Salty the Dockyard Diesel

Salty is a dockyard diesel who works at Brendam Docks.
==Bio==
Salty worked on an unnamed coastal railway for many years, where he acquired his vast collection of stories and songs and possibly his sailor's accent, before coming to Sodor to work at the Centre Island Quarry with Mavis, Bill, and Ben. Salty was upset, being used to working near the sea, but he soon won the trucks over with his tales and sea shanties, and as a reward for his hard work was sent to work at Brendam Docks. He, Bill and Ben were trapped at Brendam Docks one night, much to the annoyance of Cranky. He later teased Gordon about pulling trucks and being bossy.
In the seventh season, he and Fergus saved a ship from crashing into the rocks, when the lighthouse lamp went out. He and Harvey later asked Murdoch about his past, which ended up annoying him.
Salty has shared many stories with his fellow engines that have often come into play later on. He told Percy that the carpet he was delivering might be magic, and odd happenings convinced Percy and Gordon that it was.
In the ninth season, he accidentally ran over a flagpole that Henry was meant to deliver to the Scottish Castle.
He also told a story about a treasure on Sodor and Thomas followed all of Salty's clues and eventually found the treasure, just as the new Maritime Museum opened.
He later introduced Thomas to Billy, was one of the first engines to meet Stanley, looked at the docks for Thomas when he was missing, cheered at the docks when Thomas was found, and tried to take some woodsmen into the forest, but was blocked by trucks.
Salty later told the engines about the "strange engines" (Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand) that lived on Misty Island, a mysterious island not far from Sodor. He also told Thomas that the Star of Knapford could be magical.
In the sixteenth season, he told Percy about the "Monster of Brendam" and Edward tried to find him a present.
In the seventeenth season, he tried to make Kevin feel better about working with Cranky. Later, Salty started experiencing engine trouble, but refused to go to the Dieselworks, as he was worried that the Fat Controller might send him back to the quarry if he was not useful. This concern was strengthened with the arrival of Porter. Salty went to the Dieselworks, but ended up crashing into a flatbed of fuel cans in his hurry to return to the Docks. The fuel made his wheels slip, and he ended up colliding with a shipment of party decorations! Salty was now certain that he would be sent away, but, to his relief, the Fat Controller told him that he was meant to work with Porter, who had been sent to help him.
In the eighteenth season, he told the engines about the flatbeds of fear, encouraged Percy when Percy was missing Gator, along with Porter almost had a collision with Bill and Ben and also helped Timothy to play a trick on the twins.
In the nineteenth season, he pretended to be the Ghost of Christmas Past to frighten Diesel, and reminded him of his past mistakes. Salty later had to go to the Mainland as they were short of an engine, but he was afraid to go on a ship and travel by sea. However, he overcame his fears thanks to Thomas, who reminded him of his past tall tales which scared the other engines.
In "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure" he told Edward, Henry, James, Cranky and Porter about a "lost pirate".
==Persona==
Salty is easy-going, friendly and very practical. He also enjoys telling stories revolving around the sea and fantasy. His seafaring ways and accent are sometimes ridiculed by the other engines, but his usefulness almost always helps the others overlook that. He can work with trucks like no other engine; this is due to his enjoyment of working to a musical rhythm like the trucks and it may also be due to his vast collection of sea shanties. He loves the sea so much that he pines for it when he is away from it for long periods of time.
==Basis==
Salty is a BR Class 07 diesel shunter. The number he has, 2991, is a real BR number belonging to a member of the class; built in 1962, this locomotive escaped the cutter's torch by becoming a static generator at Eastleigh Railway Works and is still working there under the ownership of Knights Rail Services as of March 2007.Salty's class was notorious for having their axleboxes run hot at high speed. This class of locomotive worked at Southampton docks, where they replaced the older Southern Railway USA Tanks (Rosie's class) and the LB&SCR E2 tanks (Thomas's class).
==Livery==
Salty is painted crimson with pink warning stripes along his body, wasp stripes on his front and rear and yellow buffer beams with signs of rust. At the top of his forehead, he has the brim of a skipper's hat.
In Salty's Surprise, it is revealed that due to a shortage of red paint, he was once painted green.
