~ James ~

Intro James is based on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender locomotive designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and built by Horwich Works between 1909 and 1912. Many were rebuilds of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a Belpaire firebox, a Schmidt/ "Top & Bottom"/"twin-plug" superheater and the extension of the footplate and front sandboxes. One Class 27, 52322, survives and is operational at the Ribble Steam Railway. James is an experimental one-off version of the Class 28; he is fitted with a front pony truck (thus making him a 2-6-0 instead of an 0-6-0) and has a Fowler tender. His front sandboxes also appear to be mounted underneath his footplate rather than joined to his leading splashers. James is painted in scarlet red with black lining and yellow cab window frames. He has gold boiler bands and a brass dome. His number (5) is painted on his tender in yellow with a black outline. He has a white running board with red bufferbeams and valences. James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork and likes to let everyone know it. A large downside to James' vanity is that it makes him prone to acts of selfish entitlement and being rude, inconsiderate and overly stubborn until he gets his way, from picking on other smaller engines and trying to take another engine's duties to making false accusations and refusing to take accountability for an accident.