This page is for the lorries that have appeared in The Railway Series.
Notable Lorries
The following lorries have their own separate pages:
Old Lorries
The Old Lorries are small old-fashioned lorries. They were once a common sight around railway yards.
Technical Details
Basis
These lorries resemble various English lorry designs dating from the 1920s to 1930s from manufacturing companies such as Ford, Dennis, Leyland and Morris.
Livery
These lorries are painted reddish-brown.
Appearances
Cattle Lorries
The Cattle Lorries are large lorries used for transporting cattle.
Technical Details
Basis
Livery
These lorries are painted brown with a wooden bodied cattle float.
Appearances
Scammell Scarab Lorries
The Scammell Scarab Lorries are snub-nosed lorries with a three-wheeled cab and flatbed.
Technical Details
Basis
The Scammell Scarab is a British 3-wheeled tractor unit produced by the truck manufacturer Scammell between 1948 and 1967. These vehicles are often known as "Snub-nose Lorries" or "Snub-nose Trucks" because of the round bonnet in front of the cab. This type of lorry was very popular with British Railways. About 60 are preserved.
Livery
In The Railway Series, one of these lorries was painted in the green Royal Air Force livery.
Appearances
Trivia
- Madge is the only known sentient lorry of this design in the Thomas & Friends.
B1054X1
B1054X1 is the registration number of an orange low loader lorry that transported Thomas to the National Railway Museum in York.
At first, Thomas was horrified to be carried by a lorry. However, he enjoyed travelling through the countryside from a different point of view. Unfortunately, the lorry's driver was unsure of his way and parked the lorry in the wrong place to find a telephone. A traffic warden would later book the disgruntled lorry driver a parking ticket.
Technical Details
Basis
Livery
The lorry is painted orange with a yellow number plate and black writing. The rear of the low loader has red and yellow hazard stripes.
Appearances
The Railway Series
Companion Volumes
- 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
- 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection
Trivia
- The story of Not the Ticket is based on a real event where a Nene Valley Railway locomotive on a low loader was parked at Peterborough's old market square, as part of a charity fundraiser.
Container Lorries
A blue lorry once brought a container of sleepers for the Arlesdale Railway. However, the lorry was too large and could not get into the yard. So Jock had to haul the lorry's trailer instead.
A green container lorry with a grey trailer also appeared in the story Gordon Proves His Point in the Railway series book, Gordon the High-Speed Engine.
Another green low loader lorry of a similar design was once seen carrying Diesel in the Thomas & Friends magazine story, Road Ride.
Technical Details
Basis
Livery
The container lorry is painted blue and the trailer is painted orange-brown with white inscriptions on its front and sides. A second container lorry is painted green and the trailer is painted grey.
Appearances
Other Lorries
Several other unidentifiable lorries have appeared in The Railway Series.
