Richard

## Bio:

Sir Pelleas was withdrawn from service in 1959 and sent to Eastleigh Works to be cut up for scrap. However he was saved by Ben and placed inside the main sheds of Eastleigh to hide him away.

In 1964, he was discovered by Maria and Ryan who were exploring the yards of Eastleigh. The two engines were startled when they found Sir Pelleas, but once they calmed down, he introduced himself and told them that the rest of his class were named after a lot of people during the medieval period. Their conversation was halted when Ben pulled in to check on Sir Pelleas after he heard a commotion coming from the sheds, the D3/12 diesel shunter was surprised to see more steam engines, he then introduced the two engines to his friend Ben and explained how he hid him away to avoid getting scrapped. A little later, Maria and Ryan showed Sir Pelleas and Ben to another shed where Shaw Savill, Duchess, and Barry were hiding in. Sir Pelleas was pleased to see more steam engines, he asked where they were going to go and asked if he could join the group, but understood if he couldn't given he can't move under his own power. Ryan agreed that he could come along with them to the delight of the King Arthur class. That night he left with the other engines to make the journey up to Crewe, but along the way the group ended up crashing into Meryl at Oxford who was derailed due to crashing into some trucks that were left on her line. After getting Shaw Savill and Meryl back on the rails thanks to the help from Lucas, they made a dash for it after they were spotted by a passing diesel and stop at Gloucester to catch their breath. However tensions between the engines began to heat up when Shaw revealed his true colors and what he had planned for them. Sir Pelleas suggested that Duchess should lead the way to Crewe given she would know the way there, but he was shut up by Shaw. He watched on as Shaw, Duchess, Ryan, Barry, Maria, and Lucas fought with each other and asked Meryl to do something to help Duchess, Ryan, and Barry as he couldn't do anything to help. Shortly after they were confronted by Roderick, Levi, Goyle, Western, and Whistler who had been hunting the group down; they tried to make a run for it, but they ended up trap at the yards of Gloucester where they ended up staying for a whole day after Shaw took Simon a BR class 01 diesel shunter hostage to prevent the DJD from trying to take them away. The group band together to set Simon free knowing now that they had no chance of escaping and that they wanted to get as far away from Shaw Savill, Maria, and Lucas as possible. After Simon was freed, the group was apprehended by the DJD and sent to their respective scrapyards. Sir Pelleas was taken back to Eastleigh Works by Goyle who was also escorting Simon there as he had been transfer there as a means of apology for getting drag into the conflict. After Goyle left and Simon went about his new duty, Ben was surprised to see Sir Pelleas back and asked him what happened; with Sir Pelleas telling him everything that happened on their way to Crewe.

## Personality:

Richard is happy and easy to understand but gets worried if he is getting turn into a bridge.

## Technical Details:

### Basis:

Richard is based on a London and South Western Railway (LSWR) N15 Class, referred to as the "King Arthur" class by the Southern Railway, specifically No. 783 *Sir Gillemere*. In 1940, Sir Gillemere was fitted with three stovepipe chimneys by Oliver Bulleid as a wartime experiment. The way the smoke was spread out was meant to make the trains less visible to bombers overhead. The experiment was not a success, and the engine was quickly converted back to normal. No. 783 became No. 30783 under British Railways after nationalisation in 1948 and was withdrawn in March 1961.

### Livery:

Richard is painted the SR Malachite Green Livery.

## Trivia:

* Richard was originally called Sir Pelleas as in real life there was a N15 King Arthur class number 778.
	+ The real N15 King Arthur class number 778 that was called Sir Pelleas that Richard is based on was scrapped in May of 1959.
* Richard is a character created by Carson's Video Workshops and TheBuriedTruck.
* It is unknown what happened to Richard after the events of 1964, but it is likely that he was placed back inside the main sheds by Ben to keep him hidden away.