Salty

"Ahoy mateys! Salty, pride of the seven seas. I'm a new Diesel and I'm here to give you some help."

- Salty, Salty's Secret, sixth season

    Salty  Salty is a Diesel shunter who works at Brendam Docks.
 * Class: BR Class 07
 * Number: 2991
 * Designer: Ruston and Hornsby
 * Builder: Ruston and Hornsby
 * Configuration: 0-6-0

Bio
Salty worked on an unnamed coastal railway for many years, where he acquired his vast collection of stories and songs, before coming to Sodor to work at the Centre Island Quarry with Mavis, Bill, and Ben. Salty was upset, being used to working near the sea, but he soon won the trucks over with his tales and sea shanties, and as a reward for his hard work was sent to work at Brendam Docks.

Salty has shared many stories with his fellow engines that have often come into play later on. He told Percy that the carpet he was delivering might be magic, and odd happenings convinced Percy and Gordon that it was. He also told a story about a treasure on Sodor and Thomas followed all of Salty's clues and eventually found the treasure, just as the new Maritime Museum opened.

Salty later told the engines about the "strange engines" (Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand) that lived on Misty Island, a mysterious island not far from Sodor.

Persona
Salty is easy-going, friendly and very practical. He also enjoys telling stories revolving around the sea and fantasy. His seafaring ways and accent are sometimes ridiculed by the other engines, but his usefulness almost always helps the others overlook that.

Basis
Salty is a BR Class 07 Diesel shunter. The number he has, 2991, is a real BR number belonging to a member of the class; this locomotive escaped the cutter's torch by becoming a static generator at Eastleigh Railway Works and is still working there under the ownership of Knights Rail Services as of March 2007. This class of locomotive worked at Southampton docks, where they replaced the older Southern Railway USA Tanks (Rosie's class).

Livery
Salty is painted crimson with pink warning stripes along his body, wasp stripes on his front and rear and yellow buffer beams with signs of rust. At the top of his forehead, he has the brim of a skipper's hat.

In Salty's Surprise, it is revealed that, due to a shortage of red paint, he was once painted green.

Appearances
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Television series

 * Season 6 - Salty's Secret, Harvey to the Rescue (cameo), No Sleep for Cranky, and Gordon Takes a Tumble
 * Season 7 - Bill, Ben and Fergus (cameo), What's the Matter with Henry? (cameo), James and the Queen of Sodor (cameo), The Spotless Record (cameo), Salty's Stormy Tale, Peace and Quiet, Best Dressed Engine (cameo), and Not So Hasty Puddings (cameo)
 * Season 8 - Percy's New Whistle (cameo), Thomas to the Rescue, Edward the Great (cameo), Squeak, Rattle and Roll (does not speak), Thomas and the Circus, Fish, James Goes Too Far, and Percy and the Magic Carpet
 * Season 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow (cameo), Thomas and the Birthday Picnic (cameo), Henry and the Flagpole, and Keeping up with James (does not speak)
 * Season 10 - Toby's Afternoon Off, Seeing the Sights (cameo), and Thomas and the Treasure
 * Season 11 - Thomas Sets Sail, Don't be Silly, Billy, Hide and Peep (cameo), and Thomas in Trouble (does not speak)
 * Season 12 - Henry Gets It Wrong
 * Season 14 - Being Percy (does not speak), Merry Winter Wish, and Thomas' Crazy Day (cameo)
 * Season 15 - Gordon and Ferdinand (cameo), Percy's New Friends, Edward the Hero (cameo), and Tree Trouble (does not speak)
 * Season 16 - Percy and the Monster of Brendam, Bust My Buffers!, Salty's Surprise, Sodor Surprise Day (cameo), Whiff's Wish (does not speak), and Happy Birthday Sir!

Specials:
 * Calling All Engines! (does not speak)
 * The Great Discovery (does not speak)
 * Misty Island Rescue
 * Day of the Diesels

Magazine stories
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 * 2003 - Shipwrecked! and Flying Fish!
 * 2004 - Salty by the Sea, Name Fame (does not speak), On the Beach, and Ship Ahoy!
 * 2005 - Fresh Fish
 * 2007 - Toby's Afternoon Off
 * 2008 - Funny Faces!
 * 2010 - In a Spin (does not speak) and Henry Gets It Wrong!
 * 2011 - A Home for Salty, Too Tired, Salty's Surprise!, Creepy Claw, Taking a Break, Winter Wish (does not speak), and Percy's New Friends (speaks in speech bubble only)
 * 2012 - Edward's Big Rescue and The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 644)

Voice Actors

 * Keith Wickham (UK/US; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Christian Greger Strøm (Norway; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Naoki Tatsuta (Japan; Seasons 6 - 8)

Trivia

 * Salty differs slightly from a real BR Class 07: real Class 07s have a crankshaft at the end of their siderods. Salty is missing this feature.
 * Salty's model is currently on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (regular, talking, oil splattered, and battery powered)
 * TOMY/TrackMaster (red and green versions)
 * My First Thomas (talking)
 * Bachmann
 * My Thomas Story Library
 * Bandai Tecs
 * Take-Along/Take-n-Play
 * Wind-up Trains
 * Mega Bloks
 * Discover Junction