Carly

## Carly the Crane

"*Crankin'!*"
— Carly's catchphrase

**Carly** is a yellow crane engine who lives and works with her best friend, Sandy at The Maintenance Yard on the Island of Sodor.

## Personality

Carly is a very helpful crane who is always there to lend a hook when her friends are in trouble. She also acts as an older sister figure to Sandy, and while the pair are generally inseparable, the speeder's tendency to go overboard often forces Carly to keep her manic antics in check. While bigger and generally more level-headed than Sandy, Carly admits that of the duo, she is the pair's muscle, whereas Sandy is the only one with the actual know-how to properly fix anything. Despite being far more mature than the rest of the Biggest Adventure Club, Carly is not above juvenile behavior, acting very flustered upon seeing Kenji during The Sodor Cup and hiding with the others during a Halloween storm.

## Basis

Although Carly is a regular crane in the original series, she is actually based on a Chinese portal crane built by Xinxiang Kehao Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd, which is extensively used to load and unload at ports and material handling at shipyards and metallurgy industry. However, Carly has been heavily modified almost similar to a freelance design, but still retains original features. This design would later be used for Tess, though unlike Carly, she is based much more on the real crane.

Chinese Portal Crane
## Livery

Carly's main body is painted bright yellow. She has a dark blue section above her face and has black hazard stripes on her base.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

*Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go*
* **Season 1** - A Thomas Promise, Thomas Blasts Off, Rules of the Game, A Quiet Delivery, The Biggest Adventure Club, Percy's Lucky Bell, Sandy's Sandy Shipment, A Wide Delivery, Counting Cows (*mentioned*), Music is Everywhere, Chasing Rainbows, Nia's Balloon Blunder, Mystery Boxcars, Overnight Stop (*portrait cameo*), The Joke is on Thomas, Thomas' Day Off (*mentioned*), The Real Number One, No Power, No Problem!, The Tiger Train, Thomas and Percy's Eggsellent Adventure (*does not speak*), Tyrannosaurus Wrecks, The Super-Long Shortcut, A Light Delivery (*portrait cameo*), The Paint Problem, A Wonderful World, Whistle Woes, Something to Remember, Sandy Versus the Storm, An UnbeLEAFable Day, Ghost Train, A Rusty Rescue, Pop a Wheelie, Goodbye, Ghost-Scaring Machine, Sir Topham Hatt's Hat, Nia's Surprising Surprise, Skiff Sails Sodor, and Song of Sodor
* **Season 2** - Fast Friends, Ashima's Amazing Arrival, Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon, Carly's Magnificent Magnet, New Mail Engine in Town, Hot Air Percy, Carly's Screechy Squeak, Shake, Rattle and Bruno, Blackout!, Brand New Track, Stink Monster, Christmas Mountain (*cameo*), Whiteout! (*mentioned*), Good as New, More Than a Pretty Engine, Snowplow Struttin' (*cameo*), Thomas in Charge, Kana Recharges, The Big Skunk Funk, Off the Rails, Diesel's Dilemma, Bring it on Beresford, Tunnel Troubles, The Case of the Missing Crane, Not-So-Secret Mission, A Very Percy Valentine's Day, Valentine's Hearts, Speedster Sandy, Salty's Sea Shanty, Rocket's Fall, Blue Engine Blues, Hay Fort Frenzy, Percy in the Middle, Bad Luck Boxcar (*cameo*), Not So Easy-Greasy, It All Adds Up, Seeking a Safer Sodor (*does not speak*), Sameroo, Thomas for a Day (*laughing only*), The Super Axle, The Waiting Game, All Wheels on Track, Something Broken, Someone Blue, and The Sights of Sodor
* **Season 3** - TBA
* **Season 4** - TBA
* **Short Story Adventures** - Muddy Thomas, Thomas and the Troublesome Trucks, Surprise! (*does not speak*), Lighthouse Disco (*does not speak*), Sandy Tidies Up, Carly and Cranky's Big Lift Off, Hay, Now!, and Confetti Car Kerfuffle (*does not speak*)

Movies
* **2021** - Race for the Sodor Cup
* **2022** - The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
* **2024** - Untitled Third Movie

Specials
* **2023** - The Great Bubbly Build

Songs
* **Season 1** - I'm Gonna Chug, Music is Everywhere, Chasing Rainbows, What Brave Engines Do (*does not speak*), Feet, Tailbone, Ribs, and Claws (*does not speak; music video only*), What's Awesome About This Place, A Gift to Remember, Together We Can (*does not speak*), Celebrate, and Song of Sodor
* **Race for the Sodor Cup** - Look It's Us (*cameo; music video only*)
* **Season 2** - Fast to Go Slow (*cameo; music video only*), Welcome to Sodor, A Mistake is What it Takes, Good as New, Feel the Hush, What I Can Do and What I Can't, How to Solve a Mystery (*mentioned*), What's Really Real (*does not speak*), Sandy's Strengths (*cameo; music video only*), When You Go to Sea (*does not speak*), Blues Buddy (*cameo*), Good Sports, Work Together (*does not speak*), The Waiting Game, and The Sights of Sodor
* **The Mystery of Lookout Mountain** - Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead, A Whole New Place, and Job to Do
* **The Great Bubbly Build** - Focus on the FUNction and Put the Fun in Function
* **Other** - All Engines Go Theme Song

Videos
* **Watch Out, Thomas!** - Thomas and the Dust Bunnies, The Relay Race (*cameo*), Diesel's Monkey Trouble, Percy's Musical Mystery, Thomas' Messy Farm Adventure, Percy's Spooky Delivery (*does not speak*), Thomas' Obstacle Course Fun (*does not speak*), Thomas' Game of Hide and Surprise!, Thomas' Dragon Rescue, Carly and Sandy's Dino Delivery, Thomas and Bruno's Loopy Delivery, Bruno's Easter Egg Mystery, Percy and the Mine Monster (*not named; does not speak*), Thomas and the Pirate Treasure (*cameo*), The Great Rescue of Diesel and Cranky (*billboard cameo*), Percy's Mail Adventure (*cameo*), The Cleaning Catastrophe, Sodor Costume Party!, Trick or Treat (*billboard cameo*), and Thomas and the World's Largest Christmas Tree (*does not speak*)
* **Let's Race** - The Egg Race (*laughing only*), The Bell Race (*does not speak*), The Flag Race (*does not speak*), and The Obstacle Race (*does not speak*)
* **All Aboard!** - The Can Conflict (*does not speak*)

Books
* **2021** - All Engines Go
* **2022** - The Promise Problem, Thomas and the Rocket (*does not speak*), All About Thomas, Meet the Engines, and Thomas the Tank Engine Character Encyclopedia
* **2023** - Thomas and Bruno (*does not speak*), Race for the Sodor Cup (*does not speak*), Let's Go Team!, Chasing Rainbows, Tyrannosaurus Wrecks, The 12 Engines of Christmas, Thomas and the Christmas Mountain (*does not speak*), Let's Learn Shapes, Let's Learn Letters, and Let's Learn Opposites
* **2024** - Meet Team Thomas!

Annual Stories
* **2023** - A Thomas Promise (*does not speak*), Thomas Blasts Off (*cameo*), and Chasing Rainbows (*not named; does not speak*)
* **2024** - Tyrannosaurus Wrecks and The Biggest Adventure Club (*does not speak*)
* **2025** - The Great Bubbly Build

Magazine Stories
* **2022** - Nia's Balloon Blunder (*does not speak*), Capture the Flag (*story quiz only*), Shake, Rattle, and Bruno (*mentioned*), Mystery Boxcars (*does not speak*)
* **2023** - A Quiet Delivery (*does not speak*), Tyrannosaurus Wrecks (*cameo*), Thomas Blasts Off! (*cameo*), Kana Splashes In! (*mentioned*), Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon, and Skiff Sails Sodor (*does not speak*)
* **2024** - The Biggest Adventure Club

Games
* **2022** - Magic Tracks
* **2023** - Go Go Thomas!

Live Shows
* **2022** - The Bravest Engine on Sodor
* **2023** - The Brave Little Train of Sodor

## Audio Files

### Horns

In Go Go Thomas!, she incorrectly uses a stock recording of a Nathan K3L type. Diesel used this horn sound in the original series during Misty Island Rescue to the fourteenth season.

## Trivia

* Since her last appearance in *Thomas & Friends*, Carly has gained notable changes:
	+ She is now an engine and has an 0-4-2 wheel arrangement.
		- Resultingly, all parts of Carly below her cabin area have been removed.
	+ She is much shorter.
	+ She gains headlights, buffers and couplings, her headlights doubling as her front buffers.
	+ The printed name on her sides has been removed.
		- While it is unknown the exact reason for this change, it is most likely so that the English names for the characters will not appear in other dubs.
	+ The square behind her face is now blue.
	+ She has less rivets on her.
	+ Her crane arm design is heavily simplified.
	+ The window closest to her face is gone.
	+ She has blue irises.
	+ She has different eyelashes.
	+ She has a horn.
	+ She no longer speaks with a Liverpudlian accent in the English dubs.
	+ She has no doors to her cab despite keeping a door handle.
* In marketing descriptions, it incorrectly states that Carly is an *All Engines Go* exclusive character.
* According to Rick Suvalle, Carly was originally going to live at Tidmouth Sheds, along with Sandy.
* Unlike the other members of the Biggest Adventure Club, who are voiced by child actors, Carly is voiced by an adult, albeit only in the US dub.

## Merchandise

* Motorized
* Push Along