Class 40

    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in 1963 to assist the engines with goods and express work, but only insulted the other engines by saying they were out-of-date.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.

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

Appearances
In the Railway Series, the Diesel appeared in Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine.

In the television series:
 * Season 4 - Bowled Out and Rusty to the Rescue (cameo)

The Diesel has made numerous appearances in the magazines.

Merchandising

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