The Spiteful Brake Van (T&F)

“I'm sorry, sir. Maybe I was clumsy, but I wadnae be beaten by yon tricksy van.”

― Douglas to Sir Topham Hatt, The Twin Engines

The Spiteful Brake Van
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Number: 13 (Railway Series only) Class: NE/BR 20 Ton Brake Van Builder: North Eastern Railway/British Railways Built: 1929 Gauge: 4ft 8 1⁄2in (1,435mm) Scrapped: 1959

The Spiteful Brake Van was a troublesome brake van, who was subsequently crushed into pieces by Douglas.

Bio

The brake van took an instant dislike to Douglas and purposely delayed his trains. This wasn't until Donald bumped him violently to teach him a lesson.

After Donald ran into the Tidmouth signalbox, James was saddled with the brake van, who continued his old tricks. Douglas, as a result, had to help James up Gordon's Hill. James was short of steam, and the brake van was soon squeezed between both the troublesome trucks and Douglas. By Douglas' force, he subsequently crushed the brake van into pieces. He was never rebuilt after that and was scrapped.

Ever since then, the troublesome trucks have not forgotten the brake van incident, and they do not dare play tricks on neither Donald or Douglas. It had been an accident really, but no one told the trucks that, and the trucks thought that Douglas smashed him on purpose. Because of this, Donald and Douglas have transformed goods traffic on the main line quite easily.

Persona

Like the troublesome trucks, and as his name implies, the Spiteful Brake Van was rude and disrespectful to the engines, especially Donald and Douglas, and incredibly impolite.

Basis

The Spiteful Brake Van was an NE 20 ton brake van in the Railway Series. In the television series, he was a BR 20 ton brake van.

Livery

In the Railway Series, the Spiteful Brake Van was painted grey. He also had the letters NW, 13 and 20T painted on his sides in white. In the television series, he is painted in a mixed livery of grey and brown.