Sodor Fuel Tanker

Here's another tank wagon based on something from Thomas The Tank Engine. The Sodor Fuel tankers are - as the name implies - used for transporting petrol and other dangerous fuel products around the Isle of Sodor. As their contents are a big fire hazard, the locomotives must be very careful when hauling them. Although the fuel tankers are traditionally yellow, there was a moment in the Season 5 episode 'Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach' when James was hauling a rake of black tankers. Then one of them started leaking and caught fire, thus forcing James to park in a siding while the fire-fighters sorted out the mess. A small excerpt of dialogue from said episode is as follows: Percy: "You said the countryside got you all fired up, James. But I didn't think you meant it in this way." James: "Pah! It was the stupid trucks fault, not mine."