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Easter Percy

**Easter Percy** is a Target exclusive Easter variant of Percy. It features Percy with Easter bunny and egg bunting.

## Product Description

### **Take Along collector card**

*Name: Percy the Small Engine*

*Color(s): Green*

*Bio: Percy is the smallest and most junior of the railway family, and is sometimes taken advantage of by the other engines.*

## Trivia

* Easter Percy was planned to be rereleased in 2015 by Take-n-Play along with Easter Thomas, but they were cancelled to not overwhelm the market with the recent Take-n-Play redesign.
Express Coaches

The **Express Coaches** are red and cream coaches. They are most often pulled by Gordon, Henry, or James.

## Product Description

### **1996 ERTL collector card**

*When James is taking passengers on the main line he usually pulls the Express Coaches. They are a great favourite with the passengers, because they ride so smoothly and have extra comfortable seats.*

### **Historical Note**

*The Express Coaches are similar to the passenger coaches used by the LMS in the 1950s.*

### **2002 ERTL collector card**

*The Express Coaches are a great favourite with the passengers because they ride so smoothly and have extra comfortable seats.*

## Timeline

* 1996 (pin-hook couplings, Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2003 (U-hook rear couplings; only available in the UK)

## Availability

* 6-Piece Gift Set 4
* Circle Line Set
* Gift Set 5
* Thomas Playset

## Trivia

* The Express Coaches were developed from the Sodor Mail Coaches.
* The Express Coaches were the last item numbered in the Shining Time Station range.
* The Express Coaches collector card says they *“are similar to the passenger coaches used by the LMS in the 1950s”*, although the LMS had been nationalised into British Railways in 1948 and the coaches in the television series resemble Southern Railway coaches more than LMS ones.
* The Express Coaches's ERTL Collection portrait depicts them with a reddish brown and darker cream livery and grey chassis's and wheels.

## Gallery

First prototype Express CoachesSecond prototype Express Coaches1996-2000 Express Coaches box1996-2000 Express Coaches collector card2000-2002 Express Coaches box2003-2004 Express Coaches box2002-2004 Express Coaches collector card
### Variants

2000-2003 Gordon's Special Coach2003-2004 Gordon's Special Coach
Holiday Percy

This article is about the **engine**. You may be looking for the **pack**.

* 2010
* 2006

**Holiday Percy** is a Target exclusive variant of Percy. It features Percy with a Santa hat and Christmas decorations. Its individual release was released in a special box shaped like a Christmas stocking.

## Product Description

### **2006 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Holiday Percy*

*Color: Green*

*Bio: Percy has a very important job to do! Wearing a special holiday cap, he is ready to help make holiday deliveries to the children of Sodor.*

### **2010 Take-n-Play box description**

*Season's Greetings from Percy! With his string of festival lights, Percy is ready to deliver holiday cheer!*

## Timeline

* 2006 (Santa hat, metal smokebox, holly decorated running board, Christmas lights on boiler, yellow whistle)
* 2010 (updated details, plastic smokebox, Santa hat and holly removed, Christmas lights moved to cab, golden whistle, black coal bunker)

### Components

* 2008 (plastic smokebox; only available in Holiday Percy pack)

## Availability

* Santa Thomas and Percy Gift Set
* Holiday Percy
* Holiday on Sodor
* Sodor Holiday Parade

## Trivia

* Holiday Percy's Take Along box is shaped like a Christmas stocking.
Catherine Mountain Coach

**Catherine Mountain Coach** is a coach who works with Culdee on the Culdee Fell Railway.

## Product Description

### **2003 ERTL collector card**

*Catherine is Culdee's mountain coach. She is trustworthy and clever. She keeps a lookout for Culdee as she is pushed up the mountain.*

## Trivia

* Catherine Mountain Coach's portrait depicts her with buffers and transparent eyes.

## Gallery

Catherine Mountain Coach boxCatherine Mountain Coach collector card
Hank

* 2014
* 2010

**Hank** is a large royal blue American locomotive.

## Timeline

* 2010 (two-way magnets, 16 wheels, made in China)
* 2014 (one-way magnets, 10 wheels, made in Thailand)

## Trivia

* The prototype 2010 Hank picture shows Hank's tender coupled backwards.
* Due to his cowcatcher, Hank has no front magnet despite having a front coupling in the television series. Interestingly, Connor and Caitlin have front magnets, while their front couplings are concealed in the television series.
Cora Mulphoon

**Cora Mulphoon** is the owner and tavernkeeper of the Buried Treasures tavern in Bremen. She is known to be unnecessarily apologetic and accommodating towards her patrons, often coming off as intrusive.

## Cora's Loss

Cora's son, Haruru, got lost in a blizzard while on the search for a missing person. After a week, Haruru returned with a black crystalline rock. After returning Haruru's attitude completely changed and began to lash out at his mother. After a day past, two tieflings (now known to be Aravice and Kadroth) appeared at the tavern and offered to take Haruru to a castle. Cora provided this information to Colt Goshawk, Byzan Fa, Glenn Silvershadow, and Urizen who took it upon themselves to find her son.

It was revealed that the amulet Haruru found in the snow was a chardalyn amulet which recruited him into a cult known as The Knights of the Black Sword who took over the castle of Caer-Dineval, After the cultists were dispatched Haruru was cured from the amulets power and returned to Cora.
2005

**2005** was the fourth year of Take Along Thomas. This was the first year the range was released outside Target following the discontinuation of The ERTL Collection (which had planned to release more items). Products were released celebrating the 60th Anniversary of The Railway Series (which included the reintroduction of the Metallic Engines theme and Special Edition Silver Thomas) and to promote the movie *Calling All Engines!*.

