Lorries

Various types of **lorries** work across the Island of Sodor and beyond, hauling cargo and goods.

## Old Lorry

}The **Old Lorries** are small old-fashioned lorries. They were once a common sight around railway yards.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries resemble various English lorries designs dating from the 1920s to 1930s from manufacturing companies such as Ford, Dennis, and Leylands.

## Scammell Scarab Lorry

The **Scammell Scarab Lorry** is a snub-nosed lorry with a three-wheeled cab and a flatbed.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

The Scammell Scarab is a British 3-wheeled tractor unit produced by the truck manufacturer Scammell between 1948 and 1967. These vehicles are often known as "Snub-nose Trucks" or "Snub-nose Lorries" because of the round hood in front of the cab. This type of lorry was very popular with British Railways. About 60 are preserved.

### Livery

One of these lorries was painted in the green Royal Air Force livery.

## Cadillac Lorry

The **Cadillac Lorries** are old-fashioned cargo lorries used for carrying freight. It was the one of the earliest forms of lorry. They have been seen at Ffarquhar Quarry.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on the 1910 Cadillac lorry.

## Foden Steam Lorry

The **Foden Steam Lorries** are steam-powered wagons used for carrying freight. It was the one of the earliest forms of lorry.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on an overtype Foden 6-wheeler Steam Lorry.

#### Livery

These lorries are brown. They were heavily weathered, dilapidated and rusted to signify their age. One of the scrapped lorries is faded green with a black boiler.

## Foden OG Lorry

The **Foden OG Lorries** are small red lorries. They were once a common sight around railway yards.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

The lorries are based on the famous Foden design, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. Fodens of Sandbach in Cheshire began building diesel lorries in 1931, with a continuous development for over 30 years.

#### Livery

These lorries are painted brownish-red. They have a distinctive black radiator outline and black registration plates with white lettering. Sometimes, the lorries have grey tarpaulins over their cargo-beds.

## ERF 6-Wheeler Lorry

The **ERF 6-wheeler Lorries** are long lorries.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on 6-wheeler lorries manufactured by ERF.

#### Livery

The bottom half of these lorries are painted mint green, whilst the top half of their cabs are painted cream. It has red and grey hubcaps with a grey cargo-bed.

The Blue Mountain Quarry variant has a blue bottom half and the top half of their cabs are orange. They have the Blue Mountain Quarry logos on their doors.

## Thornycroft JC 6-Wheeler

The **Thornycroft JC 6-wheeler Lorries** are large lorries.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on the 1927 Thornycroft Type JC 10-Ton 6-wheeler lorry. These lorries were used throughout the Great Western Railway.

#### Livery

These lorries are primarily painted in two different colours: orange with cream, and pale green with cream.

## GWR Cattle Lorry

}The **GWR Cattle Lorries** are large maroon lorries used for transporting cattle across the Island of Sodor.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on the 1932 Great Western Railway cattle lorries manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles at Guildford works.

#### Livery

These lorries are painted maroon with a wooden-bodied cattle compartment and cream tarpaulin.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on the Dodge Cab Over Engine (COE) Model WFM trucks built between 1939 to 1947.

#### Livery

These lorries are painted green, red, blue and grey with a yellow "SODOR Delivery" logo on its doors.

## Mack B61 6-Wheeler Lorry

The **Mack B61 6-wheeler Lorries** are lorries.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These lorries are based on the Mack B61 6-wheeler trucks produced by Mack Trucks between 1953 and 1966.

#### Livery

These lorries are painted red, yellow with orange fenders, grey with black fenders, and pale-green with green fenders and blue logos. Some lorries have a yellow and red "SODOR Delivery" logo on their doors.