Rocky

Rocky is a large breakdown crane, who is part of the Sodor Search and Rescue Team.

Personality
Rocky likes to lift heavy objects such as engines, coaches and trucks. He is a friendly and careful crane and helps the engines when there is an accident. He takes pride in his work and is always happy to help.

Basis
Rocky is a Ransomes and Rapier 45-ton steam crane, built around 1945. A crane of this type is preserved on the Bluebell Railway.

Livery
Rocky is painted brick red with yellow hazard stripes on his sides and back.

Appearances

 * Season 1 - The Trouble With Trucks (does not speak)

Trivia

 * One of Rocky's television series models used to be on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
 * Rocky has a much taller cab than his basis, in order to accommodate a face.
 * Although Rocky says in Duck in the Water that he must have his crane arm secured properly, in Series 19-20, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, and Journey Beyond Sodor, Rocky has been transported without his crane arm lowered, which is very dangerous.
 * Rocky does not have windows on the front of his cab, making it difficult for the operator to see what is happening.
 * In the eleventh series episode Thomas and the Runaway Car, it was stated that Rocky was too heavy for Thomas to move. However, since the twelfth series, Thomas has been able to move him, as have several other smaller, weaker engines.
 * The same goes for Percy in the fourteenth series. In Being Percy, Percy stated he was not strong enough to pull Rocky on his own, but since the nineteenth series, he has been able to move Rocky.
 * Rocky has gone through some changes in the television series:
 * Since the CGI switchover, Rocky's face has been lowered down.
 * In the nineteenth series, Rocky gains a tail lamp.
 * At Days Out with Thomas events, Rocky has Bulgy's face.
 * In his debut episode, Rocky had a whistle, which basically sounded like a regular standard train whistle. However, Rocky appears to lack a whistle in all of his future appearances.
 * From the tenth to twelfth series, Rocky had an angry face mask that was never seen on screen.