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Jack is a friendly and enthusiastic front loader, who works for the Sodor Construction Company.
Biography[]
Thomas & Friends[]
When Jack first arrived on Sodor, he worked with the Pack to clear room for railway lines. Jack did well with Alfie - that is, until he tried to take some stone up a ledge but failed to pay attention to where he was going and accidentally drove onto an edge of a hill and tipped over. After Miss Jenny scolded him as soon as he was put back on four wheels, Jack learned his lesson and redeemed himself by holding up a collapsing bridge until Thomas had passed over, at the cost of damaging his arms. Jack has since become part of the Pack.
When Jack was being careless again at the warehouse, he accidentally knocked over some slate, but he did not want to be sent back to the yards and left the mess not knowing that Ned had been blamed for it. Ned was about to be sent back to the yards when Jack admitted that he was the one who broke the slate, so Miss Jenny sent him back instead. Later, when Max and Monty carelessly crashed into the lightning tree, Alfie, Oliver and Kelly hold the tree up while he ran to Thomas for the props. Luckily, he made it in time, and the tree was saved.
He, along with the rest of the Pack, helped with the restoration of Great Waterton and worked with Alfie to build a bandstand there. Jack also helped with the restoration of Ulfstead Castle and later saved Stephen and Thomas after the tracks they were on started to collapse.
He also helped with the construction of the Harwick Branch Line, along with Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty and later attended the branch line's opening ceremony.
Later he, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty were working on the Ffarquhar Branch Line and he, Oliver and Alfie helped clear the branch line around the Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox after Max and Monty dumped their loads on the line.
After James' accident at Tidmouth Sheds when his brakes malfunctioned, Jack assisted with the shed's reconstruction.
Stories From Sodor[]
Engine Friends[]
Like in the television series, when Jack first arrived on Sodor, he worked with the Pack to clear room for railway lines. Jack did well with Alfie - that is, until he tried to take some stone up a ledge but failed to pay attention to where he was going and accidentally drove onto an edge of a hill and tipped over. After Miss Jenny scolded him as soon as he was put back on four wheels, Jack learned his lesson and redeemed himself by holding up a collapsing bridge until Thomas had passed over, at the cost of damaging his arms. Jack has since become part of the Pack[1].
Later he, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty were working on the Ffarquhar Branch Line and he, Oliver and Alfie helped clear the branch line around the Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox after Max and Monty dumped their loads on the line[2].
Season 4[]
Jack, along with the rest of the Pack, helped construct The Little Strasburg Branch Line[3].
Season 6[]
Jack, along with the rest of the Pack, helped construct the Sodor Railway Museum at Great Waterton[4].
Sodor Stories[]
Like in the television series, when Max and Monty carelessly crashed into the lightning tree, Alfie, Oliver and Kelly hold the tree up while he ran to Thomas for the props. Luckily, he made it in time, and the tree was saved[5].
Personality[]
Jack is brave and will not take any hassle, as seen whenever he stands up to Max and Monty when they bully him and Alfie. He is also kind and caring, he also likes to jump in and get the job done even with other jobs that the other vehicles are assigned to do. But despite the fact that he was trying to be helpful and mean well, he has learned from Ms. Jenny's words, to not jump into another job that is not his own.
Basis[]
Between the sixth and twelfth series, Jack was based on a Nuffield tractor with an added front loader.
Since the special, King of the Railway, Jack was designed as a International 454 tractor. Because of this, his face shape has changed dramatically from round to rectangular.
Livery[]
Jack was painted red with the top half of his cab and his wheels painted cream. He had the number 11 painted in cream on his sides. From King of the Railway onwards, the top half of his cab and his number are painted white, his back wheels are painted grey and his front wheels are painted red.
References[]
- ↑ Engine Friends: "Jack the Front Loader"
- ↑ Engine Friends: "Max and Monty the Dump Trucks"
- ↑ Season 4: "The New Line"
- ↑ Season 6: "The New Building"
- ↑ Sodor Stories: "Jack, Alfie, and the Lightning Tree"
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