(Adding categories) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 73: | Line 73: | ||
===Trivia=== |
===Trivia=== |
||
* One of the tractors first appeared as scrap set-dressing in ''[[TUGS]]''. |
* One of the tractors first appeared as scrap set-dressing in ''[[TUGS]]''. |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==Dan the Front Loader== |
||
| + | {{Infobox Character Vehicle |
||
| + | |title1=Dan the Front Loader |
||
| + | |image1=<gallery> |
||
| + | File: |
||
| + | </gallery> |
||
| + | |fuel_type=Diesel |
||
| + | |power_type=Dieselg |
||
| + | |vehicle=Road vehicle |
||
| + | |drivetrain=4x2 |
||
| + | |wheels=4 |
||
| + | |builder(s)= |
||
| + | |year_built= |
||
| + | }} |
||
| + | '''Dan the Front Loader''' was a blue tractor who appeared in a lift-the-flap book called The Busy Engines. |
||
| + | |||
| + | ===Technical Details=== |
||
| + | ====Basis==== |
||
{{Non-rail vehicles}} |
{{Non-rail vehicles}} |
||
Revision as of 22:10, 11 July 2019
There are many types of tractors on Sodor, built for different purposes.
Farm Tractors
These tractors are used for plowing fields and hauling trailers. The trailers carry farm products, such as hay bales and wool, and are delivered to markets.
Tractors have appeared frequently in the Railway Series and the television series.
Technical Details
Basis
The cabless tractors are based on the Ford 5000 model. Willie's tractor has this basis. The cab tractors are based on the Ford 7810.
Livery
The tractors are painted blue, red, green and orange. They mostly have silver or red hubcaps, while others have the same coloured hubcaps as their bodies.
Trivia
- A tractor's model is currently on display at Drayton Manor.
- In Tramway Engines and Small Railway Engines, tractors were seen with faces.
Construction Tractors
These tractors have caterpillar tracks and are used at digging and construction sites. They are also used at the quarries to dig as well as lift and push rocks. Occasionally, they can be seen at Knapford Harbour. The tractors are fitted with either a bulldozer blade or a digging bucket.
One of them was once part of a convoy that helped restore power to a village on Christmas Eve.
Technical Details
Basis
The tractors are based on the 1934 vintage Caterpillar Model 70 - the largest, and last, design of petrol-powered tractors in Caterpillar's range. Terence shares the same basis.
Livery
The tractors are painted grey-brown. One was seen in yellow in the magazine story, Christmas Crisis.
Appearances
Television Series
- Series 3 - Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Diesel Does it Again, No Joke for James, Toby's Tightrope, One Good Turn, Oliver Owns Up, Heroes and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
- Series 4 - Trucks and Steam Roller
- Series 5 - Bye George!
Magazine Stories
- 1998 - Christmas Crisis
Trivia
- One of the tractors first appeared as scrap set-dressing in TUGS.
Dan the Front Loader
Dan the Front Loader was a blue tractor who appeared in a lift-the-flap book called The Busy Engines.