Stanley

Stanley (named after politician Stanley Baldwin), also known as "No. 2", was an American narrow gauge tank engine who was later turned into a pumping engine.

Bio
Stanley was built at Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States in 1917 and worked in America before arriving on the Mid Sodor Railway as Army Surplus after the First World War.

Stanley unfortunately proved to be a bad bargain and had a tendency to ride roughly on the rails because he was not regauged properly, and believed that it did not matter if he came off the track occasionally. Repeated attempts to cure this habit failed and resulted in him being converted into a pumping engine at Arlesdale Works in 1928 and according to The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, he was later moved to the Cas-ny-Hawinmine. He broke down in 1946 and in December that year the mine flooded, meaning the end of the railway. With no reason to stay open, the Mid Sodor Railway closed down in January 1947 and Stanley was likely scrapped.

Duke once lectured Stuart and Falcon about Stanley's downfall and they became "unusually good for several days".

Persona
Stanley was arrogant and careless and refused to listen to advice. This carelessness eventually led to him being converted into a pumping engine.

Basis
Stanley is based on a Baldwin Class 10-12-D 4-6-0 pannier tank engine, built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for service in the First World War. They were sent to the United Kingdom and the British War Office chose them to be the principal military steam locomotive for the trench railways. However, they were rough riders and had the tendency to derail. After the war ended in 1918, various railways, such as the Welsh Highland and the Snailbeach District Railway acquired them as surplus. Five of these engines are known to be preserved. Stanley had been re-gauged from 1ft 11 5/8in to 2ft 3in.

Stanley becoming a stationary boiler was based on a time early in the preservation period of the Ffestiniog Railway when the locomotive Palmerston (a sister locomotive to Prince, Duke's basis) was being used as a stationary boiler. Unlike Stanley, who was likely scrapped, Palmerston was eventually restored to working order in 1993.

Livery
Stanley is painted red with black lining.