==Appearances==
==Voice Actors==
* Keith Wickham (UK/US; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
* Walter Wigand (Germany)
* Christian Greger Strøm (Norway; Misty Island Rescue - seventeenth season)
* Simen Sand (Norway; Day of the Diesels onwards, barring the sixteenth and seventeenth season)
* Thierry Kazazian (France and French speaking Canada)
* Naoki Tatsuta (Japan; sixth - eighth seasons)
* Ryuzou Ishino (Japan; ninth season onwards)
* Jarosław Domin (Poland; Misty Island Rescue only)
* Zbigniew Konopka (Poland; fourteenth season onwards)
* Jorge Santos (Latin America; fourteenth season onwards)
* Danny Houtkooper (The Netherlands; Misty Island Rescue only)
* Paul Disbergen (The Netherlands; fourteenth season onwards)
* Gadi Levy (Israel)
* Francisco Bretas (Brazil)
* Jorge Teixeira (Spain)
* Gaetano Lizzio (Italy)
* Denis Bespalyy (Russia; seventeenth season onwards)
==Trivia==
* Salty differs slightly from his basis. Most Class 07s have a crankshaft at the end of their siderods. Salty lacks this feature.
* Some of Nitrogen Studios promos of Salty lack the rust on his bufferbeams.
* Salty appeared in The Great Discovery and Misty Island Rescue, despite his basis not being built until after both specials are meant to have taken place.
* One of Salty's models was on display at Nitrogen Studios; its current location is currently unknown.
* A production-made face of Salty is preserved by the Coffey Man Preservation from the Prop Gallery.
* Salty has gone several modifications throughout the Television Series. These include:
** Season 7:
*** His horn sound changed.
** Calling All Engines:
*** His horn sound changed again.
** Season 10
*** His horn changed again.
** Misty Island Rescue:
*** His cap brim became shorter
*** He gained a permanent tail-lamp.
** Day of the Diesels:
*** His horn sound changed to Derek's.
** Tale of the Brave:
*** He gained a permanent lamp.
** Season 19:
*** His cap brim became longer again.
*His Take Along and early Take-n-Play model had a red running plate and bufferbeam.
==Quotes==
:"Here comes 'Mr. Showoff'!" grouched Ben.
:"You have to admit, he's got a knack with those Trucks!" said Mavis.
:"Driver say's he'll bore the bolts off us with his stories!" huffed Bill.
:But Salty didn't say a word. He didn't come near the shed. Mavis was worried, she rolled alongside and asked him what he was doing on his own.
:"Oh I thought I might catch a bit of sea breeze."
:"You really do miss the sea, don't you?" asked Mavis.
:"Aye, I do."
- Mavis shows sympathy for Salty, Salty's Secret, sixth season.
:"Don't take me away from the sea boys... Don't take me away from the sea!"
- Salty and Porter singing, Away From The Sea, seventeenth season
:"Clattering Columbus! The world is heading straight for us!"
- Salty, Emily Saves the World, eighteenth season
:"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and a Salty new year!"
- Salty singing, A Cranky Christmas, nineteenth season
==Merchandise==
* ERTL (discontinued)
* Wooden Railway (regular; reintroduced, green, talking, oil splattered, and battery powered; battery powered discontinued)
* Take Along (discontinued)
* Take-n-Play
* Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
* TrackMaster (normal, talking, battery-operated, and green versions)
* Motorized Railway
* My First Thomas (talking)
* Bachmann (discontinued; still available in set)
* My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
* Bandai
* Nakayoshi
* Wind-up
* Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)
* LEGO (discontinued)
* Mega Bloks (discontinued)
* Discover Junction
* Collectible Railway
* Push Along
* Minis (Classic, Spooky, Old School, Sports, and DC super friends)
* Thomas and Friends Adventures (coming soon)
===See also===
* :Category:Images of Salty
==Poses==
File:MainSaltyCGI.png|
File:MainSaltyModel.png|
File:Salty'sSecret13.png|Salty in his debut episode
File:Salty'sSecret31.png
File:Salty'sSecret49.png
File:Salty'sSecret61.png
File:NoSleepforCranky16.png
File:NoSleepforCranky39.png
File:GordonTakesaTumble23.png
File:Salty'sStormyTale32.png|Salty in the seventh series
File:Salty'sStormyTale55.png|Salty carrying a headlamp during a storm
File:Salty'sStormyTale65.png
File:PeaceAndQuiet5.png
File:PeaceAndQuiet14.png
File:MudGloriousMud21.png|Salty in Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
File:ThomasToTheRescue42.png|Salty breaking down in the eighth series
File:Fish(Season8)30.png
File:Fish(Season8)41.png|Salty covered in fish
File:Fish(Season8)81.png|Salty at the Washdown
File:JamesGoesTooFar55.png
File:PercyandtheMagicCarpet25.png
File:Trying7.png|Salty in Calling All Engines!