## Available Take Along Products

### Vehicles

#### Engines

While some of the new characters released in Take Along were new, some of them were among the many products carried over from the ERTL line, albeit with changes made to them in the traditional Take Along style.

#### Metallic Engines

Target exclusive.

## Gallery

First Take Along checklistSecond Take Along checklist
Donald

This article is about **Donald**. You may be looking for **Donald and Douglas** or **Douglas**.

## Donald

* 2015
* 2011
* 2002
* 2001
* 1992

## Details:

### Active:

1992-2009, 2011-2012, 2015-2016 (UK/US/AUS)
1992-2001, 2005-2009, 2011-2012, 2015-2016 (INT)

### Ranges:

ERTL 1:64 Scale Range
The ERTL Collection
Take Along
Take-n-Play

### Portrait Number:

9 (1993)
34 (2002)

### Item Number:

4053 (ERTL)
LC76009 (TA)
V1299 (TNP; 2011)
CCK15 (TNP; 2015)

### Asst. Number:

4018 (ERTL)
R8852 (TNP)

**Donald** is a Scottish engine. He has a twin named Douglas.

## Product Description

### **1993 ERTL collector card**

*Other then their name plates and their numbers, Donald and Douglas are identical twins. They hate to be parted and enjoy a joke - especially whar outsiders can't tell them apart. Their antics sometimes leads to trouble - But they're hard workers and particularly good at ploughing snow.*

### **Historical Note**

*The twins are 0-6-0 tender engines based on the 812 Class, built for the Caledonian Railway.*

### **Shining Time Station collector card**

*Donald identical twin of Douglas loves to play practical jokes on unsuspecting outsiders.*

### **2002 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Donald*

*Color(s): Black*

*Bio: Donald is one of the Scottish Twins and loves to play practical jokes on the other engines when given the chance.*

### **2005 UK Take Along collector card**

*Donald & Douglas are twins. Other than their nameplates and numbers they are identical. They hate to be separated and enjoy a joke - especially when others can't tell them apart!*

## Timeline

* 1992 (pin-hook couplings, metal smokebox, black tender running board, 6 wheels on tender, Britt Allcroft licensing, made in China)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2002 (two-way magnets, painted handrails, yellow whistle, detailed cab interior, side rods removed, detachable tender with red running board, name embossed on chassis; only available at Target until 2005)
* 2006 (name printed on chassis)
* 2008 (plastic smokebox)
* 2011 (updated details, updated face, black whistle and running board, silver handrails, buffers removed between cab and tender)
* 2015 (CG style face, cheaper metal, one-way magnets, 4 wheels on tender, shorter cab, hollowed out counterweights, made in Thailand)

## Variants

* Donald and Douglas
* Gold Rail Donald (cancelled)

## Trivia

* Despite not being discontinued, Donald's ERTL model never gained the U-hook rear coupling in 2003. This was also the case with Henry and Douglas.
* Donald's photo on his Take Along collector card is from the episode *Tender Engines*.
* The prototype 2011 Take-n-Play Donald shows his tender coupled up backwards.
* Donald was not updated in 2013 although his twin Douglas was.
* Donald, along with Douglas, Harvey, Molly and Hector, are the only characters not to use CG promo images on their 2015 packaging, although they made their debut in the cgi series that same year.
Lorry

This article is about **Lorry 1**. You may be looking for **Lorry-2** or **Lorry-3**.

## Lorry

* 2002
* 2001

## Details:

### Active:

2001, 2004 (*shelf date*), 2005-2006 (UK)
2001-2008 (US/AUS)

### Ranges:

ERTL 1:64 Scale Range
Take Along

### Item Number:

34627 (ERTL)
LC76205 (TA)

**Lorry** (originally known as **Lorry 1** and initially stylised as **Lorry-1**) is a horrid lorry who once visited Sodor and harassed the engines. His brothers are Lorry-2 and Lorry-3.

## Product Description

### **2002 US Take Along Character Card**

*Name: Lorry*

*Color(s): Red*

*Bio: Lorry 1 has a bad attitude toward the engines and threatens to take their work away from them. He is rude and agressive, but finds out that some jobs on the island are best left to the engines.*

### **2005 UK Take Along Character Card**

*Lorry 1 has a bad attitude toward the engines and threatens to take their work away from them. He is rude and agressive, but finds out that some jobs on the island are best left to the engines.*

## Timeline

* 2001 (sea-soaked variant, comes on flatbed)
* 2002 (normal variant, rear buffers added, name embossed on chassis, comes with a red trailer; only available at Target until 2005)
* 2006 (name printed on chassis)
* 2008 (rear magnet on trailer removed)

## Trivia

* Lorry-1's ERTL model is based on how he was after being *soaked* in the episode *Horrid Lorry*.
* Lorry-1 appears in some of the ERTL Collection pamphlets, despite not being available during its reign. He is also listed as *Lorry 1 on Flatbed*.
* Lorry's Take Along prototype features no stubble and grey cargo.
* Lorry's Take Along model has grey wheels when they should be black. This also happened with James (until 2006), Duck, Diesel 10, the Tidmouth Milk Tanker, Sodor Line Caboose, Bertie, Elizabeth and Bulgy (minus his prototype).
* Lorry's Take Along character card shows Lorry 3.
* Lorry is the second Take Along road vehicle to have a full buffer beam on his back. Butch was the first, Elizabeth was the third, Max and Monty were the fourth and fifth, Madge was the sixth and Patrick was the seventh.
* Lorry appears on a prototype picture for the Sodor Engine Works.

