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These '''four engines''' were known to have worked on the [[Wellsworth and Suddery Railway]].

==Manning Wardle 0-6-0STs==
{{Infobox Character Vehicle
|title1 = Manning Wardle 0-6-0STs
|image1 = File:NoImagePlaceholder.png
|first_appearance = [[Railways of Sodor]] {{Note|1976}}
|last_appearance =  [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Note|1987}}
|creator(s) = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev W. Awdry]]
|country_of_origin = {{flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]<br>{{flag|en}} [[The Mainland|England]] {{Note|built}}
|basis = Manning Wardle Q Class
|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
|power_type = Steam
|vehicle = Locomotives
|type = Saddle tank engines
|fuel_type = Coal
|configuration = 0-6-0ST
|wheels = 6
|designer(s) = [[Wikipedia:Manning Wardle|Manning, Wardle and Company]]
|builder(s) = Boyne Engine Works
|year_built = circa 1870
|arrived_on_sodor = circa 1870
|number = W&SR 1 and 2 {{Formerly}}
|railway = * [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]
* [[Wellsworth and Suddery Railway]] {{Formerly}}
}}The '''Manning Wardle 0-6-0STs''' were a pair of saddle tank engines which worked on the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.

===Biography===
The two saddle tank engines were the first engines bought for the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway, and were purchased "off-the-peg" from Manning Wardle. These were sufficient for most work on the line and were retained following the line's amalgamation into the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway in 1912 and later the [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]] in 1914. It is also known that these engines survived until at least 1919, however all were in very poor shape and at some point afterwards, scrapped.

===Technical Details===
====Basis====
A slide from the ''Railways of Sodor'' lecture reveals the pair to be Manning Wardle Q Class 0-6-0STs.{{Ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20220803003622/https://twitter.com/_buggleskelly_/status/1554150385430024194}} This is somewhat anachronistic, as they are said to have been purchased around the time of the railway's opening in 1870, however the first engine of this class would not be built until three years later in 1873. In said lecture, however, the W&SR was stated to have opened in 1878, thus justifying their basis. It can be assumed that when retconning the opening year to 1870, Awdry may have changed the basis for these two engines. At the time Manning Wardle had three 0-6-0 designs, the Old I class, the K class, and the M class of which several still survive in preservation. 
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File:ManningWardleQClass.jpeg|Manning Wardle Q Class
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====Liveries====
It is currently unknown what liveries the two saddle tank engines would have been painted in.
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===Appearances===
<tabber>
Railway Series=
====''[[The Railway Series]]''====
====Companion Volumes====
* '''1987''' - [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Mentioned}}
* '''2005''' - [[Sodor: Reading Between the Lines]] {{Indirectly mentioned}}

====Lectures====
* '''1976''' - [[Railways of Sodor]] {{Mentioned}}
</tabber>
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==Sharp Stewart 0-6-0==
{{Infobox Character Vehicle
|title1 = Sharp Stewart 0-6-0
|image1 = File:NoImagePlaceholder.png
|first_appearance = [[Railways of Sodor]] {{Note|1976}}
|last_appearance =  [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Note|1987}}
|creator(s) = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev W. Awdry]]
|country_of_origin = {{flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]<br>{{flag|en}} [[The Mainland (RWS)|England]] {{Formerly}}
|basis = Ex-Cornwall Minerals Railway 0-6-0
|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
|power_type = Steam
|vehicle = Locomotive
|type = * Tender engine
* Tender tank engine {{Formerly}}
* Tank engine {{Formerly}}
|fuel_type = Coal
|configuration = * 0-6-0
* 0-6-0T+T {{Formerly}}
* 0-6-0T {{Formerly}}
|wheels = * 10
* 6 {{Formerly}}
|top_speed = 
|designer(s) = [[Wikipedia:Sharp, Stewart and Company|Sharp, Stewart and Company]]
|builder(s) = 
|year_built = 
|year_rebuilt = 1912
|arrived_on_sodor = 1881
|number = W&SR 3 {{Formerly}}
|railway = * [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]
* [[Wellsworth and Suddery Railway]] {{Formerly}}
* [[Wikipedia:Cornwall Minerals Railway|Cornwall Minerals Railway]] {{Formerly}}
}}The '''Sharp Stewart 0-6-0''' was a tender engine (formerly tank engine) which worked on the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.

