Rosie

* Lavender Pink
* SR Black

Rosie is a tank engine who lives on Sodor!

## Bio:

Rosie was built during World War 2, she was built in the UK! Where she served as a shunter at Southampton Docks!

In 1963, Rosie was working at the Ports of Southampton showing Salty the ropes on how to work in the harbor yards, the class 07 diesel shunter was impressed with her work. Rosie even told him of how long she has worked the ports and how an E2 had passed its teaching onto her, now she was passing those teachings to Salty which the dockside diesel greatly appreciated.

In 1969, Rosie went on the run to escape the cutter's torch along with Murdoch and Neville to try and find their way to the Bluebell Railway. Along the way they spotted Joseph at Didcot sheds and went over to him to see if he was alright, when Joseph told them that they are on ex-GWR metals, Murdoch was cross with Neville for getting them lost and argued with him. Rosie tried to break up the fight, luckily Joseph warned them that another engine is coming and told them to hide inside the sheds. After the engine passed, Joseph gave the all clear and said it was only Meryl. The three engines thanked him and asked the 94xx if he wants to join them to which he agreed to come along. At Bedford St. Johns, the four engines came across Green Arrow, Harrison, Alfred, and Crovan resting in a goods shed who were also on the run from scrap too. Shortly after the group encountered Nickolas and Serena who were followed up by Geoffrey. After that the group laid low at Bedford Sheds to refuel on coal and water. A little while later after the group met Jonathan, Rosie was the first to alert everyone that the diesels were coming and the group continued on to Leicester where they hid in the sidings behind some trucks thanks to Arthur. From there Rosie stated that she and Neville were still going to continue on to the Bluebell Railway with Harrison and Nickolas joining them, while Murdoch decided to go to the National Railway Museum. Along the way to the Bluebell, Harrison was annoying the three engines by saying the most horrible things to them, Rosie was deeply offended of the things the blue B12 said to her and the final straw came when Harrison insulted Nickolas' class which resulted in the Midland tank engine leaving the group. Rosie and Neville told Harrison off for what he did before steaming off after Nickolas. The following morning, Rosie and Neville arrived at East Grinstead where they met Stepney and were thrilled to know that they had found the Bluebell Railway. When Stepney asked them if they like to change their liveries, Neville said he prefer to keep his black livery while Rosie requested to be painted lavender pink.

When she first arrived on Sodor, it was implied she followed Thomas everywhere he went, claiming she was only trying to learn from the best. She has moved on from that however and now works in the shunting yards. She is a very capable and level-headed engine who is very good at her job and can handle the work of three engines.

In 2010, Rosie was surprised to see Duck in the yards who told her that he was sent to the yards to help out after a fallout he had with Oliver, the pink tank engine felt sorry for him, but was glad that he was there to help with the shunting. While going about their duties, Diesel pulled up to them much to Duck's annoyance. After Diesel left, Rosie asked Duck what happened between him and Diesel to which Duck began telling her the events of 1957. A little later on Rosie told Duck that the engines of Tidmouth Sheds were looking for more members to join their steam team. One day Rosie was working in the shunting yards when Donald arrived in with more trucks. The Scottish engine commented on how well she manages the yards without any help sometimes. She was then tasked by Sir Topham Hatt to head to Brendam Docks to help Salty with the shunting as Dennis had broken down and also to take some vans there for the flying kipper. When she arrived at the docks, Salty was pleased to see her again. Cranky was surprised to know that Rosie and Salty know each other, the two engines explained to him that they use to work together back at Southampton Docks. After that Rosie got the flying kipper ready in record time much to the surprise of Salty and Cranky. While Cranky was unloading fish from the ship, Rosie and Salty continued on with the shunting, the pink tank engine commented on how she replaced Thomas' class while Salty replaced her class and yet neither one of them were at each other's throats. Their conversation was interrupted when Cranky accidentally dropped crates of fish all over Rosie, the crane apologized and Rosie didn't mind. After the work was done, Salty offered Rosie to sleep in the sheds at the docks for the night as their way of saying thank you, Rosie accepted the offer and decided to get her wash down in the morning. The next morning she arrived at the wash down where she met up with Emily, Molly, and Mavis who were also getting a wash down. While getting cleaned the girls talk about their past crushes and relationships, Emily, Molly, and Mavis asked Rosie if she has her eye on anyone, but she told them that she doesn't and left the wash down after she realized she had to get back to the yards. A little while later, she decided to go around and ask anyone of the guys if they like to go out with her, it wasn't until Thomas asked her who was looking after the yards when she realized that she was gone for too long and returned to find the shunting yards in a complete mess. After the yards were sort out, Thomas asked her why she asking other engines on a date to which she explained that she felt lonely. The blue tank engine felt sorry for her and decided to set up a blind date for her, while Toby and Martha looked after the yards, Rosie was called up to Ffarquhar by Thomas who had chosen three engines she could go out with. The three engines that were chosen were Percy, Duck and Adam. She first started out with Percy which didn't go well, then she went out with Duck and while she did have a good time with the pannier tank, she only viewed Duck as a friend. When Rosie returned to the yards, she found Adam handling the shunting as he told Martha and Toby that he could take care of the work in the shunting yards. She appreciated his help though she was still down that she hadn't found anyone to be in a relationship yet, Adam gave her some moral advice for one day she will find someone she'll be happy with, which Rosie was happy for the advice. When Bill, Ben, Donald, and Douglas were fighting with each other, Rosie suggested that they swap jobs to see how each other's work is like. She was later asked by the tank engine twins to fill in for them on Duck's branch line, Rosie didn't want to as she has to keep the yards in order, but Martha told her that she can cover for her and keep an eye on the twins. She later had to hold Oliver back from trying to harm Bill and Ben as the tank engine twins had destroyed the ballast chute and put Duck into a coma. At one point she scared James away as she didn't want him to disorganize the yards.

