Butch

Butch, also known as the "Sodor Heavy Recovery Unit", is a breakdown vehicle. He is kept busy in construction areas, clearing rubble, towing broken-down or stranded vehicles or assisting in engine rescues.

Personality
Butch is serious about his job and loves working, especially with his railway friends. Despite his size, Butch has a kind heart and is always ready when his service is needed.

Basis
Butch is loosely based on a Scammell Pioneer heavy recovery vehicle and his front resembles that of a Scammell Constructor. According to the official website, he was constructed out of parts from a diesel, a lorry and a crane.

Voice Actors

 * Luca Dollar

Trivia

 * Until the fifteenth season, Butch's only speaking role was in a LeapPad book called Thomas the Really Useful Engine.
 * In the Norwegian dub of the nineteenth season, Butch is called "Buck"; however, the subtitles still refer to him as Butch.
 * Butch is one of three characters to have been given a face after originally not having one, the other two being Henrietta and Big Mickey.
 * Of these three, Butch is the only one who gained a face in the same season he debuted in.
 * Butch's magnet from the fifteenth season episode, Stuck on You is later used for a magnet at The Steelworks in Journey Beyond Sodor.