## Gallery

Prototype ERTL Lorry-1ERTL Lorry-12001 Lorry-1 boxPrototype Take Along Lorry 1Take Along Lorry (1)2005 UK Lorry 1 box
Harvey

* 2015
* 2013
* 2003 (II)
* 2003 (I)

**Harvey** is a cheery, big-hearted, and helpful engine with a crane mounted near his cab.

## Product Description

### **2003 ERTL collector card**

*Harvey is big hearted and relentlessly cheerful. His voice booms, and he loves helping others. He's happy working in the yards, the docks and building sites. But his true home is at the "Sodor Water Works".*

### **2003 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Harvey*

*Color(s): Brown*

*Bio: Harvey is a good-natured crane engine brought to the Island by Sir Topham Hatt to help with loading and unloading of freight.*

### **2005 UK Take Along collector card**

*Harvey is a toughie. No job is too big for him when it comes to rescuing or loading. He is used in the yards, the docks, building sites but his true home is at the water works.*

## Timeline

* 2003 (pin and U-hook couplings, plastic hook, separately fitted arm wheel, brown buffers, metal smokebox, made in China; only available in the UK)
* 2003 (two-way magnets, magnetic hook, black buffers, side rods removed, name embossed on chassis; only available at Target until 2005)
* 2006 (name printed on chassis)
* 2008 (plastic smokebox)
* 2013 (updated details, CG style face, metal hook, moulded arm wheel, brown buffers, hollowed out counterweights, made in Thailand)
* 2015 (one-way magnets, plastic hook, unpainted buffers)

### Components

* 2017 (clip connectors, only in Construction Crew)

## Variants

* Harvey's Heavy Haul
* Construction Crew

## Availability

* Collector Vehicle Pack 4
* Working Hard Set Plus 4 Extra Engines
* Down at the Docks
* Rescue Team 4 Pack

## Trivia

* The ERTL and Take Along Harvey are painted brown instead of red, and have black buffers instead of brown. This is because they were based on concept art from series 6, which showed Harvey in these colours.
* Harvey's photo on his Take Along collector card is from the episode *Harvey to the Rescue*.
* The computer prototype Take-n-Play 2013 Harvey features black buffers instead of brown.
* Harvey's 2013 Take-n-Play model is the only diecast Harvey to feature a moving hook.
* Harvey, Donald, Douglas, Molly and Hector, are the only four characters in the Take-n-Play 2013-2014 range who do not use a CG promotional image on their box, although Harvey had just been introduced into the CGI series at the time. His 2015 box did feature a CG promo.
Fat Controller and Porter

The **Fat Controller and Porter** (also released as **The Fat Controller and the Station Porter** and as **Sir Topham Hatt and the Engineer** in the US) is an accessory that comes with Sir Topham Hatt and a Porter.

## Product Description

### **1993 ERTL collector card**

*It is many years since the young Mr Topham Hatt first came to the Island of Sodor as a railway engineer. He rose quickly in the Company, being a Director at an early age and eventually, Chairman.*

*His imposing appearance, no less than his firm but kindly handling of engines and staff earned him the affectionate nickname of The Fat Controller.*

### **Shining Time Station collector card**

*After he was awarded a knighthood for his services to the railway industry he became Sir Topham Hatt.*

### **US collector card**

*Sir Topham Hatt and the Engineer work hard to keep everything and everybody running smoothly at the station.*

## Timeline

* 1990 (Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)

## Trivia

* The Fat Controller and Porter were the first human pack released.

## Gallery

First prototype Fat ControllerFirst prototype PorterSecond prototype Fat Controller and Porter1990-1993 Fat Controller and Porter box1993-2000 Fat Controller and Porter box1993-2000 Fat Controller collector card2000-2002 Fat Controller and Porter box
Giggling Troublesome Trucks

The **Giggling Troublesome Trucks** are two Troublesome Trucks/freight cars. It features a truck filled with coal, pushing the red button embedded in the coal makes the car emit various sounds. The other truck features a removable magnetic coal cargo piece.

## Availability

* Lights and Sounds Morgan's Mine Adventure Set (non-electronic truck only)
* Working Hard Gift Pack (electronic truck only; with Thomas)
Fearless Freddie

* 2014
* 2012
* 2007

**Fearless Freddie** is an old grey Warhorse narrow gauge tank engine.

*Color: Grey and Black*

*Bio: In his youth, Fearless Freddie was the daredevil of the hills. He’s very popular and something of a hero to the younger engines.*

### **2007 UK Take Along collector card**

*In his youth, Fearless Freddie was the daredevil of the hills. He’s very popular and something of a hero to the younger engines.*

## Timeline

* 2007 (metal smokebox, two-way magnets, made in China)
* 2008 (plastic smokebox)
* 2012 (updated details, upgraded face, cab details removed on the back)
* 2014 (one-way magnets, CG style face, taller boiler, shorter dome, modified running board, hollowed out wheel pins, made in Thailand)

## Availability

* Really Useful Engines 2 Pack with Sir Handel
* The Great Race

## Trivia

* Fearless Freddie was the last Take Along item to have a cardboard collector card in Europe.
* The US 2007 pamphlet mistakenly labels him as *Fearless Freddy*.
* Fearless Freddie's Take-n-Play models have unpainted cylinders and no cab details on the back.
* Fearless Freddie is one of six characters with a pseudo-CGI promo, despite not actually appearing in the CGI series of the show, the others are Stepney, Class 40, Arthur, Culdee and Big City Engine.
* Fearless Freddie's 2014 Take-n-Play model is one of the few one-way magnet vehicles that has painted buffers.

## Gallery

Prototype Take Along Fearless FreddieTake Along Fearless Freddie2007 UK Take Along Fearless Freddie box2012-2014 Take-n-Play Fearless Freddie2014-2016 Take-n-Play Fearless Freddie
Agnes and Jemima

**Agnes and Jemima** are narrow gauge coaches that work on the Skarloey Railway. They were planned to be released by ERTL in 2005, but were cancelled due to the discontinuation of the range and shift to Take Along.

