The Shunter is responsible for coupling and uncoupling engines from trains, using a long pole with a hook on the end, called a shunter's pole. When there is no shunter around, a fireman or a workman usually does the job. Shunters have appeared more regularly since the twelfth season.
Uniform
A North Western Railway shunter's uniform consists of blue trousers, a black tie, a white shirt, a blue jacket, with brown overalls and either a brown cap or hardhat, identical to the uniform of a standard workman.
Locations
- Accidents
- Stations
- Sheds
- Depots
- Factories
- Constructions
- Quarries and Mines
- Harbours
- Junctions
- Forests
- Farms
- Flour Mills
- Warehouses
- Beaches/Seaside
- Canals
- Railway Lines/Trackworks
- Roadworks
- Windmills
- Water Towers
- The Washdown
- The Works
- Sodor Steamworks
- Vicarstown Dieselworks
- Signal Boxes
- Shunting Yards
- Scrapyards
- Sodor Ironworks
- Crocks Scrap Yard
- The Coaling Plant
- The Coal Hopper
- Sodor Search and Rescue Centre
- Brendam Docks
- Sodor Shipping Company
- Sodor Airport
- Ulfstead Castle
- The Lumber Mill
- Whiff's Waste Dump
- The Steelworks (Mainland)
- The Great Railway Show (Mainland)
- Bridlington Goods Yard (Mainland)
Voice Actors
- Ryō Horikawa (Japan; Daisy)
- Petteri Hynönen (Finland; Tale of the Brave)
- Klaus Gerner (Germany; Audio Books 8 and 9)