Thomas & Friends Henry GDJ55, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Trackmaster Large Push Along Diecast Train Engine

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Available in both his original and new liveries; his original one was from the Treasure Chase Set, while the new one is available with Hugo

All tenders are made of plastic, share the same four-wheel chassis, and have buffers located on the wrong side. In a prototype, as well as the box for the Motorized "All Around Sodor Deluxe Set", shows Emily's model (one of the many extras included in the set) with number 12 on her tender, following its acquisition in Emily to the Rescue. It would have been the first piece of merchandise to depict Emily with her number after gaining it in Series 24. However, Emily did not receive her 12 until late 2020 in her own single release. Additionally, James' prototype incorrectly portrayed him as an 0-6-2 and his tender had a removable coal load, like the Motorized Interactive Talking James from the original series. A model of Percy (minus his face) and the mail car can be seen on top of a cake in the 2022 film, Smile.

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Harold's model is simply a re-release of the 2013 Take-n-Play/2017 Adventures model without noticeable changes. It is also dated 2013 on the bottom. As of late 2020/early 2021, newer engines in the range now have painted pupils, similar to the ones in the Wood and Motorized ranges. The engines also have their respective names printed on their chassis in white, which is very similar to vehicles in the Wooden Railway line. Some of the earlier engines from this range also had this change. Much like his Plarail model, Winston has a front coupling and a Sir Topham Hatt figurine, but unlike the Plarail model, the Motorized version of said figurine is not removable. Additionally, his front lamp is not fully painted apart from the outer circle portion of said lamp. This was later fixed on his Rainbow model. The graffiti variants of Gordon and James do not come with tenders, with their numbers instead being painted on their cabs.

In 2014, the engines were redesigned, with a new, less powerful (but faster) motor, a longer wheelbase, unpainted buffers, silver siderods and couplers, printed details and interchangeable chassis. In the Winged Thomas set, Annie and Clarabel are painted blue, similarly to the way they appeared in Thomas' dream sequence in the Streamlining scene from The Great Race, except they are wearing goggles. As with the series itself, the engines' wheels no longer have spokes or side rods. However, a hole exists for side rods on the driving wheels. Toby's model has openings on his side plates, despite the fact each other toy before has the side plates conceal the wheels in some way or another. His tail lamp is also unpainted.Sonny's model reuses Thomas's footplate and there is a noticeable gap under his smokebox, much like with Hong Mei's Adventures model. Because many consumers were opening the wrong compartment while attempting to change the batteries, all of the screws - except for the battery door screw - have been changed to tamper-proof screws with triangular heads. This makes replacing the couplers impossible. This change took effect March 15, 2010. Despite the All Around Sodor Deluxe Set showing the Push Along Emily with her number on marketing, she does not actually have her number on the actual toy itself. The 2021 reissue of the Push Along Emily features her 12. This can be avoided by having a singular Push Along sit between the Adventures model and Push Along tender engine.

Talking Diesel uses his Misty Island Rescue horn sound while the UK/US redesigned one has his original horn sound. Edward's 2014 model's pilot wheels are moulded into his running board and the prototype of the model shows them unpainted. The wheels were coloured for the final release. The Thomas model used for advertising the Fix 'em Up Friends set is different than the model from the set. Etienne's prototype shows him with siderods. This error is also present on Raul and Gustavo, who feature them on their final models. Sonny was the last new CGI-based character introduced in the range. Following the show's conclusion and prior to the launch of the All Engines Go range, the Push Along range shifted to creating differently decorated variants of previous model castings.Harvey and Mighty Mac are unpowered. A powered coach (a works unit coach for Harvey and a cream and green coach for Mighty Mac) is used to push them. This is because Harvey's crane takes up too much space to house a battery, as does Mighty Mac's end-swapping function. These engines and their respective coaches have special couplers to make them easier to push. Ashima's hyper glow model incorrectly depicts her as a 0-4-0 than a 0-8-2. Her standard model also has uncoloured middle wheels. All engines have four to six wheels, and the wheels on each model (including the tenders) are all the same size. This range of engines appear to be slightly bigger than the normal Motorized engines. This was likely done as these toys are meant for a younger audience. A number of individual copies of Gator's model are only painted the lighter shade of green, while most Gator models are accurately painted two-tone green.