Farmer Collett is a farmer who regularly appears in magazine stories. He is good friends with Jem Cole and owns a bull named Lord Harry, several horses, and other animals. He and his wife own a farm, a red tractor, and a green tractor. He has four children, 3 sons and a daughter.
Biography
Thomas & Friends
He was seen herding some sheep to go to a farm, however a sleep deprived Thomas took them to a farmer's market instead.
He has been seen working at McColl Farm on a few occasions.
Magazines
Collett is old-fashioned and often reminisces about the "good old days". He regularly travels to the village on one of his horses along a bridleway, which was split in two when Thomas' Branch Line was constructed. The gap was later bridged when the Fat Controller purchased a cheap scrap turntable from the Mainland to be made into a bridge to cross Thomas' line.
Farmer Collett once decorated an old oil tank to make it look like Thomas in an effort to get a rare bluebird to move out of Thomas' funnel. The trick worked and the bluebird now happily resides in a chimney pot on the old oil tank. Thomas named the oil tank, Bluebird. After drawing the face on the oil tank, Thomas remarks that Collett is a good artist as well as a farmer.
When Collett's sheep escaped and ended up at the engine sheds, searching for food, Percy returned them to the farm.
Collett once got stuck in a ford with his horse and cart and two boxes of plums. Terence had to come to his rescue.
He once broke his foot at Gallow's End and was found by a rescue team and their dog, Lucky Charm. He was then airlifted to hospital in Harold.
Collett has worked as a gardener at Dingley Hall where he cut some bushes into the shapes of animals which scared the engines.
Appearances
Thomas & Friends
- Series 6 - The World's Strongest Engine (cameo), Percy and the Haunted Mine (cameo), James and the Red Balloon (cameo) and Percy's Chocolate Crunch (cameo)
- Series 7 - Best Dressed Engine (Not named; does not speak) and Gordon and Spencer (cameo)
- Series 8 - Emily's Adventure (cameo), Chickens to School (cameo) and Too Hot for Thomas (not named, does not speak)
- Series 10 - Toby's New Shed (cameo)
Magazine Stories
Farmer Collett also appeared in the magazine stories, Reindeer Cheer!, Animal Antics!, Bulgy's Bridge, Sodor's Strong Man, Spotty Spencer, Station Mystery and Thomas Blew his Whistle. |
Trivia
- In the magazine story, Summer Fun!, he is represented by a photograph of Jem Cole from Baa!.
- A magazine poster revealed the sheep farmer in Chickens to School to be Farmer Collett.
- His large scale figure is a combination of the Captain's body with a member of the Railway Board's head.
- His small scale figure has a generic passenger body from Series 3.
- He shares his surname with a locomotive designer for the Great Western Railway, Charles Collett.
Gallery
Magazines
Locomotives | Victor | Sidney | Thirteen | Little Barford | Silver | The Blue Engines | The Flying Thistle | The Pier Train | The Cable Car | The High-Speed Post Train | River Mite | Prince | The Double Fairlie | The Coalbrookdale Locomotive |
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Rolling Stock | Annie and Clarabel's Old Friend | The Animal Sanctuary Coach | The Station Coach | The Play Coach | The New Coach | The Posh Coaches | Old Bennett | The Naughty Pink Truck | Carols on Wheels | The Old Guard's Van | The Elderly Brake Van |
Vehicles | Angus | The Special Bus Service | The Open-Topped Double-Decker Bus | The Ice-Cream Van | The Float Lorry | The White Van | Bluebird | The Dodgems | Algy | The Tandem Rotor Helicopter |
People | Farmer Collett | Dave | Minor Human Characters (magazines) | Minor Human Characters (annuals) |