File:HenryandtheFlagpole26.png|Salty in the ninth series
File:HenryandtheFlagpole66.png
File:KeepingUpwithJames77.png|Sir Topham Hatt in Salty's cab
File:WhereCanNevilleFindSalty?18.png|Salty in a ninth series learning segment
File:WhereCanNevilleFindSalty?19.png|Salty with Neville
File:Toby'sAfternoonOff42.png|Salty in the tenth series
File:ThomasandtheTreasure7.png
File:ThomasandtheTreasure11.png
File:ThomasandtheTreasure12.png
File:WhereIsSalty'sFavouritePlacetoWork16.png|Salty in a tenth series learning segment
File:ThomasSetsSail71.png|Salty in the eleventh series
File:Don'tBeSillyBilly26.png
File:TheGreatDiscovery526.png|Salty with 'Arry and Bert in The Great Discovery
File:TheGreatDiscovery542.png
File:HenryGetsItWrong55.png|Salty with a CGI face in the twelfth series
File:HenryGetsItWrong56.png
File:HenryGetsItWrong67.png|Salty with Henry
===CGI Series===
File:MistyIslandRescue104.png|Salty in full CGI
File:BeingPercy5.png|Salty with Percy in the fourteenth series
File:MerryWinterWish19.png
File:MerryWinterWish22.png|Salty and the Star of Knapford
File:DayoftheDiesels159.png|Salty in Day of the Diesels
File:Percy'sNewFriends13.png|Salty with Percy in the fifteenth series
File:Percy'sNewFriends14.png
File:PercyandtheMonsterofBrendam12.png|Salty with Percy in the sixteenth series
File:BustMyBuffers!55.png
File:Salty'sSurprise27.png|Salty with a green livery
File:KingoftheRailway104.png|Salty in King of the Railway
File:Kevin'sCrankyFriend31.png|Salty in the seventeenth series
File:NotNow,Charlie!6.png
File:AwayFromTheSea10.png|Salty and Mavis
File:AwayFromTheSea73.png|Salty's wheels
File:AwayFromtheSea75.png|Salty drops sand under his wheels
File:AwayFromtheSea109.png|Porter and Salty
File:TaleOfTheBrave196.png|Salty with Thomas and Percy in Tale of the Brave
File:TaleOfTheBrave734.png
File:FlatbedsofFearpromo.jpg|Salty in the eighteenth series
File:DisappearingDiesels14.png|Salty with Porter
File:DisappearingDiesels71.png
File:MissingGator5.png
File:EmilySavestheWorld120.png
File:TimothyandtheRainbowTruck18.png
File:TimothyandtheRainbowTruck19.png|Salty with Ben
File:TimothyandtheRainbowTruck79.png|Salty with Timothy
File:Who'sGeoffrey?25.png|Salty in the nineteenth series
File:TheTruthAboutToby59.png
File:ACrankyChristmas76.png|Salty decorated with Christmas decorations
File:SaltyAllAtSea86.png|Salty riding on the Sodor Line
File:Diesel'sGhostlyChristmas124.png|Salty as The Ghost of Christmas Past
File:Sodor'sLegendoftheLostTreasure387.png|Salty in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
File:Sodor'sLegendoftheLostTreasure405.png
File:BubblingBoilers37.png|Salty with Thomas in Bubbling Boilers
File:BubblingBoilers169.png
File:HenryGetsTheExpress41.png|Salty and Gordon in the twentieth series
File:DieselandtheDucklings2.png|Thomas and Salty
File:HenryintheDark74.png
File:TheGreatRace98.png|Salty with Paxton and Porter in The Great Race
File:TheGreatRace268.png|Salty with Ashima and Thomas
File:StuckinGear69.png|Salty in the twenty-first series
File:CrankyattheEndoftheLine27.png
File:NewCraneontheDock105.png|Salty with a fish in his mouth
File:NewCraneontheDock158.png|Salty, Cranky and Carly
File:JourneyBeyondSodor2.png|Salty with Bill, Ben, Porter, Cranky and Big Mickey in Journey Beyond Sodor
File:JourneyBeyondSodor620.png|Salty in Thomas' memory
File:BigWorld!BigAdventures!277.png|Salty with Porter in Big World! Big Adventures!
