The Barrel Loader is a destination which can deposit barrels in a waiting car by pushing down on a lever. It includes a blue Barrel Car, three barrels, and an 6" Straight Track piece which was first released in Clickity-Clack Track, then in Traction Rail in 2002. The Barrel Loader is labeled as "Arlesdale Barrel Co".
Changes[]
- 1997 (Corn, Flour, and Molasses barrels, unpainted lever, vertical wood decals featuring door and large windows, Clickity-Clack Track)
- 2001 (Oil, Flour, and Molasses barrels, red lever, horizontal wood decals featuring barrels and small square windows)
- 2002 (Traction Rail)
Variants[]
- Ffarquhar Barrel Loader from A Busy Day at the Quarry Set
- Sodor Dairy Barrel Loader from Man in the Hills Set
- Barrel Loader with no lettering from Percy's Fuel Delivery Figure 8 Set
- Haultraugh Barrel Loader from Deluxe Mountaintop Supply Run Set
- Barrel Loader from James Sorts It Out Set
Availability[]
- Around the Barrel Loader Set
- Thomas Classroom Activity Set
- Lift and Load Set
- Really Useful Work Set
- Sodor Work and Wash Set
Trivia[]
- The Barrel Loader is one of the few destinations entirely comprised of wood, with no plastic elements.
- The 1997 prototype Barrel Loader features a sharper-angled roof, smaller decals on the sides, a more square base, and sticker decals on the roof and molasses barrel.
- Stock pictures of the 2001 Barrel Loader do not have any text on the oil barrel.
- Roy Wilson's signature can be found on the back side of the Barrel Loader.
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