Kelly/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Kelly is a fictional mobile crane created by Phil Fehrle, Jonathan Trueman, Abi Grant and Robert Gauld-Galliers.

In 2002, Kelly made his debut in the sixth series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends in the episode, Jack Jumps In. He later appeared in the spin-off series, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company.

Kelly last appeared in a music video which is called "There's a Job for Everyone" from The Great Discovery and has not appeared in the television series since 2008.

Live-action model
Kelly's model was custom built and painted in a matte finish with the numbers made from custom stickers.

There were three remotes built to control Kelly, one was used to control his movement, one was used to operate his crane arm and one was used to move his eyes. During production of Jack and the Sodor Construction Company Kelly's remotes would be replaced by newer JR Propo ones, one of these remotes were sourced from JR Propo's XP642 remote controller.

Kelly has had a modification made during the television series. This includes:
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company:
 * His windscreen wipers were removed.

Present Day
After production of the model series wrapped in 2008, most of the models and sets would be put into storage, with some being put on display at Drayton Manor Theme Park. All other models would be logged and referenced in 2009 by HiT Entertainment, from this HiT would decide on which models were to enter storage once again, which would be given to crew members and which to be disposed off. Due to only having one model made, Kelly's model would stay under HiT and later Mattel's ownership.

Kelly's model is currently in Mattel's storage unit in Southampton England.

In 2022 Kelly's driving remote would be sold by The Prop Gallery it is now currently owned by Twitter user TheThomasFan.

Voice Actors

 * Kōzō Shioya