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Shane Dooiney is a narrow gauge mountain-climbing engine working on the Culdee Fell Railway. He is named after a Sudrian mountain, Shane Dooiney. Like the other mountain engines, he has his own coach used for passenger services.
Biography
Shane Dooiney was built at the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1900. He arrived on Sodor along with Godred, Ernest, Wilfred and Culdee in time for the railway's Inspection in March 1900. Following Godred's accident shortly after opening, Shane Dooiney and the three other engines worked the line successfully for 60 years. They were carefully maintained and sent back, in rotation, to the builders in Switzerland for overhaul.
By 1960/1, the four engines were aging and the crunch came when it became apparent that both Culdee and Shane Dooiney would need heavy overhauls in the near future, so three new engines were ordered. When Alaric arrived in May 1962, Shane Dooiney was freed up to be sent away to Switzerland for his major overhaul. He was the last engine to make the journey from Sodor to Switzerland; from then on, all subsequent overhauls took place at Crovan's Gate Works.
Personality
Not much is known about Shane Dooiney's personality, though it is assumed that he is a hard-worker, careful and cautious like the other mountain engines.
Technical Details
Basis
Shane Dooiney is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway's No. 5 Moel Siabod.
Livery
Shane Dooiney is painted purple with orange lining. The number "5" is painted on the sides and back of his cab in yellow and he has red nameplates, with his name in gold on the sides of his tanks.
Appearances
The Railway Series
Companion volumes
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Official Description
From Official Media:[1]
| “ | Shane Dooiney (No.5): Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney were the first batch of engines built in Switzerland, and delivered in time for the Inspection of the line before its opening in 1900. A few weeks later, however, Godred was derailed, scrapped and never replaced. The four remaining engines were carefully maintained and sent back, in rotation, to the builders in Switzerland for overhaul, but by 1960/61 these four were ageing and fresh and more powerful stock was needed to tackle the ever increasing traffic. Accordingly three superheated engines of the latest design were ordered. These were delivered at two-monthly intervals during 1962.
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From Official Media:[2]
| “ | Shane Dooiney (5): Numbers 1-5 were built at Winterthur in Switzerland in 1900, and work on the Abt rack system, pinion wheels below the engine engaging with a fixed 'rack' of teeth set between the rails.
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Trivia
- Like the other engines of the Culdee Fell Railway, Shane Dooiney has a face at each end.
- The name "Shane Dooiney" is Sudric for "The Old Man".
- Shane Dooiney's name was not revealed until the publication of The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways. He is referred to simply as "No. 5" in the foreword of Mountain Engines, and his absence in the stories is explained by the author as "still away being mended".
References
| Locomotives | Godred | Ernest | Wilfred | Culdee | Shane Dooiney | Patrick | Alaric | Eric |
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| Rolling Stock | Coaches | Catherine | The "Trucks" |
| People | Lord Peter Barrane | Lord Harry Barrane | Walter Richards |
| Locations | Kirk Machan (Engine Sheds) | Shiloh | Poll-ny-Chrink | Skarloey Road (Viaduct) | Devil's Back | Culdee Fell Summit |