The Blue Mountain Quarry Vehicles

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Aside from the Skarloey Railway engines that work there, the Blue Mountain Quarry is a home to a large selection of road vehicles.

Steam Shovels

Many steam shovels work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They are painted blue and orange and have the quarry logo on their sides. Aside from quarry work, they can also be used in construction.

Trivia

A shovel was later retextured in a black, orange, and cream livery as an Outback mining excavator for Cyclone Thomas.

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Dump Trucks

A few dump trucks work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They haul stones and help clear waste from building sites. They are painted orange and blue and have the quarry logo on their sides.

Some dump trucks were also seen at Anopha Quarry and the Harwick Branch Line.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 19 - The Truth About Toby, The Beast of Sodor and Den and Dart
Series 22 - Counting on Nia
Series 23 - All Tracks Lead to Rome

Specials

2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

Trivia

A dump truck's wheels were later reused for Dexter as his "monster truck wheels" in the fantasy sequence for the twenty-second series episode, School of Duck.
A dump truck was later retextured in two different liveries to represent Italian dump trucks in the twenty-third series episode, All Tracks Lead to Rome. One being an aqua and black livery with red hubcaps and the other purple and brown.

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Tanker Lorries

A few tanker lorries work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. These bring fuel for the machines that work at the quarry. They are painted orange and blue and bear the quarry logo on both their cabs and their tankers.

Technical Details

Basis

They are based on Foden tanker lorries.

Appearance

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Specials

2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Soft-sided Lorries

A few soft-sided lorries work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They are just like the normal Soft-sided Lorries, except they are coloured blue and orange and carry the Blue Mountain Quarry logo on their sides.

Appearance

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Specials

2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

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Bulldozers

A few bulldozers work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They usually work at the spot where the Skarloey Railway engines tip their loads of slate ready for it to go into the crusher. It is the job of the bulldozers to push the slate from the drop-off point into the crusher. Like the other vehicles, they are painted blue and orange and carry the quarry logo on their sides.

One of the bulldozer's number plates is "GLV 0914".

Appearance

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Specials

2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Gallery

Flatbed Lorries

A few flatbed lorries work at the Blue Mountain Quarry.

Technical Details

Basis

They are based on Foden lorries.

Appearance

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Specials

2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Gallery

Non-rail vehicles

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Watercraft	Bulstrode \| Captain \| Skiff \| Dilly*** \| P.S. Cumberland Road* \| S.S. Kathryn* \| Mermaid Liverpool** \| North Star* \| Nancy and Violet* \| S.S. Roxstar* \| Lucinda \| Alysia \| Northlight \| Sodor Line \| Krystyna \| Barges \| Boats \| The Japanese Ship \| Salvage Boats \| Canal Boats \| Lakesider III \| The Fultan Ferry \| Tramp Steamers \| Fishing Boats \| The Tug Boat* \| The Yacht* \| The Lifeboats* \| The Sodor Voyager* \| S.S. Sodor* \| Sir Topham* \| Steam Boat* \| Sodor* \| Speedboats* \| Seasprite* \| Lizzie* \| The Submarine* \| S.S. Sodor Queen* \| S.S. Sodor Steamline* \| Sodor Harbor* \| S.S. Mermaid \| Captain Calles' Pirate Ship \| Cutty Sark* \| The Mayor's Yacht \| Terrey \| The Old Ship \| The Old Dinghy* \| The Sea Farer* \| S.S. Stoten \| The Car Ferry*
Cranes	Big Mickey \| Cranky \| Colin \| Owen \| Merrick \| Reg \| Beresford \| Carly \| Kobe \| Cassia \| Carter \|Cranes \| Ol' Wheezy \| Hee-Haw \| Happy Hook
Others	Trailers \| Bluebird***

The Blue Mountain Quarry Vehicles

Contents

Steam Shovels

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Trivia

Gallery

Dump Trucks

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Trivia

Gallery

Tanker Lorries

Technical Details

Basis

Appearance

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Soft-sided Lorries

Appearance

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Gallery

Bulldozers

Appearance

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Gallery

Flatbed Lorries

Technical Details

Basis

Appearance

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Gallery

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