Duke

Duke is one of the oldest engines on Sodor.

Backstory
Duke was built in 1879 in Boston Lodge Works. He came to Sodor in the same year he was built, to complete the Mid Sodor Railway. He became the Mid Sodor Railway's number 1.

In 1936, becuse the Mid Sodor Railway's passenger trains declined, Duke was used for mining trains. He was abandoned in his shed in 1947, when the Mid Sodor Railway closed.

He was found in 1969 by adventurers. He became the Skarloey Railway's number 8. He was repainted SKR red in 1996 because he attended Ivo Hugh's naming ceremony,

Trivia

 * The is the only tender engine on the Skarloey Railway.
 * Mountanieer's tender was used to build Duke.