===Biography===
In 1881, the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway decided a spare engine was required, so bought one of the nine Sharp Stewart 0-6-0 tank engines which the Cornwall Minerals Railway had pledged to the Yorkshire Wagon Company. Sharp Stewart fitted a bunker in place of the rear railing of the footplate, however once this was done, it was found that the weight of the engine with fully-loaded tanks and bunker was too much for the lightly-laid railway. Thus, the engine had to run with both its bunker and tanks only half-full.

In 1912, when the railway amalgamated with the [[Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway]] to form the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway, the engine was sent back to Sharp Stewart to have the bunker removed and a four-wheeled tender attached. To save time and expense, the tanks were initially left in place, however they were later removed at its next major overhaul. It is also known that this engine survived until at least 1919, however was in very poor shape and was scrapped at some point after its second overhaul.

===Technical Details===
====Basis====
The Sharp Stewart 0-6-0 is based on the Cornwall Mineral Railway 0-6-0Ts. Eight of these were sold to the [[Wikipedia:Eastern and Midlands Railway|Lynn and Fakenham Railway]] circa 1876 and later converted into tender engines of similar description to the Wellsworth and Suddery's example.
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File:CornwallMineralsRailway060TSjpg.jpg|Basis
File:CornwallMineralsRailway0-6-0(Rebuilt).png|Rebuilt basis
</gallery>

====Livery====
It is currently unknown what livery this engine would have been painted in.
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===Appearances===
<tabber>
Railway Series=
====''[[The Railway Series]]''====
====Companion Volumes====
* '''1987''' - [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Mentioned}}
* '''2005''' - [[Sodor: Reading Between the Lines]] {{Indirectly mentioned}}

====Lectures====
* '''1976''' - [[Railways of Sodor]] {{Mentioned}}
</tabber>
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==Wellsworth & Suddery Railway No. 4==
{{Infobox Character Vehicle
|title1 = Wellsworth & Suddery Railway No. 4
|image1 = File:NoImagePlaceholder.png
|first_appearance = [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Note|1987}}
|last_appearance = The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways {{Note|1987}}
|creator(s) = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev W. Awdry]]
|country_of_origin = {{flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]
|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
|power_type = Steam
|vehicle = Locomotive
|type = Tank engine
|fuel_type = Coal
|configuration = 0-6-0
|wheels = 6
|number = W&SR 4 {{Formerly}}
|railway = * [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]
* [[Wellsworth and Suddery Railway]] {{Formerly}}
}}The '''Wellsworth and Suddery Railway No. 4''' was an 0-6-0 tank engine which worked on the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway. It is unknown whether this engine would have had side, saddle, pannier or well tanks.

===Biography===
It is recorded in ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways'' that it had four 0-6-0 tank engines of its own. All four were still in service by the time of the 1914 grouping, but were later scrapped. 

===Technical Details===
====Basis====
It is currently unknown what the engine would have been based on.

====Livery====
It is currently unknown what livery the engine would have been painted in.

===Appearances===
<tabber>
Railway Series=
====''[[The Railway Series]]''====
====Companion volumes====
* '''1987''' - [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Mentioned}}
* '''2005''' - [[Sodor: Reading Between the Lines]] {{Indirectly mentioned}}
</tabber>

===Trivia===
* Only three engines were mentioned in the 1976 ''Railways of Sodor'' lecture. The fourth engine was added as a later addition in the 1987 publication of ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways''.
* Christopher Awdry confirmed in a series of questions asked by SiF user shainedooiney that the W&S tank engines are indeed scrapped, and have only worked on the NWR for a short time. Christopher also implied that the [[Minor Locomotive Characters (RWS)|blue tank engine, or the dark green tank engine]] we see in [[James the Red Engine|Troublesome Trucks]], was one of the W&S engines. <ref>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ghg0t7ra4AANNAY?format=jpg&name=large</ref>
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==References==
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