Joseph

Joseph was a GWR 94xx Class 0-6-0 pannier tank engine

## Bio

In 1954, Joseph was being scolded by Mr. Stevens for breaking down as he was meant to take a goods train to the nearby branch line, this made Mr. Stevens cross as he now had to find another engine to take the goods train. Eliza was ordered to shunt Joseph back to the sheds, upon his arrival back to the sheds, Eliza asked Joseph what caused him to break down to which the 94xx told her that Mr. Stevens hadn't had the money to get him new parts due to his broken cylinder. Eliza then asked Joseph if she could take his train for him since there was no other engine to take it, Joseph consider the suggestion if Eliza was up to the challenge which she was up for it and so Joseph allowed Eliza to take his train while also telling her what to do. Once Joseph told her what to do, Eliza hurried away to fetch the goods train. Shortly after Eliza left, Mr. Stevens arrive to inform Joseph that he found another engine to take his goods train, however Joseph told him that he let Eliza take it. Mr. Stevens was absolutely furious with the 94xx for letting Eliza take the goods train saying that she was to never leave the yards ever and as punishment for disobeying his orders, Mr. Stevens told Joseph that he wasn't going to have him repair and instead replace him with a diesel. Joseph was supposed to be sent for scrap, but he was instead left in the back of Didcot sheds and mostly forgotten about.

In 1969, Joseph was found by Murdoch, Neville, and Rosie who asked him if he was okay, he was surprised to see engines that weren't Great Western engines and questioned what they were doing. The three engines explained that they were trying to find the Bluebell Railway, Joseph then pointed out that they were on the Great Western Railway which got Murdoch and Neville fighting with each other and Rosie trying to break up their fight. He alerted the three engines that someone else was coming and told them to hid in the sheds, fortunately he told them that it was okay as it was just Meryl passing by with her night train. After that the three engines asked Joseph if he would like to join them in their escape to which he agreed to even though he couldn't move due to his broken cylinder, but Murdoch told him that he could push him along. At Bedford St. Johns they found Green Arrow, Harrison, Alfred, and Crovan, and later saw Nickolas, who was pulling Serena, and Geoffrey who pulled in shortly. As they were refilling at Bedford Sheds, he was suspicious of Geoffrey when he was talking to Serena. At Leicester, he decided to go with Murdoch, Green Arrow, Alfred, and Crovan to the National Railway Museum in York, but they were caught by the diesels at Sheffield and lead to the smelters yard. As the first engine to be smelted, Joseph sacrificed himself to slow the diesels down to let Murdoch and Green Arrow escape, as Alfred and Crovan had abandoned them already. Many Years Later, Proteus's ghost came and used his Magic Lamp to summon Joseph's ghost while singing an enchanted song and allow him to follow Proteus to his Garden of Shadows.

## Appearances

* 2020-1969 The Resistance
* 2021-The Wandering Souls (ghost: cameo)
* 2023- Liz's Journey The Beginning

## Technical Details:

### Basis:

Joseph is based off the Great Western Railway's 94xx Class of Pannier Tanks. The first ten 9400s were the last steam engines built by the GWR. After nationalisation in 1948, another 200 were built by private contractors for British Railways (BR). Most had very short working lives as the duties for which they were designed disappeared through changes in working practices or were taken over by diesel locomotives. Two locomotives survived into preservation, with the oldest of the class, 9400 as part of the National Collection.

## VA:

* OptimusPrime2471 (2019)
* NateTheGreat476 (2023)

## Trivia

* Joseph is a character who originated from the Thomas fan story: "Liz's Journey Begins" written by Liz Productions5784, and thus created by her.
	+ Though he does have a name in MrAthehedgehog's head cannon, he is called by his number 9401 in Liz Productions5784's story as he only has a small role in "Liz's Journey Begins".