Crovan

Crovan (formerly **87546**) is a light blue tender engine who appears in the feature film 1969

## Bio:

Crovan use to work on Sodor back in the early days when the railway was still new along with Alfred, but at some point they were both sent away in disgrace after they caused a major accident with a train of dynamite during the line's extension project.

In 1969, Crovan went on the run to escape the cutter's torch with Alfred, Harrison, and Green Arrow to try and find the National Railway Museum where they wanted to be preserved, however the four engines ended up in the shunting yards of Bedford St. Johns where they decided to sleep for the night much to the annoyance of Crovan, Alfred, and Harrison. A little while later, Crovan almost ran off in a panic when Harrison alerted them that some engines were approaching thinking it was diesels, but instead they encountered Rosie, Neville, Joseph, and Murdoch who were on the run from scrap too. Shortly after they encountered Nickolas and Serena who were followed up by Geoffrey. After that all the engines laid low at Bedford Sheds to refuel on coal and water. At Leicester, he did what Alfred said and went with him, Green Arrow, Murdoch, and Joseph to the National Railway Museum in York. They stopped at Sheffield Station to allow other night trains to pass, but they were suddenly ambushed by diesels and taken to a nearby scrapyard. While there, Alfred bashed Crovan into the diesel behind them knocking it off the rails, but he didn't bother to help Green Arrow, Murdoch, and Joseph; and only said they were nothing more but dead weight to him before running off. Crovan hesitated for a moment on whether or not to help them, but Alfred call for him to come and he ran off with Alfred. The following morning, Crovan and Alfred were unable to find the National Railway Museum and ended up getting lost. Crovan was insulted by Alfred who was annoyed that they got lost. They soon ended up at Heywood Station where they met Rebecca who asked them if they arrived to get preserved. The two engines were confused for a moment until Rebecca told them that they were on the East Lancashire Railway which was one of the preserve railways that opened up. Crovan finally told Alfred off when he said that they had to go to another heritage railway and told Alfred that not every railway was just going to have their kind. Crovan then spoke to Rebecca and told her that they would be staying and he introduced themselves.

## Basis and Livery:

Crovan is usually depicted as a freelance design, and does not have a specific basis. However, in TAOS, he appears to resemble the LNER B16, which was a potential basis prediction for 87546.

His livery is NWR Sky Blue with red lining, and has his number on his tender with a black running board.

## Trivia:

* Like many fan interpretations Crovan was named after the same character from Thomas1Edward2Henry3's series and is presumed to be 87546, but in 1969, it was revealed that he got his name from a habit of screaming like a crow (rather than being named after a Sudric King).
* When asked about Crovan and Alfred in a Twitter thread about characters, Adam revealed that he will have a redemption arc sometime in the future, alongside revealing why Crovan and Alfred were sent away.
* It is unknown that the explosion Alfred and Crovan caused killed Clive and Matthew or not.