Well Wagons are a type of rolling stock similar to flatbeds, albeit with a lowered section in the middle. They are used for transporting loads that would otherwise be too tall for a normal flatbed, such as heavy machinery, vehicles and engines.
Packard Well Wagon[]
The Packard Well Wagon is a unique well wagon used by the North Western Railway to transport the vehicles of the Sodor Construction Company.
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Livery[]
This well wagon is painted black with a red bufferbeam.
Appearances[]
Thomas & Friends
Music Videos
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Oxide Well Wagon[]
The Oxide Well Wagon is a unique well wagon with an oxide red colour. It has been used for transporting a variety of loads, most notably the Rock Crusher.
Technical Details[]
Livery[]
This well wagon is painted oxide red with black bogies.
Appearances[]
Thomas & Friends
Specials
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Merchandise[]
- TrackMaster (discontinued)
GWR Crocodile G Well Wagons[]
GWR Crocodile G Well Wagons are the most common type of well wagon found on the North Western Railway. Some of these are fitted with rails allowing them to carry either standard, narrow or minimum gauge engines and rolling stock.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
These well wagons are based on the Great Western Railway's 35 Ton Crocodile G well wagons.
Livery[]
These well wagons are generally painted grey with a brown deck. Between Day of the Diesels and the sixteenth series, some well wagons were seen in rusty brown and olive green colours.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
Butch's Low Loader in the CGI Series.
- In the nineteenth series episode, The Other Side of the Mountain, Butch's Low Loader was modified from a GWR Crocodile G Well Wagon.
Merchandise[]
- Bachmann (discontinued)
- Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)
- Maruka
Aviation Well Wagons[]
The Aviation Well Wagons are designed to transport aircraft, such as Harold. Thomas once used these well wagons to transport a dinosaur model to the new dinosaur park in the book, Thomas and the Dinosaur.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
This well wagon is based on a depressed center flat car used throughout the North American railroads.
Livery[]
This well wagon is painted blue with white lettering on either sides.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- In the Lionel Trains merchandise range, the well wagon uses the same tooling as the Lionel Lines Aviation Flat Car.
Merchandise[]
- Lionel Trains (discontinued)
Other Well Wagons[]
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The Jet Engine's well wagon as illustrated by Richard Courtney
Several freelance well wagons have appeared in several Thomas & Friends books and merchandise.
Appearances[]
Books
My Thomas Story Library
Engine Adventures
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Trivia[]
- The Step Into Reading book Thomas and the Jet Engine is the only time the Jet Engine's well wagon appears without the jet engine on it.
Merchandise[]
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)