Two locomotives of the Skarloey class (Skarloey and Rheneas) were built for a small 0.7 meter gauge railroad on the backward planet of Sodor. This railroad was built primarily to haul rock from a quarry in a hilly region to a larger railroad running along the coast, where it would be transferred and hauled to a port by the larger railroad. Since the proposed route passed close to several villages, the railroad built five coaches of the Agnes class to transport workers to the quarry, and generate some additional revenue by providing passenger service to the villagers.

The high ground pressure of the narrow iron wheels restricts the locomotive and their cars to operating along a route of prepared iron rails. P/W and resulting speed must be recalculated for each train, but as an example, the locomotive below can pull 5 fully loaded freight cars at a speed of 28kph, or a passenger train consisting of all five Agnes class coaches at a speed of 45kph. P> This class of locomotive can be considered to typical for small steam locomotives operating over routes of limited length at this tech level.

CraftID:	Steam Locomotive, TL4, Cr12,501
Hull:	1/3, Disp=1, Conf=4USL, Armor=2I, Loaded=15.56t, Unloaded=12.96t
Power:	1/2, EarlyReciprocatingSteam=0.4MW, Dur=2.1hrs
Loco:	1/2, Wheels=4, P/W=25.7, RoadSpeed=Special, Offroad=0
Comm:	none
Sensors:	none
Off:	Hardpoints=1, No weapons
Def:	-
Control:	SimpleMechanical*3
Accom:	Seats=Cramped*2
Other:	Fuel=1.3kl(coal), Cargo=0, ObjSize=Small, EmLevel=Moderate

Author: R.S.Dean