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I've decided to give a little character info about her this time.

Built in 1949, "Tinkerbell" was one of the new batch of engines to help replenish the engine that were either worn out or damaged during the war, while they were either overhauled or scrapped. Compared to her 1890's brothers and sisters, the differences were not that much, apart from bigger bunkers and stronger buffers and buffer beams. They were almost completely identical. During her time in her home land, she started out as a dock shunter, shunting the trucks and coaches on and off the ferry services that were still in place.

Upon her retirement, she was rescued from store by John Snasdell, and bought over to the UK as a shunting locomotive. There was an incident that happened as she was delivered though, as the loader that carried her rounded the curve to put her on the rails, the top of her cab slammed into a thick tree branch, knocking her steam bell loose.

Everyone thought nothing of it, until she started moving under her own power that is. With every sharp puff she made, it made her bell rattle loud enough for anyone within a 70 yard radius to hear. The engines teased her about the bell, nick-naming her "Tink" But the name soon evolved into "Tinkerbell" which is how her name came to be.

Personality-wise, she was somewhat timid of everyone when she first arrived to the railway. Still being rather young, and surrounded by people and engines that didn't understand a word she said had left her feeling rather isolated for the first 2 years, but with the kindness and teachings of two of her new-found friends, Jacks-Green and Derek Crouch, she began to open up like a spring flower, once her language problem was sorted out, she became a lot more social with the other engines as the years went by. Though occasionally, when her emotions got the better of her, she would start talking in her native tongue once again.

By the late 1980's she was taken out of service due to her firebox cracking. She spent the next 16 years left alone in the shed at Wansford, until finally the board of NVR decided to start the process of bringing the little engine back into service. And has remained in pieces for the most part ever since.

Righto, take care all

-JoetheJoj

Description
I've decided to give a little character info about her this time.

Built in 1949, "Tinkerbell" was one of the new batch of engines to help replenish the engine that were either worn out or damaged during the war, while they were either overhauled or scrapped. Compared to her 1890's brothers and sisters, the differences were not that much, apart from bigger bunkers and stronger buffers and buffer beams. They were almost completely identical. During her time in her home land, she started out as a dock shunter, shunting the trucks and coaches on and off the ferry services that were still in place.

Upon her retirement, she was rescued from store by John Snasdell, and bought over to the UK as a shunting locomotive. There was an incident that happened as she was delivered though, as the loader that carried her rounded the curve to put her on the rails, the top of her cab slammed into a thick tree branch, knocking her steam bell loose.

Everyone thought nothing of it, until she started moving under her own power that is. With every sharp puff she made, it made her bell rattle loud enough for anyone within a 70 yard radius to hear. The engines teased her about the bell, nick-naming her "Tink" But the name soon evolved into "Tinkerbell" which is how her name came to be.

Personality-wise, she was somewhat timid of everyone when she first arrived to the railway. Still being rather young, and surrounded by people and engines that didn't understand a word she said had left her feeling rather isolated for the first 2 years, but with the kindness and teachings of two of her new-found friends, Jacks-Green and Derek Crouch, she began to open up like a spring flower, once her language problem was sorted out, she became a lot more social with the other engines as the years went by. Though occasionally, when her emotions got the better of her, she would start talking in her native tongue once again.

By the late 1980's she was taken out of service due to her firebox cracking. She spent the next 16 years left alone in the shed at Wansford, until finally the board of NVR decided to start the process of bringing the little engine back into service. And has remained in pieces for the most part ever since.

Righto, take care all

-JoetheJoj