Class 40

"Not bad, At least you're all clean."

- The Diesel, Bowled Out, fourth season

    The Diesel  The Diesel, also known as Class 40 and D261, is a diesel who once came on loan from the Other Railway.
 * Number: D261/D4711
 * Basis: BR Class 40
 * Builder: Vulcan Foundry
 * Configuration: 1Co-Co1

Bio
The Diesel was sent to Sodor in 1963 to assist the engines with goods and express work during Stepney's visit, but only insulted the other engines by saying they were out-of-date. He, of course, got his comeuppance when an inspector's bowler hat jammed in his air intake, leaving Duck and Stepney to take the Express for him.

While everyone was farewelling Stepney, the Diesel crept away, leaving behind "a rather nasty smell, and a battered bowler hat".

Basis
The Diesel is based on a BR Class 40 1Co-Co1. Another member of this class is Old Stuck-Up.

Livery
The Diesel is painted in British Railway's two-tone green livery with a black roof and yellow warning panels.

Railway Series

 * Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine

Television series

 * Season 4 - Rusty to the Rescue (cameo) and Bowled Out

He also made a cameo in one seventh season song.

Magazine stories

 * 2001 - Diesel Day!
 * 2002 - Dusty Diesel!
 * 2003 - The Big Hero
 * 2008 - Superhero!
 * 2010 - Proud Puffers

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (retired)
 * Hornby (with a Co-Co wheel arragement; discontinued)
 * Brio (discontinued)
 * Bandai Tecs