The Horrid Lorries

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“	Well, well, well! The Brothers Grim: Smashed, Broken and Sunk!	”
—Thomas, "Percy and the Lorries", Engine Friends

Lorry 1
Lorry 2
Lorry 3
Lorry 4
Lorry 5
Background Information
First appearance	Horrid Lorry (T&F) (first 3 only) Percy and the Lorries (SFS) (first 3 only) The Return of the Horrid Lorries (SFS) (Lorries 4 & 5)
Last appearance	Horrid Lorry (T&F) (first 3 only) The Return of the Horrid Lorries (SFS) (Lorries 3, 4, & 5) The Diesel Helps the Steamies (SFS) (Lorries 1 & 2)
Creator(s)	Britt Allcroft David Mitton Chris Lloyd Jacobacranmer
Overview
Name	Lorry 1, Lorry 2, Lorry 3, Lorry 4, and Lorry 5
Nicknames	The Lorries The Horrid Lorries Smashed, Broken and Sunk (by Thomas)
Gender	Males
Country	Island of Sodor England (built)
Technical Details
Basis	Foden OG lorries
Vehicle	Road vehicle
Type	Lorries
Fuel type	Petrol
Drivetrain	FWD
Wheels	4 each
Top speed	45 mph
Builder(s)	Foden Trucks
Year built	sometime between 1938 and 1957
Registration number	LOR 1, LOR 2 and LOR 3
Company	Sodor Construction Company (merchandise/website descriptions)

The Horrid Lorries, individually referred to as Lorry 1, Lorry 2, Lorry 3, Lorry 4, and Lorry 5, are five small lorries who were incredibly rude to the engines.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

When Percy was late one day, Cranky suggested that a lorry should do his work. True to his word (and delight), three red, incredibly rude lorries arrived the next day. Lorry 2 called Percy a lump of steaming scrap iron. Lorry 1 called Percy a "little green goblin on wheels" and told him he would be scrapped. Lorry 1 also insulted Thomas and James.

At the quarry, Toby encountered Lorry 2, who told Toby that he belonged in a museum and also told him to "toodle off", saying that Toby was not useful. Toby tried to find work at the mill, but Lorry 3 was there already. He said that the three lorries were doing the "slow" engines' work now, while the foreman said that times were changing.

Of course, all three got their comeuppance in due course: Lorry 2 fell off a mountainside (in front of Toby; Percy ironically echoed the "steaming scrap iron" line to him, while Toby brought up the usefulness insult), Lorry 3 broke down after being overloaded with flour and was brought to the docks by Butch and Lorry 1 reversed into the sea. Later, Thomas saw the three lorries and due to the impact of their damage, he nicknamed them "Smashed" (Lorry 2), "Broken" (Lorry 3) and "Sunk" (Lorry 1). The lorries were then sent away and despite Lorry 2 declaring that they would return, they never do.

Stories From Sodor

Engine Friends

Like in the television series, when Percy was late one day, Cranky suggested that a lorry should do his work. True to his word (and delight), three red, incredibly rude lorries arrived the next day. Lorry 2 called Percy a lump of steaming scrap iron. Lorry 1 called Percy a "little green goblin on wheels" and told him he would be scrapped. Lorry 1 also insulted Thomas and James.

At the quarry, Toby encountered Lorry 2, who told Toby that he belonged in a museum and also told him to "toodle off", saying that Toby was not useful. Toby tried to find work at the mill, but Lorry 3 was there already. He said that the three lorries were doing the "slow" engines' work now, while the foreman said that times were changing.

Of course, all three got their comeuppance in due course: Lorry 2 fell off a mountainside (in front of Toby; Percy ironically echoed the "steaming scrap iron" line to him, while Toby brought up the usefulness insult), Lorry 3 broke down after being overloaded with flour and was brought to the docks by Butch and Lorry 1 reversed into the sea. Later, Thomas saw the three lorries and due to the impact of their damage, he nicknamed them "Smashed" (Lorry 2), "Broken" (Lorry 3) and "Sunk" (Lorry 1). The lorries were then sent away and despite Lorry 2 declaring that they would return, they never do.

Season 11

When there was too much work on the railway for the engines, Richard Hatt brought in The Horrid Lorries, now with Lorries 4 and 5. The five ended up causing even more trouble for the engines during their stay and were all sent off in disgrace.

