- “Alaric and Eric are seven and eight, they're nice quiet engines.”
- ― Ernest and Wilfred, Danger Points, Mountain Engines
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Alaric is a mountain engine on the Culdee Fell Railway. Like the other mountain engines, he has his own coach used for passenger services.
Bio
Alaric was built at the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1962 to a "super-heat" design. He arrived on Sodor in May allowing Shane Dooiney to be sent away for an overhaul.
Alaric was later mentioned in a conversation between Ernest, Wilfred, and Culdee in Mountain Engines. According to them, Alaric is "nice and quiet".
Basis
Alaric is based on Ralph, an engine who worked on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, he was originally called "Aylwin" when built in 1923 and was renamed "Ralph Sadler", before it was shortened to "Ralph". "Ralph" was withdrawn in 1990, and is unlikely to return to service.
Livery
Alaric is painted purple with orange lining. The number "7" is painted on the sides and back of his cab in yellow and he has red nameplates, with his name in gold, on the sides of his tanks.
Appearances
The Railway Series
Companion volumes
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Trivia
- Like most of mountain engines, Alaric is equipped with a face at each end.
Gallery
| Locomotives | Godred | Ernest | Wilfred | Culdee | Shane Dooiney | Patrick | Alaric | Eric |
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| Rolling Stock | Coaches | Catherine | The Truck |
| People | Lord Peter Barrane | Lord Harry Barrane | Walter Richards |
| Locations | Kirk Machan (Engine Sheds) | Shiloh | Poll-ny-Chrink | Skarloey Road (Viaduct) | Devil's Back | Culdee Fell Summit |