The Spiteful Brake Van was a troublesome brake van.
Biography[]
The brake van took an instant dislike to Douglas and purposely delayed his trains, with Douglas subsequently being the one directly and unfairly blamed. Donald, angry for how his brother was being treated by the brake van, bumped him violently to teach him a lesson. The brake van would then behave better for several days.[2]
However, the brake van's attitude adjustment was short-lived after Donald ran into the signal box at Knapford. With Donald indisposed, the brake van no longer took his threats seriously and continued his old tricks when he was saddled with James. Douglas, as a result, had to help James up Gordon's Hill. James was short of steam, and the brake van was soon squeezed between both the troublesome trucks and Douglas. By Douglas' force, he subsequently crushed the brake van into pieces. The brake van never got rebuilt after that and was scrapped.[2]
Ever since then, the Troublesome Trucks have never forgotten the brake van incident, and they do not dare play tricks on neither Donald nor Douglas. It had been an accident really, but no one told the trucks that; they thought that Douglas smashed him on purpose.[3] Because of this, Donald and Douglas have transformed goods traffic on the Main Line quite easily.[4]
Personality[]
Like the Troublesome Trucks and as his name implies, the Spiteful Brake Van was spiteful, very rude, disrespectful and incredibly impolite to the engines, especially Donald and Douglas; his bad attitude eventually led to him paying the price when he was destroyed by Douglas on the back of James' train.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The Spiteful Brake Van was based on an NER 20 Ton Brake Van.
Livery[]
The Spiteful Brake Van was painted grey with the initials "N W" painted on his sides in white. Below is his number "13" and "20T", also painted on his sides in white.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series
Companion Volumes
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Official Description[]
From Official Media:[1]
| “ | NW Brakevan: The NW Brakevan is a spiteful nuisance with ill will towards Douglas. He is known for encouraging the other trucks to play tricks on the engines, but is taught a lesson when one of his schemes goes wrong and he gets caught between James and Douglas. | ” |
Trivia[]
- The underside of the Spiteful Brake Van's Wooden Railway toy and its accompanying character card refer to him as "NW Brakevan".
- The Spiteful Brake Van's number is a nod to superstition about the number 13 being unlucky, as seemingly every engine who pulls him has bad luck.
Quotes[]
- "Ye're a muckle nuisance", said Donald one day. "It's tae leave ye behind I'd be wantin'".
"You can't", said the van, "I'm essential".
"Och are ye?" Donald burst out. "Ye're naethin' but a screechin' an' a noise when a's said an' done. Spite Douggie wad ye? Take that!".
"Oh! Ooh-ooh!" cried the van.
"Haud yer wheesht," said Donald severely. "There's mair comin' should ye misbehave!" - ― Donald and confronts the Spiteful Brake Van
Merchandise[]
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
Gallery[]
The Railway Series[]
Main Series[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Merchandise[]
References[]
- ↑ T&F Wooden Railway - NW Brakevan (1999)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 RWS #15: The Twin Engines - "Break Van"
- ↑ 1990 Annual - "Donald and the Breakaways"
- ↑ RWS "Sodor: Reading Between the Lines" (2005)
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|---|---|---|
| Diesel | BoCo | Bear | The Works Diesel | Pip and Emma | |
| Former | Edward | |
| Rolling Stock | Passenger | Orange-Brown Corridor Coaches | Orange-Brown Non-Corridor Coaches | Red Express Coaches |
| Former | The Spiteful Brake Van | |
| Trains | Passenger | The Wild Nor' Wester | The Sudrian | The Limited | The Barrow-Tidmouth Semi-Fast | The Main Line Push-Pull |
| Goods | The Flying Kipper | The Morning Milk | The Midnight Goods | |
| Infrastructure | Stations | Tidmouth | Knapford | Crosby | Wellsworth | Maron | Cronk | Killdane | Kellsthorpe Road | Crovan's Gate | Vicarstown | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Sheds | Tidmouth Sheds | Vicarstown Sheds | |
| Tunnels and Bridges | Tidmouth Tunnel | Knapford Harbour Bridges | Crosby Tunnel | Maron Bridge | The Viaduct | Balladrine Bridge | Ballahoo Bridge | Henry's Tunnel | Vicarstown Bridge |