Sir Topham Hatt's Car

Sir Topham Hatt/the Fat Controller owns a blue car featured in the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV Series. This is based on his ownership of one in the book Troublesome Engines. He uses it to go to places when the engines are busy, or to go see what the engines are doing. It once caused trouble when he drove it into a pothole in the road, but he thinks it very reliable, and wouldn't want to get to work in any other vehicle. It helped when some trucks ran away from Percy.

Despite its usual blue colour, Sir Topham's car has taken on many forms throughout the years. It was blue in The Railway Series, but consisted of three different models in the TV Series. In the puzzles and other merchandise, the car is yellow, and in one is seen as being red. It is possible that the Fat Controller has more than one car.

In all cases, his car is presented as a typical vehicle of the 1940s and 50s.