Salty

"Ahoy mateys! Salty, pride of the seven seas. I'm a new Diesel and I'm here to give you some help."

- Salty, Salty's Secret, sixth season

   Salty   Salty is a Diesel shunter who works at Brendam Docks.
 * Class: BR Class 07
 * Number: 2991
 * Designer: Ruston and Hornsby
 * Builder: Ruston and Hornsby
 * Configuration: 0-6-0
 * Top speed: 27.5 mph

Bio
Salty worked on an unnamed coastal railway for many years, where he acquired his vast collection of stories and songs, before coming to Sodor to work at the Centre Island Quarry with Mavis, Bill, and Ben. Salty was upset, being used to working near the sea, but he soon won the trucks over with his tales and sea shanties, and as a reward for his hard work was sent to work at Brendam Docks.

Salty has shared many stories with his fellow engines that have often come into play later on. He told Percy that the carpet he was delivering might be magic, and odd happenings convinced Percy and Gordon that it was. He also told a story about a treasure on Sodor and Thomas followed all of Salty's clues and eventually found the treasure, just as the new Maritime Museum opened.

Salty later told the engines about the "strange engines" (Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand) that lived on Misty Island, a mysterious island not far from Sodor.

In the sixteenth season, he told Percy about the "Monster of Brendam" and Edward tried to find him a present.

In the seventeenth season, he tried to make Kevin feel better about working with Cranky. Later, Salty started experiencing engine trouble, but refused to go to the Dieselworks, as he was worried that the Fat Controller might send him back to the quarry if he wasn't useful. This concern was strengthened with the arrival of Porter. Salty went to the Dieselworks, but ended up crashing into a flatbed of fuel cans in his hurry to return to the Docks. The fuel made his wheels slip, and he ended up colliding with a shipment of party decorations! Salty was now certain that he would be sent away, but, to his relief, the Fat Controller told him that he was meant to work with Porter, who had been sent to help him.

Persona
Salty is easy-going, friendly and very practical. He also enjoys telling stories revolving around the sea and fantasy. His seafaring ways and accent are sometimes ridiculed by the other engines, but his usefulness almost always helps the others overlook that.

Basis
Salty is a BR Class 07 Diesel shunter. The number he has, 2991, is a real BR number belonging to a member of the class; built in 1962, this locomotive escaped the cutter's torch by becoming a static generator at Eastleigh Railway Works and is still working there under the ownership of Knights Rail Services as of March 2007. This class of locomotive worked at Southampton docks, where they replaced the older Southern Railway USA Tanks (Rosie's class).

Livery
Salty is painted crimson with pink warning stripes along his body, wasp stripes on his front and rear and yellow buffer beams with signs of rust. At the top of his forehead, he has the brim of a skipper's hat.

In Salty's Surprise, it is revealed that, due to a shortage of red paint, he was once painted green.

Appearances
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Television series

 * Season 6 - Salty's Secret, Harvey to the Rescue (cameo), No Sleep for Cranky, and Gordon Takes a Tumble
 * Season 7 - Bill, Ben and Fergus (cameo), What's the Matter with Henry? (cameo), James and the Queen of Sodor (cameo), The Spotless Record (cameo), Salty's Stormy Tale, Peace and Quiet, Best Dressed Engine (cameo), and Not So Hasty Puddings (cameo)
 * Season 8 - Percy's New Whistle (cameo), Thomas to the Rescue, Edward the Great (cameo), Squeak, Rattle and Roll (does not speak), Thomas and the Circus, Fish, James Goes Too Far, and Percy and the Magic Carpet
 * Season 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow (cameo), Thomas and the Birthday Picnic (cameo), Henry and the Flagpole, and Keeping up with James (does not speak)
 * Season 10 - Toby's Afternoon Off, Seeing the Sights (cameo), and Thomas and the Treasure
 * Season 11 - Thomas Sets Sail, Don't be Silly, Billy, Hide and Peep (cameo), and Thomas in Trouble (does not speak)
 * Season 12 - Henry Gets It Wrong
 * Season 14 - Being Percy (does not speak), Merry Winter Wish, and Thomas' Crazy Day (cameo)
 * Season 15 - Gordon and Ferdinand (cameo), Percy's New Friends, Edward the Hero (cameo), and Tree Trouble (does not speak)
 * Season 16 - Percy and the Monster of Brendam, Bust My Buffers!, Salty's Surprise, Sodor Surprise Day (cameo), Whiff's Wish (does not speak), Happy Birthday Sir!, and The Christmas Tree Express (mentioned)
 * Season 17 - Kevin's Cranky Friend, Not Now, Charlie!, Too Many Fire Engines (cameo), Away From the Sea, and Gone Fishing (cameo)
 * Season 18 - Thomas the Quarry Engine and Flatbeds of Fear
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - Mud, Glorious Mud (cameo)

