Lady Grange

Lady Grange is known to be the star member of the locomotive fleet. She is owned and driven by Casey.

Bio
Built in 1999 under the name of 'Just-A-Mo', Lady Grange is an 0-6-0 tender engine of the Romulus/Bagnall class. She was renamed LADY GRANGE in late 2008 before being sold in 2009 to Christopher Jones Jr, to be used as one of the main passenger engines on the line. Lady Grange entered service in 2010 and for a while was the secondary engine of the fleet before good performance placed her as the railway's main engine.

Casey is always seen driving her and takes pride to ensure that she is well presented and maintained with little servicing. At times she can be temperamental in her performance, but on most days she performs without issues.

In 2011 Lady Grange was fitted with a chime whistle as both the engine and the society's engine, Betty, share the same tone of whistle. Many reports show that both passengers and staff get confused as to which engine was off shed first or whom was taking the first train. Only those with a keen ear can tell the engines apart despite sharing the same tone of whistle. At first the new whistle caused issues as it was among a set of spare parts that had come into possession of the workshops and sounded very off. However this issue turned out to be some blockage in the pipes which dispersed during the summer steam fair that year.

In 2016, Lady Grange was involved in a serious accident with the railways' diesel engine, Sir Gyles, which put her out of service for nearly a year. The accident happened when Sir Gyles was taken off shed for a trial run after being left in the sheds for a long period of time. The engine's brakes system failed while it was parked near Bog Halt, which resulted in the runaway to reverse backwards, without crew, down the gradient towards the engine sheds. Lady Grange acted as a stopping block for the diesel, but suffered a devastating blow as the front end was crumpled like a can upon the diesel's impact. Sir Gyles also suffered serious damage to a point where it was beyond salvaging. It was scrapped the following day. Lady Grange was moved to the workshops, where the long, slow repairs were carried out.

Lady Grange returned to service in June 2019, with a fresh coat of paint and was more powerful than before. To this day, she has become one of, if not, the best performing engine the railway has ever known. Because of her outstanding performances, The Society decided to have Lady Grange as the railway's mascot and a silhouette of her can be seen in the society's updated logo.

Livery
Up until her accident in 2016, Lady Grange Has always been painted in Hammermite 'Smooth Blue', with fine red and yellow lining on her tanks, cab and tender.

After her restoration she was repainted in HMG RAL5017 'Traffic Blue', with black and white lining on her tanks, cab and tender.

Trivia

 * Lady Grange is the series' star engine. A silhouette of her can be seen in the newly updated logo.
 * She's often addressed by Casey or the others as "Her Ladyship"
 * The real Lady Grange is currently undergoing an overhaul and it's repaint. Her owner has stated that after the overhaul is completed, she might be sold off, but has allowed her to remain in the series as the main engine.