Salty

Salty is a battered old diesel who works at Brendam docks. He loves the sea more than anything, and has a fund of sea stories and shanties. Bill and Ben enjoy hearing these tales, but Cranky the Crane is not so fond of them. With yellow "hazard" patterning on his front and rear, Salty is mostly painted dull red. He speaks with a West Country accent and, naturally enough, uses a lot of nautical slang and he likes the smell of fish. Salty works well with trucks, but how he manages to keep them in order is a closely-guarded secret. (it has to do with their internal rythym; the trucks can't resist moving to song) He is also one of the few diesels who has no quarrel whatsoever with steam engines. Therefore, he is a friend to all

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