J. Dyson and Co. is a scrap metal and haulage company on Sodor. The company owns several lorries, which are used for transporting engines and rolling stock. They are also used to help out when there are accidents. They are usually accompanied by a flatbed, low loader or mobile crane.
Dyson Lorries are typically used to help whenever there is an accident where the rails can not reach. They are also used for carrying rolling stock and engines. One was once used to carry Duke to the Skarloey Railway.
Technical Details
Basis
The Dyson Lorries are loosely based on the Leyland Interim Beaver type lorries.
The Ertl diecast and artwork of the Dyson Lorry is inaccurately based on a lifted Ford F350 flatbed truck with widened fenders.
Livery
The Dyson Lorries are painted green with white roofs and wheel arches. "J. Dyson & Co." is painted on a sign above their roofs, "Jonathan Dyson & Co." is painted on the sides of their flatbeds and "Scrap Metal & Haulage" is painted on the sides of their cabs, all in white.
Appearances
Thomas & Friends
- Series 4 - Sleeping Beauty, Thomas and the Special Letter, Bulls Eyes and Special Attraction
- Series 5 - Cranky Bugs, Horrid Lorry, James and the Trouble with Trees, Bye George!, Haunted Henry, Double Teething Troubles, Thomas and the Rumours, Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday, A Surprise for Percy, Busy Going Backwards and Rusty and the Boulder
- Series 6 - No Sleep for Cranky (stock footage)
Trivia
- In the fourth series episode, Thomas and the Special Letter, one of the Breakdown Cranes was briefly repurposed for the Dyson Lorry's low loader.
Merchandise
- Ertl Company (discontinued; as "Dyson Low Loader")
Gallery
Thomas & Friends
Model Series
Miscellaneous
Merchandise
