Sandy the Rail Speeder
Title
Sandy the Rail Speeder
[1]
Type
Track inspection car
"Epic! "
— Sandy's catchphrase Sandy is a pink rail speeder who lives and works with her best friend, Carly at The Maintenance Yard on the Island of Sodor .
Personality Sandy is a very energetic speeder, and while not the biggest engine on the island, she still enjoys the company of her much larger friends, many of whom recognize that she is a valuable asset to their community. Sandy always participates in a game if she can, and one of her favorite aspects of a race is seeing who the winner is. As such, she'll follow someone closely to see if they'll win or not. Sandy is also very good with small repairs, swapping out Gordon's broken coupling with a new one in seconds without difficulty. Additionally, she is very inventive and likes to build all sorts of gadgets, such as Percy's Biggest Adventure Machine and new wheels for Skiff . She also enjoys playing in mud and sand, particularly the latter. Sandy is always ready to help out wherever possible, but at times she can be a bit over-enthusiastic and will often go overboard and try to make a complex solution for a simple problem.
Technical Details Basis Sandy appears to be based on a Motorcar, which were self-propelled vehicles used for track maintenance. She seems to most closely resemble those made by Fairmont Railway Motors of Fairmont, Minnesota. Unlike almost all real life examples, Sandy can extend a robotic arm from the front of her chassis and/or a winch, plus other tools.
Livery Sandy's wheels and cab are painted coral-pink. Her hazard stripes are painted black and her cab door is painted yellow. Her buffer beams are painted gold. She also has an aqua green roof and silver lights and fittings. She is also lightly weathered, and has two pieces of aqua-green tape on her side. Additionally, towards the back of her roof, an orange warning light can be seen.
Appearances
Season 1 A Thomas Promise , Thomas Blasts Off , License to Deliver , Rules of the Game , Kana Goes Slow , The Biggest Adventure Club , Percy's Lucky Bell , Sandy's Sandy Shipment , A Wide Delivery , Counting Cows , Music is Everywhere , Chasing Rainbows , Nia's Balloon Blunder , Capture the Flag , Mystery Boxcars , Overnight Stop (portrait cameo ) , The Joke is on Thomas , Thomas' Day Off (mentioned ) , The Real Number One (laughing only ) , No Power, No Problem! , The Tiger Train , Thomas and Percy's Eggsellent Adventure , Tyrannosaurus Wrecks , The Super-Long Shortcut (indirectly mentioned ) , A Light Delivery (portrait cameo ) , The Paint Problem , A Wonderful World , Whistle Woes , Something to Remember , Sandy Versus the Storm , An UnbeLEAFable Day , Ghost Train , A Rusty Rescue , Pop a Wheelie , Goodbye, Ghost-Scaring Machine , Sir Topham Hatt's Hat , Nia's Surprising Surprise , Skiff Sails Sodor and Song of Sodor Season 2 Fast Friends , Ashima's Amazing Arrival , Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon , Carly's Magnificent Magnet , New Mail Engine in Town , Hot Air Percy , Carly's Screechy Squeak , Shake, Rattle and Bruno , Blackout! , Brand New Track , Stink Monster , Christmas Mountain (does not speak ) , Whiteout! (mentioned ) , Good as New , More Than a Pretty Engine , Snowplow Struttin' , Thomas in Charge , Kana Recharges , The Big Skunk Funk , Off the Rails , Diesel's Dilemma , Bring it on Beresford , Tunnel Troubles , The Case of the Missing Crane , Not-So-Secret Mission , A Very Percy Valentine's Day , Valentine's Hearts , Speedster Sandy , Salty's Sea Shanty , Rocket's Fall (does not speak ) , Blue Engine Blues (laughing only ) , Percy in the Middle , Bad Luck Boxcar , Not So Easy-Greasy , It All Adds Up , Seeking a Safer Sodor (does not speak ) , The Super Axle , The Waiting Game , All Wheels on Track , Something Broken, Someone Blue and The Sights of Sodor Season 3 Abraca-Diesel , Sandy's Fine Mess , Nia's Green Surprise , Duck Duck Whoosh! , Percy's Little Problem , Fill-In Friend , Cake it Easy , The Can-Do Crew , Pizza Picnic Problem and Travels with Terence Season 4 Short Story Adventures Muddy Thomas , Thomas and the Troublesome Trucks , Lighthouse Disco , Sandy Tidies Up , Carly and Cranky's Big Lift Off , Hay, Now! and Confetti Car Kerfuffle Movies Specials Songs Season 1 - I'm Gonna Chug , Music is Everywhere , Chasing Rainbows , The Mail Delivery Song (cameo ) , What Brave Engines Do (does not speak; music video only ) , Feet, Tailbone, Ribs, and Claws (does not speak; music video only ) , What's Awesome About This Place , A Gift to Remember , Together We Can (does not speak ) , Celebrate and Song of Sodor Race for the Sodor Cup - Look It's Us (cameo; music video only ) Season 2 - Fast to Go Slow (cameo; music video only ) , Welcome to Sodor , A Mistake is What it Takes , Good as New , Feel the Hush , What I Can Do and What I Can't , How to Solve a Mystery , What's Really Real (does not speak ) , Sandy's Strengths , When You Go to Sea (cameo ) , Blues Buddy (cameo ) , Good Sports , Work Together (does not speak ) , The Waiting Game and The Sights of Sodor The Mystery of Lookout Mountain - Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead , A Whole New Place and Job to Do The Great Bubbly Build - Focus on the FUNction and Put the Fun in Function Season 3 - Abraca-Diesel , Stuff , Instead (cameo; music video only ) , Make Things Right (does not speak ) and Building Better for Everyone Other - All Engines Go Theme Song
Videos Watch Out, Thomas! Thomas and the Dust Bunnies , The Relay Race (cameo ) , Diesel's Monkey Trouble (does not speak ) , Percy's Musical Mystery (does not speak ) , Thomas' Messy Farm Adventure (does not speak ) , Percy's Spooky Delivery (does not speak ) , Thomas' Game of Hide and Surprise! , Thomas' Dragon Rescue (cameo ) , Carly and Sandy's Dino Delivery , Bruno's Easter Egg Mystery , Percy and the Mine Monster (not named; does not speak ) , Percy's Mail Adventure (cameo ) , The Cleaning Catastrophe , Sodor Costume Party! , Trick or Treat (billboard cameo ) , Thomas and the World's Largest Christmas Tree , Thomas and the Color Race (billboard cameo ) and Thomas' True Colors (billboard cameo ) Let's Race The Egg Race , The Bell Race , The Flag Race and The Obstacle Race All Aboard! The Can Conflict (does not speak ) Books 2021 - All Engines Go 2022 - The Promise Problem , Thomas and the Rocket , Speedy Sticker Scenes , All About Thomas , Meet the Engines and Thomas the Tank Engine Character Encyclopedia 2023 - Thomas and Bruno (does not speak ) , Chasing Rainbows , Race for the Sodor Cup (does not speak ) , Let's Go Team! , Thomas and Percy's Spooky Night (does not speak ) , Tyrannosaurus Wrecks , The 12 Engines of Christmas , Thomas and the Christmas Mountain (does not speak ) , Let's Learn Shapes , Let's Learn Letters and Let's Learn Opposites 2024 - Little Learners Pocket Library , Feelings , Hello, Thomas! (cameo ) , The Biggest Adventure Club and Meet Team Thomas! (dropped ) 2022 - Nia's Balloon Blunder (speaks in speech bubble only ) , Capture the Flag (does not speak ) , Shake, Rattle, and Bruno (mentioned ) and Mystery Boxcars (does not speak ) 2023 - License to Deliver , Tyrannosaurus Wrecks , Kana Goes Slow (does not speak ) , Thomas Blasts Off! (cameo ) , Kana Splashes In! (mentioned ) , Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon , Skiff Sails Sodor and The Big Skunk Funk 2024 - The Biggest Adventure Club and Not So Easy-Greasy (cameo ) Games Live Shows
Audio Files Horns In Go Go Thomas!, she incorrectly uses a stock recording of a Nathan K3L type. Diesel used this horn sound in the original series during Misty Island Rescue to the fourteenth season .
Trivia According to Rick Suvalle in a tweet, Sandy's original name was Dusty .
The name "Sandy the Rail Speeder" is trademarked.
Sandy has a variety of different tools that extend from the front of her chassis.
As revealed in the first season episode, Goodbye, Ghost-Scaring Machine , Sandy built The Biggest Adventure Machine .
According to Rick Suvalle , Sandy was originally going to live at Tidmouth Sheds , along with Carly .
Sandy's horn sound is a stock sound effect of a bicycle horn commonly used in cartoons.
Sandy, along with Bruno , are two of Daniel Share-Strom's favorite characters.[2] Merchandise References 
