Terence

"Adaptable. That's what my owner says I am. Go anywhere do anything that's me. You take my advice and scrap your rails. Broaden your out look like me!"

- Terence mocking Toby and Percy, Toby Takes the Road, Toby, Trucks and Trouble

   Terence

Terence is a crawler tractor.

Bio in the Railway Series
Thomas insulted Terence for having caterpillar tracks, but regretted it after Terence pulled him from a snowdrift.

Terence befriended Duck while Thomas was at the Works.

Terence did Percy's shunting work at Ffarquhar while Percy was at the Knapford Harbour.

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 the tractor is an assertive, orange tractor with caterpillar tracks that the engines find very unusual. But Terence is very capable of proving that he does not need rails and that his tracks allow him to go practically anywhere. He takes any teasing in the name of fun and is happy to get on with his job, usually partaking in agricultural work. But Terence never hesitates to assist in emergencies or sticky situations, road or rail, due to his helpful, forgiving nature. His tracks are particularly invaluable in harsh winter conditions when snow can affect transport across the Island. He may be slow, but he is versatile, adaptable, and helpful. He can usually be found transporting agricultural produce or cheerily ploughing fields beside Thomas's branch line.

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.

Magazine stories

 * 1987 - Thomas' Christmas Party and Thomas, Terence and the Snow
 * 1988 - Thomas and Bertie (mentioned) and The Runaway
 * 1989 - Clearing Up (does not speak)
 * 1990 - Trouble in the Tunnel, and Henry's Forest (does not speak)
 * 1993 - Trevor to the Rescue!
 * 1994 - The Hot Soup Special!
 * 1995 - Night Lights
 * 1996 - Going Slowly!, and The Hay Engine!
 * 2001 - Mister Mighty!
 * 2002 - The Winning Shot (does not speak)
 * 2003 - Slip and Grip!, and A Foggy Friend (cameo)
 * 2004 - Terence's Little Lamb and Henry's Forest
 * 2005 - Sweet Scent (cameo)
 * 2007 - Blown About!, The Lost Spring, and Wheely Useful
 * 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, Party Time, and Perfect Plough
 * 2012 - Sand Express (does not speak), and Messy Monster! (does not speak)
 * 2013 - A Friend in Need, Bulgy's Back, Seeing Red! (does not speak), and The Seaside Special (does not speak)

Terrence also appeared in the magazine stories, Christmas Puddings, Diesel Display, Good Games, Bad Sport!, Holiday Havoc!, Percy and Terence, Rude James, Size Wise, Take Off with Terence, and The Huge Horses!. }}

Voice Actors

 * Yasuhiko Kawazu (Japan)

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 plough has been broken since the display opened.
 * Terence has a detachable plough.
 * Terence never had any eyebrows in the television series.
 * Terence never had an eye mechanism until The Great Discovery.
 * According to a magazine article, he sometimes works on Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm.
 * In some merchandising and books, Terence's name is sometimes misspelt as "Terrance" or similar.
 * In the 1996 annual story, James Gets Cracking, Terence's driver was revealed to be named Farmer Finney.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
 * TrackMaster (discontinued)
 * Take-Along (discontinued)
 * Bandai (several versions; discontinued)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)
 * My First Thomas
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
 * Bachmann
 * De Agostini
 * Brio (discontinued)
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * Wind-up Trains