Terence

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Tank Engine Thomas Again
Thomas insulted Terence for his use of caterpillar tracks, but regretted it after Terence pulled him from a snowdrift.

More About Thomas the Tank Engine
Terence befriended Duck while Thomas was at the Works.

Toby, Trucks and Trouble
Terence did Percy's shunting work at Ffarquhar while Percy was at the harbour.

Thomas and Victoria
Terence was helping build a barn on the day Victoria was sent back to Thomas' Branch Line. After swerving for a boulder by the Hackenbeck tunnel his trailer fell down the cutting and balanced dangerously on a tree.

Persona
Terence is a helpful tractor. He pulls vehicles out of the snow when they are stuck. He likes his caterpillar wheels which help him travel on roads and fields.

Basis
Terence is based on a 1934 vintage Caterpillar Model Seventy - the largest, and last, design of petrol-powered tractors in Caterpillar's range.

Livery
Terence is painted orange with grey caterpillars and a black engine and exhaust pipe.

Appearances
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Railway Series

 * Tank Engine Thomas Again
 * More About Thomas the Tank Engine (mentioned)
 * Toby, Trucks and Trouble
 * Thomas and Victoria


 * Thomas's Christmas Party

Television series

 * Season 1 - Thomas, Terence and the Snow, Thomas and Bertie (mentioned), and Thomas' Christmas Party (does not speak)
 * Season 2 - The Runaway and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (cameo)
 * Season 3 - Henry's Forest, Mavis (cameo), Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party, and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Season 4 - Four Little Engines (cameo)
 * Season 5 - James and the Trouble with Trees, Happy Ever After, and Rusty and the Boulder (cameo)
 * Season 6 - The Fogman (cameo) and Faulty Whistles (does not speak)
 * Season 7 - Toby's Windmill (does not speak) and Not So Hasty Puddings (does not speak)

Specials:
 * The Great Discovery (does not speak)

He also made a cameo in the tenth season song H is for Harold.

He was going to appear in Ghost Train, but his scene was cut out for unknown reasons.

Magazine stories
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 * 1990 - Trouble in the Tunnel
 * 1993 - Trevor to the Rescue!
 * 1995 - Night Lights
 * 1996 - Going Slowly!
 * 2001 - Mister Mighty!
 * 2002 - The Winning Shot (does not speak)
 * 2003 - Slip and Grip!
 * 2005 - Sweet Scent (cameo)
 * 2008 - Funny Faces! (does not speak)
 * 2010 - Farm Fun! (does not speak) and Pulling the Post
 * 2011 - Terence and Trevor, Wet Wait, Market Day (does not speak), Really Red (does not speak), Snow Play, and Party Time

Trivia

 * Terence is drawn with a cab, but without his widow's peak in Thomas's Christmas Party.
 * Terence's television model is currently on display at Drayton Manor. His plow has been broken since the display opened.
 * Terence has a detachable plough.
 * Terence never had any eyebrows in the television series.
 * According to a magazine article, he sometimes works on Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway
 * TOMY/TrackMaster
 * Take-Along (discontinued)
 * Bandai Tecs
 * My First Thomas
 * My Thomas Story Library
 * Bachmann
 * De Agostini
 * Brio (discontinued)
 * Wind-up Trains