Colin

Colin was a saddle tank that was owned by the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway (W&S) from 1899 to the formation of the North Western Railway (NWR) in 1915. Most of his life was full of racism over him being an "industrial".

Biography
Colin was built by Peckett & Sons of Bristol for the W&S in November 1899 in order to help with the shunting around Brendam Harbour. He arrived on Sodor a month later since he had to be tested before being delivered to the W&S.

Livery
Colin is painted in the standard Wellsworth & Suddery Railway Maroon livery.

Basis
Colin is based of a Peckett W4 class. A total of 140 locomotives of this class was built by Peckett & Sons of Bristol, England, for various industrial firms across the UK from 1885 to 1906. Over the time of their production, the design was modified for the client's specifications or as the technology on steam locomotives improved over time. They were the third in a series of locomotives built by Peckett & Sons from the 'W-family' (W2-W7) and were in service under many industrial firms such as Manchester Shipping Canal (MSC), Huntley & Palmers and Ebbw Vale Steelworks. Some served into the 1980s and many have been preserved.

Trivia
Colin is an original character created by WildNorWester, like Lily and Adam. Only difference is that the WildNorWester Colin and the Rails Through Suddery Colin look slightly different despite both based off the exact same class, the latter version has as the standard design unlike WildNorWester's which features modifications to the original W4 design.

The reason Colin is based off a W4 is because of Hornby's popular model released in 2016.

Colin is of the later series of W4s because he features Ross safety valves in his dome instead of Ramsbotton or spring balanced safety valves as seen on earlier versions of the class.


 * His WildNorWester counterpart is also from the same series.

Colin is the only industrial design owned by the W&S.

Colin is the last non-Brighton design built for the W&S and the last tank locomotive built before the collapse of the Sodor & Mainland Railway (S&M) in 1901.