Jock

**Jock the Cocky Engine** is one of the deuteragonists of the Seventyverse and the sixth engine of the Arlesdale Railway.

## Backstory

A new engine was built at the Sodor Steamworks for the Arlesdale Railway. He was given a yellow undercoat and as Douglas took the engine to Arlesburgh, he commented how the colour reminds him and Donald of engines from the Highland Railway and that they used to call them "Jocks". Douglas then suggested that could be the new engine's name, with the latter admitting he liked the colour, so the name stuck. When they arrived at Arlesburgh and explained about Jock's name, Mr. Duncan decided to keep Jock in his yellow colour to give the name some point. Jock completed his trial runs on the Arlesdale Railway and after a naming ceremony, he is pressed into service. Unfortunately, Jock became cockier due to his strength. One day, Jock double-headed a passenger train with Mike, who decided to play a trick on Jock. As they approached Arlesdale, Mike deliberately went at a slower pace so that Jock would struggle up the hill. Jock was furious when he realised and on the downward journey, he went at a faster pace. Unfortunately, he damaged his injectors, which meant no water could get into the boiler and Mike had to pulled the entire train home. Mr. Duncan was cross with Jock for pushing himself too hard and when Mike confessed to his trick, Mr. Duncan sent both engines to the sheds. Whilst there, the two engines apologized for their behavior and promised to learn from the older engines on how to truly be a really useful engine.

## Relationships

### Mike

Mike and Jock did not get on at first due to Jock's cocky nature and decide to hold back to teach him a lesson. Unfortunately, this trick backfired when Jock pushed himself on the downward journey and damaged his injectors, meaning that Mike had to take the train home. When Mr. Duncan sent them to the sheds as punishment, the two engines made up their quarrel.

## Personality

When Jock first arrived he became cocky and full of himself, but after Mike's trick and Jock's attempt to get back at him caused his injectors to fail, Jock has since taken all advice from the other engines to heart and, while still proud of being strong and valuable, has become far more humble about his work and while he still receives admiration from passengers and other engines, he no longer lets such praise get to his smokebox.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Jock is based on Northern Rock, an engine who works on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Northern Rock was built at Ravenglass in 1976. Two other engines based on Northern Rock's design have been built at Ravenglass for the Shuzenji Romney Railway in Japan.

### Livery

Jock is painted in the Highland Railway's livery of chartreuse yellow with red lining. He has a brass dome and a brass builder's plate on the sides of his cab. He has a red nameplate with a gold border on the sides of his boiler with his name (Jock) on them, also in gold. His railway's name (Arlesdale) is painted on the sides of his tender in yellow with a red border with his number (6) on his sides of his cab.. He has red buffer beams with silver buffers.

## Differences between the books and the series

* In the books, Jock was built at Arlesdale Works with his boiler, firebox and cylinders being fabricated at Crovan's Gate Works. In this series, Jock was built entirely at the Steamworks.
* In the books, it was Mike who broke down on the homeward journey and Jock had to take the entire train home. In this series, Jock broke down and Mike was the one who took the entire train.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Jock is Luke Marty, who voices James in the US dub of *All Engines Go*.