Maria

Maria is GWR Class 101 tank engine.

## Bio:

Maria was built by the Great Western Railway as an experimental oil burner, later on she was converted to a coal burner and became a shunter at Swindon Works. However the men at the works had enough of Maria after she kept causing a lot of trouble, so she ran away. At some point Maria met Shaw Savill who offered her a new home at Nine Elms Sheds which she accepted.

In 1964, she was told by Shaw to get a crane to re-rail some trucks that he derailed due to him venting his frustrations out after learning that he was going to get withdrawn from service. Maria watched on as Shaw and Jasper got into a fight about their relationship which ended really badly. She was sad to see Jasper go, but Jasper gave her a sympathetic smile before leaving Nine Elms Sheds. Five months later, Maria asked Shaw what the plan was to which Shaw explained that originally they along with Jasper and Marvin were going to go on the run to find a new place to restart their business, but due to the fact that Jasper left, it was left to the two of them and Marvin. Maria liked the idea and was looking forward to the road trip. When Marvin arrived back at the sheds, Maria teased him that he didn't bring anything due to a diesel taking all the rolling stock away. She also learned that Marvin had been saved and was no longer owned by Shaw anymore, he also taunted them before leaving Nine Elms for the last time. She was then told by Shaw to get anything that wasn't broken and that they were leaving during the night. After gathering what wasn't broken, the two engines left Nine Elms Sheds and headed to Eastleigh Works to pick up some more rolling stock to help restart their business. Along the way to Eastleigh, they encounter Duchess, Ryan, and Barry at Brentford Station who were also on the run from scrap too. After Shaw offered to help them and told them where they can find a turntable, Maria could tell exactly what Shaw was thinking. The group then processed to head to Eastleigh Works where they laid low for the morning so they wouldn't get spotted by diesels. A few hours later after waking up, Maria decided to explore the yards to see if she could find anything useful to take with them. As she was beginning to leave the sheds they were hiding in, Ryan asked her what she was doing and she explained that she was going to explore the yards and asked Ryan if he would like to join her, the ex-GNR N2 wasn't sure as he didn't want to get spotted, so Maria took off out of the sheds. She was found by Ryan at the main sheds and went inside to see if she could find anything, Ryan followed her inside and accidentally bumped into her, this also caused her to flirt with the green tank engine. They were both startled when they came across Sir Pelleas a N15 King Arthur class who was hiding in the main sheds, after introducing each other, the three engines were approached by Ben the D3/12 diesel shunter who pulled into the sheds after hearing a commotion and was surprised to see the two tank engines. Sir Pelleas introduced them to Ben and explained that he's a friend of his who helped keep him hidden away from scrap. Maria and Ryan showed Richard and Ben to the shed where Shaw, Duchess, and Barry were hiding in and reassured the others that Ben is a friendly diesel. After Ben pointed out where they could find a water tower and coal bunker to refuel and Shaw went to get refuel first, Maria could tell that Shaw was delight to find more clients to help restart their business. She was then told by Shaw to continue looking around for anything that they could take with them before they would head out at night. Maria came across some old LBSCR coaches which she took an interest in, when she showed them to Shaw, he was less than impressed but Maria pointed out it was better than leaving empty handed. The group left Eastleigh Works that night to make the journey up to Crewe, but along the way the group ended up crashing into Meryl at Oxford who was derailed due to crashing into some trucks that were left on her line. After getting Shaw Savill and Meryl back on the rails thanks to the help from Lucas, they made a dash for it after they were spotted by a passing diesel and stop at Gloucester to catch their breath. However tensions between the engines began to heat up when Shaw revealed his true colors and what he had planned for them. Maria told them that none of them were going anywhere and that they should listen to Shaw, when that didn't work she helped Shaw try to fight off Duchess and Ryan. Shortly after the group was confronted by Roderick, Levi, Goyle, Western, and Whistler who had been hunting the group down; they tried to make a run for it, but they ended up trap at the yards of Gloucester where they ended up staying for a whole day after Shaw took Simon a BR class 01 diesel shunter hostage to prevent the DJD from trying to take them away. Maria had place Simon at the back of the yards putting some brake vans in front of him to prevent him from escaping, she and Lucas were told by Shaw to keep an eye on the others to make sure they didn't try anything. During the night Maria talked with Lucas for a bit about their past before Shaw came up asking how the diesel was doing and also told the two engines to get some sleep. She was startled awake by Shaw who told her that they had to make a run for it as the other engines had released Simon. Maria, Lucas, and Shaw tried to escape the DJD however Shaw stopped Western from trying to get Lucas and Maria derailing himself in the process. Maria was horrified that Shaw was caught, but the Merchant Navy told her to keep running and she left with Lucas both managing to escape. The following morning, the two engines laid low in a small shunting yards where Lucas comforted Maria who was upset that Shaw was captured and that she hasn't been anywhere without Shaw to protect her from the bigger engines. Lucas reassured her that as long as they stick together that they would get through this together, he then asked her if she would like to start causing trouble together to which Maria liked the idea as they puffed away.

## Personality:

Maria used to be loyal to Shaw Savill and is like a daughter to him until she suddenly laugh at Lucas’ “back on track” joke and escape from The Diesel Justice Division, he now cause trouble and act like a joker like Lucas

## Trivia:

* Maria's basis is based on the actual GWR 101 class that use to work on the Great Western Railway. The real locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1911 and scrapped that same year at Swindon Works.