Western Hero

Western Hero is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive that works for Tri-ang Railways. He replaces Blue Comet on the express when the 4-6-2 is undergoing an overhaul.

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Bio
Western Hero was brought to Nerland in 1977 by the railway's first diesel locomotive Hymak, also a BR Western Region diesel-hydraulic. He arrived without a motor but still had the hydraulic transmission, a problem solved by installing a 2,580 bhp Sulzer 12LDA28-C diesel motor, used on the Class 47 diesel-electric locomotives, resulting in his new transmission being electric instead of his original hydraulic transmission.

Livery
Western Hero is painted in BR Corporate Blue with full yellow ends.

Basis
Western Hero is based off the real locomotive of the same name. No: (D)1020 was built by Swindon in 1963 and was scrapped in 1974, three years before the year he arrived in the series.

Trivia
Western Hero is the second diesel locomotive in TR's ownership. The first being fellow ex-Western Region diesel-hydraulic Hymak.

Originally, Western Hero was a diesel-hydraulic but after his transmission and prime movers were removed and were replaced with parts for a Class 47, he was converted to a diesel-electric.