Charlie Maquire

Charlie Maquire is a volunteer driver on the Model Engineer's Society.

Bio
Born 3rd March 1993, Charlie took interest in railways when he got his first model train set at the age of 5. Since then he had always dreamed at working on the railways.

Before joining the Model Engineers Society in June 2013, Charlie was an undergraduate of a metropolitan college, studying to become an engineer. he passed with standard grades and was offered the chance to work for the miniature railway by the society's chairman. His first day was to relief the society's shunter, who had taken severely ill the night before an urgent assistance with Drumawhey Junction's railway. Although being glad to get the chance to help on the railways, Charlie never had any experience at driving the engines. With the guidance from Casey, he soon got the basics and was a big help. However his enthusiasm often got him in trouble when he shunted the wrong coaches to another train and also became the victim of a staged sabotage. After good word was put in for him, He resumed his time at Drumawehy's railway and was asked to join the team on their return trip to the MES, in July 2013.

His time at the MES had started out rough with his introduction to the Motor Car Society and after a runway of one of the railway's diesels, he vowed to not participate in any operations unless he was fully qualified to do so.

The following year, Charlie had enrolled for his steam passenger test and passed with flying colours. He is mostly seen operating the railway main engine, Betty.

Charlie often takes part in some of the adventures in the stories, but only on ones where he is available to do so.

Trivia

 * In early planning stage for his stories, Charlie was originally written to replace Mike Whitehouse as the character was originally planned to be written out of the series.
 * Charlie is the only member of the team to have kissed Jane, making Cars very jealous.
 * His surname is based off an old friend of Michael White whom had been good friends with during 2014.