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The jet engine is a red and silver machine mounted on a large grey well wagon, along with two large crates covered in tarpaulins.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

Thomas went to Brendam Docks to collect the jet engine (to be taken to Dryaw Airfield) from Cranky, who became huffy after Thomas told him to hurry up. While grousing, Cranky accidentally switched the engine on, sending Thomas rocketing down the line, only stopping when the jet engine ran out of fuel.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Series 6 - Thomas the Jet Engine
Series 18 - Emily Saves the World (mentioned)

Magazine stories

2004 - Rocket Power
2015 - Emily Saves the World (mentioned)

Trivia

One point to note is the model has a larger central box while "engaged" (this can be seen as the box is wider than the truck itself), likely in order to house the large motor which powered the model.
What happened to Thomas would not happen in real life, for the following reasons: a jet engine would never be transported carrying fuel, Thomas would have surely derailed at the speed he was going at, and, even if he did not, the friction would have ground his wheels down to nothing.
According to Thomas in Emily Saves the World, the jet engine is powerful enough to propel him at Mach 1, known as supersonic speed.
After the production of this episode, part of the jet engine was dismantled and reused as a rusty pipe at the smelter's in Fergus Breaks the Rules.
Since the twenty-fourth a new version of the jet engine named the Blastbooster-7 is much more powerful then the other version because it is a triple-thruster jet engine.

Merchandise

Wooden Railway (motorized; discontinued)
Take Along (Lights and Sounds; discontinued)
Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
Capsule Plarail (Japan only)
Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)
TrackMaster (UK only; discontinued)

North Western Railway

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

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 * According to Thomas in [[Emily Saves the World]], the jet engine is powerful enough to propel him at Mach 1, known as supersonic speed.
 * After the production of this episode, part of the jet engine was dismantled and reused as a rusty pipe at [[Sodor Ironworks|the smelter's]] in [[Fergus Breaks the Rules]].
+* Since the twenty-fourth a new version of the jet engine named the [[Blastbooster-7]] is much more powerful then the other version because it is a triple-thruster jet engine.
 ==Merchandise==