Minor Vehicle Characters

This page is for very minor vehicle characters that have appeared or been mentioned in Lukeillie's Series.

## Sixteen's Friends

### Vehicle

Locomotives

When Sixteen worked at the steelworks, he worked with **several other industrial engines** who were described by Wilbert as his friends. Unlike Sixteen, they obeyed the rules and never went beyond the danger notice at the tip. They tried their best to warn Sixteen not to go beyond the danger notice, to no avail. It is likely that at least some of them wore the numbers 1 to 15.

In Lukeillie's Series, Frankie and Hurricane were some of Sixteen's friends.

## Hiro's Friends

### Affiliation

* Hiro's Old Railway
	+ Hiro

### Vehicle

Locomotives

**Hiro's friends** are engines who live and work on a Japanese railway owned by Sir Takaboushi Hideki on Hiro's homeland. They referred to Hiro as "Master of the Railway". Hiro first mentioned them as his "best friends at home" when he first met Percy during his restoration. Hiro later remembers his old friends when he is homesick in a magazine story.

## Charlie's Friends

### Vehicle

Locomotives

> The engines on the Mainland say you're even more fun than me! - Charlie to Thomas
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**The Mainland Engines** are locomotives from the Other Railway who told Charlie how much fun Thomas is. They are presumably friends of Charlie.

### Trivia

* In *Journey Beyond Sodor*, Toby and Belle (as well as Flying Scotsman and Hiro) are used to represent the engines from the Mainland.

## Bill and Ben's Third Twin

### Type

Saddle Tank Engine

An **Unknown Engine** is the long lost "third twin" of Bill and Ben. Not much is known about him such as if he's even part of the North Western Railway. He is always in the background and no one seems to be aware of his existence.

### Livery

The engine is painted golden yellow with red lining. He has brass nameplates with yellow writing, it is possible the initials "SCC" are painted on the sides in yellow and "BRENDAM BAY" on the front of their saddle tanks.

### Trivia

* He first appeared as a goof in the Thomas & Friends episode, *Hunt the Truck*, in a scene where there were three twins shown instead of two.

## The Green Bus

### Type

Bus

**The Green Bus** was a passenger bus that worked in East Anglia.

### History

#### The Railway Series

The green bus was one of the many buses who took passenger traffic away from Toby's Old Tramway, causing Toby to have no more passengers. During those days, Toby and Henrietta were unhappy with the buses taking all their passengers, but they temporarily got their passengers back when the bus crashed through some roadworks and into a big hole. The bus was eventually repaired, and competition from the buses, as well as lorries, forced the tramway to close in 1951. Toby later told the story of his old tramway and the bus to Thomas and Percy.

### Livery

In the Railway Series, the bus was painted dark green. In the annual stories, the bus is painted lime green with a big white stripe on his sides.

## Oliver the Green Lorry

### Nicknames

* The Green Lorry
* The Third Oliver

### Vehicle

Cargo lorry

**Oliver** is a green cargo lorry, who was once seen near the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

### History

#### The Railway Series

Oliver was briefly seen travelling accross on the Elsbridge Road Viaduct. He was on the opposite side to Bertie, who was waiting impatiently at the traffic lights during his infamous race with Thomas, Annie and Clarabel.

### Livery

Oliver is painted green with an orange-brown cargo compartment.

### Appearances

* Season 3 - Marion and the Three Olivers

### Trivia

* It was not until 2022, Clive Spong gave the green Lorry the name Oliver in an email correspondence with 01Salty. This means that Oliver is the third character in the franchise to be be named Oliver, after the engine and excavator.

## Murphy the Orange Caterpillar Crane

### Vehicle

Mobile crane

**Murphy** is a mobile crane that is owned by some workmen. He was once seen working near the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

### History

#### The Railway Series

When the water level in a stream near Hackenbeck rose to a dangerous level, the wooden bridge across the stream started to break apart and eventually collapsed. The line was closed down whilst the bridge was in progress of being restored. Some workmen and their crane, Murphy, helped mend the broken bridge.

### Livery

Murphy is painted orange with black lining and dark grey caterpillar tracks.

### Trivia

* It was not until 2022, Clive Spong revealed Murphy's name, and likened him to an "Irish navvie cliché."

## The Unknown Excavator

### Type

Crawler Excavator

**Another excavator** accompanying Oliver appears as a non-playable character in the 2016 video game, *Express Delivery*.