Trevithick

**Trevithick** was a mixed traffic engine who worked on the Southern Railway.

Great Western Railway (1942-1944)

British Railways (1948-1955)

Cudworth

Stroudley

Beattie

Thomas

Riley

Rani

Stepney

Preston

Wilson

## Biography

Trevithick spent most of his life working on the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, along with his siblings. Out of all of them, Stephenson was his closest friend. They not only conversed every day, and understood each well, but they also slept next to each other in the shed almost every night; Trevithick would also try to comfort him whenever he was upset. Like the rest of his siblings, Trevithick started out as a tank engine, but was rebuilt into a tender engine; his rebuild occurred sometime after Remembrance's. He also started out as an express engine, but following his conversion, he was put on branch line trains for the remainder of his life.

When the Second World War broke out, Trevithick accompanied Remembrance and Stephenson to the Great Western Railway to assist with the war effort. He was excited about "getting in on the action", but the others didn't share his level of excitement, especially Stephenson. They spent two years there before returning to the Southern Region. Trevithick enjoyed his return home for several more years, until Spitfire was brought to the railway. He didn't welcome him warmly, even *before* the newcomer revealed that he'd come to replace Hackworth. Horrified by this news, Trevithick decided he would never trust a Bulleid Pacific, regardless of their behaviour. He was even rude to Rebecca after he learned that she was to replace Cudworth.

Rebecca's arrival and Cudworth's withdrawal was what prompted him to take action; he would take an Express train across the region, at top speed, to prove that he and his siblings were still a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, his plan became his undoing; he'd gained permission from his controller to take the Express as planned, but he ended up ramming into the back of a passenger train which had stalled in his path. The damage he took was so severe that when Trevithick was taken to the workshops after the fact, the men deemed him beyond economic repair. He was ultimately sold for scrap, much to Stephenson's heartbreak. However, upon his escape to the Valleyfields Central, Stephenson asked to be repainted in Trevithick's livery to keep his memory alive.

## Personality

Trevithick was high-spirited, resourceful and rebellious. He always lived for adventure, no matter how dangerous it was. Like Stephenson, he didn't take change very well, and was quick to distrust newcomers, especially those chosen to replace him and his siblings. However, he was always there to comfort those he was close to, and in turn, would seek comfort from them.

## Basis

Trevithick started out as an LB&SCR 4-6-0 Baltic L tank engine, but was converted into an SR 4-6-0 N15X tender engine in the late 1930's, just like his siblings. He is a fictionalized version of the real life engine, who suffered the exact same fate in real life.

## Livery

As a tank engine, Trevithick started out in SR Olive Green, but was repainted Brunswick Green with white stripes upon his rebuild. Stephenson now wears his livery in his memory.

## Appearances

* Season 1 - Stephenson and the Valleyfields Flyer *(indirectly mentioned)*, Remembrance's New Shape, Remembrance & the Great Western Way, Invasion of the Bulleids, Withdrawal *(mentioned)*