## Trivia

* Agnes and Jemima's prototypes do not have faces. It is unknown if they would have had faces had they been released.
* Agnes and Jemima's existence was unknown until the 2nd of November 2022 when they were sold on the auction website, Gildings Auctioneers along with many other prototypes, including Bertie, Mike and The Truck.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.gildings.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-1162---four-ertl-thomas-the-tank-engine-pre-production-sample-models/?lot=81286&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=203&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=48&pn=13&g=1#
2. ↑ https://www.gildings.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-1164---thirteen-ertl-thomas-the-tank-engine-pre-production-prototype-coaches-trucks-and-people/?lot=81289&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=203&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=48&pn=13&g=1
Luna

Luna is a shiny Sylveon caught by Jim. She somehow almost always finds a way to get an Oran Berry.

## Appearance

Luna is a normal-looking shiny Sylveon with a flower at the base of one ear.

## Personality

Luna is very intelligent and able to judge type advantages and disadvantages. Her knowledge makes her an invaluable asset to her trainer, Jim.

She is very calm and collected, able to judge almost any situation. She occupies a very specific position on Jim's team, being like a second partner pokemon to her trainer. She is even more independent and free-spirited than Monsoon and is hardly ever in her pokeball.
Natural Laws of Sael

The natural laws of Sael function quite similarly to those of earth, or at least they do at a micro level, rivers flow towards the ocean and throwing an object up in the air will most often cause it to fall back down. That being said Sael isn't identical to Earth, this article will detail the differences.

## The Sun and Moon

The Sun and Moon are roughly the same size and equal distance from the material plane of Sael. Because of their positioning, if the sun is directly overhead at 3 O’clock post merīdiem, then the moon would be directly overhead at 3 o’clock ante merīdiem. It's unknown just how far away the moon and sun are but all attempts to reach them have failed.

## Ocean Currents

   The ocean currents of Sael are most comparable to that of earth, however unlike earth the currents move in circular motion around the plane as if it were a disk, within the inner-circle of Sael, there are 4 different "current circles" which bring neutral temperature water either clockwise or counterclockwise around the plane.

## Atmospheric Circulation

   The atmospheric circulation of Sael consists of a warm and cold trade wind, a warm one closer to the center and a cold wind further outside.File:Calender of Sael.pdf

## Time

Time in the lands of Ealor consists of days spanning 24 hours, weeks consisting of 5 days Orus, Zabes, Medulas, Tables, Finas. There are 6 weeks every month. The months go in the order that follows; Aardra, Ekham, Dvay, Trí, Catter, Puhncan, Sahsh, Astra, Mesham, Makaram, Avani, Pausah, and Ashvini.
Limited Edition Duke

**Limited Edition Duke** is a metallic variant of Duke.

## Product Description

### **1999 ERTL collector card**

*The oldest of the Narrow Gauge engines and so the most experienced. He enjoys teaching the others the proper way to do things and often talks about 'The Good Old Days' when rules and regulations were obeyed. Despite his 'head teacher' attitude he is gentle and kind to younger engines, but maintains his authority at all times.*

### **Historical Note**

*Duke is based on an 0-4-0 saddle tank engine. It was built in London by George England in 1863, and was designed to bring slate wagons from quarries to the coast.*

## Gallery

Limited Edition Duke boxLimited Edition Duke collector card
Lights and Sounds Wellsworth Station

The **Lights and Sounds Wellsworth Station** (also released as the **Electronic Passenger Station** in Europe) is a destination based on Wellsworth Station. Pressing the clock tower makes the passengers pop out onto the platform and plays three sounds.

## Contents

* Mavis
* Wellsworth Station
* Straight Track piece with pegs
* Male and Female Track Adapter pieces
D Fusit

The **D Fusit** vans are narrow gauge wagons used to transport gunpowder.

## Product Description

### **1999 ERTL collector card**

*D Fusit is a gunpowder van who takes gunpowder and similar explosives to the mines and quarries on the Island of Sodor. He is normally put in the middle of trains to lower the risk of front or rear-end collisions!*

### **Historical Note**

*Wagons such as these were built for standard gauge and narrow gauge railways in the British Isles from the mid-19th century until the Second World War. The gunpowder and similar explosives were taken to mines and quarries. Normally, they were put in the middle of trains to lower the risk of front or rear-end collisions.*

## Timeline

* 1999 (pin-hook couplings, Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2003 (U-hook rear couplings; only available in the UK)

## Availability

* Gift Set 4
* Thomas Turntable and Video Playset (one only)

## Trivia

* The D Fusit's collector card refers to it as "he" but it has no gender due to it being faceless.
* The D Fusit wagons have noticeably shorter pin couplings than other rolling stock. This makes them tricky to stay coupled on some engines and rolling stock. This was also the case with the Slate Trucks.

## Gallery

1999-2000 D Fusit box1999-2000 D Fusit collector card2000-2002 D Fusit box
Max and Monty

**Max and Monty** are troublesome dump truck twins that work for The Pack.

*Colors: Red*

*Bio: Max & Monty are twin dump trucks who think they know everything about construction. They like to bully the smaller machines like Jack and Alfie, but always get their comeuppance.*

### **UK Take Along collector card**

*Max & Monty are twin dump trucks who think they know everything about construction. They like to bully the smaller machines but they always get their comeuppance.*

## Timeline

* 2007 (detailed interiors, metal open dumpers, two-way magnets, rear bufferbeams)
* 2008 (rear magnets removed)

### Components

* 2015 (sticker windows, plastic closed dumpers, one-way magnets, made in Thailand; only available in Lift and Load Cargo Crew)
* 2017 (clip connectors, only available in Construction Crew)

## Variants

* Construction Crew
* Max front, cab and dumper pieces from Train Maker Monster Pack

## Trivia

* Max and Monty’s Take Along models depict them with open dumpers despite them having closed dumpers in the tv series. This was likely done to make it easier for them to dump and unload.
* Monty’s Take Along model was used to make Kelly's prototype with the Breakdown Train's arm added on.
* Max and Monty's Take-n-Play prototypes feature unpainted windows.

