

### Peter Sam

Peter Sam instantly won the old coaches over by calling them "his dears", on the first day he took them out. Of the old coaches, he gravitates toward Lucy the most, as she is the sweetest of the bunch.

## Personality

Agnes is a deep-voiced and proud first-class carriage who looks down on the others, who are third-class. She was homophobic until the incident with Nancy and a horrible man onboard Millicent, after which she became more accepting of same-sex couples. Jemima is somewhat deaf and sleepy. Lucy is the sweetest of the bunch and gets on with Peter Sam the most. Beatrice is the lighthearted joker of the five. Ruth is the most sensible and more of a leader than Agnes claims she is. The coaches are genuinely nice and quiet like many other coaches but get offended if an engine does not treat them properly.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Agnes, Ruth, Jemima and Lucy are based on the Talyllyn Railway's first four coaches, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, while Beatrice is based on the Talyllyn Railway's first guard's van, No. 5. Coaches Nos. 1, 2, 3 and No. 5 were built by Brown, Marshalls and Co. Ltd. between 1866-67, while No. 4 (also known as "Limping Lulu") was built by the Lancaster Wagon Co. in 1866 to a different design. In the books, they were built in 1865-66, but in this series, they were built in 1885, along with Skarloey and Rheneas.

Agnes is based on the first-class No. 1, while Ruth and Jemima are No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, with Lucy being No. 4.

### Livery

Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice are painted in the Skarloey light blue with cream window surrounds livery.

## Differences between the books, the TV series and the series

* In the books and this series, Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice are the original five coaches for the Skarloey Railway. In the TV series, they are cut out and replaced by unnamed (later non-sentient coaches) of the same design.
* In the books, the five coaches all had mob mentality. In this series, Agnes is the most badly behaved out of them with the other four being critical of her behaviour, especially Beatrice. Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice only went along with holding back on Sir Handel because Agnes guilt-tripped them into doing so.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actresses for the coaches are all from *The Lion Guard*.
	+ Madison Pettis as Agnes (Zuri)
	+ Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Ruth, (Rani)
	+ Bailey Gambertoglio as Lucy, (Tiifu's second actress)
	+ Eden Riegel as Jemima, (Kiara)
	+ Sarah Hyland as Beatrice, (Tiifu's first actress)