The Fat Controller purchased 7101 and the engines affectionately named him “Bear”-the only name 199 ever had was “Spamcan”, which the signalman called him as an insult after he broke down. However, his companion, D7101, was given a second chance due to the fact that he willingly helped Henry and expressed his disagreement with 199. The Fat Controller was not impressed with 199 and he was soon sent home in disgrace for insulting the steam engines on the North Western Railway. Henry, with some help from D7101, was able to move both trains and D199 and bravely pulled D199, the tankers and the passengers to the next station. However, after D7101's ejector leaked, making him unable to pull his passenger train, Henry was asked to help him as well. Henry, whose regulator had already jammed, came to help.
The next day, D199 ironically failed with a train of fuel and oil tankers at a signal box, blocking the crossing and only wails for his fitter.
Vulgar noises greeted this until Duck and D7101 managed to shut up D199. D199 soon made himself an enemy of the steam engines when he claimed that "steam engines spoil our image". In 1967, he came on trial to Sodor with another, more friendly diesel engine, known as D7101.
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