Thomas and Friends - Vehicle Characters Guide

	Alfie the Excavator is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. Alfie makes the hardest job seem like play, "More help mean more dirt, more dirt mean more fun" is what he likes to say, He likes to spin around like a top, but he never gets dizzy.
	Annie, one of Thomas's faithful coaches, was given to him as a reward for proving himself to be a Really Useful Engine. Annie, a passenger coach, is always pulled by Thomas and travels facing him.
	Bertie the Bus has a friendly grin and is ready to help any engine prepared to admit that roads have their uses as well as rails. He is the best of friends with Thomas the Tank Engine ever since their Great Race.
	Bulgy the Double Decker Bus is a bad tempered and miserable double decker bus. He has no scruples and has been known to tell lies. He gets along very well with Diesel. Bulgy is currently in use as a hen house, but has hopes that one day someone might restore him.
	Bulstrode the Barage is an old, bad-mannered, motorized sea going barge. He's only happy when he's chugging around with a full load, otherwise he's grumpy and rude. Percy and some Trucks, who were fed up with all his moaning, soon taught him a lesson and now Bulstrode is a "Special Attraction" on a Sodor beach.
	Buster the Steamroller is a simple steamroller who goes about his job with glee and pride knowing all is right with the world. What Buster lacks in imagination, he makes up for in heart, commitment and hard work and is liked by all the machines in the yard.
	Butch the Two Truck is also known as the Sodor Heavy Recovery Unit. He is very powerful, and is serious about his job and loves working especially with his engine friends. Despite his immense size, he is a kind hearted giant.
	Byron the Bulldozer is a friendly Bulldozer who is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He has a booming voice and likes to work hard.
	Caroline the Car has an easygoing nature, and does not like being pushed along the road too fast. She prefers narrow country roads where she can only be driven at 20 mph.
	Catherine helps Culdee on the mountain railway, carrying passengers and supplies up the steep mountainside. Catherine actually rides coupled in front of Culdee so she can warn him of any dangers that lay ahead.
	Clarabel is one of Thomas's faithful coaches, given to Thomas as a reward for being a Really Useful Engine. Clarabel is pulled behind Annie and faces away from her. She prefers traveling backwards so she can see the beautiful island. Clarabel is a composite coach who carries both passengers and luggage.
	Cranky the Crane works at the Brendam Docks. He has a high and mighty attitude which often annoys the engines, especially the smaller ones. Cranky knows that if he ever gets too big for his hook, the Engines have ways of getting back at him!
	Colin the Crane is lonely deep inside. As he's fixed in place at the Wharf, Colin does feel left out of some of the fun that the narrow gauge engines have. He is friends with Freddie.
	Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck is a steam tipper wagon. She's also the first lorry Sir Topham Hatt drove as a young man. Elizabeth is stubborn and proud, but she is very efficient and can move lots of material in a short period of time.
	Fred the Orange Coal Car loves to cause mischief as he transports a load of coal around the island.
	George the Steamroller is a grumpy fellow and no friend of railway engines. "Railways are no good. Pull 'em up. Turn 'em into roads" is his opinion.
	Henrietta is Toby's faithful coach. Although she rarely carries many passengers, she is quite content with her life on the Island.
	Isabella is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. She is cheeky and doesn't want her yellow paint damaged, but she's really nice one you get to know her.
	Jack the Front Loader is part of the team called "The Pack" who work for the Sodor Construction Company. Jack the Front Loader is the newest member of the team. He wants to be very useful, but is so anxious he tries to do the other machine's jobs. After he causes an accident by doing a job meant for Oliver the Excavator, he was worried that Miss Jenny would send him away. But he proved his bravery by rescuing Thomas when a bridge was in danger of collapsing.
	Jeremy is a jet plane who thinks that jet planes are better than trains. Thomas is worried, until he realized that planes can't fly during hurricanes.
	Kelly the Crane is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He is very useful and helps Jack after he saves Thomas.
	Kevin is a mobile crane first appearing in Season 13 and also featuring in 'Hero of the Rails'. It is revealed that he resides and works at the Sodor Steamworks with Victor. Kevin's appearance is that of a road crane based on the Ransome Rapier 3ton crane. Kevin wears a yellow livery with black warning stripes around his faces.
	Lorry 1 and his two brothers, Lorry 2 and Lorry 3, are out to prove that roads are better than rails and the most important work should be left to the roads. He was specially built to work at the Sodor Construction Company. When he was working at the docks, he carelessly reversed into the water and had to be sent to the repair shop.
	Madge is a snub-nosed truck with a three-wheeled cab and a flatbed. What she lacks in elegance, she makes up for in strength and personality. She is the prime organizer of the little engines but she can be playful and loves a joke.
	Max the Dump Truck is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He and his twin brother Monty like to make trouble at the construction sites. He zooms around the site spinning out and kicking up dirt. Max wears the number 15.
	Monty the Dump Truck is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He and his twin brother Max like to make trouble at the construction sites. He zooms around the site spinning out and kicking up dirt. Monty wears the number 16.
	Ned the Steam Shovel is a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He has a big bucket and a big heart. He can sometimes be clumsy and once nearly caused Thomas to have an accident when he knocked out the keystones of a bridge. Fortunately, Jack's quick thinking and bravery saved the day.
	Nelson the Transporter is an intellegent ballast tractor who's job is to haul construction workers to and from work. As the barer of such weighty loads, he often feels overworked, but will never complain. He is proud of his paint job and is happiest when he looks his best.
	Oliver the Excavator is a kind-hearted excavator who s a member of the team called "The Pack" who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He often is assigned to do the jobs that Jack wants to do.
	Patrick the Cement Mixer was found to be quite a boastful soul in his first appearance.  He knows all there is to know about cement and thinks it's one of the essential means of keeping the building site running!  Patrick is older than a lot of the other machines and has a lot of experience in construction, he means well despite his pride and boastfulness, and likes to help the younger less experienced machines.
	Rickety is a particularly troublesome truck who often makes mischief for the engines.
	Rocky is a very strong crane who can pick up other engines, but is also a gentle giant who wants to be everyone's best friend. He can do all the big jobs that Harvey can't… like lifting derailed engines back onto the tracks. Rocky has no engine and relies on other engines to pull him to where he is needed.
	The Sodor Bay Tug Boat is often seen chugging through the bay and around the Island of Sodor.
	Good old honest Terence the Tractor is the subject of endless teasing from the younger engines on the subject of his crawling tracks. Slow and steady and always with a smile, that's Terence. He once pulled Thomas out of a snow drift, proving that his caterpillar treads can be Really Useful.
	Although Thumper was built by the Sodor Mining Company to speed up operations, he often goes out of control, causing minor disruptions when he works with Rusty. His manner is cool, and no job is too big for him.
	Low-flying and sometimes reckless, Tiger Moth the bi-plane is a bit of a nuisance to the otherwise peaceful skies on the Island.
	Trevor is an old tractor who loves to show that he can still be Very Useful. His favorite pastime is giving rides to the children who come to the farm to visit him.
	Troublesome Trucks, the freight cars of the railway, who take great delight in causing trouble for whichever engine has to pull them. Noisy and silly, they talk a lot and do not attend to what they are doing.

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