'Arry and Bert

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

- James, "Middle Engine", sixth season

    'Arry and Bert 
 * Class: BR Class 08
 * Primary function: Shunting service
 * Builder: BR Works of Crewe, Darlington, Derby and Doncaster
 * Build date: 1953
 * Configuration: 0-6-0
 * Gauge: 4' 8.5"
 * Maximum speed: 15 mp/h
 * Wheelbase: 11' 6"
 * Length: 29' 3"
 * Width: 8' 6"
 * Height: 12' 8.5"
 * Weight: 49.6 long tons
 * Wheel diameter: 3' 6"
 * Fuel capacity: 668 imp. gal.
 * Prime mover: English Electric 6KT
 * Traction motors: English Electric 506, 2 off
 * Transmission: DC generator, DC traction motors, double reduction drive
 * Power output: 350 hp
 * TE: 35 000 lb/f
 * Locomotive brakeforce: 19 LT/f
 * Brakes: Vaccum
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1998

'Arry and Bert are two diesels who work for the Sodor Ironworks at the smelters.

Bio
'Arry and Bert are simply downright villainous troublemakers. 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. According to merchandise bios, they wish to scrap Oliver as well.

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 are BR Class 08 shunters. Their models were apparently 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 on their fronts and rears and a bright yellow cab for safety reasons. They have "Sodor Ironworks" written on their sides in white.

Appearances
'Arry and Bert appeared in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth seasons. One also appeared in an intermission segment of the tenth season.

Both played roles in "Calling All Engines" and made cameos in "The Great Discovery".

Telling them Apart
The only way in which to tell the twins apart is that 'Arry has narrower eyes while Bert has a deep voice with a West London accent and stubble around his mouth.

Merchandising

 * ERTL models (discontinued)
 * LC Wooden models
 * Take-Along models (available as normal and in metallic)
 * Hornby models
 * My Thomas Story Library 'Arry and Bert'

Trivia

 * According to some merchandise lines, they can also referred to as "Iron 'Arry" and "Iron Bert".
 * 'Arry and Bert's Hornby models have Splatter and Dodge's faces.
 * The metallic release of 'Arry and Bert in Take-Along has a spelling error on the character card. It reads "'Arrt and Bert".