Rushia

Rushia is a Chinese-built heavy goods locomotive that is own by Tri-ang Railways. She is one of the railway's youngest steam locomotives and considered as one of the most powerful.

Bio
Rushia was built by Tangshan Railway Vehicle (Works) in China in 1988 to a slightly modified design of the China Railways SY class "Mikados" from Tri-ang Railways (TR) in Nerland, UK.

Persona
Rushia is a rather excitable locomotive due to her young age but can be rather aggressive is the word "Communist" is heard when referring to her.

Livery
Rushia is painted in a shade of greenish-blue with black features, brass writing and the TR 'Shield' emblem on her tender.

Basis
Rushia is based off a China Railways SY ("Shàng Yóu", translated to English meaning "Upstream") class 2-8-2 industrial locomotive. 1,820 were built between 1960 and 1999 mostly by Tangshan Railway Vehicle (works) in China, making them the last non-preservation steam locomotives to be constructed. Several were built for industrial operations where a few were ordered from other nations for excursion train usage. The class are still in commercial service in China while two have been preserved in the United States with another preserved in South Korea.

Trivia
The writing above Rushia's number reads "潤羽るしあ", which is Japanese kanji that translates as "Uruha Rushia" in English. This is a reference to the Japanese Vtuber that she was named after.


 * Said Vtuber's attitude when called "pettan" (flat) or "cutting board" is referened when Rushia is referred to as "Communist" due to be being built in China.
 * Her greenish-blue livery is also a reference to the Vtuber's hair.
 * Her namesake debuted in 2019 and ended streaming in February 2022 following her contract being terminated.

Rushia is the only Chinese-built locomotive shown in the series and on the only one built for TR.

Unlike her basis, Rushia has some modifications in order to work on British railway routes.

Rushia's whistle is a New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) 5-chime whistle.