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Many different types of trailers have been featured over the course of The Railway Series and the Television Series.

Log Trailers

Trevor and Jem Cole would use a log trailer to haul freshly cut trees so they can be turned into timber.

Livery

The trailer is painted black with red wheels.

Appearances

Railway Series

The Railway Series

Edward the Blue Engine - Saved from Scrap

The Green Trailer

Willie the farmer owned a green trailer, which he used with his tractor. It was used to carry wool, but it once toppled over, spilling wool all over the tracks and causing Rex to have an accident. During winter, it was once used by Terence to carry trees. After some ice in a pond cracked, trapping Terence and the trailer, it eventually sunk.

In Journey Beyond Sodor, it can be seen being pulled by Trevor at the orchard.

Livery

The trailer is painted light green with blue wheels.

Appearances

Sam's Cart

Sam the Farmer owns a cart which he uses to transport lime. When it got stuck at Crowe's Farm Crossing, Percy accidentally crashed into it.

In the Railway Series, the cart was hauled by a horse, but a deleted scene from the television series shows that it was supposed to be pulled by Terence.

Livery

The cart was painted brown.

Appearances

The Railway Series

Tramway Engines - Ghost Train

Thomas & Friends

Series 2 - Ghost Train

Trevor's Saw-Cart

The Vicar of Wellsworth owns a saw-cart used by Trevor to help cut wood.

Livery

The saw cart was painted brown with a grey saw.

Appearances

Railway Series

The Railway Series

Thomas and the Twins - Trevor Helps Out

Terence's Trailer

Terence was once seen hauling a four-wheeled wooden trailer. Terence, who had been building a barn, had to swerve for a boulder near a tunnel and his trailer fell down the cutting, balancing dangerously on a bush. The trailer was secured, allowing Thomas to travel to Ffarquhar.

Livery

The trailer is painted brown with black wheels.

Appearances

Railway Series

The Railway Series

Thomas and Victoria - Toby's Vintage Train

Terence's Plough

Terence has a plough used to draw over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.

Livery

The plough is painted black in the first series. However, in the sixth series it was repainted dark blue with red alloys.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 1 - Thomas, Terence and the Snow
Series 6 - Faulty Whistles

Trevor's Trailer

The Vicar of Wellsworth owned a dark blue trailer, which was used for Trevor to haul children for joyrides.

Livery

The trailer is painted dark blue with red wheels and white lining.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 3 - Henry's Forest and Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party

George's Trailer

George was once seen hauling a dark green trailer. It was used to help assist in the road widening works near Cros-ny-Cuirn.

Livery

The trailer is painted dark green with black wheels.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 4 - Steam Roller, Train Stops Play, Special Attraction and Mind that Bike

Prop Trolley

The pack used a prop trolley to carry props needed for holding up The Lightning Tree.

Livery

The trolley is made of beige wood with cream wheels.

Appearances

Television Series

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company

A Tale for Thomas

Butch's Low Loader

Butch is accompanied with an eight-wheeled low loader used in rescue and recovery operations. In the CGI Series, it was replaced with a Wellwagon modified for road way usage.

Livery

The low loader is painted dodger blue with silver wheel alloys.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 5 - Horrid Lorry and Rusty and the Boulder
Series 7 - Toby's Windmill
Series 19 - The Other Side of the Mountain

Merchandise

Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)

Trevor's Cart

Trevor is often seen pulling a brown cart used for hauling apples and hay. Donald and Douglas once crashed into the cart full of hay after the cart's wheel had fallen off while crossing the railway tracks. Later, Gordon smashed into the cart while Trevor was pulling the cart loaded with apples for the children's apple bobbing.

The cart was also seen being hauled by a dark blue tractor.

Livery

The cart is painted light brown all over.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 6 - A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter, Twin Trouble and Faulty Whistles
Series 7 - The Runaway Elephant, Bulgy Rides Again and Best Dressed Engine
Series 8 - Percy's New Whistle
Series 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow, Thomas and the Golden Eagle
Series 10 - Topped Off Thomas
Series 11 - Edward and the Mail
Series 12 - Percy and the Bandstand
Series 13 - The Lion of Sodor and The Early Bird
Series 15 - Gordon and Ferdinand, Edward the Hero and Fiery Flynn
Series 16 - Race to the Rescue and Percy and the Monster of Brendam
Series 18 - Samson Sent for Scrap
Series 21 - Unscheduled Stops
Series 23 - Diesel Do Right
Series 24 - Cleo the Road Engine

Specials

2011 - Day of the Diesels
2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
2016 - The Great Race

Isobella's Trailer

In early concept art for Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, Isobella is depicted with a four-wheeled trailer. A model for the trailer was made and can be seen in ruler reference photos, however it was never used in any of the released episodes of the series. Despite not appearing in the series, the trailer was featured with her Wooden Railway toy.

Livery

The trailer is painted in an identical livery to Isobella: yellow with red and black lining.

Merchandise

Wooden Railway (discontinued)

Pegasus' Cart

Pegasus, a horse, pulls a red and dark blue cart used for fêtes to give rides to the children.

Livery

The cart is painted red with black wheels, blue interior and white frames.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 7 - Harold and the Flying Horse

Nelson's Low Loader

Nelson is accompanied with a low loader used to carry construction workers and The Pack to and from work sites. The low loader has a winch used to haul vehicles on the loader.

