Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Open Trucks

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There are two types of Lynton and Barnstaple Railway open trucks in the television series.

They are also simply known as trucks in the UK narration or cars in the US narration.

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Short Trucks

These trucks are rolling stock used for transporting goods and materials throughout the railways, such as the North Western Railway.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

When Diesel came on trial to the North Western Railway, he attempted to pull some old, rusty and empty trucks. Diesel found it difficult to move the trucks and was very forceful with them, as they had stiff joints and some of their brakes were on. He got so frustrated with the trucks that he accidentally overturned some when their brakes finally snapped. Diesel could not move the remaining trucks and was forced to give up, as a result, he was made into a laughing stock by the other trucks. ^[1]

These trucks are commonly used for transporting China clay and stone, and are usually found at the Clay Pits and the Ffarquhar Quarry. They were once used by Edward for transporting pieces of scrap from Wellsworth Scrap Yard.

Personalities

Despite being faceless, these trucks are apparently sentient as some were visible amongst the Troublesome Trucks singing at Diesel.

Technical Details

Basis

These trucks are based on the real Lynton and Barnstaple Railway 4-wheel wagons, scaled up from narrow gauge to standard gauge.

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Livery

These trucks are painted in either the same or different shade of brown.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Series 2 - Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Saved from Scrap, Old Iron, Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, Percy and Harold, The Runaway (deleted scene), Percy Takes the Plunge, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, The Missing Coach (episode cancelled), The Deputation, Daisy, Percy's Predicament, The Diseasel and Edward's Exploit
Series 3 - A Scarf for Percy, Donald's Duck, Diesel Does it Again, Trust Thomas (deleted scene), Mavis, Toby's Tightrope, All at Sea (deleted scene), Oliver Owns Up and Bulgy
Series 4 - Train Stops Play, Bowled Out and Toad Stands By
Series 5 - Horrid Lorry, Put Upon Percy, Stepney Gets Lost and A Surprise for Percy
Series 6 - Salty's Secret

Trivia

A truck's model was used in a few episodes in TUGS, particularly being pulled by the steam engine character Puffa.
Twitter user ThomasTankMerch owns a Tenmille version of this truck.
Some of these trucks had their brake pipes removed to accommodate a face, but this never happened onscreen.

Merchandise

Motor Road and Rail (several versions)
Capsule Plarail (several versions)
TrackMaster (several versions; discontinued)
Bachmann (narrow gauge)

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Long Trucks

These trucks are rolling stock used for transporting goods and materials throughout the railways, such as the North Western Railway.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

Two of these trucks, loaded with pipes, were used during the repairs of the Viaduct. ^[2]

Toby was once given the job of transporting some trucks of saplings to the forest for planting, as the old trees were damaged due to a fierce storm. ^[3]

Personalities

Despite being faceless, these trucks are apparently sentient as some were visible amongst the Troublesome Trucks singing at Diesel.

Basis

These trucks are based on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway bogie goods wagons, scaled up from narrow gauge to standard gauge.

Livery

In the CGI series, these trucks are painted in different liveries, such as brown and olive green, all in either the same or different shade.

In the model series, these trucks trucks are painted in either the same or different shade of red.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Series 2 - Cows, Thomas and Trevor (deleted scene), Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, The Runaway, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, Better Late Than Never, Break Van, Wrong Road and Ghost Train
Series 3 - Henry's Forest
Series 5 - Cranky Bugs, Horrid Lorry, James and the Trouble with Trees, Gordon and the Gremlin and Thomas and the Rumours
Series 14 - Thomas in Charge, Thomas' Crazy Day, Jumping Jobi Wood! and Thomas and Scruff
Series 15 - Gordon and Ferdinand, Percy's New Friends, Edward the Hero, Happy Hiro, Up, Up and Away!, Surprise, Surprise, Stop That Bus!, Stuck on You and Kevin the Steamie
Series 16 - Race to the Rescue, Flash Bang Wallop!, Thomas Toots the Crows, Bust My Buffers!, Percy and the Calliope, Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor, Salty's Surprise, Emily's Winter Party Special, Muddy Matters, Whiff's Wish and Happy Birthday Sir!

Specials

2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad
2011 - Day of the Diesels
2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Merchandise

TrackMaster (blue, green, orange, and Christmas themed; discontinued)
Lionel Trains (labelled as Troublesome Trucks; discontinued)

References

North Western Railway

* RWS only | ** T&F only | ~~---~~ Dropped

Locomotives	Steam	Thomas \| Edward \| Henry \| Gordon \| James \| Percy \| Toby \| Duck \| Donald and Douglas \| Oliver \| Wellsworth and Suddery Railway Tank Engines* \| Bill and Ben \| Stepney \| Harvey \| Emily \| Arthur \| Murdoch \| Fergus \| Molly \| Neville \| Rosie \| Whiff \| Billy \| Stanley \| Hank \| Flora \| Victor \| Charlie \| Bash and Dash \|Ferdinand \| Scruff \| Belle \| Porter \| Timothy \| Marion \| Ryan \| Nia \| Rebecca \| Sonny \| Barry* \| The Austerity Engine* \| The Märklin Engine**
	Diesel	Daisy \| BoCo \| Bear* \| The Works Diesel* \| Pip and Emma* \| Diesel \| Mavis \| Derek \| 'Arry and Bert \| Diesel 10 \| Salty \| Dennis \| Den \| Dart \| Paxton \| Norman \| Sidney \| Philip**
	Other	The Ballast Cleaner* \| Peel Godred Engines* \| Flynn \| Winston \| Stafford \| Dustin
	Former	Coffee Pots \| Hiro \| Glynn
Rolling Stock	Coaches	Annie and Clarabel \| Henrietta \| Alice and Mirabel* \| Isabel and Dulcie* \| Victoria* \| Old Slow Coach \| Slip Coaches \| Hannah \| Dexter \| Express Coaches \| Branch Line Coaches \| Old Coaches \| Thomas' Special Coach* \| The Quarryman's Coach* \| Emily's Coaches \| Toby's Museum Coach \| Flora's Tram Coach \| Open-Topped Carriages \| Ulfstead Castle Coaches**
	Trucks	Troublesome Trucks \| S.C. Ruffey \| Elsie* \| Fred Pelhay* \| James' Trucks \| Thomas' Trucks \| Plank Trucks \| Quarry Trucks \| Utility Trucks \| The Calliope \| Mine Trolleys \| Hoppers \| Hector \| Vans \| Mail Vans \| Utility Vans \| Animal Wagons \| Tankers \| Flatbeds, Conflats and Wellwagons \| Misty Island Log Trucks \| Ladle Trucks \| The Traveller \| Aquarium Tank Wagons
	Brake Vans	Brake Vans \| The Spiteful Brake Van \| Toad
	Other	The Breakdown Train \| Rocky \| Judy and Jerome \| The Circus Train \| The Funfair Train \| The Flying Kipper \| Gordon's Snow Machine \| Pump Trolley \| The Photographer's Draisine
Non-Rail Vehicles		Kevin \| Cranky \| Carly \| Big Mickey \| Reg**
People		Sir Topham Hatt (Stephen Hatt) \| Albert Regaby \| Kevin Volley* \| Old Bailey \| Mr. Conductor \| Mr. Arkwright \| Mr. Perkins
Lines		The Main Line (Main Line Loop) \| Ffarquhar Branch Line \| The Little Western \| Brendam Branch Line \| Kirk Ronan Branch Line \| Peel Godred Branch Line \| Norramby Branch Line \| Toby's Branch Line \| Stepney's Branch Line \| Misty Valley Branch Line \| Killdane Branch Line \| The Loop Line \| Ulfstead Branch Line \| Harwick Branch Line \| Coaling Plant Branch Line**

United Kingdom

* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	SR	Stepney \| Boxhill* \| Bluebell and Primrose* \| Adams*
	LNER	Gordon's Brothers* \| Flying Scotsman \| Pretty Polly \| Lemberg \| Green Arrow* \| Mallard* \| Silver Jubilee* \| Toby's Brothers* \| 1020* \| 8783*
	LMS	Jinty and Pug* \| The Foreign Engine* \| Bahamas* \| Duchess of Hamilton* \| Duchess**
	GWR	City of Truro \| The Dukes* \| King James I* \| Iron Duke* \| Earnest**
	BR	Diesel* \| Class 40 \| D199* \| Old Stuck-Up* \| British Railways Diesels \| D5705* \| 31120* \| 10751*
	NG	Talyllyn* \| Dolgoch* \| Douglas* \| Prince* \| River Irt \| River Mite \| Northern Rock
	Other	The Coalbrookdale Locomotive \| Midland Railway Engines* \| Albert* \| The Highland Engines* \| 98462 and 87546* \| Workshop Engines \| The Foreign Engines* \| Scrapped Engines \| Cromford* \| Captain Baxter* \| Stephenson's Rocket* \| Novelty \| Sans Pareil \| Wilbert* \| Sixteen* \| Sixteen's Friends* \| Alfred and Judy* \| The Hunslet Diesels* \| Eurostar \| Other Real Locomotives \| Puffing Billy \| The Mainland Engines \| Splatter and Dodge \| Spencer \| Connor \| Caitlin \| Samson \| Logan \| The Mainland Diesels \| Merlin \| Lexi \| Theo \| Hurricane \| Frankie**
Rolling Stock		Henrietta's Sister \| Thomas' Special Coach* \| Helena* \| Spencer's Coaches \| Connor's Coaches \| Caitlin's Coaches \| Plank Trucks \| Troublesome Trucks \| Flatbeds, Conflats and Well Wagons \| Ladle Trucks \| Brake Vans \| Bradford
Vehicles		North Star* \| Mermaid Liverpool \| Dilly \| Beresford \| Mitchell \| The Hawker Hurricane
People		Elizabeth II \| The Thin Clergyman \| The Fat Clergyman \| The Duke and Duchess of Boxford**
Locations		Vicarstown Bridge \| Walney Channel \| Barrow-in-Furness \| King's Cross \| Paddington \| Euston \| St. Pancras \| Brighton \| Carnforth \| Crewe \| Fletcher, Jennings & Co. \| The Scottish Engine Company \| The Great Railway Show Yard \| The Mainland Canal \| The Steelworks \| The Experimental Engines' Yard \| Bridlington Goods Yard \| Victoria Station
Railways		Talyllyn Railway \| Ffestiniog Railway \| Snowdon Mountain Railway \| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway \| Bluebell Railway \| Dean Forest Railway \| Toby's Old Tramway

[1] T&F S2 #12: "Pop Goes the Diesel"

[2] T&F S2 #15: "Better Late Than Never"

[3] T&F S3 #9: "Henry's Forest"

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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Open Trucks

Contents

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Short Trucks

Biography

Thomas & Friends

Personalities

Technical Details

Basis

Livery

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Trivia

Merchandise

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Long Trucks

Biography

Thomas & Friends

Personalities

Basis

Livery

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Merchandise

References

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