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I meant to post this on International Women's Day, but uh... i forgor
A sprite of everyone's favorite rosy tank engine with controversial liveries (for some reason), it's Rosie!
Built in Vulcan Works as No. 4380, Rosalie was one of 14 USATC S100s assigned to the Southern Railway during World War 2. After a brief stint at Southampton Docks, the newly numbered No. 67 was re-assigned. 67 would be sent to Sodor, and tasked with helping around the busy yards and docks of Tidmouth, where she stayed for the rest of the war.
67 was purchased by the North Western Railway after the war in 1946, and was re-numbered again to 315. After over a decade of operating without a name, in 1953 315 was named after recently deceased wife of S.C. Ruffey Co's founder, Rosalie E. Ruffey. Rosalie, better known as Rosie, continued to work around Tidmouth until 1955, where she was re-assigned to work at the busy yards of Barrow-in-Furness, where she worked until 1968, when all steam ended on BR and all NWR locomotives based out of Sodor had to be re-assigned. Rosie was quickly transferred to the nearby Vicarstown, where she still works to this day.

*To make it clear, the wife was named Rosalie. The actual founder of S.C. Ruffey Co. was named Stephen.

Sprite by Princess-Muffins

Description
I meant to post this on International Women's Day, but uh... i forgor
A sprite of everyone's favorite rosy tank engine with controversial liveries (for some reason), it's Rosie!
Built in Vulcan Works as No. 4380, Rosalie was one of 14 USATC S100s assigned to the Southern Railway during World War 2. After a brief stint at Southampton Docks, the newly numbered No. 67 was re-assigned. 67 would be sent to Sodor, and tasked with helping around the busy yards and docks of Tidmouth, where she stayed for the rest of the war.
67 was purchased by the North Western Railway after the war in 1946, and was re-numbered again to 315. After over a decade of operating without a name, in 1953 315 was named after recently deceased wife of S.C. Ruffey Co's founder, Rosalie E. Ruffey. Rosalie, better known as Rosie, continued to work around Tidmouth until 1955, where she was re-assigned to work at the busy yards of Barrow-in-Furness, where she worked until 1968, when all steam ended on BR and all NWR locomotives based out of Sodor had to be re-assigned. Rosie was quickly transferred to the nearby Vicarstown, where she still works to this day.

*To make it clear, the wife was named Rosalie. The actual founder of S.C. Ruffey Co. was named Stephen.

Sprite by Princess-Muffins