Livery

The low loader is painted in Nelson's livery of black with cream and red lining and red wheel alloys.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - Thomas and the Moles and Percy Helps Out

The Threshing Living Van

The Threshing living van appeared in Jack and the Sodor Construction Company.

Livery

The Threshing living van is painted dark green with black wheels.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - Kelly's Windy Day and Mud Glorious Mud

Madge's Flatbed

Madge, the snub-nosed lorry is accompanied with a flatbed trailer.

Livery

The flatbed is painted green with cream lining and red alloys.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Series 11 - Cool Truckings and Wash Behind Your Buffers

Specials

2008 - The Great Discovery

Music Videos

The Great Discovery - Where, oh Where is Thomas? and Thomas, You're the Leader

Books

2009 - Madge
2011 - The Big Book of Engines
2014 - The Busy Engines

Magazine Stories

2007 - Slip and Slide
2008 - Wash Behind Your Buffers!
2009 - Luggage Lorry

Merchandise

Wooden Railway (discontinued)
Take Along (discontinued)
Take-n-Play (discontinued)
TrackMaster (discontinued)
Capsule Plarail

The Caravan

The Caravan first appeared in the 2010 special, Misty Island Rescue.

Livery

The Caravan is painted in a shade of white and blue.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 15 - Wonky Whistle
Series 23 - First Day on Sodor!

Specials

2010 - Misty Island Rescue

Trivia

One of the images hung on the wall inside of the caravan appears to be concept art for the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre.

Flynn's Trailers

Flynn owns two trailers. One is road-based, while the other is rail-based; which one he uses depends on whether he's responding to an emergency via road or rail. The trailers are used to store extra water and firefighting equipment such as hoses, ladders and axes.

Livery

Flynn's trailers are both painted in the same livery as him: red with yellow lining. His rail trailer also has the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre logo on the back.

Appearances

Television Series

Thomas & Friends

Series 15 - Percy the Snowman and Fiery Flynn
Series 16 - Race to the Rescue
Series 17 - Too Many Fire Engines
Series 19 - Toad and the Whale and Rocky Rescue

Specials

2011 - Day of the Diesels
2016 - The Great Race

Trivia

Although Flynn's rail trailer has buffers and a coupling, he is never seen using it to pull rolling stock. Additionally, it is the least represented of his trailers in merchandise; almost all toy representations feature his road trailer capable of riding on the rails (and with rear couplings).

Merchandise

Non-rail vehicles

* RWS only | ** T&F only | *** Other Media only

Road vehicles	Terence \| Bertie \| Trevor \| George \| Caroline \| 040 BMC \| Bulgy \| Bulgy's Friend \| JTK 62 \| Willie's Tractor \| Tractors \| Post Van \| The Orange Caterpillar Crane* \| The Horrid Lorries \| Butch \|Thumper \| Elizabeth \| The Pack \| Nelson \| Jack \| Alfie \| Oliver \| Max and Monty \| Kelly \| Byron \| Ned \| Isobella \| Patrick \| Buster \| Nigel \| Madge \| Kevin \| Flynn \| Ace \| Ester \| Cleo \| Sir Topham Hatt's Car \| Buses \| Dyson Lorries \| Soft-sided Lorries \| Caterpillar Cranes \| Taxis \| Fire Engines \| The Ambulance \| The One-eyed Truck \| The Loader \| Sodor Bakery Van \| Miss Jenny's Land Rover \| The Blue Mountain Quarry Vehicles \| Algy* \| Angus* \| The Green Bus* \| The Float Lorry* \| The White Van* \| The Dodgems* \| The Special Bus Service* \| The Ice-Cream Van* \| The Open-Topped Double-Decker Bus* \| The Wedding Car* \| The Police Car* \| The Excavator* \| The Combine Harvester* \| The Milk Float* \| The Coalman's Lorry* \| The Racing Cars* \| The Car-Train* \| The Signwriter's Van* \| The Sodor Animal Park's Buggy* \| Simon's Express Sandwich Service Van* \| Sodor Food and Drink Van* \| Baggage Transporters** \| Crawler Tractors \| Forklifts \| George's Friends* \| Cargo Lorries \| Sodor Mobile Library* \| Sodor Poster Colours Lorry* \| The Cement Mixer* \| The Fish and Chips Van* \| Sodor Sand and Grit Blasting Service Lorry* \| The Yardman's Car* \| The Vet's Car* \| Breakdown Lorries***
Aircraft	Harold \| Tiger Moth \| Jeremy \| Emerson \| Isla \| The Tandem Rotor Helicopter* \| Mitchell* \| The Hawker Hurricane* \| G-Hewi \| The Biplane \| Aeroplanes \| The Hot Air Balloon \| The Airship \| The Light Aircraft* \| The Seaplane* \| Hang Gliders*
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***

Sodor Construction Company

Vehicles	Nelson \| Jack \| Alfie \| Oliver \| Max and Monty \| Kelly \| Byron \| Ned \| Isobella \| Patrick \| Brenda \| Buster \| Darcy \| ~~Nigel~~ \| ~~The Horrid Lorries~~
People	Jenny Packard \| The Foreman \| Banksmen
Locations	Sodor Construction Company Yard

Sodor Search and Rescue Centre

Members	Rocky \| Harold \| Captain \| Butch \| Belle \| Flynn
People	Search and Rescue Centre Manager
Locations	Sodor Search and Rescue Centre