He was originally to appear in It's Only Snow, but was cut for unknown reasons.

Specials:
 * Calling All Engines! (does not speak)
 * The Great Discovery (does not speak)
 * Misty Island Rescue
 * Day of the Diesels
 * King of the Railway (cameo)

Magazine stories

 * 2003 - Shipwrecked! and Flying Fish!
 * 2004 - Salty by the Sea, It's Only Snow!, Name Fame (does not speak), On the Beach, Ship Ahoy!, Dockers' Dinner, and Snake's Alive! (cameo)
 * 2005 - Fresh Fish, Percy and the Magic Carpet, and Passenger Pick Up
 * 2007 - Toby's Afternoon Off, and BoCo the Brave (does not speak)
 * 2008 - Funny Faces!
 * 2010 - In a Spin (does not speak), Henry Gets It Wrong!, Disgusted Diesels (does not speak), and Percy and the Magic Carpet
 * 2011 - A Home for Salty, Too Tired, Salty's Surprise!, Creepy Claw, Taking a Break, Winter Wish (does not speak), and Percy's New Friends (speaks in speech bubble only)
 * 2012 - Edward's Big Rescue, The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 644), Keeping up with James (cameo), and Talking Toby
 * 2013 - Happy Birthday, Sir!, Being Percy (cameo) and Kevin's Cranky Friend (does not speak)
 * 2014 - Salty's New Friend and Happy Birthday, Sir!

Salty also appeared in the magazine stories, Diesel Display, Diesels with Measles!, Fish and Fog!, Glider Rider, Gone Fishing, Hooked Hat, Sea-Bound Salty, Seeing Sails, and So Many Stories. }}

Voice Actors

 * Keith Wickham (UK/US; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Christian Greger Strøm (Norway; Misty Island Rescue - sixteenth season)
 * Simen Sand (Norway; Day of the Diesels onwards, barring the sixteenth season)
 * Thierry Kazazian (France and French speaking Canada)
 * Naoki Tatsuta (Japan; sixth-eighth seasons)
 * Ryuzou Ishino (Japan; ninth season onwards)
 * Zbigniew Konopka (Poland)

Trivia

 * Since Day of the Diesels, Salty shares Derek's hornsound.
 * Salty's model is currently on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
 * In Henry Gets It Wrong, Salty's cap brim is missing when he comes across the line of trucks blocking the line.
 * Salty differs slightly from his basis. Most Class 07s have a crankshaft at the end of their siderods. Salty lacks this feature.
 * Salty appeared in The Great Discovery and Misty Island Rescue, despite his basis not being built until after both specials are meant to have taken place.
 * Salty gains a permanent lamp in the eighteenth season.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (regular, green, talking, oil splattered, and battery powered; battery powered discontinued)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
 * TrackMaster (normal, talking, and green versions)
 * My First Thomas (talking)
 * Bachmann
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
 * Bandai Tecs
 * Take-Along (discontinued)
 * Take-n-Play
 * Nakayoshi
 * Wind-up
 * LEGO (discontinued)
 * Mega Bloks
 * Discover Junction

Quotes

 * "Don't take me away from the sea boys... Don't take me away from the sea!"

-Salty and Porter, Away From The Sea, seventeenth season