Nathan

**Nathan the S100 Tank Engine** is a supporting character of the SeventyVerse and a member of the Rolling Hills Railway. Before this, he was a member of the Anti Diesel Electric League Revolution.

## Backstory

Nathan was one of the four tank engines that bullied No.50 (the other three being Roxanne, Rodney and Lawrence). In particular, when No.50 argued his role was just important as theirs, Nathan rudely asked why the manager hadn't bothered to name him and when Sir Bertram Topham Hatt came to buy another tank engine to act as station pilot at Knapford, Nathan jeered at No.50 to get out before he got humiliated. However, when Sir Bertram asked Nathan's stance on shunting, Nathan nervously said it was important and even lied that he did it on occasion but Sir Bertram wasn't buying it. Instead, Sir Bertram bought No.50 and named him "Percy" after his father, much of the shock and outrage of Nathan, Rodney, Roxanne and Lawrence.

Years later, despite his actions as a member of the Anti-Diesel/Electric League Revolution, Nathan helped with putting out the fire, along with Heather, Fiona and Roxanne. After Addison's defeat and arrest, he joined the Rolling Hills Railway.

## Relationships

### Percy

Nathan ordered No.50 to organise his next goods, saying he'll be late if it wasn't sorted in the next ten minutes and when No.50 argued his role was just important as theirs, Nathan rudely asked why the manager hadn't bothered to name him. Nathan was not pleased when No.50 was bought by Sir Bertram and named "Percy".

### Rosie

(Details regarding Engines of the Same Metals to be added)

## Personality

Nathan is a real jerk and enjoyed putting Percy down. He is also shown to be dishonest as when he boasted about his siblings being good at shunting, Sir Bertram questioned his stance on shunting and he got nervous about it. (Details on Engines of the Same Metals to be added)

## Technical Details

### Basis

Nathan is based on the Southern Railway (SR) USA Class. The class originated as the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S100 Class, which were designed and built for shunting duties in Europe during the Second World War. After the war ended, fifteen of the S100s were sold to the Southern Railway, who modified them for use as dockyard shunters at Southampton. There, they worked alongside the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) E2s (Thomas' class). The SR USA Class was replaced by British Rail (BR) Class 07 diesels (Salty's class) in 1962, however some members of the class remained in service on departmental duties until 1967.

Four members of SR USA Class are preserved, including one at the Bluebell Railway. Over one-hundred of the USATC S100 Class - of which the SR USA Class are a derivative of - still remain, or are preserved, in various conditions in some European countries, the United States, China and Egypt. In addition, several Yugoslavian-built copies of the S100 design also exist, including two that have been shipped to England and modified to represent USA Class members.

The engine Nathan's based on, No. 63, was built in 1942, shipped to Britain the following year, withdrawn due to collisional damage on the 2nd of June, 1962, and scrapped that same month.

Rosie is also based on a SR USA Class.

### Livery

Nathan is painted British Railways (BR) black livery with white and red lining. The BR Cycling Lion crest is painted on his side tanks and the number 30063 is painted in yellow on his cab. Before this, he wore Southern Railway black with the number 63. Under preservation, Nathan was repainted with the ADELR logo and his number on his side.

## Trivia

* Nathan is based on the SR USA Class 0-6-0T, which is the same design as Rosie. Four of these engines are preserved.
* Nathan is based on SR No. 63. This was a real member of the class. No. 63 was withdrawn in May 1962 and was scrapped.
	+ No. 63 was the first of the USA class tank engines to be scrapped, under it's BR number. This was because of a collision which gave No. 63 severe accident damage.
* Rodney, Nathan, Roxanne and Lawrence are the Seventyverse versions of the Workshop Engines from *Troublesome Engines*.
	+ Nathan wouldn't have been one in the books, however, as he wasn't built at the time, much less shipped to the U.K..
* The preferred voice actor for Nathan is Alexander Polinsky, who played Oswald Cobblepot from *DC Super Hero Girls*.