Duncan

**Duncan** is a grumpy Scottish narrow gauge engine who came to the Skarloey Railway as a spare engine after Peter Sam's accident with some slate trucks.

## Appearance

Duncan is an orangey-yellow narrow gauge engine, who came as a spare engine after Peter Sam's recent accident. He has a tall funnel, four driving wheels, a nameplate on his boiler, a whistle in his coal bunker, and a number six painted on the side of his bunker. He also has a lamp on his left lamp-iron.

## Personality

Duncan is a Scottish narrow gauge engine with rough manners and a strong temper, making him the least social of the Skarloey Railway fleet. He was prone to boisterously bouncing about, which became known as "rock 'n' roll", whenever the mood took him, which once led to wedging in the north mouth of Rheneas Tunnel (probably caused from keystones knocked down by his funnel) and derailing on a stretch of line near Cros-ny-Cuirn.

While Duncan means well, he often grumbles and complains, usually about not being polished or being over-worked and can be rude, rough, stubborn, and bad-tempered. This can easily be seen from his dislike for Christmas for some reason. He claims to be a plain engine who believes in plainly speaking, an approach that can cause him to make callous or belligerent remarks. Duncan can be a competitive engine too, particularly with James. He can be impulsive, even more so than Sir Handel, and make rash decisions which usually lead to his own downfall, (such as getting in arguments or short-lived feuds with Rusty). He is not always quick to apologise or realise the error of his ways. However, upon Skarloey recalling Rheneas' gallant act to get his passengers home, Duncan readily admitted he had the wrong attitude and tried hard to be a more useful, more social, respectable engine in the future. When Rusty helped him after his derailment near Cros-ny-Cuirn, he apologized to him and extended a wheel of friendship, proving he has gratitude.

In spite of his rough ways, Duncan can be a little misunderstood as he is focused, confident, resourceful, and has a big heart. He is always willing to lend a helping hand whenever he can and wants to be really useful.

## Trivia

* Duncan's tendency to do "Rock-n-Roll" that resulted in incidents such as scraping tunnels with his cab and derailing were inspired from his real-life basis Douglas, who was known for being a "Rough Rider" with its short wheelbase.
* Like Sir Handel, Duncan is one of the only two narrow gauge engines who has not gained a new whistle sound since his debut in the fourth series.
* His happy face mask for his small scale model (used in the fourth and fifth series) is now owned by Twitter user Thomas Merchandise.
* In both his model and CGI form, Duncan lacks his valve gear.
* In the US, Alec Baldwin provided a Liverpidlian accent in the fifth series, and then provided a standard American accent with an obnoxious tone in the sixth series. To date, he is the only US narrator/actor in the TV series to not provide a Scottish accent.
* Duncan's large scale model is currently on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan and is wearing his chuckling face.
* Duncan is the only narrow gauge steam engine who has not gained a new whistle sound since his debut in the fourth series.
* Duncan's small scale model had a total of eleven facial expressions, three of which (concerned, angry and horrified) were never shown on-screen.
* Duncan's small scale model (used in the fourth and fifth series) is now owned by Twitter user TomsProps. His happy face for his model was originally owned by ThomasTankMerch, but they have since sent it to TomsProps after he acquired the model.