Joe

Joe is a USATC S160 class steam locomotive

Appearance
Joe is painted charcoal black with the number 127 on his lamps, cab, and the back of his tender.

Personality
Joe suffers from his inability to self-actualize and self-reflect often causing him to suffer inwardly from nervous tension and emotional insecurities which always leads to feelings of shame, guilt and sadness.

Although dedicated, Joe's love goes unrequited, which effects manifest themselves as being clingy once it's given to him. He struggles with finding and creating his own identity and occasionally seeks out attention from others to cope with bouts of loneliness and sadness.

He is somewhat impulsive, as evident in the first chapter, "Joe's idea".

Despite all this he has a good heart, and would do anything to keep his friends from being cut up

Bio
Joe was built in 1943 by Alco, Baldwin Locomotive Works, and the Lima Locomotive Works for the United States Army Transportation. He came to the United Kingdom in the same year and served as somewhat as a sargent for the engines in his platoon, which included a certain old blue engine from the Furness Railway and 2 certain caledonian twin engines. He would grow fond of these 2 engines and gain a huge respect for Scotland, leading to him becoming good friends with another blue engine, who was also from the Caledonian railway. After the war he was repurposed by the London Midland and Scottish railway to run goods trains to and from South Hampton docks, which helped his reputation later in life. In the BR days Joe, Princess Lousie, Beaufort, Livie, Lewis, and Amanda were reassigned to the branchline where they work today. In 1964 Joe used his war skills as a sarge to try and save his home, but after this caused an accident, he now usually keeps to himself and hardly asks the other engines to do anything if they don't need to

Trivia

 * Joe is named after series creator, Joel Bjornsson
 * The idea of Joe being a sarge came after studying the history of the USATC S160
 * Although it hasn't been stated as of yet, Joe's favourite colour is green