Buster is a simple steamroller who goes about his job with glee, pride and content. He works for the Sodor Construction Company.

Biography

Buster helped out when Miss Jenny found molehills on the football field. Buster was also seen at the new school construction site.

Buster likes to think of himself as the "world's fastest steamroller" and often dreams of winning races. This came true when he won a race against Max and Monty on the newly completed Sodor Rally Track.

When Thomas rediscovered the old town of Great Waterton, Buster helped with its restoration.

Personality

Unlike George, Buster is a hard worker with heart and commitment in what he does and he is a good dreamer. He goes about his job with glee and pride knowing all is right with the world. What Buster lacks in imagination, he makes up for with heart, commitment, and hard work. He is liked by all the machines for his wonderful enthusiasm and kindness to help with everything.

Technical Details

Basis

Buster is based on an Aveling and Porter R10 class steamroller (first built in 1900), however the exact R10 steamroller basis is unknown.

Livery

Buster is painted maroon with yellow and red lining. The words "SODOR CONSTRUCTION Co." are painted on the sides of his roof in yellow, and the alloys of his rollers are painted red.

Appearances

Official Description

Audio Files

Whistle

Only used	Sound Effect
Fun Cubes

Trivia

• Up until the introduction of Darcy in the twenty-third series, Buster was the only member of the Pack with no visible number. According to Phil Fehrle in an interview with SiF, Buster may have been intended to have a number, though he states that there was not a convenient place to put a number on his bodywork.
• Buster's name was originally planned to be given to Oliver.
  • Coincidentally, Oliver has his original name "Buster" in the description of the Jack Jumps In livestream on the official UK YouTube channel.
• Buster, along with Monty, are the only characters introduced in the spin-off series to be introduced in the main series.
• He is the second known steamroller on Sodor, the first being George.
• He, Ned and Isobella are the only steam-powered vehicles in the Sodor Construction Company.
• Although he never had a whistle sound in the show, the Fun Cubes game does feature him with one when the player gets it right. This was the only time his whistle sound was ever heard, which is in fact a stock sound effect.
  • His whistle in the game is the same as Henry's from the Play-A-Sound book, 10 Stories from Thomas & Friends.
• In a Japanese encyclopedia book about The Great Discovery, Buster is illustrated with a smaller face similar to his concept artwork.
• Buster's theme when he flattens the molehills in Thomas and the Moles is heard in the thirteenth series episodes Creaky Cranky and The Lion of Sodor when Thomas is on his way to the Steamworks.

References