Jack

Jack is an unique locomotive on Nerland, due to him being a "Fontaine" type and the only 6-2-0 on Nerland. Since 1946, he has been known as "One-eyed Jack" due to him being blind in his left eye.

Bio
Jack's origins are unknown since his introduction in the 5th season but what is known is that he was built in 1925 on the Mainland as a replacement to Mathew, who was aging away. Unfortunately, due to his design, he was not that powerful or stronger then Mathew.

Livery
Jack is painted in TR Blue.

Basis
Jack is mostly a freelance design but is inspired by the Fontaine 4-4-0 and the failed British Cramptons. The Fontaine 4-4-0 was an experimental locomotive to try and increase maximum speed and featured a "flying wheel" powered by two cylinders mounted above the frames and a "driving wheel" which is connected to the flying wheel via friction. There French-style locomotives were built by Grant Locomotive Works and proved to be inferior to more conventional locomotives of the same performance and both were converted to conventional locomotives around 1884. No Fontaine locomotives survive. The British Cramptons, based around the practice developed by Thomas Russell Crampton in 1846. They proved to be fast locomotives with the LNWR recording speeds of 75mph (120km/h) but due to their unstable nature and unsmooth ride, they were unpopular with British crews who found favour with the 2-2-2s and new 4-2-2s being developed but was popular in France. Cramptons were built as 4-2-0s and the one-off 6-2-0 'Liverpool' for the LNWR in 1848.

Filming model
Jack's main model is a scratch built from brass, plastic and polystyrene.

Trivia
Jack's nickname comes front the nickname comes front another nickname earned by the "Crampton" locomotives, "One-eyed Jack".

Jack is the only engine with problems with their eyesight.

Jack is the only steam locomotive to have two basis designs that have failed, the Fontaine type in the USA, and the Crampton in the UK.

In real life, LNWR 'Liverpool' of 1851 was the only 6-2-0 ever built in the UK. No-more have been built since.

Jack is the only engine with the two cylinders above the running board.

His "flying" driving wheels and main wheels are connected via rubber tyres, preventing the failure of the American Fontaine 4-4-0.

Jack's tender is similar to the tender paired with John Oxley, only built for Standard Gauge instead of Scotch Gauge.

In the early stages of Jack's design, he was originally going to have steps on his front but with fears that it could disturb the bogie's movement, this feature was removed for the final design.