File:ConfusionWithoutDelay97.png|Salty in the twenty-second series
File:SeeingIsBelieving17.png|Salty with Rebecca
File:HuntTheTruck73.png
File:CountingonNia39.png|Salty with Nia
File:OutofSite58.png|Salty in a twenty-third series fantasy sequence
File:SteamTeamtotheRescue24.jpg|Salty's horn
File:SteamTeamtotheRescue43.jpg|Salty about to fall into the sea
File:SteamTeamtotheRescue71.jpg|Salty covered in seaweed
File:JamestheSuperEngine51.png|Salty in the twenty-fourth series
File:ANewArrival265.png|Salty with Thomas, Cranky, Carly and Big Mickey
File:Sonny'sSecondChance31.png|Salty with Sonny
File:Thomas'AnimalFriends24.jpg
===Miscellaneous===
File:FiveNewEnginesintheShed19.png|Nameboard with Arthur and Murdoch
File:SaltySeason6Model.jpg
File:SaltyFront.jpeg|Head-on model promo
===Promotional Material===
====Model Series====
File:Salty'sSecret4.PNG
File:NoSleepforCranky75.png
File:GordonTakesaTumble73.png
File:Percy'sNewWhistlePhoto3.jpg
File:Fish(Season8)96.png
File:JamesGoesTooFar21.jpg
File:ThomasandtheTreasure81.png
File:Emily'sRubbishdeletedscene.jpg|Salty with Emily and Whiff
File:ThomasSetsSail96.png
File:HenryGetsitWrong40.png
File:ThomasandSaltypromo2.jpg
File:Don'tbeSilly,Billy3.PNG
File:Saltypromo.jpg 
File:ThomasandSaltypromo.jpg
====CGI Series====
File:SaltyCGI.png
File:SaltyCGI.jpg
File:SaltyCGIpromo.png
File:SaltyCGIpromo2.png
File:SaltyattheDocksCGIpromo.png|Salty at Brendam Docks
File:SaltyCGIpromoontracks.png
File:SaltyatTidmouthShedspromo.png|Salty at Tidmouth Sheds
File:SaltyatKnapfordpromo.png|Salty at Knapford Station
File:SaltyatWhiff'sWasteDumpPromo.png|Salty at Whiff's Waste Dump
File:SaltyattheFarm.png
File:Thomas,SaltyandSpencer.jpg
==Others==
File:Head-OnSaltyPromoArt.png|Head-on Promo Art
File:SaltyJapanHeadonPromo.png|Promo Art (Head-on)
File:SaltySidePromoArt.png|Promo Art (Side View)
File:SaltyPromoArtSideview.png
File:SaltyPromoArt.png
File:SaltyPromoArt2.png
File:SaltyJapaneseNintendoGameIcon.png|Salty in Begins Educational Learning
File:ThomasSavestheDay(videogame)86.jpg|Salty in Thomas Saves the Day
File:Thomas'StorybookAdventure19.png|Salty in a DVD game
File:DVDBingo11.png|Salty in DVD Bingo
File:Salty(StoryLibrary)1.PNG|Salty in a My Thomas Story Library book
File:FlyingFish!5.png|Salty in a magazine story
File:DieselDisplay2.png
File:OntheBeach(2004)7.jpg|Salty on the beach
File:SaltyColoringSheet.jpg|Colouring Sheet
File:SaltyHarveyPoster.jpeg|2002 advertisement of Salty and Harvey
File:SaltyEdavilleRailroad.jpg|Salty at Edaville Road
File:DOWTDeanForestRailwaySalty.png|Salty at a Day Out with Thomas event
File:DOWTBellarinePeninsulaRailwaySalty.jpg|Salty at the Bellarine Peninsula Railway
File:D2991.jpg|The "real" Salty, D2991, his basis
File:Diesel's Locomotion Mayhem V2.png|Drayton Manor Diesel's Locomotion Mayhem
File:Salty Drayton Manor.png|Drayton Manor Salty
