7-Plank Trucks

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**7-plank trucks** are rolling stock used for transporting goods and materials throughout the railways, such as the North Western Railway.

They are also simply known as **trucks** in the *UK narration* or **cars** in the *US narration*.

## Biography

The 7-plank trucks are the most common trucks seen on the railways. They are used for transporting different materials, such as coal, stone, China clay, rubbish, wood, bricks and even debris after large storms.

The 7-plank trucks have also been used for transporting food, such as fruits, vegetables, fish, potatoes and apples.

Some 7-plank trucks are also used as part of trains, such as the Flying Kipper and the Mail Train.

## Personalities

These are the most common type of Troublesome Trucks and are therefore cheeky and troublesome. The Brazilian trucks were shown to be rather polite, excitable and somewhat timid compared to the ones on Sodor.

There are also many sentient trucks seen on Crystal Island and the Keystone Railway, each with varying personalities.

***Types of sentient trucks***

Troublesome Trucks (*embedded faces*) Troublesome Trucks (*face on the backend*) Troublesome Trucks (*square faces*) Troublesome Trucks (*rectangular faces*) Troublesome Trucks (*square faces with buck teeth*) Troublesome Trucks (*rectangular faces with buck teeth*)Troublesome Trucks (*large rectangular faces*) Troublesome Trucks (*small square faces*)Troublesome Trucks (long rectangular faces) Troublesome Trucks (*extra large rectangular faces*) Troublesome Trucks (*large square faces*)
## Basis

The 7-plank trucks are based on the real 7-plank open wagons that are used on the railways, such as British Railways. They are usually found in the eastern and midland regions.

***Types of truck designs***

(*with upside down front*)(*with lowered rear buffers*)(*face on the backend*)(*without handrails*)(*with handrails*)(*with reversed sides*)(*with reversed sides and face on backend*)(*with lowered front buffers*)(*with a hole for lamp*)(*with parallel frame on front; edited scene*)
## Livery

In the *Railway Series*, the 7-plank trucks are painted in different liveries, such as:

* Shades of brown, some with framework in shades of black and grey.
* Shades of orange, some with framework in shades of black and grey.
* Shades of cream, some with framework in shades of grey.
* Shades of grey, all with framework in shades of black.
* Some 7-plank trucks owned by the Ffarquhar Quarry Company have the initials "**FQC**" painted in white on both sides.

In the model series, the 7-plank trucks are painted in different liveries, such as:

* Shades of brown.
* Shades of grey.
* Shades of green.
* Shades of blue, all with white framework.
* Shades of red, all with black framework.

In the CGI series, the 7-plank trucks all have black framework and are painted in different liveries, such as:

* Shades of brown.
* Shades of orange.
* Shades of green.
* Shades of yellow.
* Shades of pink.
* Shades of red.
* Shades of blue.
* Shades of teal, all with a red stripe on all sides.

## Trivia

* The 7-Plank Trucks are the most common basis for the Troublesome Trucks.
* In the CGI series, the 7-plank trucks became slightly bigger.
* Since the seventeenth series, the primary colour for faceless 7-plank trucks is pale red. The grey trucks are now primarily Troublesome Trucks.
* ﻿In an interview with SiF, Steve Asquith explained that complaints about fish being transported in trucks were ignored due to the belief that children would understand a story better if they could see what was in the trucks. As a result, from the eighth to the eleventh series, all fish were transported unhygienically.
	+ However in the fifth series episode "*Baa!*", vegetables were transported in 7-Plank Trucks.