3-Plank Trucks are a type of standard gauge open wagon. The Ffarquhar Quarry Company owns several trucks of this type for transporting stone.
Biography[]
After swapping jobs with Toby, Percy once had to take some of these trucks down from Ffarquhar Quarry. The trucks pushed him past a sign warning trains to pin down brakes, down the Quarry Tramroad and into another set of 3-plank trucks in the stonecutting sidings at Ffarquhar.[1]
When Diesel returned to the North Western Railway to work on Thomas' Branch Line, these trucks teased Diesel by mimicking him. While moving a line of these trucks, Diesel angrily shunted them hard into a set of buffers and smashed the lead truck through the fence.[2]
Personalities[]
These trucks fall into the category of Troublesome Trucks.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
These trucks are based on the real 3-plank open wagons.
Livery[]
The 3-plank trucks are painted brown, cream or grey with black bracing.
Awdry's models of the 3-plank trucks are painted red with black bracing. They have lettering which reads "F.Q.C." and "ANOPHA" - as well as their respective numbers - written on their sides in cream with a black drop shadow.
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Trivia[]
- Awdry's models of the Ffarquhar Quarry Company 3-plank trucks were made from PECO Wonderful Wagons BQC Granophast trucks, with lettering altered to read "FQC Anopha".
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