Ryan

**Ryan the Purple Engine** is one of the deuteragonists of the SeventyVerse and the twenty-fourth engine on the North Western Railway. However, he was the thirty-first engine purchased for the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

Ryan used to work on the GNR, LNER and Eastern Region of BR. There, he met the likes of Alice when she pulled local mainline trains and he worked on a suburban line. When he was withdrawn, he was snatched up by a preservationist, and then was lucky enough to go to Sodor.

## Little Western crew

### Duck

Not much is known about their relationship, but Duck is grateful for Ryan's help on the Harwick extension.

### Donald and Douglas

Not too much is known about the relationship with the twins and Ryan, but Ryan did offer to take a lobster train for Douglas when he filled in for Henry.

### Oliver

Oliver did get very cocky when Ryan had a lobster pinch him on the nose, saying he can handle the train. However, when things didn't go Oliver's way, Ryan was very sympathic to him.

### Jackie and Katrina

At the moment, Ryan doesn't know either of them, but he will when they eventually come to Sodor and join the Little Western team.

### Daisy

Daisy and Ryan had a very tuberlant relationship at first. Daisy goaded Ryan into taking her mail van, and he was very tired. Then, Daisy was told to take both Ryan's goods and her own mail van as a punishment for her actions. Their relationship has gotten better overtime.

## Other relationships

### Thomas

Thomas didn't like Ryan at first sight, mostly because he was in a bad mood when Ryan arrived. He didn't bother to tell Ryan about the bad coal, which had set off some dynamite in his trucks. Thomas, horrified, tried to get rid of the dynamite, and Sir Charles Topham Hatt thought Thomas wanted to kill Ryan. This resulted in things being very entrained. However, when Thomas was able to prove himself, he and Ryan were able to make up.

### Percy

Percy got the idea in his smokebox that Ryan was out to replace Thomas on the branch line, and given how cocky Ryan was at the time, this only backed up his theories. He was very rude to him, only calling him 'the new engine', and cutting infront of him at the water tower. However, when Percy finally got the full picture of what happened, Percy finally apologised to Ryan and started over.

### Toby and Henrietta

Ryan almost ran into Toby and Henrietta because he past a red signal. Both of them were very upset with Ryan, and it was the duo which got him to feel remorseful of his cocky behaviour.

## Personality

Ryan is very keen on making a good impression, and eager to buckle down with any work given. He's a very kind, yet naïve sort of engine, and sometimes will get pushed around. However, he is learning to stand on his own wheels. There will be times where he does get a superiority complex, such as when he tried to take Annie and Clarabel much too fast.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Ryan is based on a Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class N2, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley as an improvement of Henry Ivatt's Class N1, These locomotives were fitted with condensing apparatus because they were used for inter-city work in the Metropolitan areas of London, England, while later examples were usually seen around Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland. One member of this class, No. 1744 has been preserved and operates on the North Norfolk Railway in Norfolk. In addition to being the sole survivor of its class, 1744 is also the sole surviving example of a Gresley designed tank engine. Ryan's design sheet shows he was specifically modelled after 1744.

The engine Ryan is based on, 1614, was built August of 1921, and withdrawn on the 11th of September, 1961. It's unknown when it was scrapped, but quite possibly a few months after the withdrawal date.

Roxanne is also based on a GNR Class N2.

### Livery

Ryan is painted purple with white and gold lining. The initials "GNR" and his number (24) are painted on the sides of his tanks and bunker respectively in gold with a red drop shadow. He also has brass nameplates with his name in capitals on the sides of his boiler. He has black valences, a white running board and red bufferbeams.

## Differences between the episodes

* Ryan is more kind in the special than the old scripts made him out to be. But in this series, there's a story which explores this more overconfident and dismissive side to his personality.
* In the TV show, Ryan's number is 1014. This was worn by a GNR Class C2, not the class Ryan actually is (GNR Class N2). His old numbers in this series are GNR 1614/LNER 4614/9498/BR 69498. His current number as an NWR engine is 24.