Eric

Eric was an E2 0-6-0T that worked for the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway (W&S) from 1913 to the formation of the North Western Railway (NWR) in December 1915. He one of the railway's youngest locomotives despite being a few months older than Goliath and has a younger sister named Erwin.

Bio
Eric was built at Brighton Works in June 1913 alongside LBSCR E2 No. 100 with both being completed at the same date but five minutes after LBSCR No. 100 was completed.

Personality
Eric is a young locomotive, which allows him to be cheeky.

Livery
Eric is painted in the standard Wellsworth & Suddery Railway's standard locomotive livery.

Appearances

 * German Spy (first appearance)
 * Brighton Baltic

Basis
Eric is based of an early version of the LBSCR E2 class 0-6-0T. The E2s were designed to replace the aging E1 class 0-6-0T designed by William Stroudley from 1874 for shunting and short distance goods trains. The class was modified in 1915 with extended tanks with ten locomotives of both original and extended tanks built from 1913 to 1916. The class became associated with Southampton Docks in Southern Railway (SR) and British Railways (BR) days. The class was withdrawn from 1961 to 1963 and all ten have been scrapped.

Trivia
Prior to the creation of Goliath, Eric was meant to the second last locomotive built for the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway but this was changed after the L class 4-6-4T 'Goliath' was created. As a result, Eric is the third last locomotive built for the W&S.

Eric is the 2nd member of the E2 class built, just five minutes younger than LBSCR No. 100.

Eric's name comes from his class, E2.

Eric's name sounds similar to Drake's brother, Derek.