In 2012, Rosie was called away to help out at the quarry with delivering some shipments of stone to the Skarloey Railway for a few days. After the job was done, Sir Topham Hatt told her that she can now pull small goods trains to nearby locates if needed, much to her delight. She later returned to the shunting yards that evening where she met up with Stanley, Stafford, and their newest addition to the shunting yards Ben. She later on witness with the other shunters Ben sending Ben The Tank Engine Twin flying with his rail gun known as Lil' Jimmy. When she was tasked to take a goods train to Wellsworth, she met George the steamroller on her travels who insulted her because of her name being similar to a flower, Rosie later told Edward at Wellsworth what George had said to her. Later that day Diesel approached her and asked the pink tank engine if she needed help, but Rosie didn't trust him and told him to take a train of vans to Brendam. When Murdoch and Salty were helping Harvey to find a proper job, Rosie and the other shunters allowed him to help in the shunting yards, while Salty was keeping an eye on Harvey, Rosie and Murdoch spent their break telling Ben, Stanley, and Stafford about their adventure they had back in 1969. When they returned to the yards, they found that Harvey had disorganized all of the trucks, Rosie told him that they can handle the shunting themselves. One night Rosie was roped into the game of UNO for game night along with Stanley, Stafford, Neville, Arthur, Harvey, Hank, and Bear, but the game lasted for a long time and she ended up getting stuck in the game for weeks. Eventually Rosie was able to lose all of her cards and she was able to return back to work, Ben was pleased that she was back and also mentioned that while Stanley was able to lose his cards before her, he wasn't that much help in the yards as he kept on wandering off somewhere. When Stanley asked if he could take a train down to Wellsworth, Rosie and Ben weren't sure at first, but once Stanley said he would cover for them if need be, they agreed. Rosie's nightshift of shunting was covered by Stanley while she went to have a girl's night with Emily, Molly, Mavis, Flora, and the newest addition to the railway Madison. Some time later, Rosie had to help take a long heavy goods train due to no other big engine being available with Stanley, Oliver, Thomas, Percy, and Toby. They struggled up Gordon's Hill, but managed to get the train over the hill thanks to some help from Dennis.

During Remembrance Day, Rosie along with Toby and Duck listened to Edward and Gordon's story of what happened to the originally Tidmouth Station as well as what happened to James' brother Eagle during the Second World War.

## Appearances:

### The Adventures on Sodor:

#### Season 1:

* A Royal Treat \*mentioned\*, The Right Way or the Wrong Way, The Pink Blues, Grow Up and Swap Around, Steamies Vs Diesels

#### Season 2:

* Next Stop: Castle Fantasies, Unauthorised Road Work, The Break Up, What Place is Right for You?, Logs Away, Three's A Crowd, Friends and Fantasies, Spy Dennis

### Specials:

* 1963
* 1969
* 1970
* TAOS: How Diesel Stole Christmas \*cameo\*
* TAOS: World War Sodor - An Eagle Story
* TAOS: A Cranky Christmas Carol \*cameo\*
* TAOS: Little Engines Save Christmas \*cameo\*

## Basis:

Rosie is based on an USATC S100 Class/SR USA Class, designed for shunting duties in Europe during the Second World War. After the war ended, fifteen of these engines were sold to the Southern Railway, who modified them for use as dockyard shunters at Southampton. There, they worked alongside the LB&SCR E2s (Thomas’ class). Both classes were replaced by BR Class 07 diesels (Salty's class) in 1962, though members of the class remained in service on departmental duties until 1967.

Over 100 of the USATC S100 Class still remain, or are preserved, in various conditions in Europe, the US, China and Egypt. Four members of SR USA Class are preserved, including one at the Bluebell Railway. In addition, several Yugoslavian-built copies of the S100 design also exist, including two that have been imported into the UK and modified to represent USA Class members.

## Livery:

* SR Black: 1942-1969
* Lavender Pink: 1969- 2017
* Cherry Red: 2017

## Gallery:

Shocked RosieSad/Worried RosieAccident at Brendam Docks