Alfie

"I'm Jack, I'm here to help!" "More help means more dirt; more dirt means more fun. I'm Alfie!"

- Jack meets Alfie Alfie is a little green excavator who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He is Jack's best friend and his favourite expression is "more dirt means more fun".

Biography
Alfie works for the Sodor Construction Company; he loves working hard and handles even the toughest of jobs very well with ease.

Alfie helped save a cat and her kittens one day after being teased by Max and Monty about his size. He was also working with Percy at Maithwaite Forest on Halloween night when Kelly told everyone a scary story about a one-eyed truck. Later, he was saved by Byron when he almost sank into a muddy hole. When Max and Monty carelessly crashed into the lightning tree, he, Oliver and Kelly held the tree up while Jack went to fetch the props and the tree was saved. He later helped with the restoration of Great Waterton and helped erect a bandstand in the town.

Alfie helped with the construction of the Harwick Branch Line along with Jack, Oliver, Max and Monty and later attended the line's ceremony.

Later he, Jack, Oliver, Max and Monty were working on Thomas' Branch Line and he, Oliver and Jack helped cleared the branch line at the Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox after Max and Monty dumped their loads on the line.

Personality
Alfie is a friendly machine who gets on well with his work and never minds getting dirty or mucky during jobs. He always views his work as fun. In Mines of Mystery, it is shown the he easily gets seasick.

Basis
Alfie is based on a freelance design and does not represent a typical prototype, although he does resemble a 1960 K1C10&K excavator.

Livery
Alfie is painted green with the number #12 painted on his sides and on the back of his cab in white.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 6 - Jack Jumps In and A Friend in Need
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - Alfie Has Kittens, Jack Owns Up, On Site with Thomas, A Visit from Thomas, Mud Glorious Mud, Thomas and the Moles, Percy's Scary Tale, Kelly's Windy Day , A Happy Day for Percy and A Tale for Thomas
 * Series 12 - Percy and the Bandstand
 * Series 20 - Mucking About
 * Series 23 - Mines of Mystery, Out of Site, First Day on Sodor! and Deep Trouble

Alfie had a role in the cancelled episodes, Bossy Byron, Alfie Has a Secret, Treasure Hunt, All Work, No Play, Grass is Greener, Jack and the Quack, The Importance of Being Patrick, Isobella Gets Steamed, Kelly's Heroes and Jack's Snow Rescue.

Specials

 * 2008 - The Great Discovery
 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2016 - The Great Race

Music Videos

 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - The Work Song and One Friendly Family
 * The Great Discovery - There's a Job for Everyone, Where, oh Where is Thomas? and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - We Make a Team Together
 * The Great Race - You Can Only Be You
 * Series 23 - Legend of the Lost Engine and The Sodor Construction Crew
 * Series 24 - How Does it Work?

Videos
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 * 2019 - Meet Gina of Italy, Meet the Sodor Construction Company! and Meet Ester of Italy!

Books

 * 2006 - Jack, May the Best Engine Win! and Thomas' Sticker Express
 * 2007 - Alfie and Thomas' Giant Coloring Book
 * 2008 - Thomas and the Great Discovery
 * 2009 - Thomas the Tank Engine Owner's Workshop Manual, Thomas to the Rescue! and Watch Me Draw Thomas & Friends
 * 2010 - Hero of the Rails and Movie Theater
 * 2011 - Alfie the Excavator, Jack the Front Loader, Runaway Engine! and The Big Book of Engines
 * 2012 - Copy the Stickers Colouring Book and Full Steam Ahead!
 * 2015 - A Really Useful Engine, Pirate Treasure, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: Sticker Activity Book, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie Storybook, Thomas' New Friend and Thomas Takes a Vacation
 * 2016 - 6-Movie Coloring Collection
 * 2022 - Thomas and the Muddy Mishap!

Magazine stories

 * 2012 - Jack's Tracks!
 * 2014 - Jack's Tracks

Video Games
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 * 2007 - DVD Bingo
 * 2008 - Begins Educational Learning
 * 2017 - Read and Play!

Official Description
2005-2007= From Official Media

From Official Website
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Audio Files
Theme Horn

Trivia

 * His shovel can be removed and replaced with a jackhammer attachment, like Oliver's.
 * A semi-complete face mask of Alfie was preserved by the Top Props preservation group.
 * In Mines of Mystery, it is revealed that Alfie gets seasick on boat rides, complete with a slightly green face, and red nose after he hit the shore, and showing signs of nausea, and groaning. Due to this, he is the first and only vehicle character with seasickness.
 * Alfie's horn sounds similar to Bulgy's main and Sir Topham Hatt's car from the sixth to seventh series.
 * His horn sound was later reused for some cars and a truck in the mobile app Read and Play!. It was also reused for Sir Topham Hatt's car in the same mobile app as well.
 * Alfie had a total of sixteen facial expressions, three of which (troubled sleeping, seething and yawning) were not used on-screen.
 * In the Polish dub, Alfie is called "Alf", which is also the name of the mentioned only Railway Series character Fred's basis.

Merchandise

 * ERTL
 * Take Along
 * Take-n-Play
 * Wooden Railway
 * TrackMaster
 * My Thomas Story Library
 * Nakayoshi
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Pocket Fantasy