Harvey

"I'm not just a crane, I'm an engine too!"

- Harvey Harvey is a maroon tank engine with a crane mounted on top of his boiler, which makes him look rather unusual. He lives and works at the Sodor Water Works.

Biography
When Harvey first came to the island, the engines said he looked different and all of them except Thomas did not trust him. However, he saved Percy after an accident with some Troublesome Trucks at Bulgy's Bridge and it made them realise that Harvey's difference is what makes him special. Since then, he has proved very useful and has used his crane arm for maintenance, building and clearing up debris. He mainly works at Brendam Docks and the Shunting Yards, but his favourite place to be is at the Sodor Water Works, where he is said to live.

Since his addition to the railway, Harvey has helped after many accidents. However, he was not able to do it alone and Rocky was brought to help.

Bill and Ben made fun of Harvey for being both a crane and an engine. However, Porter helped Harvey see the positives of being a crane engine. The dock manager asked Harvey to deliver flatbeds of scrap metal to Vicarstown since Edward had been delayed, but he was not paying attention when he was going down Gordon's Hill and his flatbeds derailed. Fortunately for Harvey, he was able to use his crane to clear up the mess and was able to deliver the cargo. He also helped Thomas back onto the rails after an accident.

Harvey teamed up with Samson with collecting trackside scrap for the scrapyards while Scruff was being repaired and helped build the Earl's new Dinosaur Park.

Diesel tried to make mischief between him and Daisy by saying that the other was boasting about being unique. However, this led to the two becoming good friends. After a branch got stuck in his gears, Harvey tried to fix the problem himself. Unfortunately, he ended up derailing in Conrad's Bridge tunnel. After he was repaired, he spun his crane fast enough to throw a crate all the way to a dock worker. He later did the same thing again after Rebecca told him how cool he looks with his crane while helping Bill and Ben clear up the accident.

Personality
Harvey is a relentlessly cheery, bighearted, helpful crane engine. He has a very odd shape, due to his crane attachment atop his boiler, which he can be upset about if the other engines make fun of it. However, he is very able to show that his crane is very useful in lifting cargo, trucks, and sometimes some smaller engines. He has a tendency to throw a load if he gets excited enough.

He is also sensitive as shown when he first arrived on Sodor. He does not like to be made fun of or ridiculed.

He has a booming, thoughtful voice and large wooden buffers. He is happy to work anywhere, ready to help clear up after an accident and offer words of care, comfort and advice.

Basis
Harvey is based on Dübs Crane Engine No. 4101, nicknamed "Dubsy", built in Glasgow, Scotland. "Dubsy" is presently based at the Foxfield Railway in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, England.

Livery
Harvey is painted maroon with yellow and red lining and brown, square, wooden buffers. His name is painted on his sides in yellow and his number 27 is painted on the sides of his crane arm, also in yellow.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 6 - Harvey to the Rescue and No Sleep for Cranky
 * Series 7 - The Spotless Record, Toby's Windmill , Bad Day at Castle Loch, Peace and Quiet and Three Cheers for Thomas
 * Series 8 - Thomas and the Tuba, Thomas Saves the Day, Percy's Big Mistake, Thomas Gets it Right , Fish and Emily's Adventure
 * Series 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow and Thomas' New Trucks
 * Series 10 - Edward Strikes Out
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Lighthouse
 * Series 12 - Excellent Emily and Saved You!
 * Series 17 - Gone Fishing and Thomas' Shortcut
 * Series 18 - Toad's Adventure, Samson Sent for Scrap and Millie and the Volcano
 * Series 20 - Bradford the Brake Van and Blown Away
 * Series 21 - A Most Singular Engine, Stuck in Gear and Emily in the Middle
 * Series 22 - What Rebecca Does
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show and A New Arrival

Specials

 * 2005 - Calling All Engines!
 * 2008 - The Great Discovery
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor

Music Videos

 * Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed, There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away, Salty and The Whistle Song
 * Series 8 - Determination
 * Calling All Engines! - Trying and Together
 * Series 9 - Brave, Pride and Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - The Work Song and One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - H is for Harold, Navigation and Strength
 * The Great Discovery - There's a Job for Everyone and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Series 17 - Hey, Hey Thomas! and On a Journey Today
 * Series 18 - The Best Friends Express
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - A World Around You
 * Series 19 - Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Race - You Can Only Be You
 * Journey Beyond Sodor - I Want to Go Home
 * Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion
 * Series 22 - All the Girls Around the World and Let's Dream

