Quarry Trucks

Quarry trucks are a type of truck used at quarries for carrying bulk material.

Anopha Quarry Trucks
"I can't waste time playing hunt the trucks with you, take them yourself!"

- Toby to Mavis, Mavis

 Railway Series=   Anopha Quarry Trucks    Anopha Quarry trucks are small trucks privately owned by Ffarquhar Quarry Company. They are used to transport stone and slate from the quarry down to Ffarquhar and Knapford Harbour.
 * Class: 5 and 7-Plank Open Wagons

Basis
Anopha Quarry trucks are based on 5 and 6-plank open wagons.

Railway Series

 * Branch Line Engines - Percy's Predicament
 * Tramway Engines - Mavis and Toby's Tightrope
 * Toby, Trucks and Trouble - Mavis and the Lorry and Bulstrode
 * Thomas Comes Home - Snow Problem, Washout! and Toby's Megatrain
 * Wilbert the Forest Engine - Foaming at the Funnel

Liveries
Anopha Quarry trucks have been seen in many liveries such as orange, grey, pink and yellow, accompanied with 'FQC' in white/grey.

Merchandise

 * Lionel

China Clay Trucks
  Railway Series=   China Clay Trucks    China Clay trucks are trucks privately owned by the Sodor China Clay Company. They are used to transport China clay from the quarry to Brendam Docks for shipping to the Mainland.
 * Class: 6 Plank Open Wagons

Basis
China Clay trucks are based on 6 plank open wagons.

Railway Series

 * Main Line Engines - The Diseasel and Wrong Road

Liveries
China Clay trucks have been seen in liveries such as red and green, accompanied with 'SODOR CHINA CLAY' in white.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)

Ballast Trucks
  Railway Series=   Ballast Trucks    Ballast trucks are trucks that reside at The Little Western. They are used to transport ballast from the Arlesdale Railway to the North Western Railway.
 * Class: 7 and 8-plank Plank Open Wagons, Mineral Wagons

According to the Railway Series volume, Oliver the Western Engine, ballast trucks were considered to be the worst of all for a long time. This was until Donald and Douglas managed to transform goods traffic on both the Main Line and the Little Western. In addition they stopped their teasing towards Oliver when he pulled S.C. Ruffey, their leader, apart.

Basis
Ballast trucks are based on 7 and 8-plank open wagons. They were later replaced by Mineral wagons.

Liveries
The 7-8 Plank Ballast trucks are painted in pink, blue, brown, grey and orange while the Mineral Wagons are painted orange, light grey and brown.

Railway Series

 * Oliver the Western Engine - Resource and Sagacity and Toad Stands By
 * Wilbert the Forest Engine - Wired-Up

Host Wagons
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One host wagon was briefly seen being pulled by Thomas in the special, Blue Mountain Mystery.

Basis
A real life example from the Padarn Railway, a slate carrying line, can be found at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at the Talyllyn Railway.

Slate Trucks
"Lucky you! All I can see is another truck's backside!"

- A slate truck, Journey Beyond Sodor

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Basis
The slate trucks are based on the 2-bar wooden slate wagons of the Talyllyn Railway, scaled up accordingly.

Livery
The slate trucks are painted white.

Television Series
Specials:
 * Journey Beyond Sodor
 * Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie

Trivia

 * The slate trucks are the first trucks to have a completely different face design, compared to former trucks in the CGI Series.

Merchandise

 * TrackMaster