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Other Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock

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Many different types of rolling stock have been used on the Skarloey and the Mid Sodor Railways.

Trucks


Trucks (called cars in the US narrations), are also commonly referred to as Troublesome Trucks because some of them can be quite troublesome to the narrow gauge engines. They resemble the coal trucks used by the North Western Railway. They are used for carrying coal, stone, flour, tools and other materials. They take a disliking towards Sir Handel, like the slate trucks and love to play tricks on an engine.

Basis

The trucks are based on several different narrow-gauge trucks on the Talyllyn Railway. The Bachmann narrow gauge open wagons were based on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway's 4-wheel goods wagons. In the magazines, the trucks are often incorrectly depicted as Standard gauge trucks.

Livery

The trucks were brown and grey in the fourth and fifth series, black from the sixth to twelfth series and appear in grey, red and green from the sixteenth series onwards.


Flatbeds


Flatbeds are used several times on the narrow gauge railway to carry and transport vehicles, engines and various objects.

In the ninth series, Rheneas had to deliver a dinosaur skeleton on a flatbed.

Basis

The flatbed is based on the Talyllyn Railway 37.


Conflats


Conflats are used several times on the narrow gauge railway to carry and transport vehicles, engines and various objects. There have been two types of these so far.

In The Railway Series, the weedkiller train consists of a large tanker attached to a conflat. In the fourth series, Duke was transported to the Skarloey Railway via a conflat equipped with narrow gauge rails; the same type of conflat was later used for Skarloey. In the eleventh series, Rheneas accidentally bumped his conflats loaded with pipes when Thomas blew his whistle and surprised him. Rusty accidentally demolished a flat truck loaded with bricks when Thomas was playing a trick on him. In the twelfth series, Duncan delivered the Hot Air Balloon via a conflat.

Basis

The conflats are based on the Talyllyn Railway's No. 60, 61 and 62 wagon, which for a time was fitted with a 120 gallon weedkiller tank. The wagon was built by the Ministry of Defence.


Well Wagons


Well wagons are used to carry tall loads like statues, to make them more stable or lower by placing the load in a dipped space between the bogies.

In the seventh series, Duncan transported an elephant statue on a well wagon to Elephant Park. In the twelfth series, Peter Sam found a statue of Proteus on a well wagon.

Basis

The well wagons are based on GWR 'Crocodile G' 35-ton bogie well wagons, scaled down accordingly.


Slab Wagons


Slab Wagons are commonly used on the Skarloey Railway, especially at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They are used to transport slabs of slate and are painted various colours. They have been seen since the sixteenth series.

Basis

The Slab wagons are based on the slate slab carrying wagons of the Maenofferen Quarry.


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Mid Sodor Railway
Locomotives Duke | Smudger | Falcon | Stuart | Bertram | Atlas
Rolling Stock Coaches | Saloon Coaches | Coaches | Gertrude and Millicent | Cora | Trucks (Slate Trucks) | Breakdown Train | Gunpowder Vans | Flatbeds | Conflats | V Tipper Trucks | Brake Vans |
Locations Arlesburgh (West, Bridge Street) | Ffarquhar Road | Marthwaite | Arlesdale Green | Arlesdale (Engine Sheds) | Cas-ny-Hawin | The Mountain Road | Ulfstead Road | Ballamoddey | King Orry's Bridge | Bertram's Old Mine | Elm Farm | Duke's Old Village
Locomotives Steam Skarloey | Rheneas | Sir Handel | Peter Sam | Duncan | Duke | Ivo Hugh | Bertram | Mighty Mac | Freddie | Luke | Atlas
Diesel Rusty
Other Mark V
Former The Ghost Engine | Proteus
Rolling Stock Coaches Agnes, Ruth, Lucy and Jemima | Gertrude and Millicent* | Ada, Jane and Mabel | Saloon Coaches | Coaches | Refreshment Coach
Trucks Trucks | Slate Trucks | Gunpowder Vans | Quarry Trucks | Flatbeds | Conflats | Well Wagons | Slab Wagons | V Tipper Trucks
Other Beatrice | Cora | Brake Vans | SR Breakdown Train | The "Weedkiller" | Art Transporters
Non-Rail Vehicles Madge | Colin | Merrick | Owen
People Mr. Percival
Locations Crovan's Gate (Engine Sheds) | Cros-ny-Cuirn | Glennock | Rheneas (Viaduct, Tunnel) | Lakeside | Skarloey (Slate Quarry) | The Depot | Bluebell Valley | Valley View | Sodor Castle | Standard and Narrow Gauge Tunnel Runby | Old Iron Bridge | Tea Room Station | Mountain Village Station | Blue Mountain Quarry | Strawberry Grove | Rumblin Bridge | Elephant Park | Boulder Quarry | The Old Wooden Bridge | Ulfstead Castle | Sodor Steamworks | The Transfer Yards | The Wharf | Skarloey Coal Yard | Green Hills Junction | The Old Trestle Bridge | Culdee Fell (Caves, Hill) | Middle Station | Vicarstown Goods Yard
Locomotives Stephen | Glynn | Millie | Aaron | Dylan | Lexi | Theo | Merlin | L'Aigle
Rolling Stock Coaches | Standard Gauge Carriages | Narrow Gauge Carriages | Narrow Gauge Trucks | The Sleigh
People Sir Robert Norramby
Locations Ulfstead Castle | The Dinosaur Park | Ulfstead Railway Museum
Talyllyn Railway
Locomotives Talyllyn | Dolgoch | Sir Haydn | Edward Thomas | Midlander | Douglas | Tom Rolt | Alf | Toby
Rolling Stock Coaches
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