King Henry VIII

King Henry VIII is a GWR 6000 "King" class locomotive (GWR 6013) in the Woodhead line series.

Bio in the Woodhead line series
King Henry VIII was built at Swindon in 1928 and spent his whole working life on the western region. After withdrawal he was retained by Swindon works with the hopes of selling him to a heritage line and thus was brought in on trial by Mr Phillipson to assist with the recently reopened Woodhead line.

His appointment was not a popular one. He wasn't considered a suitable loco for the work and was foul mannered and highly prejudiced toward the other engines. When hauling a train of unfitted hopper wagons, he brazenly exceeded the speed limit and lost control of his train when his own brakes failed, only narrowly avoiding a crash at Sheffield.

He was later deemed a failure and was sent back to Swindon, and later scrapped. He was promptly replaced by his much more agreeable classmate, King Richard II.

Persona
Henry is a dis-likeable engine, he is rude, prejudiced and ignorant and the engines and management did not take to him at all. When asked why he would not enter the shed upon arrival he protested that it was dirty and that his own sheds on the western region were pristine. Edwin immediately debunked this statement as he had visited many western region sheds. He also deliberately ignored his drivers warnings about speeding with an unfitted train, this recklessness ultimately cost him his life.