Merrick (Thomas the Tank Engine)

Merrick is a rail-based travelling gantry crane, who is stationed at the Blue Mountain Quarry.

Original Debut
In Blue Mountain Mystery, when Blondin Bridge was unsafe, Merrick warned the engines that Rheneas was coming down from the upper terrace, and would have to cross the bridge with loaded trucks. When Thomas asked him if he had seen a little green engine, he quickly answered that he had not. Later, he congratulated Luke for saving Thomas.

In the seventeenth season, Luke tried to get him and the other engines at the quarry to be quiet in order to not frighten Luke's deer, but Merrick told him that there was no way they could do their jobs properly if they were trying to be quiet.

LOTM Storyline
Merrick, along with Owen, are now best friends with Nate Adams.