==Merchandise==
File:ERTLSalty.jpg|ERTL
File:WoodenSaltyFirstPrototype.png|Wooden Railway Salty first prototype with 8 wheels
File:Salty.jpg|Wooden Railway second prototype
File:OriginalWoodenRailwaySalty.JPG|2002 Wooden Railway
File:WoodenRailway2013Salty.jpg|2013 Wooden Railway
File:TalkingWoodenRailwaySeriesSalty.jpg|Talking Wooden Railway Series
File:WoodenRailway2006BatteryOperatedSalty.png|2006 Battery Powered Wooden Railway
File:WoodenRailwayBatteryPoweredSalty.png|2013 Battery Powered Wooden Railway
File:WoodenRailwaySaltyandtheShippingCars.png|Wooden Railway Salty and the Shipping Cars
File:WoodenRailwaytalkingSalty.jpg|Wooden Railway Talking Salty
File:WoodenRailwayProtoypeGreenSalty.jpeg|Green Wooden Railway prototype
File:WoodenRailwayGreenSalty.jpg|Green Wooden Railway
File:WoodenRailwayCelebrationSalty.png|Wooden Railway Celebration Salty
File:EarlyEngineersSalty.png|Wooden Railway Early Engineers Salty
File:WoodSalty2018.jpg|Wood
File:2019Salty.jpg|2019 Wood
File:BachmannSalty.png|Bachmann
File:TakeAlongSalty.jpg|Take Along Prototype
File:TASalty.png|Take Along
File:Take-n-PlaySalty.jpg|2010 Take-n-Play
File:Take-n-PlaySalty2013.png|2013 Take-n-Play
File:Take-n-PlaySalty2014.jpg|2014 Take-n-Play
File:Take-n-PlayTalkingSalty.jpg|2011 Talking Take-n-Play
File:Take-n-PlayTalkingSalty2015.jpg|2015 Talking Take-n-Play
File:Take-n-PlayPirateSaltyPrototype.jpg|Take-n-Play Pirate Salty Prototype
File:Take-n-PlayPirateSalty.jpg|Take-n-Play Pirate Salty
File:Take-n-PlayPullNZoomSalty.png|Take-n-Play Pull and Zoom Salty
File:Take-n-PlaySalty'sSurpriseatBrendamDocks.png|Take-n-Play Salty's Surprise at Brendam Docks
File:Take-n-PlaySaltyEasterEgg.jpg|Take-n-Play Easter Egg
File:AdventuresSalty1.jpg|Adventures
File:AdventuresSharkEscapeSalty.jpg|Adventures Shark Escape
File:CollectibleRailwaySalty.jpg|Collectible Railway
File:TrackMasterPushAlongSalty.jpg|TrackMaster Push Along
File:TrackMasterPushAlongSeaweedSalty.png|TrackMaster Push Along Seaweed Salty
File:TrackMasterSalty.jpg|TrackMaster
File:TrackMasterSaltyWithBlueTruck.jpg
File:TrackMasterSaltyWithRedTruck.jpg
File:2016TrackMasterSalty.jpg|2016 TrackMaster
File:TrackMastergreenSalty.jpg|TrackMaster Green Salty
File:TrackMasterTalkingSalty.jpg|TrackMaster Talking Salty with truck
File:TrackMasterSalty'sFishDelivery.jpg|TrackMaster Salty's Fish Delivery
File:TrackMasterCrashandRepairSalty.jpg|TrackMaster Crash and Repair
File:TrackMasterCrashandRepairSalty2.jpg
File:TOMYSalty.jpg|Motor Road and Rail
File:MotorizedRailwaySalty.jpg|Motorized Railway
File:Wind-upSalty.jpg|Capsule Plarail
File:CapsulePlarailAnnoyedSalty.png|Annoyed Capsule Plarail
File:CapsulePlarailPullAlongAnnoyedSalty.jpg|Annoyed Capsule Plarail Pull Along
File:Wind-upMetallicSalty.jpg|Metallic Capsule Plarail
File:SaltyPocketFantasy.jpg|Pocket Fantasy
