'Arry and Bert

"Pah! I could take those two with bent buffers and a busted boiler!"

- James, "Middle Engine", sixth season

    'Arry and Bert the Scrap Diesels

'Arry and Bert are two diesels who work for the Sodor Ironworks at the smelters. They were built in 1958.

Bio
Whereas Diesel appears to have turned over a new leaf, 'Arry and Bert appear to be as bad as ever. They have been known to attempt to scrap Stepney, make Percy and James "middle engines" and make the engines believe Neville was planning to bump them.

Persona
'Arry and Bert are unquestionably devious and scheming. Although at first they had a heartened dislike for steam engines, they appear to have accustomed to their smoke-puffing companions and now only have a "friendly" rivalry with them.

Basis
'Arry and Bert, like Diesel, are BR Class 08 shunters. Their models were repainted from Splatter and Dodge's after the filming of "Thomas and the Magic Railroad".

Livery
'Arry and Bert are painted green-grey with yellow hazard stripes. They have "Sodor Ironworks" written on their sides in white.

Telling them apart
The two things that distinguish the two is their eyes - 'Arry's are narrower - their voices - Bert's is deeper, with a West London accent - and their chins - Bert has a five o'clock shadow.