Lilliput

Lilliput is a railmotor that is owned by Tri-ang Railways. She's one the old Thorndyke & Wilmont Elevated Railway (T&WER) Wilmont class and is famed for getting into "sticky situations".

Bio
Lilliput was built in Leeds, Yorkshire, by Kitson & Company for the T&WER as one of five Wilmont class railmotors for passenger service. She was sold to TR in 1933 as the demand for an extra passenger locomotive came and TR didn't want to borrow a locomotive from the LMS. To comply with mainline standards, Lilliput was modified at Ashton Works with standard railway buffers to replace her single central buffer.

Livery
Lilliput was originally painted in T&WER Blue. As of 1933, Lilliput is painted in TR Brunswick Green with brass number plates. In both liveries, Lilliput's coach section is teak with brass window frames.

Basis
Lilliput appears to be based off the South Australian Railways (SAR) Steam Motor Coach (SMC) No. 1, nicknamed "The Coffee Pot". It was built in 1905 by Kitson & Company in Leeds for suburban work in the outer reaches of the SAR network. It is preserved on the Pichi Richi Railway in South Australia's Flinders Ranges north of Adelaide.

Lilliput also appears to resemble the various railmotors built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) in the United Kingdom.

Filming model
Lilliput's main model is scratch built from brass, card and plastic. Her motor chassis is a Dapol L&YR 21 "Pug" class 0-4-0ST with the motor mounted into the chassis while her rear bogie as a Gresley bogie from a Hornby Railroad Gresley coach.

Trivia
Lilliput was introduced as a "comic relief" character.

Lilliput is narrower and has been regauged from here basis but is not rescaled.