Stanley (narrow gauge)

"Listen, Bud, in the States we don't care a dime for a few spills."

- Stanley, "Duke the Lost Engine"



Stanley, also known as "#2", named after Stanley Baldwin, was an American narrow-gauge engine.

Bio
Stanley was built at Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1917 and worked in America before arriving on the Mid Sodor Railway. Stanley had a tendency to ride roughly on the rails, and believed that it didn't matter if he came off the track occasionally. However, this attitude resulted in his being converted into a pumping engine. He last worked at the Cas-ny-Hawin mine until he broke down in December 1946 and the mine became flooded. With no reason to stay open, the Mid Sodor Railway closed down the next month and Stanley was scrapped.

Personality
Stanley was arrogant and careless, and refused to listen to advice.

Appearances
Stanley appeared in two illustrations of "Duke the Lost Engine", first as a pumping engine at the back of the Arlesdale shed, and then, in a flashback, in the shed behind Duke.

Livery
Stanley is painted red with yellow and black lining, his name painted in gold on the side of his pannier tank and his number painted in yellow on the side of his cab.

Basis
Stanley is based on a Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 World War I military engine sold after the war to the Welsh Highland Railway where it ran as #590. The engine was reputed to ride roughly and was broken up for scrap in 1942.

Trivia

 * Stanley is the second engine to not have buffers, the first being Duke.

Smudger or Stanley?
Stanley is Engine Number 2 on the Mid-Sodor Railway in the Railway Series. However for the television series, to save the costs of building a small-scale model of Stanley (narrow gauge), the model makers decided to have a green version of Rheneas instead and call it Smudger!