Barton

**Barton** is a supernatural L&YR 4-4-0 that is said to "protect" the railway from all evil. He does appear to be the only friendly ghost that can speak, since most don't.

## Bio

Barton's life is largely, but a possible theory (in the form of a story) could explain why he's a ghost. Sadly, this story is always has been proven false since no such accident with any Barton-Wright 4-4-0 has been recorded in any documents. Barton, which the name was given to him by Jinty, was first seen by him back in 1966 when he was heading a small goods. Unfortunately, this lead to him crashing into Capulet's goods train, which appeared to have killed the Fowler 3F tank engine. Barton told Jinty to be careful of a danger coming to the railway.

His second appearance was in 'Brothers to the End' when he appeared in the smelting shed before it exploded and was told by -- to "Look after my brother," before he died in the explosion, taking three diesels with him.

Barton his third appearance in the episode 'Time knows no one Part 2', when he confronted both Jinty and Ella Johnson after they got killed by Highland, who Barton has come to the railway to protect the whole fleet of the Moorland Steam Railway (MSR) from Highland's evil plans. After the two Fowler 3F tanks soon mentioned that it was part of their plans, Barton reset the events of that day, wipes Jinty's memory and tells EJ to prevent what happened from happening again. He's later seen at the entrance to the collapsed tunnel, pleased that his work is complete.

Barton commonly appears in the background following this event and rarely makes contact with the MSR locomotives running the line, apart from those awaiting restoration.

## Personality

Barton doesn't appear to have any emotion since he's a ghost but he seems be either quiet or sound annoyed when something goes wrong.

## Livery

Barton, being a ghost, is completely white. He could have had worn L&YR lined black when he was alive.

## Basis or real locomotive

   Barton is based on a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Barton-Wright, Aspinall or Hughes 4-4-0, which because of no number, his class couldn't be told if he's a class 2, 3 or 4. These locomotives were designed by William Barton-Wright (1885), John Aspinall (1891) and George Hughes (1908) for express duties across the L&YR network but were withdrawn and scrapped by the LMS in the 1920s and 1930s.

## Trivia

Barton's supernatural powers and behaviour was inspired by 'Pogo', a character created by Thomas "Dark DJ Productions" Dibton for his 'The Dark Railway Series'.

   Barton's model is a London Road Models kit for a L&YR 4-4-0 painted white and sprayed over in glow-in-the-dark paint, just to add more to the ghostly effect.

* Barton has two models. One which operates off a motor on OO gauge track and another with a fixed bogie, rigid tender coupling and no motor for him being in "Barton's Locker". The latter model is moved by winches on either side of the "Barton's Locker" set.

Barton's ghostly appearing and fading is done via film editing. It's done by layering two films on top of each other.

It's unknown if Barton really served for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) but because he is a L&YR design, there is a possibility.

* This could be confirmed since Hughes, another L&YR locomotive, acknowledges Barton's existence as seen at the end of Fowler's Ghost.

Barton's name came from one the CMEs of the L&YR, William Barton-Wright.

Barton is the most powerful being the whole series, but the full extent of him remains unknown.