Dana

Dana is a 0-4-0 saddle tank who works at the Knapford shunting yards

Biography
Dana was built in 1903 at Avonside Locomotive Works. After she was built, she was relocated to a colliery. In 1931, she was brought by the North Western Railway and received some NWR modifications including a larger coal bunker for branch line duties. Dana was assigned to work on an allocated branchline, which was the Harwick Branchline. She mainly pulled a passenger service from Arlesburgh to Harwick.

In 1948, British Railways was formed after the dissolution of the big four railway companies. Dana’s services on the Harwick branch line ceased and was eventually sent to the Western region & Dana would shunt trucks and coaches at the main stations including Paddington and Leeds. She was allocated to a branchline in Western Region and primarily worked on the line along.

In 1960, the branchline in the Western Region was shut down by British Railways’ new railway board. She was shunted into a siding in Barry scrapyard for scrap. She felt alone and depressed for several years. She blamed Dr. Beeching and British Railways for the closure of the branchline.

One day in June of 1965, she was allocated to the scrap line, where a menacing BR Warship diesel with an illegal hydraulic claw would scrap the engines, she was worried that she would be next but luckily, she was approached by the scrapyard foreman and a mysterious man, by the name of Mr. Robert Phillips, who was the manager of Didcot, who agreed to purchase Dana to be preserved. Later that year, she arrived at Didcot where she reunited with her sister, ‘Trojan’ for the first time.

In 1968, she was eventually bought by the North Western Railway to help shunt at Knapford yards where she reunited with her brother Percy

Personality
At times, Dana can be hard working and kind-hearted, however she can be extremely timid and shy when meeting others, and also has major trust issues which has started devolping after modernisation, as Dana realised that steam was coming to an end and that she or her friends could die any second with any warning

However, when she or her friends are threatened, she is very hostile, angry, emotional and pissed off with others, especially when she or her friends are harrased with others, she tends to get violent with others, and tends to have anger issues, but calms down after a while, however not shown Dana is very emotional at times

Basis
Dana is based on a few locomotive designs built by the Avonside Engine Company in Bristol, England, for the Great Western Railway (GWR). Dana most closely resembles #1340 "Trojan", built in 1897 for the Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock, before being purchased by the Alexandria Dock Railway in 1903, until that was absorbed into part of the Great Western Railway following the Big 4 Grouping of 1923. "Trojan" was preserved as part of the Didcot Railway Center, though it's currently away for an overhaul.

Livery
Dana is painted in Great Western Dark Green with red lining, she also has her window lining, nameplate & number in yellow.

Appearances

 * Races & Chases
 * Old Reliable
 * Great Northern Fault
 * Effiency

Trivia

 * Her first official debut is in, Episode 7 'Great Northern Fault'. considering she appeared in the intro for Episode 5 'Races & Chases' and Episode 6 'Old Reliable'