Canal Boats

There are many Canal Boats in Sodor's waterways. They are a popular tourist attraction, going up and down rivers and canals.

Sodor Valley
Sodor Valley is a widebeam canal boat which resides at Dryaw Canal Runby.

Livery
Sodor Valley is painted red with green borders and yellow lining. Her hull is painted black with a white stripe and a red triangle underneath her rudder. Her name (Sodor Valley) is painted on her sides and hull in white. Her exhaust pipe is painted black with three red rings around the top.

Apearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 3 - A Scarf for Percy, Percy's Promise, Time for Trouble, Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, Henry's Forest, No Joke for James, Thomas, Percy and the Post Train and Buzz, Buzz
 * Series 4 - Fish
 * Series 5 - Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday
 * Series 7 - Toby's Windmill
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Books

 * 1993 - Wave Hello to Thomas!

Audio Files
In Fish, Sodor Valley shares it's horn sound with Old T..

Trivia

 * The model for Sodor Valley was created by Martin Gaskell using laminated balsa wood.

Merchandise

 * Ertl

Lady Claire
Lady Claire is a narrowboat which transports goods and materials. She resides at Brendam Docks.

Livery
Lady Claire is painted green with a black hull. Her cabin sides are decorated with red borders and yellow lining, while her name is painted in white on her hull. Her company's name is also painted on the sides of her cabin in white. Her exhaust pipe is painted black with two gold bands around the top.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 3 - Buzz, Buzz, One Good Turn, Oliver Owns Up, Heroes and Percy, James and the Fruitful Day

Sodor Rose
Sodor Rose is another narrowboat which transports goods and materials. She also resides at Brendam Docks.

Livery
Sodor Rose is painted maroon with gold lining and a black hull. Her name (Sodor Rose) is painted in white with gold backing.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 3 - Buzz, Buzz, One Good Turn and Heroes

Samuel James Ltd Cartage No. 181089
Samuel James Ltd Cartage No. 181089 is a narrowboat which transports goods and materials.

Livery
Samuel James Ltd Cartage No. 181089 is painted black with yellow lining and red panels. She has a white stripe around the top of her hull. Her company's name (Samuel James Ltd Cartage) and her number (No. 181089) are painted on the sides of her cabin in white. Her exhaust pipe is painted black with two gold bands around the top.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 3 - Tender Engines, Bulgy and Percy, James and the Fruitful Day

Sodor Maid
Sodor Maid is a popular widebeam canal boat which resides at Hawin Croka Canal, however she has also been seen at Brendam Canal.

The Fat Controller and his family once took Sodor Maid out when they were on holiday, however ended up stuck on a mudbank, where other narrowboats were unable to free them. They were eventually rescued by Percy with the Breakdown Train and taken to Tidmouth Hault.

Livery
Sodor Maid is painted green and red with yellow lining. She has a black hull with a large white stripe around the top and two smaller green and red stripes beneath. Her name (Sodor Maid) is painted on her sides in white with floral decorations. Her exhaust pipe is painted black with red and yellow bands.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 5 - Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday
 * Series 10 - Thomas and the Colours
 * Series 15 - Spencer the Grand and Kevin the Steamie

Learning Segments

 * Series 8 - How Does Thomas Get to the Timber Yards?
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Magazine Stories

 * 2003 - Feeding Time
 * 2004 - Holiday Train

Trivia

 * Sometime between the fifth and eighth series, Sodor Maid's model was completely rebuilt, likely due to damage sustained while being shipped to Canada for the filming of Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Changes to the model include:
 * She becomes taller and narrower.
 * The curves on her side body panels become much sharper and higher up.
 * The rectangular sections on her side are now all equal in length. Additionally, her name is now written on the front rectangles as well as the back rectangles.
 * The pattern on her front end is changed to match the pattern on her back end.
 * The white stripe around her hull becomes much thicker.
 * The portholes and entrance on her sides are removed.
 * The detailing on her roof is removed.

Heart of Sodor
Heart of Sodor is another widebeam canal boat which resides at the Dryaw canal runby. She once tried to rescue Sodor Maid from a mudbank, but to no avail.

Livery
Heart of Sodor is painted light blue with dark blue panels and white lining. Her roof is painted dark blue with red lining. She has a black hull with a thick white stripe around the top. The word "Sodor" is painted on her hull at the rudder end in white with red backing. Her exhaust pipe is painted black with one red band at the top and one blue band beneath.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 5 - Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday

Other Canal Boats
Several other canal boats have been seen in blue and green colours. The Wharf has four canal boats which are numbered as '''Reg. of Sodor Nos. 1-4'''.