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Other Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock

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Many different types of rolling stock have been used on the Skarloey and the Mid Sodor Railways.

Trucks


Trucks (called cars in the US narrations), are also commonly referred to as Troublesome Trucks because some of them can be quite troublesome to the narrow gauge engines. They resemble the coal trucks used by the North Western Railway. They are used for carrying coal, stone, flour, tools and other materials. They take a disliking towards Sir Handel, like the slate trucks and love to play tricks on an engine.

Technical Details

Basis

The trucks are based on several different narrow-gauge trucks on the Talyllyn Railway. The Bachmann narrow gauge open wagons were based on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway's 4-wheel goods wagons. In the magazines, the trucks are often incorrectly depicted as Standard gauge trucks.

Livery

The trucks were brown and grey in the fourth and fifth series, black from the sixth to twelfth series and appear in grey, red and green from the sixteenth series onwards.


Appearances

The Railway Series

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Learning Segments

Magazine Stories

Voice Actors

Trivia

  • Three large scale trucks (One type 3, one type 2 and one type 1) are currently on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum. Four small scale type 2 trucks and two small scale type 1 trucks with their faces are currently owned by Twitter user ThomasTankMerch.

Merchandise

Flatbeds


Flatbeds are used several times on the narrow gauge railway to carry and transport vehicles, engines and various objects.

In the ninth series, Rheneas had to deliver a dinosaur skeleton on a flatbed.

Technical Details

Basis

The flatbed is based on the Talyllyn Railway 37.

Appearances

Merchandise

Conflats


Conflats are used several times on the narrow gauge railway to carry and transport vehicles, engines and various objects. There have been two types of these so far. In the Railway Series, the weedkiller train consists of a large tanker attached to a conflat. In the fourth series, Duke was transported to the Skarloey Railway via a conflat equipped with narrow gauge rails; the same type of conflat was later used for Skarloey. In the eleventh series, Rheneas accidentally bumped his conflats loaded with pipes when Thomas blew his whistle and surprised him. Rusty accidentally demolished a flat truck loaded with bricks when Thomas was playing a trick on him. In the twelfth series, Duncan delivered the Hot Air Balloon via a conflat.

Technical Details

Basis

The conflats are based on the Talyllyn Railway's No. 60, 61 and 62 wagon, which for a time was fitted with a 120 gallon weedkiller tank. The wagon was built by the Ministry of Defence.

Appearances

Merchandise


Well Wagons


Well wagons are used to carry tall loads like statues, to make them more stable or lower by placing the load in a dipped space between the bogies.

In the seventh series, Duncan transported an elephant statue on a well wagon to Elephant Park. In the twelfth series, Peter Sam found a statue of Proteus on a well wagon.

Technical Details

Basis

The well wagons are based on GWR 'Crocodile G' 35-ton bogie well wagons, scaled down accordingly.

Appearances

Merchandise

Slab Wagons


Slab Wagons are commonly used on the Skarloey Railway, especially at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They are used to transport slabs of slate and are painted various colours. They have been seen since the sixteenth series.

Technical Details

Basis

The Slab wagons are based on the slate slab carrying wagons of the Maenofferen Quarry.

Appearances

* RWS only | ** T&F only
Locomotives Steam Skarloey | Rheneas | Sir Handel | Peter Sam | Duncan | Duke | Ivo Hugh* | Bertram** | Mighty Mac** | Freddie** | Luke**
Diesel Rusty | Fred* | The Hunslet Diesels*
Other Mark V
Former The Ghost Engine** | Proteus**
Rolling Stock Coaches Agnes, Ruth, Lucy and Jemima* | Ada, Jane and Mabel* | Gertrude and Millicent* | Saloon Coaches* | Coaches** | Refreshment Coach**
Trucks Trucks | Slate Trucks | Gunpowder Wagons** | Quarry Trucks** | Flatbeds* | Conflats | Well Wagons** | Slab Wagons** | V-Tipper Wagons*
Other Beatrice* | Cora* | Brake Vans | SR Breakdown Train** | The "Weedkiller"* | Art Transporters* | The Sleigh Wagon*
Non-Rail Vehicles Madge** | Colin** | Merrick** | Owen**
People The Owner (Sir Handel Brown I, Sir Handel Brown II)* | The Thin Controller (Mr. Mack, Mr. Robert Sam, Mr. Peter Sam, Mr. Roger Sam)* | Mr. Hugh (David Hugh I, Ivo Hugh, David Hugh II)* | Sir Topham Hatt** | Mr. Percival**
Locations Crovan's Gate (Engine Sheds) | Cros-ny-Cuirn | Glennock | Rheneas (Viaduct, Tunnel, Sheds**) | Lakeside (Junction, Bridge**) | Skarloey (Slate Quarry, Bridge**) | The Depot** | Bluebell Valley** | Valley View** | Sodor Castle** | Standard and Narrow Gauge Tunnel Runby** | Old Iron Bridge** | Tea Room Station** | Mountain Village Station** | Blue Mountain Quarry** | Strawberry Grove** | Rumblin Bridge** | Elephant Park** | Boulder Quarry** | The Old Wooden Bridge** | Ulfstead Castle** | Sodor Steamworks** | The Transfer Yards** | The Wharf** | Skarloey Coal Yard** | Green Hills Junction** | The Old Trestle Bridge | Culdee Fell (Caves, Hill)** | Middle Station** | Vicarstown Goods Yard**
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