Angelica

Angelica is a character appearing in American Rail. She is a USRA 0-6-0 built in 1918 and is currently the Dallas and Northern Railroad's No. M1.

Basis
Angelica is based on the standard 0-6-0 switch locomotive of the United States Railroad Administration. These locomotives were built by ALCO and Baldwin during the US' involvement in the first World War and distributed to various railroads around the country. Many of these lines gave them different power classifications and commissioned copies of the design. Many of these were also used on class III industrial railroads, as increasing traffic dictated more powerful switchers, and thus major railroads began preferring the larger USRA 0-8-0. Many switchers of similar designs survive in preservation, but it is debatable how many are originals and which ones are copies, or even of the USRA design.

Angelica herself differs from the original design because she was rebuilt with a Belpaire firebox.

Livery
Angelica is painted in the standard color scheme of the D&N MOW team: Red with yellow lining, and yellow-and-black warning stripes on her smokebox, pilot and tender end.

Trivia

 * Angelica was the first character to be created, albeit under a different name. Her original name was Dixie, after the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway which her model was lettered for.