Ivo Hugh

". . . bless my soul! No, not that, it's Ivo Hugh!"

- Mr. Hugh, "New Little Engine"

    Ivo Hugh 
 * Number: 7 (Other Railway)
 * Before Number: 8

Ivo Hugh, named after the Skarloey Railway's former Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mr. Ivo Hugh, is a narrow-gauge engine.

Bio
Ivo Hugh was built by the workmen of the Crovan's Gate Works in 1991 and named in a special ceremony. Despite the fact that he didn't even speak in his introductory story, Ivo Hugh was originally a 3 foot-gauge 0-4-0 tank engine and worked for a power station in Ireland. Many years later, the Thin Controller bought him to the Skarloey Railway and sent him to the Works to be rebuilt.

Ivo Hugh's rebuilt consisted of regauging from 3 foot to 2 foot and 3 inches (the gauge of the Skarloey Railway), an boiler overhaul, construction of two huge water tanks, and the addition of a pair of trailing wheels making Ivo Hugh a 0-4-2 tank engine.

Livery
Ivo Hugh is painted in the Skarloey Railway's crimson livery and blue-and-yellow lining, with his name in gold on his boiler. He has black numberplates with gold numerals.

Basis
Ivo Hugh is based on the Talyllyn Railway's "Tom Rolt".

Fearless Freddie or Ivo Hugh?
Ivo Hugh is Engine Number 7 on the Skarloey Railway in the Railway Series. However for the television series, to save the costs of building a large-scale model of Ivo Hugh, the model makers decided to have a grey version of Russell instead and call it Fearless Freddie.

Merchandising

 * LC Wooden model (as part of a Zoo Car 3 Pack)