V-Tipper Wagons

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V-Tipper Wagons

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Background Information

First appearance

Very Old Engines (RWS)
Blue Mountain Mystery (T&F)

Last appearance

Very Old Engines (RWS)
The Great Little Railway Show (T&F)

Character Overview

Country

Island of Sodor

Affiliation

Blue Mountain Quarry

Technical Details

Basis

TR V-tipper wagon

Gauge

2'3" (686 mm, narrow gauge)

Vehicle

Rolling stock

Type

Truck

Wheels

4

Builder(s)

Cefn Coch quarry

Railway

Owner(s)

A V-tipper wagon (also called a tipper truck) is a type of narrow gauge wagon. They are filled with slate, which is then either tipped into a mill or transferred to standard gauge trucks after being transported on the incline. They are one of the most used wagons at the Blue Mountain Quarry.

Technical Details

Basis

The tipper trucks are based on the Talyllyn Railway's V-tipper wagons.

Livery

The tipper trucks are painted brown and grey.

Appearances

Trivia

Wilbert Awdry made models of a tipper wagon for his Mid Sodor Railway layout.

Merchandise

Wooden Railway (discontinued)
Take-n-Play (discontinued)

Skarloey Railway

* 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	Ivo's Flying Bedstead* \|Skarloey Funicular Railway Trams*
	Former	War Department Diesels* \| The Ghost Engine \| Proteus \| Little Giant**
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* \| Vans \| Brake Vans \| SR Breakdown Train** \| The "Weedkiller"* \| Art Transporters* \| The Sleigh Wagon*
Non-Rail Vehicles		Madge \| Colin \| Merrick \| Owen \| Mr. Percival's Car**
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, Quarry, 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**

Mid Sodor Railway

* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	Duke \| Stanley* \| Smudger** \| Falcon \| Stuart \| Albert* \| Jim* \| Tim* \| The Mine Engine* \| Alfred* \| Gerry* \| John* \| Jennings* \| Atlas*
Rolling Stock	Coaches \| Saloon Coaches* \| Coaches** \| Cora* \| Trucks (Slate Trucks) \| Breakdown Train \| Gunpowder Wagons \| Flatbeds \| Conflats \| V-Tipper Wagons* \| Brake Vans
People	The Mid Sodor Railway Manager
Locations	Arlesburgh (West, Bridge Street) \| Ffarquhar Road \| Marthwaite \| Arlesdale Green \| Arlesdale (Engine Sheds, Mines) \| Cas-ny-Hawin \| The Mountain Road \| Ulfstead Road \| Ballamoddey \| King Orry's Bridge \| Bertram's Old Mine \| Elm Farm \| Duke's Old Village**

V-Tipper Wagons

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Technical Details

Basis

Livery

Appearances

The Railway Series

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Trivia

Merchandise

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