Marina and Patricia

Marina and Patricia are two saddle tank sisters that work for Tri-ang Railways. They are the only saddle tanks that TR owns built to their own design and are the first locomotives built for TR by the Hunslet Engine Company.

Biography
Marina and Patricia were built by Hunslet of Leeds in Yorkshire (same company that built Edinburgh) for TR in 1935 as the long awaited No: 10 and 11 after 25 years since Maddie's withdrawal in 1910. When the two arrived on Nerland, it was discovered by crews that Marina couldn't be operated backyards in wet weather due to her cab's design unlike her sister Patricia.

Livery
Marina is painted in TR's LMS style Crimson Lake livery with the TR shied emblem painted on the water tank and the number '10' written on the bunker.

Patricia is painted in TR's dark blue livery first seen on Maddie with the TR shied emblem painted on the water tank and the number '11' written on the bunker.

Basis
Marina and Patricia are actually based off the Hunslet Kingsley class 0-6-0ST built by Hunslet Engine Company in the 1920s and 1930s such as famous member 'Fitzwilliam' but fitted with a Andrew Barclay & Sons style water tank off the company's famed 0-4-0STs built from the 1910s to the 1950s. Both types were used around collieries and other industrial complexes around the United Kingdom and overseas with samples of both classes found on the UK's various preserved railways with a virtually identical copy of a Hunslet Kingsley class (NSW PWD No 79) preserved in NSW, Australia.

Marina's original cab could have been based off the unique GWR 0-4-0T No. 101, built at Swindon Works in 1901 but with added handrails to support the cab roof at the back.

Filming models
Marina and Patricia's models are built from two Hornby Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0STs with scratch built bodies. For the 1980s onwards, Marina's model has its cab rebuilt to match Patricia's.

Marina and Patricia's close-up models are scratch built, non-operating models. built to O scale.

Trivia
Marina and Patricia are both named after Shane Sowter's great grandmothers, both passed away in early 2018.

Patricia is the normal freight hauler of the two because Marina doesn't like her crimson lake paintwork getting dirty.

While Marina and Patricia are identical, they both sound different in whistle tune. Marina's whistle has a Fowler whistle, while Patricia has a Bullied chime whistle.

Both Marina and Patricia are nicknamed "Hunsleys" as a reference to their builder, Hunslet Engine Company.