Learning Segments

 * Series 8 - Steamies and Diesels Sounds and Helping One Another
 * Calling All Engines! - Which Engine for Which Job?
 * Series 10 - Right Sized Engine for the Job

Storytime
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 * Series 1 - The Story of Rebecca the Happy Engine
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Magazine Stories

 * 2003 - Tour of Sodor, Story Time!, Harvey to the Rescue!, Castle Celebrations!, Bridges and Crane Strain!
 * 2004 - Monster Mistake!, Crash Splash!, Sky Shapes, Percy the Pirate, Travelling Thomas, Salty's Tales and Percy and the Dragon
 * 2005 - Winter Watch, Super Slider, Hooray, Henry , Percy and the Big Mistake , The Dinosaur , Stranded and Too Wet
 * 2006 - First-class Carriage, Fun and James , Splendid Sight Snow Shapes and Disgusted Diesels
 * 2007 - Helpful Harvey, Driver's Decorations!, The Scottish Connection, Look and Hook, Edward Strikes Out , Hooked Up and BoCo the Brave
 * 2008 - Snow Trouble!, Thomas and the Lighthouse! , The Ice Train! , Big is Beautiful and Harvey's Hook
 * 2009 - Spring Special and Spring Time Special
 * 2010 - Disgusted Diesels, Creepy Causeway and Thomas and the Rainbow!
 * 2011 - Rosie's Rocks, Salty's Surprise!, Taking a Break , Rosie's Really Useful Scrap! and Animal Adventure
 * 2012 - Hooray for Henry, Jack's Tracks! , Sand Express and Message Mix-Up!
 * 2013 - A Friend in Need, Spencer's Statue, Hover Bother!, Coal and Treacle , The Railway Rink  and The Seaside Special
 * 2014 - Thomas Takes a Shortcut and Harvey the Crane Engine

Harvey also appeared in the magazine stories, Harvey Saves the Harvest!, Mighty Magnet!, Stone Signal, Sunny Smile and The Open Top Bus.

Annual Stories

 * 2013 - Gordon's Shortcut

Books
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 * 2006 - Harvey
 * 2007 - Murdoch and Harvey to the Rescue
 * 2008 - The Close Shave
 * 2015 - Thomas and the Volcano

Official Description
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Trivia

 * Excluding the real-life engines, Harvey is the twenty-seventh standard gauge engine introduced in the television series, which corresponds with his number.
 * In the show, Harvey has his number before he even treads wheel on Sodor, which is also before Sir Topham Hatt and the Railway Board decide that Harvey is going to become part of the railway.
 * Harvey's face was inspired by Desperate Dan, from The Dandy comics, minus the stubble.
 * Harvey is the only character created by Jonathan Trueman that is not related to Jack and the Pack.
 * Keith Wickham gives Harvey a Scottish accent, reflecting his basis' origins.
 * In the twelfth series episode, Saved You!, Harvey appeared without a CGI Series face. However, a magazine had two images from this episode showing Harvey with one. These same pictures appeared again in the annual story Gordon Takes a Shortcut.
 * One of Harvey's television series models was on display at Drayton Manor and wore his happy face, but was returned to HiT Entertainment in 2011.
 * One of Harvey's faces (production-made) was sold from The Prop Gallery. Two of his faces were sold to the Top Props preservation group.
 * A large quantity of Harvey's merchandise incorrectly depicts him as brown instead of red and with black buffers instead of brown. Some of his merchandise also incorrectly depict him with the ability to move his crane arm up and down despite neither him nor his basis being capable of doing so.
 * Harvey's current whistle sound from the twelfth series onwards is Mighty Mac's whistle sounds from the eleventh series, but at ten steps lower-pitched (Mighty) and twelve steps lower-pitched (Mac), respectively.
 * In the Polish dub of the seventeenth series Harvey was named "Hector."
 * Throughout his appearances in Season 8, Harvey starts every sentence with the sound "Hmm."
 * Harvey has destroyed crates twice, one instance being Stuck in Gear, after he gets his crane fixed.

Quotes
"Maybe my coming here wasn't such a good idea, Sir". "Nonsense!" "But the engines don't like me, I'm too different". "'Different' is what makes you special."

- Harvey and the Fat Controller, Harvey to the Rescue, sixth series

"Hey there! You're a Really Useful Engine... or should I say, you're a Really Useful Crane!" "I'm a crane engine, so you can say either I suppose". "Oooh, look Ben. It's Harvey! What's he doing down at the docks?" "He's probably trying to go fishing, Bill. Better put your hook in the water, Harvey, if you want to catch something!"

- Porter, Harvey, Bill and Ben, Gone Fishing, seventeenth series