Jock

"Road or rail, what do I care?"

- Jock, "Jock the New Engine"

Jock, named by Douglas for his yellow-green livery, is the newest steam engine on the Arlesdale Railway, and also the strongest.

Bio
Jock was built at Arlesburgh in 1976 to a design of Ivan Farreir, the line's Cheif Enginneer. After Rex's steampipe began leaking one day and Frank had to take his train, the Small Controller started thinking and so he arranged for Jock to be built. When Jock first came out for testing he was still unnamed. Douglas, remembering his days on the Highland Railway in his youth, suggested the name "Jock" for the new engine, and the name stuck.

Persona
Jock was very cocky when he was first built, as a result of being rather strong, but soon learned the value of teamwork when Mike's injector failed and he had to pull Mike and his train single-handedly.

Basis
Jock is based on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's "Northern Rock", built at Ravenglass in 1976.

Livery
Jock is painted in a Highland Railway yellow-green livery with red, white and dark green lining, brass dome, red nameplates with yellow writings mounted each side of his smokebox and 'Arlesdale' written on his tender sides.

Appearances
Jock's appearances in the Railway Series are lsited below, in chronological order:


 * "Jock the New Engine"
 * "Wilbert the Forest Engine" (non-speaking role)

Trivia

 * Jock was mentioned in "The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways", but first really appeared in "Jock the New Engine" - the Reverend W. Awdry had intended to include him in "Small Railway Engines", but it was left to Christopher Awdry to write him in to the stories some years later.
 * Unlike Rex and Mike, Jock has a narrow gauge outline, similar to that of Bert.