Soft-Side Lorries (T&F)

The Soft-Side Lorries are the most common type of lorries used on the Island of Sodor.

Soft-Side Lorry
These Soft-Side Lorries are the most commonly used lorries on the Island of Sodor.

They have been known to transport dairy products from the farms and stone from the quarries. Some of them have covered bed sides and can transport items that cannot be exposed to the outside. Once, two of them were transporting water tanks that were attached to a hose to wash the engines.

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

Livery
The soft-side lorries are painted in different liveries, such as red, blue, grey, and yellow.

The original soft-side lorries that appeared between Series 1 and Series 5, originally had cargo-beds matching the rest of their body. These were updated in Series 6 with wooden cargo-bedsides.

Red Soft-Side Lorry:

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Official Description
1991-2001= From Official Media:

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Trivia

 * A red soft-side lorry is on display at Drayton Manor.
 * The blue soft-side lorry did not originally have headlights, until Series 6.
 * The Ertl Company refers to the lorry as the "Sodor Soft Side Truck". Whereas, the Wooden Railway merchandise refers to it as the "Crosby Station Cargo Truck".

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * Ertl Company

Soft-Side Lorry (II)
These Soft-Side Lorries are smaller than the standard designs. They appeared between the fourth and sixth seasons of the television series.

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

Livery
These lorries are painted in different liveries, such as green, blue, and red. The green and red lorries have wooden-coloured cargo beds.

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 * Series 4 -
 * Series 5 -
 * Series 6 - No Sleep for Cranky

Pickup Truck
The Pickup Trucks are the second type of most commonly seen lorries on the Island of Sodor.

They have appeared since the first and last seasons of the television series.

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

Livery
These pickup trucks are commonly painted red. The original model had red cargo-bed, however this was update with a wooden cargo-bed design in Series 4.

Blue, orange-brown, green, cream, dark grey and bronze lorries have have also been seen. A multi-coloured pickup truck was later introduced in Big World! Big Adventures!.

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