Hector

"KEEP AWAY!!!!!."

- Hector, "Hector the Horrid", eleventh season

    Hector the Big Truck

Hector is the Leader of the Troublesome Trucks, a coal hopper with "HECTOR" on his sides. He was built Built by Pressed Steel Car Company, Mt.Vernon, IL and in May 1949 and arrived on Sodor in 2007. His name stands for Heavily Engineered Coal Truck On Rails.

Bio
Hector was being a pain for Bill and Ben when they were bringing him into the yard because he was banging into the two engines. Hector, at first, was aggressive. He roared angrily at the engines to "Keep away!", giving Thomas a fright and scaring Rosie away. Thomas, determined to shunt him, accidentally pushed him off the line, and after being helped back onto the rails, Hector revealed he was intimidating so he wouldn't have to carry coal, being scared of doing so. Thomas showed him it was actually quite fun, and now Hector is one of the more friendly trucks. Some fans believe that he replaced Scruffey as the leader of the trucks, after Scruffey was buried in a landslide.

Appearances
Hector first appeared in the eleventh season episode "Hector the Horrid" and reappeared in the twelfth season episode "James Works It Out".

Basis
Hector is based on Union Pacific #7801 hopper car with added buffers.

Trivia

 * Being a hopper truck, Hector has his cargo unloaded from doors underneath his chassis.
 * Hector is the fourth named truck on Sodor (the first three are Scruffey, Fred Pelhay and Rickety).
 * Hector is unique amongst the trucks to have red bufferbeams.

Persona
Hector used a mean and aggressive persona to hide his fear of being filled with coal, but learnt otherwise and is now happy and friendly and is now good friends with the engines.

Livery
Hector is painted black with "HECTOR" painted on both sides in white. It is said that his name stands for 'Heavily Engineered Coal Truck on Rails'.

Merchandising

 * LC Wooden model
 * Take-Along model
 * TOMY/Trackmaster model