Reginald the Stanier 8F

## Reginald

Reginald is a mysterious royal blue steam locomotive who first appears in 1986: A Cruel Irony, and is well known as a major character in Liz's Journey.

## Bio:

Reginald was left in the yards of Eastleigh Works in the scrap sidings due to causing an accident in the 1950s. In 1964, Reginald was dowsing in the scrap line when his sleep was interrupted by Ryan who asked him if he had seen which way Maria went, he pointed out that she went in the direction towards the main sheds. A few days later, he witness the arrival of Simon who had been transfer to Eastleigh Works to assist Ben with the shunting and as the BR Class 01 diesel went about his new duty, Reginald seem to eye him with interest.

One night in 1986, he came face to face with Diesel 10 who was dropping off a scrap train while also taunting old shells of steam engines that had been scrapped. Reginald got his attention and began to ask Diesel 10 how he and the other diesels could be worthy of running on British Railways when they're all killers to steam engines, and that they're all faced with ugly choses. Diesel 10 questioned who he was, but all Reginald mentioned was a train crash in the 1950s during the Southern and Midland exchange trials, which was enough for Diesel 10 to know exactly who he was talking to. He then told him that he was on a mission for restoration, but Diesel 10 just laugh and taunted Reginald that he could never be restored. This slightly angered Reginald who told the class 42 warship that he would soon meet the same fate as his siblings, but Diesel 10 didn't believe him, that was until Reginald showed him a vision of what was going to happen to the older diesels which frighten the class 42 warship. Reginald continued to explain that the railways are always meant to modernizes and to be efficient, and that the only path to modernizes is the extinction of the diesels. Diesel 10 didn't want to hear anymore of it and bashed Reginald backwards before departing, Reginald wasn't phased by this and just smirked. A few days later, he had been put back on the rails and continued to stay in the sidings. While he was there, he noticed Simon working in the yards and decided that if he couldn't move under his own power, he would ask for some help.

## Appearances:

### Specials:

* 2021- 1986: A Cruel Irony
* 2022- 1964: A Turn for the Worst

## Basis:

Reginald is based off the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway's Stanier Class 8F.

His livery is dark royal blue with white lining and a BR logo on his tender. However, in his current appearance, he is rusted, and most of his parts have broken off, with patches covering his boiler and tender and he is missing a buffer.

## Powers:

Like from Liz's Journey, Reginald has the power to use hypnotism to get engines (and possibly people) to obey to his will and command. This was shown at the ending of the special. In 1986, it was also shown that his hypnotism abilities allow him to give or show others visions, as seen when he gave Diesel 10 a frightening vision of diesels being scrapped. It scared diesel 10 and he ran away

## Trivia:

* Reginald originated from the Thomas fan story: "Liz's Journey" in Part 2 as the main antagonist, written by Liz Productions5784, and thus created by her.
* Reginald's personality in TAOS appears to reflect that of Ultron from the Avengers film series.