Hoppers

The Hoppers are used for transporting large amounts of bulk material such as coal, ballast, and stone. They are commonly used for railway construction on Sodor, such as when the Harwick Branch Line was being built. During that time, several hoppers of ballast loads were seen in the Construction Yard. Hoppers are mostly used at quarries or mines.

Hector is the only known hopper that has been named and seen with a face. He is also the only known ICI-designed hopper wagon on the North Western Railway.

BR 22 Ton Hoppers
The North Western Railway owns a selection of BR 22 Ton Hoppers. In the Railway Series, these hoppers have been seen being pulled by James, carrying ballast for trackwork along The Main Line. In the television series, these hoppers are commonly used by quarries, such as the Blue Mountain Quarry and the Ffarquhar Quarry. They first appeared in the fourteenth series.

Basis
These hoppers are based on BR 22 ton iron ore hoppers.

Livery
In the Railway Series, these hoppers have been seen painted yellow, purple, red, and grey. In the television series, they are painted black.

Appearances
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The Railway Series
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 * Thomas and his Friends - Buffer Bashing
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 14 - Thomas in Charge, Being Percy and Thomas and Scruff
 * Series 15 - Edward the Hero and Henry's Happy Coal
 * Series 16 - Express Coming Through, Flash Bang Wallop!, Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor, Sodor Surprise Day and Whiff's Wish
 * Series 17 - Not Now, Charlie!, The Lost Puff, No Snow for Thomas and Away From the Sea
 * Series 18 - Marion and the Pipe
 * Series 19 - Den and Dart
 * Series 20 - Toby's New Friend and Henry Gets the Express

Specials
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 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels
 * 2013 - King of the Railway

ZFV Dogfish Hoppers
In the television series, the North Western Railway owns some ZFV Dogfish hoppers. These hoppers are often used to carry ballast from Arlesburgh West and were heavily used during the construction of the Harwick Branch Line. They first appeared in the fifteenth series.

Basis
These hoppers are based on British Railways' ZFV 'Dogfish' ballast hoppers. Some hoppers of this type survive in use on the Bluebell Railway.

Livery
These hoppers have been seen in varying shades of green, red, orange, and grey. From the seventeenth series onward they are painted grey with brown frames.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 15 - Fiery Flynn
 * Series 16 - Race to the Rescue, Express Coming Through, Percy and the Monster of Brendam, Flash Bang Wallop!, Thomas and the Rubbish Train, Thomas Toots the Crows, Sodor Surprise Day, Emily's Winter Party Special, Muddy Matters, Whiff's Wish, Welcome Stafford! and The Christmas Tree Express
 * Series 17 - Henry's Hero and Luke's New Friend
 * Series 19 - Den and Dart, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead and Philip to the Rescue
 * Series 20 - The Way She Does It
 * Series 23 - Out of Site

Specials
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 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels
 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

ATSF 100 Ton Hoppers
In the Golden Books, the North Western Railway owns some ATSF 100 Ton Hoppers. James used these hoppers to deliver scrap for Reg at Crocks Scrap Yard.

Basis
The hopper bodies are based on the American designed ATSF 100 Ton hoppers. The bodies are mounted on the British Taff Vale Railway Macaw G.

Livery
These hoppers are painted brown and have "SODOR RAILWAY CO" written on their sides in white.

In the Lionel merchandise range, these hoppers are red. They have "SODOR MINING" on their sides in large yellow lettering, "CENTRE ISLAND QUARRY" and "16409 - BUILT IN 2005 BY LIONEL" in small black lettering.

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Books
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 * 2014 - Tale of the Brave and The Fearsome Footprints/Thomas the Brave

Merchandise

 * Take Along
 * Take-n-Play
 * TrackMaster
 * Lionel Trains