The NIB Pannier

The NIB Pannier is a small pannier tank owned and operated by the Nerland Industrial Board. He works in the same colliery as Edinburgh and Glasgow but wonders why he has to deal with their antics.

Bio
The NIB Pannier was originally built by Fox, Walker & Co. of Bristol in 1880 as a saddle tank for a private contractor in England. Sometime in the 1920s, the locomotive was sold to the Great Western Railway (GWR) after the contractor filed for bankruptcy following the First World War. During it's time owned by the GWR, he was alleged to be numbered as "809" but the official document to confirm this is yet to be uncovered and as per the GWR's standard practice, was converted from a saddle tank into a pannier tank, retaining most of its original parts.

It's unclear where the locomotive was as claims it was sold before Nationalisation into private ownership surround the locomotive but in 1968, he was sold to the Nerland Industrial Board (NIB) as part of their coal sector fleet with seven other steam locomotives. He was allocated to Caledenon Colliery with almost identical twins Edinburgh and Glasgow, where he still works today.

Persona
The NIB Pannier appears to a little ill-tempered as he normally snaps at Edinburgh or/and Glasgow and would sometimes swear at them.

Livery
The NIB Pannier is painted in the NIB Orange and Black Coal Sector "Tiger" livery with "N.I.B. COAL SECTOR" written in black.

Basis
The NIB Pannier is based on no particular locomotive.

Filming model
The NIB Pannier's only model is a 3D-printed body kit on a modified Hornby Railroad outside-cylinder 0-4-0 chassis.

Trivia
The NIB Pannier has never been given a name. "The NIB Pannier" is just a reference name.

The NIB Pannier is the only character who routinely uses "vulgar" language, as evidenced by these quotes:


 * "Why do I have to put with those two's (Edinburgh and Glasgow's) shit?" (normally said whenever Edinburgh and Glasgow argue or show off)
 * "What did you say to me, you fat prick?" (used whenever he is referred to as "small" by larger locomotives)
 * The reason for his consistent usage of swearing could be because of his rocky beginnings before being bought by the NIB in 1968.

The NIB Pannier has a Welsh accent despite never working in Wales.

The NIB Pannier is the only Fox, Walker & Co. locomotive in The Tri-ang Railway Series.

There were plans for the the NIB Pannier to be converted sometime into an oil-burner but these were scrapped due how he doesn't have a physical bunker.