Sodor and Mainland Railway Numbers 1 and 3

   Sodor and Mainland Railway Numbers 1 and 3    There were two other engines who worked on the Sodor and Mainland Railway with Neil.
 * Numbers: S&M 1 and S&M 3
 * Builder: Neilson & Co.
 * Built: 1856
 * Scrapped: 1901
 * Configuration: 0-4-0BT

Bio
According to The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, there were three 0-4-0T engines - one of which was Neil - with open cabs and square tanks that operated on the Sodor and Mainland Railway from 1856 until the line went bankrupt. They were typical contractors' engines of the period, and due to the S&MR's casual attitude to record keeping, details of their acquisition and life's have sadly been lost. It is unknown if they were named.

The locomotives were scrapped after the line went bankrupt in 1901.

Basis
The engines are based on Neilson 0-4-0 box tanks, a simple and robust class of engines built in Glasgow, Scotland and sold all over the world.

Livery
They were painted dark green with "S & M 1" and "S & M 3" written on their side tanks in yellow.

Companion Volumes

 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned)
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)