No problem, Super. I found the information about the basis for the models in the section "Technical details" of the ttte.fandom pages for Salty and Mavis.
In answering OTR, I just said I never really thought of Thomas & Friends engines being modeled after real trains, but they are. There are some modeled after a particular engine that is a member of some class of engines.
For example, according to ttte.fandom.com, Salty is based on a BR Class 07 diesel shunter. The number he has, D2991, is a real BR number belonging to a member of the class; built in 1962, this locomotive escaped the cutter's torch by becoming a static generator at Eastleigh Railway Works and is still working there under the ownership of Knights Rail Services as of March 2007. This class of locomotives worked at Southampton Docks, where they replaced the older SR USA (Rosie's class) and LB&SCR E2 (Thomas' class) tank engines.
Mavis is a based on a BR Class 04 0-6-0 diesel locomotive. She is more specifically based on the BR Class 04's that worked on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, as they were fitted with additional cowcatchers and side plates so they could run near public roads. Twenty of these locomotives are preserved, including one "tramway" example.
For me, those engines were always my little friends, but I just realized most of them have basis in real locomotives.
In answering OTR, I just said I never really thought of Thomas & Friends engines being modeled after real trains, but they are. There are some modeled after a particular engine that is a member of some class of engines.
For example, according to ttte.fandom.com, Salty is based on a BR Class 07 diesel shunter. The number he has, D2991, is a real BR number belonging to a member of the class; built in 1962, this locomotive escaped the cutter's torch by becoming a static generator at Eastleigh Railway Works and is still working there under the ownership of Knights Rail Services as of March 2007. This class of locomotives worked at Southampton Docks, where they replaced the older SR USA (Rosie's class) and LB&SCR E2 (Thomas' class) tank engines.
Mavis is a based on a BR Class 04 0-6-0 diesel locomotive. She is more specifically based on the BR Class 04's that worked on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, as they were fitted with additional cowcatchers and side plates so they could run near public roads. Twenty of these locomotives are preserved, including one "tramway" example.
For me, those engines were always my little friends, but I just realized most of them have basis in real locomotives.
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