S.C. Ruffey

"As I thought. Rotten wood, rusty frames. Unserviceable before it came. Don't tell the trucks that, bad for discipline."

- The Fat Controller on Oliver's "dismantling" of Scruffey.

   S. C. Ruffey   S. C. Ruffey, also known as Scruffey, was a ballast wagon and the ring-leader of the Troublesome Trucks.
 * Class: 7-plank mineral wagon
 * Gauge: 4' 8.5"

Bio in the Railway Series
When Oliver returned from the Works after falling in a turntable well, S. C. Ruffey and the trucks sang rude songs about the event. Toad, worried by the lack of respect for the engines, consulted with Oliver and Duck and made a plan. Oliver then shunted S. C. Ruffey and his lieutenants and prepared to pull them. S. C. Ruffey rallied the trucks into holding back, but this only resulted in S. C. Ruffey being pulled apart. The Fat Controller attributed the incident to the wagon's poor condition, but told Oliver not to disclose the fact, saying it was "bad for discipline". After his parts were cleaned up S. C. Ruffey was scrapped.

Bio in the television series
S. C. Ruffey was rebuilt following his incident and wisely did not disclose the true nature of his rebuild. He was transferred to the Clay Pits and was used to haul clay in Bill, Ben, and Derek's train. Sometime later, he was being used in the coal mines when he and some other trucks got stuck in a piece of mining equipment. Percy was asked to give the trucks a hard shunt to get them moving but pushed them too hard and too fast. The trucks ran deep into the mine, eventually crashing into a roof support, causing the entire mine to collapse. He was trapped underground after the mine collapsed.

Basis
In the Railway Series, S. C. Ruffey is based on a "Private Owner" 7-plank fixed-end mineral wagon. In the Television Series, He is based on a "Private Owner" 7-plank end-door mineral wagon.

Livery
S. C. Ruffey is coloured grey with "S. C. RUFFEY and Co. Ballast Contractors-Tidmouth-Sodor" painted on both sides in white. Before his accident and repair his parts were all rusted and rotten. In the fifth season, he was fully grey and resembled the rest of the trucks.

Appearances
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Railway Series

 * Oliver the Western Engine

Television series

 * Season 4 - Toad Stands By
 * Season 5 - Put Upon Percy (possible cameo), Double Teething Troubles (possible cameo), and Oliver's Find (stock footage cameo)

Magazine stories

 * 2011 - Special Carriage
 * 2013 - Hover Bother! (cameo)

S.C. Ruffey also appeared in the magazine story, Think Pink. }}

Voice Actors

 * Hisao Egawa (Japan)

Trivia

 * According to Spencer, in a magazine story, S. C. stands for 'Special Carriage'.
 * Some Trackmaster models of Duck were seen with a plain grey freight car with a brownish orange chassis. This seems to represent S. C. Ruffey, but it may also have been a prototype.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (two Christmas editions;discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (two versions; discontinued)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued outside Asia)
 * TrackMaster (discontinued)
 * Tomix
 * Bandai (several versions; discontinued)
 * Bachmann (HO and large scale)
 * Hornby
 * Lionel Trains (discontinued)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * Wind-up (Japan only)
 * Brio (discontinued)