Duncan

Duncan is a grumpy Scottish narrow gauge engine who came to the Skarloey Railway as a spare engine after Peter Sam's accident with some slate trucks.

Biography
Duncan was built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. at their Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock, Scotland to their simple and straight forward industrial design in 1928 and worked in a factory in Scotland, which Peter Sam claims is the source of his strong language and volatile temper. Duncan is powerful and can haul all but the heaviest trains, but he had been given a short wheelbase that caused him to ride roughly at speed.

In 1958, Duncan was bought secondhand by Sir Handel Lloyd Brown as a spare engine, as the workload was too much for Sir Handel and Peter Sam to manage unassisted. He came soon after Peter Sam's accident with the slate trucks and was re-gauged to 2ft 3in. Duncan was rude and arrogant at first. However, following accidents involving the tunnel and a worn stretch of track south of Cros-ny-Cuirn, he began to see sense and made up his feud with Rusty, whom he had detested for being a diesel.

He was still selfish and prone to temper tantrums and actually stalled on Rheneas Viaduct on the claims that he was overworked and not polished enough. Skarloey, fed up with his careless attitude, finally taught him sense with the story of Rheneas' single-handed running of the railway and how passengers are far more important than polish.

Personality
Duncan is a Scottish narrow gauge engine with rough manners and a strong temper, making him the least social of the Skarloey Railway fleet. He was prone to boisterously bouncing about, which became known as "rock 'n' roll", whenever the mood took him, which once led to wedging in the north mouth of Rheneas Tunnel (probably caused from keystones knocked down by his funnel) and derailing on a stretch of line near Cros-ny-Cuirn.

While Duncan means well, he often grumbles and complains, usually about not being polished or being over-worked and can be rude, rough, stubborn, and bad-tempered. This can easily be seen from his dislike for Christmas for some reason. He claims to be a plain engine who believes in plainly speaking, an approach that can cause him to make callous or belligerent remarks. Duncan can be a competitive engine too, particularly with James. He can be impulsive, even more so than Sir Handel, and make rash decisions which usually lead to his own downfall, (such as getting in arguments or short-lived feuds with Rusty). He is not always quick to apologise or realise the error of his ways. However, upon Skarloey recalling Rheneas' gallant act to get his passengers home, Duncan readily admitted he had the wrong attitude and tried hard to be a more useful, more social, respectable engine in the future. When Rusty helped him after his derailment near Cros-ny-Cuirn, he apologised to him and extended a wheel of friendship, proving he has gratitude.

In spite of his rough ways, Duncan can be a little misunderstood as he is focused, confident, resourceful, and has a big heart. He is always willing to lend a helping hand whenever he can and wants to be really useful.

Basis
Duncan is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Douglas, an Andrew Barclay "E" or "Light" Class 0-4-0WT.

Livery
In the Railway Series, Duncan is painted golden yellow with black lining and gold boiler bands. He also has a brass (originally black) nameplate on the side of his boiler and a black number plate on the side of his coal bunkers. According to The Big Book of Engines, Duncan was originally painted red before coming to Sodor.

Trivia

 * Duncan has had several voice changes
 * Originally Amber was gonna play him
 * it was then changed on September 4th 2020 to Trey
 * it was finally changed to RNG
 * Duncan is most likely gonna swear