V-Tipper Wagons are a type of narrow gauge truck. They have skips in the centre which can be rotated around an axis to tip their loads.
Talyllyn V-Tipper Wagons[]
These V-Tipper Wagons are commonly used at the Blue Mountain Quarry on the Skarloey Railway.
Biography[]
The V-tipper wagons are some of the most used wagons at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They are often used to transfer slate into standard gauge North Western Railway trucks after being brought down to the transfer station by Owen. The V-tippers are also used to tip slate into mills.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The tipper trucks are based on the Talyllyn Railway's No. 55 V-tipper wagon.
Livery[]
The tipper trucks are painted grey with brown tippers.
Appearances[]
Books
Video Games
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Trivia[]
Standard gauge hoppers as seen in Thomas & Friends: Talk to You.
- These wagons are erroneously depicted as standard gauge in the Thomas & Friends: Talk to You app.
- In the Golden Books, these wagons are illustrated with flat buffer beams.
- Several wagons were illustrated by Robert Gauld-Galliers in concept artwork for the fifth series episode, Rusty and the Boulder.
Standard Gauge V-Tipper Wagons[]
These V-Tipper Wagons are used at the Sodor China Clay Company.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The tipper trucks have no specific basis and are freelance designs created by illustrator, Tommy Stubbs. Although, the chassis is sourced from the GWR ventilated van flatbeds.
Livery[]
The tipper trucks are painted grey with red buffer beams.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- In the Merit toyline, the V-Tippers painted yellow and are depicted as Troublesome Trucks.
Merchandise[]
- Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Merit (discontinued)
- Take Along (discontinued)
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
- Motorized Railway (discontinued)