Diesel is a troublesome character who is ever so ready to scheme and stir up trouble.
Product Description
1999 Character Card
Diesel thinks he knows everything and is always ready to cause trouble among the other engines.
2005 Character Card
Oily, scheming and ever ready to stir up trouble in the shed, Diesel's characteristic smirk is a sure sign that somebody, somewhere, is in for a bit of trouble.
2018 box description
Meet the trouble-maker...
Every group of friends has one, but even when he’s a little too playful, Diesel’s heart is still in the right place. Besides, sometimes we all need a little bit of mischief.
Changes
- 1993 (staples, flat magnets, undated wheels)
- 1994 (no staples)
- 1994 (round magnets, wheels dated 1994)
- 1996 (smaller magnets)
- 1997 (thicker wheels, larger magnets)
- 2001 (name on chassis)
- Late 2002 (back ledge removed)
- 2005 (updated details and face, red bufferbeam)
- 2011 (CG style face)
- 2013 (updated details, updated face with smile, curved edges and longer magnet guards)
- 2017 (black bufferbeam)
- 2018 (printed details on exposed wood, unpainted chassis, flatter face)
- 2019 (printed details on painted wood, three vents near cab, chassis built into body)
- 2022 (face with printed 2D details, added rivets, painted buffers, molded front details, larger wheels with spoke details)
Variants
- Bronze Diesel
- Oil-covered Diesel
- Talking Diesel
- Battery-Operated Diesel
- Snowy Diesel from Snowy Mountain Figure 8 Adventure
- Snow Storm Diesel from Dustin and the Sodor Storm Team Book Pack
- Milk-Splattered Diesel from Diesel's Dairy Drop Off
Availability
- 5-Car Engine Pack
- Sodor Crane and Quarry Set
- Sodor Work and Wash Set
- Calling All Engines! Gift Pack
- Engines Gift Pack
- Myer Exclusive Bundle
- Diesel Engines Gift Pack
- Percy and Diesel
- Diesel Fuel Depot
- Percy's Fuel Delivery Figure 8 Set
- Steamies and Diesels Set
- Thomas Wood Replenishment Pack
- Tidmouth Sheds Deluxe Set
- Dieselworks Figure 8 Set
- Ultimate Wooden Railway Set
- James Sorts It Out Accessory Pack
- Diesels in Disguise
- Working Hard Steamies and Diesels Set
- 4 Engine Pack
Trivia
- The 1994-2012 versions of Diesel are some of the few vehicles that do not smile.
- The prototype 1994 Diesel features no eyebrows, sticker cab details, and no engine/vent detailing.
- A second 1994 prototype features extended ladder detailing in the grooves near Diesel's face.
- The 2017 Diesel's body curves into the running board almost identically to the later Wood versions.
- Diesel is not featured in the 2008 UK yearbook and the 2009 yearbooks.