Rusty the Diesel

Rusty the Diesel
Thomas & Friends character
Rusty's Small Scale Model
First appearance	The Little Old Engine (The Railway Series) "Trucks" (Thomas and Friends)
Voiced by	Matt Wilkinson (UK/US)
Number	5 (Narrow gauge engine)
Information
Gender	Male

Rusty the Diesel is a fictional small, orange narrow gauge diesel train with a two-tone horn in the Thomas & Friends character television series.

Character

Rusty is friendly, calm and caring. He was built in 1957 by Ruston and Hornsby. Despite his rust-colour, Rusty's name is a portmanteau of Ruston and Hornsby.^[1] He is based on the Talyllyn Railway's "Midlander".

Merchandising

Commercial models of Rusty character
Model range	Type	Color
Ertl	die-cast metal	Normal
Take Along/Take n Play	die-cast metal	Normal
Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway	wood	Normal
TrackMaster	plastic motorized	Normal
Mega Bloks	plastic	Normal

References

↑ "Rusty - Character Profile & Bio - Thomas & Friends". thomasandfriends.com.

The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends

Engines	Thomas Edward Henry Gordon James Percy Toby Duck Donald and Douglas Emily (Narrow gauge engines: Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty)

Other characters	The Fat Controller The Thin Controller Annie and Clarabel Bertie Harold Terence Trevor Minor characters in The Railway Series

Railways	North Western Skarloey Culdee Fell Arlesdale Mid Sodor Sodor & Mainland The Other Railway

Places	The Island of Sodor Locations in The Railway Series Locations in Thomas and Friends

The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry

List of Railway Series books Major characters Minor characters

Authors	Rev. W. V. Awdry (creator) Christopher Awdry

Illustrators	C. Reginald Dalby John T. Kenney Peter and Gunvor Edwards Clive Spong

Thomas & Friends, the television show

Characters	Railway engines Narrow gauge engines Minimum gauge engines Rolling stock Vehicles People and animals Film characters Magazine characters

Television series	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Straight-to-video	On Site with Thomas Engines and Escapades

Films and specials	Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) Calling All Engines! (2005) The Great Discovery (2008) Hero of the Rails (2009) Misty Island Rescue (2010) Day of the Diesels (2011) Blue Mountain Mystery (2012) King of the Railway (2013) Tale of the Brave (2014) The Adventure Begins (2015) Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015) The Great Race (2016)

Production	Britt Allcroft (series creator) David Mitton (original model director) Gullane Entertainment HIT Entertainment Arc Productions List of Thomas & Friends voice actors

Merchandise	Day out with Thomas My Thomas Story Library Thomas Land at Drayton Manor Thomas the Tank Engine pictureback books

Related	Shining Time Station Robert D. Cardona

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