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For other uses, see Alf (disambiguation).

“I'm Jack, I'm here to help!"
"More help means more dirt; more dirt means more fun! I'm Alfie!”
― Jack meets Alfie[src]

Alfie is a little green excavator who works for the Sodor Construction Company.

Biography

Alfie helped save a cat and her kittens one day after being teased by Max and Monty about his size. He was also working with Percy at Maithwaite Forest on Halloween night when Kelly told everyone a scary story about a one-eyed truck. Later, he was saved by Byron when he almost sank into a muddy hole. When Max and Monty carelessly crashed into the lightning tree, he, Oliver and Kelly held the tree up while Jack went to fetch the props and the tree was saved. He later helped with the restoration of Great Waterton and helped erect a bandstand in the town.

Alfie helped with the construction of the Harwick Branch Line along with Jack, Oliver, Max and Monty and later attended the line's ceremony.

Later he, Jack, Oliver, Max and Monty were working on Thomas' Branch Line and he, Oliver and Jack helped cleared the branch line at the bridge after Max and Monty dumped their loads on the line.

Personality

Alfie is a friendly machine who gets on well with his work and never minds getting dirty or mucky during jobs. He always views his work as fun. In Mines of Mystery, it is shown the he easily gets seasick.

Technical Details

Basis

Alfie is based on a freelance design and does not represent a typical prototype, although he does resemble a 1960 K1C10&K excavator.

Livery

Alfie is painted green with the number #12 painted on his sides and on the back of his cab in white. His wheels used to be cream, but now they're grey.

Appearances

Official Description

From Official Media[1]

Alfie: Alfie is an excavator who makes even the toughest job in the quarry look easy. He is friendly, helpful and loves to do all the dirty work. In fact, his favourite expression is "More help means more dirt; more dirt means more fun!"

From Official Website[2]

Alfie: Alfie is an excavator who makes even the toughest job in the quarry look easy. He is friendly, helpful and loves to do all the dirty work.


Fun Fact: His favorite expression is "More help means more dirt; more dirt means more fun!"

Audio Files

Theme

Only used Composers Theme Song
Series 6 Mike O'Donnell
Junior Campbell

Horn

First used Last used Sound Effect
Jack and the Sodor Construction Company Jack and the Sodor Construction Company

Trivia

  • Alfie's shovel can be removed and replaced with a jackhammer attachment, like Oliver's.
  • Alfie's screen-used smiling faces and unused snarling faces are owned by Twitter user Machan of Sodor.
  • Additionally, a semi-complete face mask of Alfie is preserved by the Top Props preservation group.
  • A series of resin casts of some of Alfie's faces are are also owned by former head sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn.
  • In Mines of Mystery, it is revealed that Alfie gets seasick on boat rides, complete with a slightly green face, and red nose after he hit the shore, and showing signs of nausea, and groaning. Due to this, he is the first and only vehicle character with seasickness in Thomas & Friends.
  • Alfie's horn sound was later reused for some cars and a truck in the mobile app, Read and Play!.
  • In the Polish dub, Alfie is called "Alf", which is also the name of Fred's basis, a character only mentioned in The Railway Series.

References


Non-rail vehicles

* RWS only | ** T&F only | *** Other Media only
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