File:LEGOSalty.png|LEGO
File:MegaBloksSalty.png|Mega Bloks
File:MyFirstThomasSalty.jpg|My First Thomas
File:DiscoverJunctionSalty.jpg|Discover Junction
File:SaltyBathSquirter.PNG|Bath Squirter
File:NakayoshiSalty.jpg|Nakayoshi
File:PushAlongSalty.jpg|Push Along
File:MinisClassicSalty.jpg|Minis (Classic)
File:MinisOldSchoolSalty.jpg|Minis (Old School)
File:MinisSpookySalty.jpg|Minis (Spooky)
File:MinisSportsSalty.png|Minis (Sports)
File:SaltyasAquaman.jpg|Minis (DC Super Friends; Aquaman)
File:MinisSaltyasClarkKent.jpg|Minis (DC Super Friends; Clark Kent)
File:PrototypeSaltyasFinster.jpg|Minis (Power Rangers; Finster)
File:MinisBacktoSchoolSalty.jpg|Minis (Back to School)
File:MinisNeonGlowintheDarkSalty.jpg|Minis (Neon Glow in the Dark)
File:MinisIckySalty.jpg|Minis (Icky)
File:MinisDogSalty.jpg|Minis (Dog)
File:MyThomasStoryLibrarySalty.png|My Thomas Story Library book
File:Salty2011StoryLibrarybook.jpg|2011 Story Library book
File:SaltyWoodenRailwayMyThomasStoryLibraryBookPack.png|Wooden Railway Story Library Book Pack
File:MyThomasStoryLibrarySaltyChinese.png|Chinese Story Library book
File:SaltyMyFirstPuzzles.png|Ravensburger Puzzle
Category:Trains
Category:Movies Spoof
Category:Julian Bernardino
Category:TheLastDisneyToon
Category:NickyHelp
Category:Filip Zebic
Category:Cartoon Network Chanel
Category:Disney Cartoon Network
Category:HeroesAndVillansRock
Category:DisneyLovefan
Category:ZoeLove 199
Category:CoolZDane
Category:Uranimated18
Category:TrainBoy43
Category:DisneylandandWorld
Category:CarsFan360
Category:Characters
Category:Fiver&Heather's Channel
Category:Tonygoldwing
Category:Disney Cartoon
Category:Thomas O'Malley Production
Category:Pages with broken file links
Category:TomandJerryFan360
Category:Terrence Mac
Category:TheBeckster1000
Category:DisneylandandWorld Version
Category:Disneyland Channel
Category:CartoonAnimationFan05
Category:GuidoRockz
Category:Toonmbia
Category:Disney and BBC
Category:Junior Rodriguez
Category:Children Zoo
Category:Thomas & Friends characters
Category:StevenandFriends
Category:Cartoon Disney
Category:Channel
Category:Daniel Pineda
Category:Thomas and Friends Characters
Category:Thomas & Friends Characters
Category:Characters
Category:Trains
Category:Heroes
Category:Protagonists
Category:SuperMarioLogan Characters
Category:Yellow Characters
Category:Red Characters
Category:Pirates
Category:Chefs
Category:Friendly Characters
Category:Nice Characters
Category:Non-Disney characters
Category:Non-Disney heroes
Category:Singing characters
Category:Singing Characters
Category:HiT Entertainment Characters
Category:Captains
Category:2002 Introductions
Category:PBS Kids Sprout Characters
Category:Tough Characters
Category:Characters voiced by Keith Wickham
Category:PBS Kids Characters
Category:Not PBS Kids Sprout Characters
Category:Characters with buck teeth