Fictional Characters
The 'Tramway' Class 04 locomotives were the basis for the character "Mavis" in The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry, and the subsequent Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV Series. A class 04 is preserved in this guise at Mangapps Railway Museum, running number 11104.
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