![]() 'Teddy' Boston, then curate at Wisbech, arranged for Awdry to ride on the footplate of one of the last surviving steam tram engines on the Tramway. Further inspiration was drawn soon after when the Rev. ![]() Inspiration for Toby came from the Awdrys watching a J70 working the docks at Great Yarmouth in 1951. In 1952, the steam tram engines were replaced by diesel Drewry Shunters (the BR Class 04). The line closed to passengers in 1927, but freight services continued until lorries and road transport boomed in the 1950s. The J70s were used for dock shunting duties, but their main assignment was the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia, which like with many light railways in the region, was primarily used for the transportation of fruit and other farm produce. His cowcatchers and sideplates allow him to run on roadside tramways, which other engines are not allowed to do for safety reasons. Toby is based on a J70 tram engine from the Great Eastern Railway (GER Class C53).
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