This page is for the lorries that have appeared in The Railway Series.
Notable Lorries[]
The following lorries have their own separate pages:
Old Lorries[]
The Old Lorries are small old-fashioned lorries. They were once a common sight around railway yards.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
These lorries resemble various English lorry designs dating from the 1920s to 1930s from manufacturing companies such as Ford, Dennis, Leyland and Morris.
Livery[]
These lorries are painted reddish-brown.
Appearances[]
Cattle Lorries[]
The Cattle Lorries are large lorries used for transporting cattle.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Livery[]
These lorries are painted brown with a wooden bodied cattle float.
Appearances[]
Scammell Scarab Lorries[]
The Scammell Scarab Lorries are snub-nosed lorries with a three-wheeled cab and flatbed.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The Scammell Scarab is a British 3-wheeled tractor unit produced by the truck manufacturer Scammell between 1948 and 1967. These vehicles are often known as "Snub-nose Lorries" or "Snub-nose Trucks" because of the round bonnet in front of the cab. This type of lorry was very popular with British Railways. About 60 are preserved.
Livery[]
In The Railway Series, one of these lorries was painted in the green Royal Air Force livery.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- Madge is the only known sentient lorry of this design in the Thomas & Friends.
B1054X1[]
B1054X1 is the registration number of an orange low loader lorry that transported Thomas to the National Railway Museum in York.
At first, Thomas was horrified to be carried by a lorry. However, he enjoyed travelling through the countryside from a different point of view. Unfortunately, the lorry's driver was unsure of his way and parked the lorry in the wrong place to find a telephone. A traffic warden would later book the disgruntled lorry driver a parking ticket.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Livery[]
The lorry is painted orange with a yellow number plate and black writing. The rear of the low loader has red and yellow hazard stripes.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
Companion Volumes[]
- 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
- 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection
Trivia[]
- The story of Not the Ticket is based on a real event where a Nene Valley Railway locomotive on a low loader was parked at Peterborough's old market square, as part of a charity fundraiser.
Container Lorries[]
A blue lorry once brought a container of sleepers for the Arlesdale Railway. However, the lorry was too large and could not get into the yard. So Jock had to haul the lorry's trailer instead.
A green container lorry with a grey trailer also appeared in the story Gordon Proves His Point in the Railway series book, Gordon the High-Speed Engine.
Another green low loader lorry of a similar design was once seen carrying Diesel in the Thomas & Friends magazine story, Road Ride.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Livery[]
The container lorry is painted blue and the trailer is painted orange-brown with white inscriptions on its front and sides. A second container lorry is painted green and the trailer is painted grey.
Appearances[]
Other Lorries[]
Several other unidentifiable lorries have appeared in The Railway Series.
