Results of our Poll Asking, "Who is Your Favorite Diesel Engine?"

Thank you to everyone who voted! In the end, it was not even close! BoCo (D2) was the most popular diesel engine on the Island of Sodor,a ccording to our poll. He had 23% of the vote with 76 votes from the 325 who participated in this poll.

Second place was pretty dominating as well, with Diesel 10 (D10) receiving 13% of the vote at 45 votes. After this, it was much closer.

Third place was Daisy (D1), with 35 votes for 10%. All other engines had percentages in the single digits. although 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place were very close to 3rd place. Full rankings are as follows:

1. BoCo (D2) 23% (76 votes)
2. Diesel Ten (D10) 13% (45 votes)
3. Daisy (D1) 10% (35 votes)
4. Paxton 9% (30 votes)
5. Diesel 8% (28 votes)
6. Bear (D3) 7% (25 votes)
7. Rusty (NG5) 7% (24 votes)
8. Mavis (FCQ) 5% (18 votes)
9. Salty (D2991) 4% (16 votes)
10. Bowler/The Diesel (D261)1% (5 votes)
11. Derek 1% (4 votes)
12. Sidney 1% (4 votes)
13. Spamcan/Old Reliable (D199) 1% (3 votes)
14. Dennis (D11001) 1% (3 votes)
15. Norman 1% (3 votes)
16. 'Arry 1% (3 votes)
17. Bert 0% (1 vote)
18. Splatter 0% (1 vote)
19. Den 0% (1 vote)
20. Dart 0% (0 votes)
21. Dodge 0% (0 votes)

Absolutely no love for Dart and Dodge and not much love for their compatriots, Den and Splatter. Surprisingly 'Arry and Bert did not get much love either.

Paxton, one of the newest diesels has obviously found a place in viewers' hearts, as he ranks high up among some of the oldest diesels in BoCo, Daisy, Diesel, and Bear. Unsurprisingly, mainstays of the TV show,m Mavis and Salty ranked high, as did the one narrow gauge engine, Rusty.

While at Days Out With Thomas events, I have noticed that Diesel 10 is a perennial favorite of adults and children alike, so his ranking high did not surprise me, but Bowler, being in the top 10 diesels with Spamcan not far away did surprise me a lot.

Obviously, HIT Entertainment should focus on bringing back the Three Famous Diesels, Daisy (D1), BoCo (D2), and Bear (D3) along with other old favorites instead of constantly introducing new engines.

A Diesel-Centric (Rather than the Current Steamie-Centric) Engine Roll Call

They're 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 then 12,
14, 16 Diesels who all excel,
Orange and green and blue and black
They all oil down the track.
All with different roles to play,
'round the Dieselworks or far away,
Down the hills and round the bends,
Diesel 10 and his friends.

Daisy and Boco are big and green,
Bear and Derek are really keen,
Diesel and Paxton shunt in lines,
Dennis and Norman have fun times,
Den and Dart know their stuff
Sidney and Mavis love to shunt
'Arry and Bert can really work
while Spamcan and Bowler just lurk.

How I Would Number the Diesel Engines of Sodor Island

Some of these are based on their BR Class, some are based on their current numbers, and some are based on putting the same types of engines (or engines doing the same types of work) together in numerical order.

• D1 - Daisy (Formerly D52627, Currently D1) BR Class 101
• D2 - BoCo (Formerly D5702, Currently D2) BR Class 28
• D3 - Bear (Formerly D7101, Currently D3) BR Class 35
• D4 - Mavis (Currently FCQ1) BR Class 04
• D5 - Rusty (Currently Narrow Gauge 5)
• D6 - Derek (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 17
• D7 - Salty (Currently D2991) BR Class 07
• D8 - Den (Currently Unnumbered)
• D9 - Dart (Currently Unnumbered)
• D10 - Diesel Ten (Currently D10) BR Class 42
• D11 - Dennis (Currently D11001)
• D12 - Norman (Currently Unnumbered)
• D13 - Diesel (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D14 - 'Arry (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D15 - Bert (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D16 - Splatter (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D17 - Dodge (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D18 - Sidney (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D19 - Paxton (Currently Unnumbered) BR Class 08
• D20 - Bowler/The Diesel (Formerly D4711. Currently D261) BR Class 40
• D21 - Spamcan/Old Reliable (Currently D199) BR Class 46