Ryan

* Present
* LNER/British Railways

Ryan is a purple tank engine who used to work on the Great Northern Railway.

## Bio:

In 1964, Ryan went on the run with Duchess to escape from scrap. The two engines stop at Trent station to figure out which way they wanted to go. While there they met Barry who was waiting at the station with a goods train, the BR Standard 2 asked the two engines where they're trying to go to which Ryan explains that they don't know and that they are really escapees trying to find somewhere to hide. After introducing themselves, Ryan asked Barry if he would like to join them to find refuge, Barry was reluctant at first, but after Ryan asked him how long it would be before British Railways withdraws him from service and Barry mentioned that five of his siblings had already been withdrawn, he decided to join them. The three engines made their way down ex-LMS rails, they eventually ended up at Brentford station unsure on where they were until they met Shaw Savill and Maria who pulled in from the opposite direction. Shaw informed them that they were in the Southern Region and offered to guide them to a safe place to lay low for a while, they ended up hiding in the yards of Eastleigh Works where they slept for a few hours in an old shed. A little while later, Ryan woke up to see Maria leaving the shed to explore the yards of Eastleigh, she asked him if he wanted to join her, but he was very hesitate as he didn't want to get spotted by any diesels. Ryan followed after Maria as he was worried she was going to get spotted, he lost track of which direction Maria went, but thanks to Reginald who told him which way she went, he found her at the main sheds. The two tank engines went inside with Ryan accidentally bumping into the back of Maria who started flirting with him which he didn't understand what she was getting at. They were both startled when they came across Sir Pelleas a N15 King Arthur class, shortly after they encounter Ben a D3/12 diesel shunter who pulled into the sheds after hearing a commotion and was surprised to see the two tank engines. Both engines learned from Sir Pelleas that Ben is a friendly diesel who helped to keep the N15 safe from being scrapped. Ryan and Maria then showed Sir Pelleas and Ben to the shed where Shaw, Duchess, and Barry were hiding in and reassured the others that Ben is a friendly diesel. After Ryan explained everything to both parties, he told Sir Pelleas that he is more than welcome to join the group. He later left with the other engines that night 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. Ryan stated that he rather be scrapped than to take orders from Shaw, which the Merchant Navy was about to bash him, but he was stop by Duchess. He then assist Duchess to fight off Shaw and Maria. Shortly after the group was 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. Ryan help to comfort Duchess who felt like this whole mess was her fault, he then comforted Meryl who was worried that she would never see Eliza again. The ex-GNR N2 reassured her that they would get out of this and she would be back with Eliza soon even though it seemed very unlikely. After Duchess set Simon free, the group was apprehended by the DJD and sent to their respective scrapyards. Ryan and Duchess were taken back to their respective scrapyards by Roderick and Western who first dropped Ryan off back at Doncester Works allowing the two engines to say their goodbyes before Roderick and Western left for Crewe with Duchess in tow.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Ryan is based on a Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class N2, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley as a 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, while later examples were usually seen around Glasgow and Edinburgh in 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.

### Livery

Ryan is painted purple with white and gold lining. His former company's initials, GNR, are painted on the sides of his tanks in gold and his number 1014 is painted on the sides of his bunker, also in gold. He also has brass nameplates on the sides of his boiler.

## Appearances:

Specials:

* 2022- 1964 A Turn For The Worst

## Trivia:

* Ryan was first shown in his LNER Apple Green livery in the film 1964: A Turn For The Worst.