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Dmitri, Igor, and Ulli are a group of diesel shunters who work at the Great Railway Show Yard and Bridlington Goods Yard on the Mainland. Splatter, Dodge, Xavier and Xander used to also live and work amongst these shunters.

Biography[]

Thomas & Friends[]

During the Great Railway Show, these diesels were seen shunting trucks around the yard for the contestants; such as the heavy train for the Strength Competition. Three of them watched the Shunting Competition[1].

When James went to Bridlington to search for Thomas, he bumped into one of the diesels and asked him if he had seen the tank engine, who replied he could not remember. When James provided more details, the diesel asked another diesel, Ulli, if he had seen Thomas, who replied "Nope". The diesel then explained that Bridlington was a busy goods yard and left. After finding out from Thomas' trucks that he was at the Steelworks, James tried to ask the diesel if he knew where it was, only to be ignored[2].

Two of the diesels were shunting when Thomas arrived at a station and went to the washdown after getting covered in mud[3].

Basis[]

Dmitri, Igor, and Ulli are all based on British Rail (BR) Class 08 diesel-electric shunters. In the real world, BR Class 08s were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world with 996 of them built. Over seventy of them are preserved by heritage railways, such as the Dean Forest Railway and museums, such as the National Railway Museum. Around one-hundred BR Class 08s also remain in service on the national rail network.

Diesel, 'Arry, BertSplatter, Dodge, Paxton, Sidney, Rose, and Fernando are also based on BR Class 08s.

Jerry is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 06 diesel shunter. This class was built by Andrew Barclay Sons and Company from 1958 to 1960 for use on the Scottish Region of British Railways. 35 of these engines were built, with one surviving into preservation.

Livery[]

Dmitri, Ulli, and Igor are all painted red with large yellow stripes in the middle. They all have black and yellow hazard stripes painted on their fronts with white ladders, yellow counterweights and red buffers. Their livery is based on the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) livery that some BR Class 08s were painted in.

Jerry is painted lime green with purple lining.

Trivia[]

  • Dmitri, Ulli, and Igor's renders are reskins of Diesel.
  • Dmitri has a modified version of Diesel's face (eyebrows and nose changed and resized to Paxton's face size).
    • Ulli's face is altered from Paxton's.
    • One of the diesels' faces was reused for Fernando.
    • Unlike some Class 08’s from British Railways, these diesels do not have the letters EWS painted on them in red.

References[]



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