Farmer Collett

"You're no fool, Farmer Collett!"

- Henry, The Scarecrow Competition!

Farmer Collett is a farmer who regularly appears in the magazines. He is good friends with Jem Cole and owns a bull named Lord Harry, several horses, and other animals.

Bio
He is old-fashioned and often remembers the "good old days". He regularly travels to the village on one of his horses along a bridleway. The bridleway was split in two when Thomas' Branch Line was constructed. This was later solved when the Fat Controller purchased a cheap scrap turntable from the Mainland to be made into a bridge to cross Thomas' line.

Farmer Collett once decorated an old oil tank to make it look like Thomas in an effort to get a rare bluebird to move out of Thomas' funnel. The trick works and the bluebird now happily resides in a chimney pot on the old oil tank. Thomas named the oil tank, Bluebird. After drawing the face on the oil tank, Thomas remarks that Farmer Collett is a good artist as well as a farmer.

Farmer Collett has worked as a gardener at Dingley Hall where he cut some bushes into the shapes of animals which scared the engines.

Magazine stories

 * 1998 - The Scarecrow Competition!
 * 2001 - Mister Mighty! (not named)
 * 2000 - Harold's View (does not speak), Harvest, and Turntable Bridge!
 * 2002 - In the Picture (not named), Time Trouble! (does not speak) and Henry
 * 2003 - Camel Crossing!
 * 2007 - Henry's Hairy Passenger
 * 2013 - James and the Giant Animals (not named), Thomas and the Bluebird (not named), and Henry's Scary Passenger! (mistaken for Farmer Trotter)

Farmer Collett also appeared in the magazine story, Reindeer Cheer!, Animal Antics!, Animals, Bulgy's Bridge, Harvest, Reindeer Cheer!, Sodor's Strong Man, Spotty Spencer, Station Mystery, and Summer Fun!.