Season 13

Later, when Lorry 1 was backing onto the beach with some sand, he wasn't watching where he was going and ran over Danny's deckchair storage tent.

Later, Lorry 1 and Lorry 2 tried stealing Bill and Ben's job of taking china clay to Brendam. The twins challenged the Lorries to a race. The two Lorries were in the lead until the twins overtook them after struggling on Gordon's Hill and being helped by Class 40.

Personality

The Lorries were arrogant, mean and rude towards the engines. They believed that the railway was inferior to the roadways and also enjoyed teasing the engines for their appearances. They were also very careless.

Basis

The lorries seem to be based on Foden OG range lorries, which were once a common sight around railway yards.

The Lorries' basis

Livery

Lorries 1, 2, and 3 are painted a brownish-red. Lorry 4 is painted blue and Lorry 5 is painted dark purple. Their registration plates are black with white lettering reading "LOR" followed by their respective numbers. They sometimes have grey tarpaulins over their flatbeds.

References

Non-rail vehicles

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Road vehicles	Terence | Bertie | Trevor | George | Caroline | 040 BMC | Bulgy | Bulgy's Friend | JTK 62 | Willie's Tractor | Tractors | Post Van | The Horrid Lorries | Butch | Thumper | Elizabeth | The Pack (Nelson, Jack, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Nigel, Isobella, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy) | Madge | Kevin | Flynn | Ace | Sir Topham Hatt's Car | Buses | Dyson Lorries | Soft-sided Lorries | Caterpillar Cranes | Taxis | Fire Engines | The Ambulance | Sodor Bakery Van | Miss Jenny's Land Rover | The Blue Mountain Quarry Vehicles | Algy | Angus | Baggage Transporters | Crawler Tractors | Forklifts | Cargo Lorries | Ester
Aircraft	Harold | Tiger Moth | Jeremy | Emerson | Isla | G-Hewi | The Biplane | Aeroplanes | The Hot Air Balloon | The Airship
Watercraft	AC. 3929 | Alyssa | Boats | Bob and Steve | Bulstrode | Captain | Captain Calles' Pirate Ship | Coast Guard | Fishing Boats | Jacqueline | The Jetty | Judith | K 91 | Katherine | Krystyna | Lakesider III | Lucinda | Mail Boats | Old T. | The Queen of Sodor | S12 FH | Skiff | Stefano
Cranes	Big Mickey | Cranky | Colin | Owen | Merrick | Reg | Beresford | Carly | The African Crane | Cranes | A.J.R. No.1 | Ol' Wheezy | Hee-Haw | Happy Hook | Cassia

Red Characters

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North Western Railway	Locomotives	Arthur | Dawson | Dustin | Glynn | Harvey | James | Norman | Rosie | Salty | Victor | Winston
	Rolling Stock	Rocky | Slip Coaches | Sophia
	Non-Rail Characters	Bertie | Bulgy | Buster | Caroline | Elizabeth | Flynn | Jack | Max and Monty | The Horrid Lorries
	Formerly	Dexter | Isabel and Dulcie
Skarloey Railway	Locomotives	Ivo Hugh | Rheneas | Skarloey
	Rolling Stock	Red Coaches | Talyllyn Railway Coaches
	Non-Rail Characters	Merrick
Arlesdale Railway	Locomotives	Mike
Crystal Island	Locomotives	Garnet | Ruby | Rutile
Keystone Railway	Locomotives	Red Diamond | Red Imperial Topaz | Red Pearl | Ruby (KR) | Ruby Aura Quartz | Ruby Zoisite
The Mainland	Locomotives	Sixteen | The Flying Thistle | The Mainland Diesels | Ulli
USA	Locomotives	Natalie
Brazil	Locomotives	The Dark Red Tank Engine(s)
	Formerly	Cassia
Denmark	Locomotives	Emil
China	Locomotives	Yong Bao
Tanzania	Locomotives	Kwaku | The Dark Red Tank Engine(s)
	Non-Rail Characters	Kobe
Egypt	Locomotives	Delilah
	Rolling Stock	Alexandria
Belgium	Locomotives	Axel

Purple Characters

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Blue Characters

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Season 11

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