## Gallery

Prototype Max and Monty2007 UK Max and Monty box2008-2009 UK Max and Monty box
Home Video Bonus Pack

**Home Video Bonus Packs** are limited edition *Thomas and Friends* VHS/DVDs that included ERTL, Take Along Thomas and Thomas Take-n-Play vehicles which were released in the US. Packs mainly consisted of a small vehicle, sometimes and exclusive item. Vehicles purchased in Home Video Bonus Packs were generally less expensive than those purchased in individual packaging. The packs would sometimes include exclusive vehicles which could only be obtained through them.
Fire Engine

The **Fire Engine** is owned by the Sodor Fire Brigade. Its ladder can be moved up and down.

## Product Description

### **1999 ERTL collector card**

*The Fire Engine was called to put out two fires in one day. James' leaking fuel trucks burst into flames and then a fire at the workman's hut, but the fire engine had no water for the hut so they had to use the water from Thomas' and Percy's tanks.*

### **Historical Note**

*Fire Engine is based on a design by specialist fire engine builders Dennis of Guildford Surrey. It is typical of engines turned out in the 1940's and 1950's. Preserved examples of Dennis fire engines may be seen at vintage motoring events.*

## Timeline

* 1999 (Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)

## Availability

* Gift Set 2
* Gift Set 4

## Trivia

* The Fire Engine's collector card omits the *s* after the apostrophe for James, but includes one for Percy. It also has an apostrophe for Thomas.

## Gallery

Prototype Fire Engine1999-2000 Fire Engine boxFire Engine collector card2000-2001 Fire Engine box
Bulgy

* 2004
* 1994

**Bulgy** is a bad-tempered double-decker bus.

## Product Description

### **1993 ERTL collector card**

*Bulgy is a bad tempered and miserable double decker bus. He has no scruples and, when in a tight corner, has been known to tell lies. He gets on very well with Diesel. Bulgy is currently in use as a hen house, but has hopes that one day someone might restore him.*

### **Historical Note**

*Bulgy is a double decker bus of uncertain type, but with the characteristics of a typical omnibus of the 1930's and 40's.*

### **Shining Time Station collector card**

*Bulgy is a bad tempered and miserable double decker bus who has no scruples and has been known to tell lies. Needless to say, he gets along very well with Diesel.*

### **2004 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Bulgy*

*Color(s): Red*

*Bio: Bulgy is a bed-tempered and miserable double decker bus. He is currently in use as a hen house, but has hopes that someday someone may restore him.*

### **2005 UK Take Along collector card**

*Bulgy is a bed-tempered and miserable double decker bus. He is currently in use as a hen house, but has hopes that someday someone may restore him.*

## Changes

* 1994 (plastic design, sticker windows, black and red tyres, Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2004 (diecast design, painted details, detailed interior, two-way magnet at rear, name embossed on chassis; only available at Target until 2005)
* 2006 (name printed on chassis)
* 2008 (rear magnet removed)

## Availability

* 10 Piece Value Set
* Roadway Collector Pack

## Trivia

* Bulgy's ERTL model was originally dated 1993 on his chassis underneath the model, despite being released in 1994. It is likely that he was planned for release in late 1993, but got delayed to the start of 1994.
* The "Railway Bus" and "Join the Anti-Rail League" signs are erroneously switched around on Bulgy's second deck.
* Bulgy's Take Along model has grey wheels.
* Bulgy's Take Along prototype depicts him with a darker face and darker shade of red.
* Some copies of Bulgy's Take Along model have a rear magnet. This was also the case with Bertie and Trevor.

## Gallery

Test prototypes of ERTL BulgyPrototype ERTL BulgyERTL Bulgy1994-2000 Bulgy box1994-2000 Bulgy collector card2000-2001 Bulgy boxPrototype Take Along BulgyTake Along Bulgy2004 UK Bulgy collector card2006-2007 UK Bulgy box
1996

* UK
* US

**1996** was the twelfth year of ERTL. It was also the final year to use the Shining Time Station packaging in the US and Canada due to the show ending. The US converted to the Owen Bell portraits used in other countries the following year.

## Available Products

### Destinations

 Duck and the Signal Bridge | –
 Percy and the Coal Hopper | –
 Terence and a Flatcar | –
Part of 1022.
Butch

* 2011
* 2002
* 2000

**Butch** (originally released as **Sodor Recovery Unit**) is a tow truck who serves as the Sodor Heavy Recovery Unit (later Search and Rescue Centre) breakdown vehicle.

## Product Description

### **2002 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Butch*

*Color(s): Yellow and Blue*

*Bio: Butch is a very powerful breakdown truck who serves the Sodor Heavy Recovery Unit, and likes to help out whenever he can.*

### **2005 UK Take Along collector card**

*Butch is a very powerful breakdown truck who serves the Sodor Heavy Recovery Unit, and likes to help out whenever he can.*

## Timeline

* 2000 (pin-hook rear coupling, black windows and arm details, silver hubcaps, plastic embedded hook arm, Britt Allcroft licensing, made in China)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2002 (taller body detailed interior, blue-grey hubcaps, posable arm, magnetic hook, two-way magnet and buffer beam at rear, name embossed on chassis; only available at Target until 2005)
* 2006 (name printed on chassis)
* 2008 (rear magnet removed; only available at Target until 2009)
* 2011 (updated details, CG style face, SSRC logo, taller chassis, black hubcaps, detailed crane arm with metal hook)
* 2013 (made in Thailand)

