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Rusty is a kind orange diesel engine who works on the Skarloey Railway.
Product Description[]
Character Card[]
Considered a pal for life, Rusty is a fearless and determined diesel, always smiling in the face of adversity. She is a dedicated worker with a huge heart.
2018 box description[]
Meet the trusty friend...
Caring, calm and clever, Rusty is very trusty. He may seem a bit tame at times, but he takes his responsibilities seriously, and that includes being a reliable friend.
Changes[]
- 1995 (white roof, flat magnets, higher face)
- 1996 (round magnets, lower face)
- 1999 (thicker wheels, larger magnets)
- 2001 (black roof, red bufferbeam, improved exhaust graphics, no cab ledge, name on chassis)
- 2012 (larger CG style face, back window, and red lamp)
- 2018 (printed details on exposed wood, thinner face, smaller single piece body, larger cab, molded radiator cap)
Components[]
- 2013 (only available in Rusty to the Rescue, larger face, updated details, nail removed, curved edges and longer magnet guards)
Availability[]
- Rusty with Construction Cars
- 2001 Engine Assortment
- Roundhouse Set (2002)/Tidmouth Sheds Deluxe Set (2010)
- Boulder Mountain Set
- Thomas and Friends Gift Pack
- Rusty with Cement mixer
- Narrow Gauge Engines Gift Pack
- Diesel Engines Gift Pack
- Narrow Gauge Engines
- Blue Mountain Quarry Gift Pack
- Blue Mountain Mine
- Rusty to the Rescue
Trivia[]
- The first prototype 1995 Rusty uses Mavis's face, has a lower-set body, an orange cab roof, and uses sticker decals for his name, number, and cab window. A second variant of this prototype appears in the 1995 yearbook with a white roof.
- Roy Wilson also hand-made a second prototype with Toby's face and printed decals. Variants of this prototype with differently-positioned faces are known to exist.
- The erroneous white roof on the 1995 Rusty may be due to a reference image of the television series model, where a reflection of the lightbox on Rusty's roof makes it appear white instead of black.
- The 1995 Rusty having flat magnets is likely due to existing stocks of flat magnets already at the factories at the time.
- The prototype 1995 Rusty is featured in the 1997-1998 pamphlets. The 1996 version is featured in the 1997 and 1998 yearbooks however.
- Rusty is not featured in the 1999 pamphlet, but is featured in the 1999 yearbook.
- The 1999-2000 Rusty character card gives Rusty she/her pronouns. This is due to Britt Allcroft intending to make Rusty gender-neutral because of a lack of female characters in the television series at the time.
- Despite being discontinued separately after 1999, the 2001 Rusty was sold separately in certain countries such as New Zealand in 2006 and again in Europe in 2005-2006 and 2008-2009. This was also the case with the 1997 Stepney and S.C. Ruffey in the former and the 2002 Peter Sam in the latter. It would also be sold separately once again in Europe in 2012 instead of the 2012 Rusty.
- The 2001 Rusty never had a cab ledge despite most other engines still having them until late 2002.
- Rusty is the only Skarloey Railway engine in the Wood range.
- The cancelled 2019 Rusty features printed details on painted wood and the chassis built into the body.
Gallery[]
Original 1995 Rusty design plan
Roy Wilson's hand-made prototype Rusty with Toby's face
Original prototype 1995 Rusty
Prototype 1995 Rusty
1995 Rusty box
1996 Rusty
1996-1999 Rusty
1998-1999 Rusty box
1999 Rusty
1999 Rusty character card
2001-2011 Rusty
2011 Rusty box
2012 Rusty
2012 Rusty box
2012 Rusty UK box
2018 Rusty
2018 Rusty box
2018 Rusty Japanese box
Cancelled 2019 Rusty
Variants gallery[]
2013-2016 Rusty from Rusty to the Rescue