Amanda

**Amanda (née Warrington) the Austerity Engine** is one of the deuteragonists of the Seventyverse, and the twenty-sixth engine on the North Western Railway. However, she was either the nineteenth or twentieth engine purchased for the North Western Railway.

## Backstory

Amanda knocked about several places since her construction and first firing. From the highlands to a steelworks to some shunting yards, and made lots of friends on her rounds. She eventually ended up on Sodor as the North Western Railway's primary utility engine.

## Knapford Yards crew

### Charlie

Amanda does get a bit annoyed at Charlie's mishaps, but is one of few engines who will listen to his jokes. This is partly because Amanda is a bit of a joker herself... but in a very different way.

### Stanley

Amanda finds Stanley to be a bit too fussy and wishes he would lighten up. That being said, she finds his professionalism admirable.

### Stafford

Amanda finds Stafford to be a bit too on the quiet side, and often is shocked when she finds him right next to her.

## Odd jobs crew

### Harvey

Amanda had known Harvey before, as she often dropped by the highlands when steam was active. She often caught Harvey up on all the latest news on the mainland, and he would get her to slow down a bit and take in the sights.

### Paxton

Amanda finds Paxton very sweet and kind, if a bit naïve and gullible. She's always up for finding out the goings on at the BMQ, if she hasn't taken a train down there recently.

## Vicarstown yards crew

### Rosie

Not too much is known about their relationship, but it was actually Amanda who took the first step to bring back Rosie's true self by having her swap jobs with her. In the present day, their relationship is pretty good.

### Dennis

Amanda is annoyed by Dennis' constant need to nap, but she does like getting her own back by teasing him.

## Other relationships

### Wilbert

Amanda finds her brother very kind and caring, but he finds the dullest ways to tell stories. Amanda wishes he would spice things up a bit.

### Hurricane, Frankie, Lexi, Theo and Merlin

Amanda knew these engines while at the Steelworks. Not much is known about their relationship.

## Personality

Amanda is never the type to stick to a job for too long. She often feels cooped up and not able to learn all the latest news. She loves to spread all sorts of stories around the island... no matter if they are good or bad. However, she does care about her friends and will notice if something is off about them.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Amanda is based on a Hunslet Austerity WD 0-6-0ST. This type was designed by Hunslet for War Department use in 1943, continued to be built for WD and continued in industrial use until 1964 by various companies. It is unknown which company built this particular Austerity or when it was built. Further research shows that there is an Austerity numbered 16 on the Wemyss Private Railway that replaced an engine that was *also* numbered 16, that had an accident similar to that of Sixteen's from the Railway Series story, *Cab Over Wheels*. What this engine was is unclear.

### Livery

Amanda is painted orange-brown with yellow lining with her number (26). Her buffer beams are painted with yellow and black hazard stripes and her buffers are painted silver.

## Concept and divergences

* Amanda's original name was Warrington, a nod to the model that Christopher Awdry owns. The 'Warrington' in this series isn't the real Warrington, but merely an engine with the same name.
* It's unknown what gender the Austerity Engine was going to be, let alone the engine's name or livery. Amanda is a girl and she's painted brown.
* As Barry was conceptualised first in the books, he would have been numbered 13 and the Austerity engine 14. In this series, Amanda's NWR number is 26. Her old number was 16.

## Trivia

* As there are no newbies introduced in series 8, Amanda and Barry are added in as those new engines.
* Amanda/The Austerity Engine and Sixteen were planned originally separate characters, with Sixteen being named Joseph. Now they're one in the same.
* The workmen were so sure that Warrington was going to be a boy that they bolted the name on before the first firing. However, she was really a girl, and went by her number in resentment for it. Upon being dubbed Amanda by her new owner, Amanda Hatt, she immediately dropped being called by her number.
* Unlike some characters, Amanda isn't transgender. She was just misgendered before her first firing and didn't have her name change until later.
* Amanda's preferred voice actress is Kath Soucie, who voices Danielle (Scamp's more tomboyish sister) from *Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure*.