Lily

Lily is a O2 tank engine that was owned by the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway (W&S) from 1895 to the formation of the North Western Railway (NWR) in 1915. She used to work on the same railway Adam came from five years earlier.

Biography
Lily was built at Nine Elms Works on March 31st, 1890 for suburban work on the London network of the London & South Western Railway (L&SWR). Following five years of service for the L&SWR, Lily was sold to the W&S and arrived on Sodor in May 1895, which strangely corresponded with the arrival of Edmond and a visit from the Duke of Sodor.

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

Basis
Lily is based off a L&SWR O2 class 0-4-4T. 60 were built by Nine Elms Works from 1889 to 1896 for suburban duties around London to replace the 415 class from 1882 (Adam's class) until the introduction of the T1 and M7 classes and the electrification of that network in the 1890s. The O2s were later allocated for work on restricted branch lines due to their short wheelbase. 18 were sent to the Isle of Wight (IoW) to replace the older A1X "Terriers" for suburban duties. Withdrawals began as early as 1933 with mainland examples withdrawn by 1962 with IoW examples withdrawn between 1964 and 1967. One of the IoW examples, No. W24 'Calbourne' (withdrawn: 1967), has been preserved on the Ilse of Wight Steam Railway.

Trivia
Lily is an original character created by WildNorWester, like Colin and Adam. She was created by him as a replacement for 'Lady' from Thomas & the Magic Railroad from 2000 for his series Sodor: The Modern Years.

Lily is shown as one of the IoW examples due to the design of her bunker.

Lily is one of two characters who's exact build date is known, which makes her age easy to calculate.


 * In German Spy (set in August 1915), Lily was 30 years old.
 * In Fast Goods (set in November 1902), Lily was 17 years old.
 * When Lily was scrapped in 1940, she was either 54 or 55 years old.