Arlesdale Trucks

There are three types of trucks originating from the Arlesdale Railway have appeared in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends media.

Hoppers
"They run on bogies as sweetly as any coach. We take them to the old mines, fill them up, and run them down here to the chute."

- Mike telling Duck about the Arlesdale Hoppers, Small Railway Engines The Arlesdale Railway owns ten hopper wagons built at Arlesburgh Works which are used for transporting ballast.

These bogie wagons are taken up to the ballast mines by the miniature engines, loaded up, and brought back down to Arlesburgh West, where they are then placed on the chute. The loads drop out from the bottom of the trucks into the standard gauge trucks below, and the North Western Railway takes the ballast to their own railway.

Rex, Bert and Mike once pushed some hoppers off the ballast chute to block Sailor John from stealing Captain Calles' Pirate Ship.

Personality
In a conversation with Duck, Rex implies the trucks are Troublesome Trucks. Mike does not mind pulling these trucks over coaches, as he says they are "different" and "run on bogies as sweetly as any coach".

Basis
The hoppers are based on those of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, who offered insight to their design to the Arlesdale Railway. Their design is different in both The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends; the trucks in the books are metal and are closer to their real-life counterparts, while the television series trucks are slightly shorter, made of wood and are fitted with buffers and chain couplings.

Livery
The hoppers are painted brown with "ARLESDALE" painted on both sides in white.

Appearances
The Railway Series=

The Railway Series

 * Small Railway Engines - Ballast
 * Oliver the Western Engine - Donald's Duck
 * Duke the Lost Engine - Sleeping Beauty (mentioned)

Companion volumes

 * 1970 - Twelve Happy Engines
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 20 - The Way She Does It, Tit for Tat, Mike's Whistle and Useful Railway

Specials

 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2016 - The Great Race

Bulkhead Wagons
The Arlesdale Railway owns several bulkhead wagons. They are bogie wagons with a flat surface, open-sides and plank walls at either end.

These wagons are used primarily for transporting wool.

Personality
They are considered to be Troublesome Trucks. Once, they foolishly pushed Rex into the wool bales on the line, chanting "On! On! On!" and derailing their train.

Types of sentient trucks in the Railway Series:

Basis
These wagons are inspired by real-life bulkhead wagons commonly seen on standard gauge railways. However, these have been scaled-down to minimum gauge.

Livery
The bulkhead wagons are painted coral pink with black frames.

Appearances
Railway Series=

The Railway Series

 * Small Railway Engines - Useful Railway
 * Duke the Lost Engine - Sleeping Beauty (mentioned)

Companion volumes

 * 1970 - Twelve Happy Engines
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection

Trivia

 * They are the only kind of flatbed trucks in any gauge or Thomas & Friends media to have faces.

Plank Trucks
The Arlesdale Railway owns several plank trucks. These open wagons are used primarily for transporting wool.

Basis
The plank trucks are based on the standard gauge 7-plank open wagons, scaled down accordingly. They also have two extra planks incorporated into their design.

Livery
The plank trucks are painted coral pink with black frames and grey buffer beams.

Appearances
Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 20 - Ryan and Daisy, Tit for Tat, Mike's Whistle and Useful Railway
 * Series 21 - Daisy's Perfect Christmas
 * Series 24 - Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop

Specials

 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure