James

James is a vain engine

Bio
was built by Lodston Works in 1912 for mixed-traffic service on the Lodston & Tidmouth Railway. He worked there until 1914, when SCR was formed. He stayed around the Loston area until 1923, when he was transferred to the Tidmouth-Aberdeen mainline for mixed-traffic services. He did this for many years until the 1960s, bigger, stronger engines were being built, and he was soon regulated to ligther services. He doesn't let this bother him though, and still travels up and down the line with the same swagger he's always had.

Personality
James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. He thinks himself superior to the others and can be shallow, boastful, overconfident, naughty and vain, particularly to those who appear old-fashioned, weak, slow or dirty. He doesn't like being neglected and feels that he's overshadowed by the bigger engines. Despite all of that, James has shown a caring side to him. He has a heart of gold and is normally a hard-worker.

Trivia

 * His color "Red" is added to his tops instead of the original Color Brass.