Elizabeth

"That would be vintage Sentinel lorry."

- Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry, sixth season

    Elizabeth Elizabeth is a vintage Sentinel steam lorry.

Bio
Prior to his becoming Controller of the North Western Railway, Sir Topham Hatt owned Elizabeth - she notes that he was not the best driver. For unknown reasons, Elizabeth was sheeted in a shed and remained there until Thomas' crew found her several decades later when they needed urgent transportation to the Works for new side-rods. Jem Cole restored Elizabeth and she is to this day in perfect working order.

Persona
Elizabeth does not like laziness or rudeness and will respond to both in the strongest terms. Although she believes roads are superior to rails, she often helps the engines out. She is very sensitive about how others refer to her by her age.

Basis
Elizabeth is based on a Sentinel DG4 steam lorry with a three-way tipper behind her cab.

Livery
Elizabeth is painted maroon with gold and black stripes.

Appearances
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Television series

 * Season 6 - Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry, Jack Frost, Rusty Saves the Day, and Faulty Whistles
 * Season 7 - Not So Hasty Puddings
 * Season 8 - Thomas and the Tuba and Emily's Adventure
 * Season 11 - Emily's Rubbish, Smoke and Mirrors, Thomas Sets Sail, Toby's Triumph, and Wash Behind Your Buffers (cameo)

Specials:
 * The Great Discovery (cameo)

She also appeared in ninth and tenth season music videos.

Magazine stories
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 * 2003 - Queen of the Road! and Story Time!
 * 2005 - Warm Work
 * 2006 - No Trouble for Toby and Steamed Up
 * 2007 - Helpful Harvey (does not speak)
 * 2008 - Warm Work (does not speak)
 * 2010 - Launching Lizzie and Ready, Steady, Go!
 * 2011 - Off Colour, Fuss and Fumes (mentioned), and The New Works (does not speak)
 * 2012 - Fish and Ships

Trivia

 * Elizabeth is the only character able to insult Sir Topham Hatt without getting into trouble, as she was the first lorry he ever drove.
 * Elizabeth's model is now on display at Drayton Manor.
 * Elizabeth's shed was used as Toby's shed in the sixth season.
 * There must be a large scale model of Elizabeth since she interacted with the large scale Skarloey Railway engines' models.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * TOMY/TrackMaster
 * Take-Along (discontinued)
 * Take-n-Play
 * Bandai Tecs
 * Wind-up Trains
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)