Violet

   Violet    Violet is a Gresley N2 who worked at King's Cross in 1948 and she was also Hugh's sister.
 * Number: 69521 (formerly 1742, later 9521 and 4742)
 * Class: GNR Class N2
 * Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
 * Builder: North British Locomotive Co.
 * Built: 1921
 * Configuration: 0-6-2T

Personality
Violet was intended to be supportive, loving, loyal and wise.

Basis
Violet is based on a GNR Class N2 0-6-2T. Bulit in the GNR Railway just like Alf the J52

Livery
Violet is painted in BR mixed traffic black with extra white and red lining, in the LNER days, she was painted in mixed traffic black with red lining.

Books

 * Tale of the Unnamed Engine (does not speak)
 * Gresley's Goliaths

Trivia

 * Violet is named after Sir Nigel Gresley's daughter, Violet Gresley.
 * According to Simon Martin, Violet was originally included in the original drafts of scripts for the episodes in the series. He recently confirmed on his blog that she was cut due to his poor voice acting.

Links

 * Violet's character profile