Alfie

**Alfie** is an enthusiastic little excavator, who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He is Jack's best friend.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

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 hold the tree up while Jack goes to fetch the props and the tree is saved. He later helped with the restoration of Great Waterton and helped erect a bandstand in the town.

He later 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.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Alfie's exact basis is currently unknown.

### Livery

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

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

### *Thomas & Friends*

* **Series 6** - Jack Jumps in and A Friend in Need
* **Jack and the Sodor Construction Company** - A Visit from Thomas, Jack Owns Up, On Site with Thomas, Percy's Scary Tale, Kelly's Windy Day (*cameo*), A Happy Day for Percy, A Tale for Thomas, Thomas and the Moles (*cameo*), Alfie Has Kittens and Mud Glorious Mud
* **Series 12** - Percy and the Bandstand (*does not speak*)
* **Series 20** - Mucking About
* **Series 23** - Mines of Mystery, First Day on Sodor!, Deep Trouble and Out of Site

Alfie had a role in the cancelled episodes, Bossy Byron, The Importance of Being Patrick, Jack and the Quack, Alfie Has a Secret, Isobella Gets Steamed, and Grass is Greener.

#### Specials

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

#### 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 (*fantasy*)
* **Series 23** - Lorenzo's Song and The Sodor Construction Crew

#### Videos

* **2019** - Meet Gina of Italy (*cameo*), Meet the Sodor Construction Company! and Meet Ester of Italy! (*cameo*)

### 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 (*cameo*) 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 (*cameo*), Thomas' New Friend and Thomas Takes a Vacation
* **2016** - 6-Movie Coloring Collection (*cameo*)

### Magazine stories

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

### Video Games

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

## Voice Actors

* Nathan Clarke (*UK/US; Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twentieth series*)
* Tom Stourton (*UK/US; twenty-third series onwards*)
* Toshio Kobayashi (*Japan; sixth series only*)
* Emiko Takeuchi (*Japan; Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure onwards*)
* Gerardo García (*Latin America; Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure onwards*)
* Kai-Hendrik Möller (*Germany; Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure onwards*)
* Dan Schatzberg (*Israel; Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure*)

## Trivia

* His shovel can be removed and replaced with a jackhammer attachment, like Oliver's.
* Alfie has had a few modifications throughout the television series. These include:
	+ The Great Discovery:
		- The windscreen wipers above his face disappeared.
	+ Series 12:
		- He lost the freckles on his face.
	+ Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure:
		- He increased in size.
		- The colour of his alloys changed from cream to grey, like Jack's.
		- His shovel now has three teeth instead of five.
		- His cab-side window was split in two sections.
* A semi-complete face mask of Alfie was preserved by the Top Props preservation group.
* In Mines of mystery it revels Alfie gets seasick on boatrides.

## Merchandise

* ERTL (*discontinued*)
* Take-Along (*discontinued*)
* Take-n-Play (*discontinued*)
* Wooden Railway (*discontinued*)
* TrackMaster (*Canada only; discontinued*)
* My Thomas Story Library (*discontinued*)
* Nakayoshi (*discontinued*)
* Capsule Plarail (*discontinued*)
* Pocket Fantasy (*discontinued*)