Molly

**Molly (née Marvin) the Great Eastern Engine** is one of the deuteragonists of the Seventyverse, and the thirty-third engine on the North Western Railway. However, she was either the twenty-first or twenty-second engine purchased for the North Western Railway, and has the number 56.

## Backstory

Molly, then known as Marvin, worked on the Great Eastern Railway, the London North Eastern Railway, and the Eastern Region of BR. At the harbour, she befriended three trams known as Toby, Flora and Holden, as well as a tender engine named Strandford. One day, Toby took Marvin out on a seaside holiday. Though it ended in disaster, Marvin was grateful for the trip. For a long time, however, Marvin considered the act of self scrapping. Weather it was through a severe accident, getting lost in a scrapyard or even a final firing, it's not made clear, but Marvin was a very dark point in her life. She eventually was rebuilt and somehow became a girl outside as well as inside. It's unknown when Marvin came out as a girl, but when she's first seen on Sodor assisting with the London trip, Molly had well and truly come out. She later became a member of the North Western Railway.

## Norramby branch crew

### Arthur

Arthur is like a little brother to Molly, and he appreciates his gentle and kind nature. Molly was the first to find out the truth about 'Clarence', and came clean with her own past regarding her being built as a boy.

### Sidney

Not much is known about Molly and Sidney's relationship, but it's implied Molly will be one of the more patient engines with his forgetfulness.

## Other relationships

### Gordon

Molly helped Gordon out when she was chosen to work on Sodor for the London trip. Not much is known about their relationship, but it's off to a good start.

### Toby

Toby had known Molly when she used to go by 'Marvin'. They met up at Yarmouth harbour where Toby would often arrange trains for her. One day, Toby decided to take Molly up to the seaside when a festival was on. Sadly, the festival sent them back home, but Molly was very grateful to have tagged along with Toby that day. Unfortunately, Toby didn't realise Molly was actually a girl until he saw her again on Sodor.

### BoCo

Like with Gordon, Molly helped out BoCo during the London trip. Not much else is known, but their relationship is off to a good start.

### Flora

Flora suspected something was off with 'Marvin' when she knew her at the harbour. She managed to find out the truth that 'Marvin' was a girl, and started to call her Molly. This made Molly feel a lot better.

### Holden

Holden, much like Toby, was oblivious to the signs that 'Marvin' was actually a girl. He was shocked when this revelation came out, but continued to be kind to Molly and be a good friend to her.

### Sarah

Not much is known about Molly and Sarah's relationship, but she was grateful to have Sarah fill in for her on her work while she headed to the seaside.

## Romance

### James

One would never assume Molly and James would have gotten together. But as it turned out, James was like the blazing fire to Molly's pool of calm water. It's currently unknown how the two had gotten together, but their romance will play a part in the series 9-10 redux as well as the upcoming *Journey Beyond Sodor* rewrite.

## Personality

Molly is a very shy and sensitive soul on the railway, and she prefers to keep to herself. However, time spent around Arthur has matured her into a big sister figure, and the engines find her very approachable and warm. Molly's biggest pet peeve is when others are dishonest because to her, lying is a sign that someone shouldn't be trusted, and such dishonesty always makes problems worse than they start out as. She insists that everyone, no matter how afraid they are, must *always* tell the truth.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Molly is based on a Great Eastern Railway (GER) D56 Class "Claud Hamilton", classified as D15 by the London and North Eastern Railway, with a Belpaire firebox, sandboxes on her wheel splashers, and the smaller 'water-cart' tender. Claud Hamiltons under the classes S46/D14, D56/D15, and H88/D16 were built at Stratford Works from 1900 to 1923. Under the LNER, most members of the class were rebuilt into the Gresley designed D16/3 sub-class. Members of this class pulled the Royal Train from Wolverton to the Sandringham Estate for several decades. The last D15 was withdrawn in 1952, while the last rebuilt Claud was withdrawn in 1960. None are preserved, though there are plans to construct a replica of D16/2 No. 8783 which is to be named Phoenix. The engine Molly is based on, LNER 8783, was built 31st July 1923, withdrawn 31st August 1958 and scrapped 31 January 1959.

### Livery

Molly is painted bright yellow with red and gold boiler bands, red and bronze lining, and a white roof and wheel rims. Her number (56) is painted on her tender in white. Before this, she had worn BR black, Wartime black, LNER Apple Green and GER Royal Blue.

## Differences from the episodes and the SeventyVerse

* Molly in the TV series doesn't have a number at all. In this series, her old number is shared with the unnamed Claud Hamilton in the books, LNER 8783 (other numbers were GER 1783/LNER 2614 and BR 62614). Her North Western number should have been 33, but she asked if she could be number 56 instead, a reference to her class being called D56s.
* Molly is transgender male-to-female.
* Molly is in a romance with James.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Molly is Andrea Libman, the voice behind Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie from *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*. However, her voice is based on the former.
	+ As Marvin, the preferred voice actor for Marvin is John Hasler, who voiced James Jones from *Fireman Sam*.
* Molly is the first character in the SeventyVerse to be confirmed as transgender.