## Variants

* Thomas' Favorite Friends
* Sodor Search and Rescue

## Availability

* Gift Set 4
* Roadway Vehicle Pack
* Butch, Billy and Whiff Assortment
* Rescue Team 4 Pack

## Trivia

* The arm on Butch's ERTL model is stuck in place and his hook is embedded into his arm, whilst his prototype shows him with the hook not embedded.
* The prototype Take Along Butch features light grey tires and a silver hook magnet.
* Butch's Take Along model depicts him with a rear bufferbeam despite the face he is a road vehicle. Later versions of him have them red, matching the buffer beams as well as the rear magnet being removed.
* Butch is the first Take Along road vehicle to have a full buffer beam on his back. The others being Lorry, Elizabeth, Max, Monty, Madge and Patrick.
* Butch has two different Take Along collector card designs: one for his original release and one for his 2008 rerelease. His second version features the stock background of several other cards but at a slightly different angle. Strangely, it shows him riding on rails despite being a road vehicle. His is the only character card to feature this.

## Gallery

Prototype Sodor Recovery Unit/ERTL ButchERTL Sodor Recovery Unit/Butch2000-2002 Sodor Recovery Unit box2002-2004 Butch boxPrototype Take Along ButchTake Along Butch2002 US Butch collector card2005 UK Butch box2005-2006 UK Butch box2009 UK Butch boxTake-n-Play Butch
Hiro

* 2017
* 2014
* 2013
* 2010
* 2009

**Hiro** is a Japanese engine formerly known as the *Master of the Railway*.

*Bio: Hiro is the strongest engine on the Island of Sodor. He was one of the first steam engines to arrive on the Island and was known as the "Master of the Railway".*

## Timeline

* 2009 (two-way magnets, 16 wheels with six on tender, made in China; only available at Target)
* 2010 (18 wheels with eight on tender, updated details)
* 2013 (updated body, made in Thailand)
* 2014 (clip connectors, 10 wheels with four on tender, painted window details, plastic tender; only available in select countries until 2017)
* 2014 (one-way magnets, 10 wheels with four on tender, painted window details)

## Variants

* Lost and Found Hiro (cancelled)
* Patchwork Hiro
* Talking Hiro
* Cancelled 2015 variant

## Trivia

* Hiro is the only CGI character in general released in Take Along.
* Hiro's Take Along collector card is the only one to use a CG television series image.
* The prototype image of Take-n-Play Hiro features his tender coupled up backwards.
* The prototype Collectible Railway Hiro features red driving wheels and a symmetrical tender.
Diesel 10

* 2017
* 2015
* 2013
* 2010
* 2002
* 2000

**Diesel 10** is an evil diesel who has a claw he nicknamed "Pinchy".

## Product Description

### **2002 ERTL collector card**

*A renegade diesel engine on The Island of Sodor who is 10 out of 10 for brutal strength and devious deeds and out to destroy to destroy the harmony of Sir Topham Hatt's Railway.*

### **2002 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Diesel 10*

*Color(s): Mustard Yellow with Cream Stripes*

*Bio: Diesel 10 is a renegade engine who is 10 out of 10 for brutal strength and devious deeds, and out to destroy the harmony of Sodor.*

## Timeline

* 2000 (pin-hook couplings, round buffers, blacked out windows, static cream claw, red buffer beam 1-Co-Co1 arrangement, static bogies with axle boxes, black wheels, brown chassis, Britt Allcroft licensing, made in China)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2002 (U-hook rear coupling; only available in the UK and Australia)
* 2002 (two-way magnets, detailed interior, mobile brown claw, Bo-Bo arrangement, axle boxes removed, mobile bogies, grey wheels, name embossed on chassis; only available at Target until 2005)
* 2003 (stronger U-hook coupling; only available in the UK)
* 2006 (name printed on chassis)
* 2010 (updated details, lighter color, oval buffers, wheels reverted to black)
* 2013 (CG style face, unpainted buffers, larger claw, hollowed out counterweights, made in Thailand)
* 2015 (clip couplings, shorter body, unpainted front windows, grey chassis, buffers and buffer beam; only available in select countries until 2017)
* 2015 (one-way magnets, buffers reverted to black)

## Variants

* Diesel 10 with smiling face from Calling All Engines! Collector Pack
* Talking Diesel 10

## Availability

* Thomas and the Magic Railroad Gift Pack
* Collector Vehicle Pack 3
* Working Hard Set Plus 4 Extra Engines

## Trivia

* Diesel 10's ERTL model was reused from 199 Diesel, which is inaccurate because Diesel 10 is a Class 42 *Warship* and 199 Diesel is a Class 46 *Peak*, two very different designs.
* Also on Diesel 10's ERTL model, "Pinchy" is cream beige coloured instead of brown. It is also non-poseable unlike many other merchandise lines.
* Diesel 10's Take Along model has grey wheels, yet his prototype had the correct black ones. This also happened with James (until 2006), Duck (minus his prototype), the Tidmouth Milk Tanker, Sodor Line Caboose, Bertie, Lorry (minus his prototype), Elizabeth and Bulgy (minus his prototype).
* Diesel 10's Take Along model inaccurately depicts him with circular buffers, whereas his Take-n-Play model has the correct oval buffers. This was also the case with Gordon.
* The prototype Collectible Railway Diesel 10 features a red buffer beam and brown chassis.
* Diesel 10's 2015 Take-n-Play model is one of the few one-way magnet vehicles that has painted buffers.
* Diesel 10's 2015 Take-n-Play, Colllectible Railway and Adventures models claw arms cannot move up and down, unlike his previous models.
6-Piece Gift Set 4

This article is about **the fourth 6-Piece Gift Set**. You may be looking for the **first**, **second**, **third** or **fifth** gift set.

