The Blue Mountain Quarry Vehicles

Aside from the Skarloey Railway engines that work there, the Blue Mountain Quarry is a home to a large selection of road vehicles.

Shovel Excavators
Many shovel excavators work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. Aside from quarry work, they can also be used in construction.

Basis
The shovel excavators are based on 1936 Smith 12-face shovel excavators. These machines were built at Smith's plant at Rodley Crane Works in Leeds. One example of this type of shovel is preserved at the National Slate Museum in Llanberis, Wales, and is currently painted in a similar livery to that used by the Blue Mountain Quarry shovel excavators

Livery
The shovels are painted blue and orange with the quarry logo on their sides.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 22 - Cyclone Thomas
 * Series 23 - Free the Roads

Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Trivia

 * A shovel was later retextured in a black, orange, and cream livery as an Outback mining excavator for Cyclone Thomas.

Dump Trucks
A few dump trucks work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They haul stones and help clear waste from building sites. They are painted orange and blue and have the quarry logo on their sides.

Some dump trucks were also seen at Anopha Quarry and the Harwick Branch Line.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 19 - The Truth About Toby, The Beast of Sodor and Den and Dart
 * Series 22 - Counting on Nia
 * Series 23 - All Tracks Lead to Rome

Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

Trivia

 * A dump truck's wheels were later reused for Dexter as his "monster truck wheels" in the fantasy sequence for the twenty-second series episode, School of Duck.
 * A dump truck was later retextured in two different liveries to represent Italian dump trucks in the twenty-third series episode, All Tracks Lead to Rome. One being an aqua and black livery with red hubcaps and the other purple and brown.

Tanker Lorries
A few tanker lorries work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. These bring fuel for the machines that work at the quarry. They are painted orange and blue and bear the quarry logo on both their cabs and their tankers.

Basis
They are based on ERF 8-wheeler tanker lorries.

Appearance
Television Series=

Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Soft-sided Lorries
A few soft-sided lorries work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They are just like the normal Soft-sided Lorries, except they are coloured blue and orange and carry the Blue Mountain Quarry logo on their sides.

Basis
The soft-side lorries are based on designs by Austin, Dodge and Leyland from the 1940s and 1950s.

Appearance
Television Series=

Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Bulldozers
A few bulldozers work at the Blue Mountain Quarry. They usually work at the spot where the Skarloey Railway engines tip their loads of slate ready for it to go into the crusher. It is the job of the bulldozers to push the slate from the drop-off point into the crusher. Like the other vehicles, they are painted blue and orange and carry the quarry logo on their sides.

One of the bulldozer's number plates is "GLV 0914".

Basis
The bulldozer is based on the JCB 1 Grave Digger (minus the backhoe).

Appearance
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 16 - Race to the Rescue

Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Trivia

 * A plain yellow bulldozer appeared in the sixteenth series episode, Race to the Rescue.

ERF 6-wheeler Lorry
A few ERF 6-wheeler Lorries work at the Blue Mountain Quarry.

Basis
They are based on ERF 6-wheeler Lorries.

Appearance
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Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery