Bulstrode

## Bulstrode the Barge

"*This old barge hasn't had cargo this exciting in a long time!*"
— Bulstrode, A Wonderful World

**Bulstrode** is a barge who can be seen at Brendam Docks and other locations on the Island of Sodor.

## Personality

Bulstrode is a calm and kind barge who can often be seen working at Brendam Docks, collecting freight to take across the big, blue sea, and delivering freight for the engines to collect. He is also best friends with Cranky. This is in direct contrast with his personality from the original series, in which he was ruder than even the rudest engines, and constantly complaining.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Bulstrode is based on a 1920s self-propelled coastal barge.

Bulstrode's Basis
### Livery

Bulstrode's hull is painted black on top, and crimson-red underneath. His wheelhouse and deck are painted cream, and his roof and chimney are black.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

*Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go*
* **Season 1** - Chasing Rainbows (*cameo*), Thomas' Day Off, The Tiger Train, The Can-Do Submarine Crew!, A Light Delivery (*cameo*), The Paint Problem (*does not speak*), A Wonderful World, Nia's Perfect Plan, Something to Remember, Sandy Versus the Storm (*does not speak*), A Rusty Rescue, Hide and Surprise!, Pop a Wheelie (*cameo*), Nia's Surprising Surprise (*cameo*), and Song of Sodor (*cameo*)
* **Season 2** - Ashima's Amazing Arrival, Carly's Magnificent Magnet, New Mail Engine in Town, Hot Air Percy, Shake, Rattle and Bruno (*cameo*), Blackout!, Christmas Mountain (*mentioned*), Bring it on Beresford (*does not speak*), What's in a Name? (*does not speak*), For All the Marble (*cameo*), Salty's Sea Shanty (*cameo*), Rocket's Fall, Bad Luck Boxcar, Not So Easy-Greasy (*does not speak*), A Cranky Goodbye, Sameroo (*cameo*), and The Waiting Game
* **Short Story Adventures** - Too Loud Nia (*does not speak*), Lighthouse Disco (*cameo*), Carly and Cranky's Big Lift Off, Red Light, Green Light (*cameo*), Confetti Car Kerfuffle (*cameo*), and Skiff Upon the Sea

Movies
* **2021** - Race for the Sodor Cup

Specials
* **2023** - The Great Bubbly Build (*mentioned*)

Songs
* **Season 1** - What Brave Engines Do (*does not speak; music video only*), The Number One Engine (*cameo*), A Gift to Remember (*does not speak*), and Song of Sodor (*cameo*)
* **Season 2** - Welcome to Sodor (*cameo*), The Sodor Shanty (*first verse only; cameo*), When You Go to Sea (*does not speak*), Talking Makes it Better, and The Waiting Game (*mentioned*)

Videos
* **Train School** - The Team Up-Cleanup (*cameo*)

Annual Stories
* **2024** - Hide and Surprise (*does not speak*)

Books
* **2022** - Speedy Sticker Scenes, Meet the Engines, and Thomas the Tank Engine Character Encyclopedia
* **2023** - Thomas' Day Off, Race for the Sodor Cup (*does not speak*), and Let's Go Team! (*cameo*)

Games
* **2022** - Rail Muddle (*promotional image cameo*)

## Trivia

* Since his last appearance in *Thomas & Friends*, Bulstrode has gained notable changes:
	+ He now has brown irises.
	+ His chimney has become much larger.
	+ He has drastically increased in size.
	+ The name on his hull has been removed.
		- While it is unknown the exact reason for this change, it is most likely so that Bulstrode's English name will not appear in other dubs.
	+ His deck is the same color as his wheelhouse.
	+ He no longer has his cargo hold.
	+ He gained a new horn which is a lower pitched version of a specific stock sound effect.
* Bulstrode is no longer an antagonist in *All Engines Go*. However, unlike Gordon, James, and Diesel, who still retain some aspects of their original personalities, Bulstrode’s personality has been completely changed.
* Bulstrode is currently the only character of a few things:
	+ The only character created by Wilbert Awdry's son, Christopher Awdry to appear in All Engines Go.
	+ The only character in All Engines Go who appeared in the original series, but never made an appearance in CGI form.
	+ The only character in All Engines Go with only one appearance in the original series.
* Contrary to popular belief, All Engines Go is not the first time Bulstrode is depicted with a horn, that would go to some merchandise of the original series; the PC game *Thomas Saves the Day*, the "Play-A-Sound" book *10 Stories from Thomas & Friends* and an interactive flap book called *Find That Freight!*. In fact, his horn sound in *All Engines Go* is a lower-pitched version of his horn from *Find That Freight!*.