## Details:

### Active:

1996-1998 (US)
1997-1999 (UK)

### Item Number:

4937

The **6 Piece Gift Set** is a 6 pack which includes 199 Diesel, Sir Handel, Rusty, Sir Topham Hatt's Car and the Express Coaches.

## Gallery

6 Piece Gift Set 4 in Shining Time Station box
Fisher-Price

**Fisher-Price** is a toy company owned by Mattel that produces toys for children and infants. The company is known for producing toys such as the Little People range and Geotrax, along with licensed products such as Disney.

In late 2009, HiT Entertainment named Fisher-Price as the master toy licensee rights holder for the Thomas and Friends property and following this, they acquired all international Thomas merchandise lines with the exception of Thomas Wooden Railway, which remained under ownership of Learning Curve. They have since produced the Thomas Wooden Railway (formerly replaced by Wood), Motorized (formerly TrackMaster), My First (formerly Preschool), and MINIS product ranges. acquired Take Along Thomas and changed it to Thomas Take-n-Play. The line was later on replaced by Thomas Adventures in 2017 and later Thomas Push Along in 2019.
2013

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## 2013

### Pamphlet

US/UK

Important!*This page is under construction; please be patient as we add to it. Or help finish it (Rules/Help), thanks.*
**2013** was the fourth year of the Take-n-Play range. From this year, production of items was moved from China to Thailand. Vehicles were redesigned with distinctive alterations to their faces, wheels, and other minor changes.
Magic Cargo Car

The **Magic Cargo Car** is a red Brendam Shipping van. It features a sliding door that reveals three different types of cargo that changes as you move the door; Sodor works crates with spare engine parts, Sodor frozen fish crates with fish, and Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Factory barrel with chocolate inside. Sliding the door open reveals either chocolate, fish, or engine parts inside.

## Product Description

### **2003 US Take Along collector card**

*Name: Magic Cargo Car*

*Color(s): Red*

*Bio: The Magic Cargo Car always brings excitement to the docks. So what are the engines pulling today? Fish, engine parts… or perhaps chocolate syrup?*

## Timeline

* 2003 (metal roof, embossed name)
* 2006 (printed name)
* 2008 (plastic roof; only available in Europe)

## Trivia

* The Magic Cargo Car's prototype had a darker livery and sign and a grey roof and wheels.
* The Magic Cargo Car's picture on its collector card features it edited onto Salty's chassis with the buffer beam recoloured from yellow to red.
* The Magic Cargo Car's tooling was also used for the Magic Mining Car, Jack Jumps In Movie Car, Faulty Whistles Movie Car, Carnival Movie Car and the Fossil Cargo Far from Rheneas and the Dinosaur and Dinosaur Museum Cars.

## Gallery

Prototype Magic Cargo Car2005 UK Magic Cargo Car box
Dodge

This article is about **Dodge**. You may be looking for **Splatter**.

**Dodge** is a diesel who was Diesel 10's sidekick along with Splatter.

## Timeline

* 2000 (Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)

## Availability

* Thomas and the Magic Railroad Gift Pack

## Trivia

* Dodge's prototype features a different face and light grey paint and lacks the name on his side. This is also seen on the Wooden Railway prototype Splatter and Dodge.
* Although most ERTL models that reused toolings from previous models were dated to the year said models came out, Dodge is dated 1999 despite reusing Diesel's tooling. This is because he uses Iron Bert's chassis. Iron 'Arry and Splatter were also dated 1999 due to reusing the same chassis.
* Dodge appears in some of the ERTL Collection pamphlets, despite not being available during its reign.

## Gallery

Prototype Dodge2000 Dodge box2001 Dodge box
Mighty Mac

* 2010 (Mighty)
* 2010 (Mac)
* 2007 (Mighty)
* 2007 (Mac)

**Mighty Mac** is a double Fairlie engine who works on the Skarloey Railway.

*Color: Blue*

*Bio: Mighty Mac is two engines in one! When Mighty and Mac work together, Mighty Mac is the strongest engine on the Railway.*

### **2007 UK Take Along collector card**

*Mighty Mac is two engines in one! When Mighty and Mac work together, Mighty Mac is the strongest engine on the Railway.*

## Timeline

* 2007 (metal smokeboxes)
* 2008 (plastic smokeboxes)
* 2010 (updated details)

## Trivia

* Mighty Mac is the fourth engine to have a face on each side, the others being Culdee, Godred and Lord Harry.

## Gallery

Prototype Mighty MacTake Along MightyTake Along Mac/Prototype Take-n-Play Mighty MacTake Along Mighty Mac in blister boxTake-n-Play MightyTake-n-Play Mac
Accessory Pack Assortment

The **Accessory Pack Assortment** (also known as **Accessory Track Assortment** in the 1996 catalogue) is an assortment of cancelled track packs planned for release in 1996. These included **Toby and His Shed**, **Duck and the Signal Bridge**, **Percy and the Coal Hopper** and **Terence and a Flatcar**. Their SKU codes is unknown but their assortment number is 1022.
Miniature Thomas

**Miniature Thomas** is a variant of Thomas in the Miniatures and Mini World ranges.

## Timeline

* 1991 (paper face)
* 2001 (3D face)

## Availability

* Thomas, Annie and Clarabel
* Thomas, James and the Troublesome Trucks
* Corner Station with Thomas
* 4-Piece Adventure Playset
* Thomas Adventure Playcards Assortment
* Thomas and Windmill
* Carry Case Playset

## Trivia

* Thomas's model was used for Duck's prototype.
Crane (vehicle)

This article is about **the vehicle**. You may be looking for **the accessory set**.

## Details:

### Item Number:

4796

The **Crane** is a machine that can lift cargo up and down and load it on flatbeds. It has a rotating cab, swinging hook, and movable crane arm, with 5 positions that are held in place by a ratchet.

