John Oxley

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John Oxley is a large Scotch gauge 4-4-2 built by Tri-ang Railways. He is regular complainer due to him being a express locomotive.

Bio
John Oxley was built using the unfinished "23rd Klondyke" that never got completed. The design drawings were drawn up by Ashton Works after the railway bought the half-assembled locomotive in 1905, being finally assembled at Norton Works. Most "Klondyke" design features were kept but some differed from the design the boiler was originally for.

Livery
John Oxley is painted Prussian blue with red and yellow lining and the TR "shield" emblem on his tender with the number '405' painted in gold leaf.

Basis
John Oxley was based off a Great Northern Railway (GNR) of England Ivatt C1 Small Boiler (LNER C2) 4-4-2 "Atlantic" for express duties from Kings Cross. These were built by Doncaster Works from 1898 to 1903 with 22 built in total. These locomotives were commonly known as "Klondykes" after the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush in Canada. The first member of the class (No: 990 'Henry Oakley') is the only survivor of a class of 22 and is a part of the National Collection. As of 2016, Henry Oakley is on static display at York's National Railway Museum (NRM).

John Oxley's tender is a freelance design but was inspired the appearance of many late-Victorian era six wheel tenders, mostly on the South Eastern Railway (SER).

Trivia
John Oxley operates on a smaller gauge to his basis but isn't rescaled in any way.

John Oxley appears to be unmodified from his basis but it is mentioned he does have some slight and unnoticeable modifications.

John Oxley is named after a British explorer and Surveyor General of New South Wales in Australia during the 1800s. The name could have also come the sole survivor of his basis, Henry Oakley.
 * Much like his basis, John Oxley's name is split between his two nameplates on his slashers.

John Oxley has the nickname the "the Drummer" because the sounds of his exhaust sound like a snare drum being hit hard. This appears to be related to his "unnoticeable modifications" as no GNR C1 Small Boiler had such an exhaust sound.

Before the introduction of Henry Lawson, John Oxley was the TR Scotch Gauge fleet's largest locomotive but is fastest with a maximum speed recorded of 75mph (120km/h).

John Oxley's tender is similar to the tender paired with Jack only built for Scotch Gauge instead of Standard Gauge.

John Oxley's whistle sound is recorded from ex-LSWR T9 "Greyhound" 4-4-0 No. 30120.