The Island of Sodor: The New Stories.

Henrietta the Rebuilt Engine (NWR No.3):

Of all the engines on the NWR, Henrietta, or Henry, is one of the more interesting cases. She was originally built in 1919 as an experimental engine. She was a mix of the GNR C1 Atlantic and the future LNER A1 Pacific. This design had been discarded by Sir Nigel Gresley, but these designs were stolen by arrival. However, the rival did not know that the design was faulty. By the time he realized this, Henry was already built. When she was completed, it was discovered that Henry had steaming problems. This was because her firebox was too small and couldn't make enough heat for her to steam properly. In this universe, Henry was going to be the template for a new class of engine, unlike in the books. The rival tried to pass her off as a new class of engine called the GNR Victory Class. She was named this because she was completed a year after the First World War ended. Henry didn't enter revenue earning service until she was sold to the NWR in 1921. The Fat Director was less than pleased when he received his new engine and had some choice words when Henry arrived. A year later, Henry infamously stopped in a tunnel and refused to move. In response, The Fat Director left her in a sighting near the tunnel. She stayed there for two days until Gordon broke down on the Wild'Nor'Wester. Then Henry was let out and pulled the train along with Edward. As a reward, Henry was repainted blue like the other engines. Unfortunately, Henry's issues persisted until her fireman had the idea to use Welsh coal to sort the issue. This solved the problem until she collided with a goods train near Kildane while pulling the Flying Kipper. Henry was so severely damaged that The Fat Director used this opportunity to send her to Crewe to be rebuilt. This is where Henry's story gets a little murky. Henry came back from Crewe with the appearance of an LMS Black 5. This has led some people to believe that pre-rebuild Henry and post-rebuild Henry are two separate engines. However, Henry has all of her memories from before her rebuild, so that pokes a hole into that theory. I personally believe they may have reworked and reforged some parts in the rebuild. Nevertheless, Henry returned in 1935 in a new shape and without any steaming problems at all. After this, Henry has been involved in more incidents including, but not limited to, flattening the metal rim around her wheels, losing her regulator, pushing and pulling two failed trains, setting sleepers on fire, damaging her smokebox door, falling apart on the express, and pulling a passenger train half-painted. Apart from Edward, Henry has had the most physical damage done to her. Despite all of that, Henry is still working to this day. An interesting thing about Henry is that she was opposed to appearing in the books at first. She eventually reached a compromise where a character in the books would be based off of her. Her story was the same, but Book Henry was male instead. In the RWS, Henry was repainted back into green to prevent being confused with Gordon, but in this universe Henry hadn't been green since 1922.