## Product Description

### **1999 ERTL collector card**

*Crane helps in the scrapyards and timber works on the Island of Sodor, and sometimes helps out at the harbour. One day he had to pull trucks full of china clay from the sea after Diesel's disaster.*

### **Historical Note**

*Crane is typical of many self-propelled vehicles built from the First World War to the 1940's. Running on caterpillar tracks with a low mounted jib, Crane had great manoeuvrability in timber works and scrapyards where it could be found at work.*

## Timeline

* 1999 (Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)

## Trivia

* The Crane's prototype had a string chain operated arm much like Cranky and the Breakdown Truck's models, while it's released model had the arm held by teeth below it when moving the arm.
	+ It also depicts it with a megaphone sticking out of its window, similar to some of the faceless characters in *Tugs*.
* The Crane's collector card references the episode *Diesel Does it Again*.
* The Crane's collector card refers to it as a "he" but it has no gender due to it being faceless.
* The Crane's ERTL Collection promotional artwork illustrated it with an India green cab and roof, grey arm, cable house and chassis, and reddish-brown caterpillar treads.

## Gallery

Test prototypes of Crane and CarolinePrototype Crane1999-2000 Crane boxCrane collector card2000-2001 Crane box
City of Truro

**City of Truro** (also labeled as **The Famous Visitor - "City of Truro"**) as is a famous steam engine who once visited the Island of Sodor.

## Product Description

### **1994 ERTL collector card**

*The City of Truro is a famous GWR engine that once visited the Island of Sodor and became Duck's friend. It is a 4-4-0 type built in 1903, and is thought to be the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph.*
*Now it is a favourite member of the national Railway Collection, and is normally based at the National Railway Museum in York.*

### **Shining Time Station collector card**

*A special visitor has arrived on the Island of Sodor. All of the engines are very excited to meet the very famous "City of Truro" - except Gordon, who does not trust domeless engines!*

### **2002 ERTL collector card**

*The City of Truro is a famous GWR engine that once visited the Island of Sodor and became Duck's friend. It is a 4-4-0 type built in 1903, and thought to be the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph.*

## Timeline

* 1994 (pin-hook couplings, Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2001 (Gullane licensing)
* 2003 (U-hook rear coupling; only available in the UK)

## Trivia

* City of Truro's prototype is more detailed than his released model.
* City of Truro's smokebox on his promo art is that of a DRG class 80 while the model has his real life British smokebox.
* City of Truro's ERTL model was originally dated 1993 on his chassis underneath the model, despite being released in 1994. It is likely that he was planned for release in late 1993, but got delayed to the start of 1994.
* City of Truro's Shining Time Station box refers to him as a "Special Edition Engine".
* City of Truro is the first real engine produced by ERTL. The others being Stepney, Wilbert, Bluebell and Flying Scotsman.
	+ City of Truro and Bluebell are also the only two engines without a face.
* The January 2003 magazine lists City of Truro as being reintroduced even though he wasn’t discontinued the previous year.
* City of Truro's ERTL Collection portrait depicts him with red buffers, half the running board being red and white, golden siderods, a red numberplate and a lighter shade of green.

## Gallery

Test prototypes of Breakdown Truck and City of TruroFirst prototype City of TruroSecond prototype City of Truro1994-2000 City of Truro box1994-2000 City of Truro collector card2000-2002 City of Truro box2002-2003 City of Truro box2003-2004 City of Truro box2002-2004 City of Truro collector card
Lord Harry

**Lord Harry** is a reckless mountain engine who works on the Culdee Fell Railway with Culdee.

## Product Description

### **1997 ERTL collector card**

*No.6 Lord Harry is one of the new mountain engines, and is very reckless. He reckons his “Super Heat” means he can go twice as fast as the other engines. This caused him to come off the track once. The Manager put him in an engine shed in disgrace, and took away his name.*

### **Historical Note**

*Lord Harry is based on a mountain engine built in the 1920’s by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Co., pioneers in mountain “rack and pinion” railways.*

### **2003 ERTL collector card**

*Lord Harry is reckless and the carriages are frightened of going out with him. He goes too fast, although he says he just likes things to be exciting! His silliness de-railed him once and he had to rescued by Culdee.*

## Timeline

* 1997 (pin-hook couplings, Britt Allcroft licensing)
* 2003 (U-hook rear coupling, Gullane licensing; only available in the UK)

### Components

* 2001 (Gullane licensing; only available in Five Pack)

## Avalilability

* Thomas the Tank Engine 1997 Engine Assortment
* Five Pack 1

## Trivia

* Despite Lord Harry now being called *Patrick* in the books, ERTL continued to use his original name.
* Lord Harry's ERTL prototype had a purple rear coupling. This was also the case with Culdee and Godred.
* Lord Harry is the only Culdee Fell engine to have more than one variant and also the only Culdee Fell engine released with a U-hook coupling.
* Lord Harry's ERTL Collection portrait depicts him with a separately fitted siderods.
* Lord Harry's 2003 box states he is a new item, although he was actually reintroduced that year.

## Gallery

Test prototypes of Godred and Lord HarryPrototype Lord HarryBack of Lord Harry1997-2000 Lord Harry box1997-2000 Lord Harry collector card2003-2004 Lord Harry box2003-2004 Lord Harry collector card
2011

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## 2011

### Pamphlet

US/UK

Important!*This page is under construction; please be patient as we add to it. Or help finish it (Rules/Help), thanks.*
**2011** was the second year of the Take-n-Play range. It featured products to tie into the movie, *Day of the Diesels*.

## Trivia

* Donald, D199, Skarloey and Rheneas are not listed as new on the UK pamphlet despite being reintroduced that year and thus were new for Take-n-Play.